Category: The 9pm Edict

The 9pm Edict is a podcast looking at the news and its frustrations. Produced and presented by Stilgherrian. It contains strong language and disturbing mental imagery.

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The 9pm Curious Case of Case

Capital letters have long history, and programmers get worked up over them. (Capital A vintage illustration via Rawpixel CC0; original background code image by Martin Vorel via Wikipedia Commons CC BY-SA; digital composition by Stilgherrian CC BY-SA)

A chicken shop in New York leads into a commentary on the correct use of capital letters in a podcast of a slightly different style.

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The 9pm Keeping the Moon Nice with Dr Alice Gorman and Rami Mandow

Protecting us from the Space Bees! Left: Dr Alice Gorman. (Photo: Simon Royal/ABC) Right: Rami Mandow. (Photo: Supplied; Post-processing: Stilgherrian)

A comet! An eclipse! Everything is happening in space! To kick off the autumn series, my special guests are space archaeologist Dr Alice Gorman aka Dr Space Junk from Flinders University, and astrophysicist and founder of SpaceAustralia.com Rami Mandow.

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The 9pm International Cyber Law without Vodka with Professor Johanna Weaver

Professor Johanna Weaver in a bright pink blouse outshines everything around her. (Photo: Australian National University)

Have you heard? Artificial intelligence is a thing! Maybe it’s even out of control? For that and various other reasons, my special guest for the final summer series episode is Professor Johanna Weaver, former cyber diplomat, and director of the Tech Policy Design Centre at ANU.

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The 9pm Extruded Cheese Snack of Destiny with David F Porteous

David F Porteous in a shot from his final performance at the Acting Out Drama and Public Speaking School. David says: “I did Succession, Marvellous Mrs Maisel, and Frasier. I look mean all the time, by the way.” (Photo: Supplied)

This episode’s special guest is Scottish author and social researcher David F Porteous, who manages to deliver some fascinating commentary on happenings in Britain, while I increasingly suffer the totally unforeseeable effects of wine and gin.

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The 9pm Nine Years of Nemesis and Chocolate Cake with Snarky Platypus

Promo image for ABC TV’s Nemesis showing Tony Abbott, Scott Morrison, and Malcolm Turnbull. (Photo: Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Inset: A platypus, but not that one. (Taronga Conservation Society Australia / Chris Wheeler)

It’s a marathon episode for serious political tragics! I’m joined by Snarky Platypus to discuss the ABC TV documentary series Nemesis about the three recent Liberal Party prime ministers of Australia. But we also find time to discuss other matters.

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