The 9pm EPIC Convoy to Canberra Explainer or Maybe Confuser with Elise Thomas

Elise Thomas gazes deep into the eyes of the internet. (Supplied. Background image: AAP. Digital composition: Stilgherrian.)

The Summer Series continues with yet another trip down the wombat warren of conspiracy theories and disinformation. Joining me once more is Elise Thomas, freelance journalist and OSINT analyst with the Institute for Strategic Dialogue.

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The 9pm Triple Boxing Day Landfill of Lamentations

An excavator crushing trash at the Anchorage Landfill, 21 August 2012 (Photo: US Air Force/Tech. Sgt. Brian Ferguson, digitally altered by Stilgherrian)

At last 2021 is coming to a close, so in this episode I look back at this shambles of a year, and maybe generate some hope for 2022. I’ll call this the first episode of the summer series, for obscure but sensible reasons which I won’t explain.

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The 9pm Craig Kelly Conspiracy Fan Club with Cameron Wilson

Cameron Wilson reflects upon his fate after a painting fell on his head in the middle of the night. The injury itself is out of shot. (Supplied)

The 9pm Autumn Series 2021 continues with journalist Cameron Wilson, now an associate editor at Crikey investigating “the stories of the Australian internet: politics, culture, conspiracy and extremism, all that good stuff”.

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