spacex – Stilgherrian

05 June 202605 June 2026

The 9pm Rockets are Always Blowing Up with Dr Alice Gorman and Rami Mandow

Left: Dr Alice Gorman. (Photo: Simon Royal/ABC) Right: Rami Mandow. (Photo: Supplied; Post-processing: Stilgherrian). Not the best ALT text, I know, but yeah a white women and a man "of Middle-Eastern appearance". — *Left: Dr Alice Gorman. (Photo: Simon Royal/ABC) Right: Rami Mandow. (Photo: Supplied; Post-processing: Stilgherrian)*

Is Pluto a planet? Currently, officially, no. But the Trump-appointed head of NASA wants to reinstate Pluto’s planetary privileges. Why? Let’s find out with space archaeologist Dr Alice Gorman aka Dr Space Junk and astrophysicist Rami Mandow.

13 February 202612 February 2026

The 9pm S-Bend of Technology with David Gerard

A balding clean-shaven white man in spectacles, probably Gen X, looking disdainfully at the camera. Itâ€™s David Gerard! — David Gerard watches patiently as he waits for the AI bubble to burst. (Photo: Pauline Martindale )

As the summer series continues we’re joined once more by David Gerard for a suitably cynical look at what’s happening in and around the AI bubble. Bros, do not send hate mail, but we do not believe your claims.

22 June 202530 June 2025

Weekly Wrap 786: Cleaning the pipes before the mind

A smallish bird is perched on a brown wooden window frame, looking in. Its head is black with a white chin, and its chest is also white. Its beak is white with a black tip that ends with a little downwards hook. Its wings are black on top and white bellow, but they can’t really been seen because they’re closed. In the background, out of focus, is a dirt path and some shrubs.

My week of Monday 16 to Sunday 22 June 2025 began with a continuation of the gastro that began late last week, but somehow I still managed to stay relatively productive. There’s no new podcast, but I’ve started mapping out episodes for the coming couple of months — and planning next week’s holiday.

01 June 202506 June 2025

Weekly Wrap 783: Appreciating the wonderful world of fungus

A close-up of a bracket fungus growing from a log. Its semi-circular shelves have wavy edges, and the surface of the cap shows concentric zones of different colours of brown and yellow and reddish tones, the outermost being the palest.

My week of Monday 26 May to Sunday 1 June 2025 was another productive one, despite some annoying. However I’ve gone back three years for this week’s photo. Watch out for more podcasts starting this week.

23 March 202524 March 2025

Weekly Wrap 773: Remembering a little train in the sunshine

On a bright sunny day a pair of diesel railcars sit at a station platform in the open air. They’re silver, with their flat noses painted bright yellow, and just behind that a red stripe and a a small flash of blue.

My week of Monday 17 to Sunday 23 March 2025 wasn’t hugely productive but I’ve started planning more things. I also thought back to 2018, for some reason. Have a train.

09 March 202510 March 2025

Weekly Wrap 771: Never mind the productivity, feel the parrot

It’s a wet day in a eucalypt forest. On an old tree stump sits a pair of birds eating a handful of seed. On the left, the male bird has red head, breast, and lower undersides, with a blue band on the back of the neck between the red above and green on the back, the wings are green and each has a pale green shoulder band, the tail is green, and the rump is blue. On the right, the female has a green head and breast, a grey beak, and the pale shoulder band is small or absent

Productivity started to return during my week of Monday 3 to Sunday 9 March 2025, but not entirely. So here’s a photo of two king parrots and some links and stuff. There’s also a video of a grey butcherbird.