The 9pm Edict

The Late Winter Series 2021 of the Edict kicks off with self-described "investigative humorist" Dan Ilic, producer of the award-winning podcast "A Rational Fear", and a man known for shows ranging from "Hungry Beast" to "At Home Alone Together" and much more. We talk about many things and indeed many people, including Ray Martin, Scott Morrison, Rowan Dean, Andrew Denton, Craig Kelly, John Safran,...

This is my fourth outing as guest co-host of Well May We Say, the Australian progressive politics podcast from Jeremy Sear-Pirko in Melbourne. This episode is titled "Anti-Vicsers" because... well I assume you've been following the COVID-19 news. We also solve Australia's housing affordability crisis with some of Jeremy's modest proposals, and wonder whether there's actually a point to any of this...

We wrap up the Spring Series 2021 — finally — by solving most of the world's mysteries with journalist and all-round raconteur Andrew P Street. We talk about many things including UFOs, a poo-eating dog, public health education in the times of both COVID-19 and HIV/AIDS, the magic of Gummi Worm Day, bad housekeeping, and the physical impossibility of eating more than four pancakes. We also deliver...

Did you know that you can now buy gendered "wine cocktails"? Such fragile masculinity! Anyway, you need to know about my new crowdfunding campaign, and the bonus episode of The 8pm Quiz tomorrow night. Press play to hear about the "wine cocktail". Meanwhile, there's two things you have to do right now: 1. Click through to The 9pm Late Winter Series 2021 and consider pledging your support for more...

More than a year into Australia's COVID-19 pandemic response, Prime Minister Scott Morrison finally produces a plan that includes vaccinating people — with no targets and no deadlines. In this episode also hear about Labor’s bold and exciting plan, we hear some great advice from the NSW health minister, and we hear a few thoughts about critical race theory. Full podcast details and credits at: htt...

You know him from ABC TV's 7.30. You know him from The Feed and The Roast and Pointless Australia and more. Yes, the autumn series continues with satirist Mark Humphries. On Friday morning we talked about Australia's coming decade of Scott Morrison as prime minister, magnets, Milo Yiannopoulos, Hyacinth Bucket, our wealth of political cartoonists, the sleeping patterns of snails, the first 20 elem...

If you chat with a cartoonist when they're not on deadline, tangential conversations are inevitable. Welcome to this episode of the Edict with editorial cartoonist for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, Cathy Wilcox. On Friday afternoon we talked about luck, fairness, autumn, corduroy, how to annoy ants, swearing in French, allergies, being triggered, coping with the hate mail, the gentle art...

Australian author and reprobate John Birmingham joins me yet again for another conversation about everything from China to gonzo journalism, from Australia's federal budget to Irish scammers. We talk about JB's books and the end of the world, Israel, Palestine, Scott Morrison, Peter Dutton, gonzo journalism, endometriosis, fans, and Brisbane's Cafe 63. Full podcast details and credits at: https://...

The 9pm Autumn Series 2021 continues with this delightfully chaotic conversation with cartoonist and artist — yes it’s Tasmania's own Jon Kudelka. We talk about snakes and steaks, Peter Dutton's head, pokies and Percy the Currawong, Scott Morrison's handling of the COVD-19 border controls, Tasmania's state election, and many important personal life lessons. Full podcast details and credits at: htt...

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". We talk about one of our favourite politicians Craig Kelly, violent extremism, the darkweb, and even something remarkable about the prime minister. Full podcast details and cr...

The 9pm Autumn Series 2021 continues with blockchain and cryptocurrency realist David Gerard, author of "Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain" and "Libra Shrugged: How Facebook Tried to Take Over the Money". We talk about Bitcoin, of course, as well as cryptocurrency and blockchain technology more generally, Facebook's plan to reinvent money, anarcho-capitalism, money laundering, market manipulation,...

If you've been enjoying the Autumn Series of The 9pm Edict podcast, then why not support a few more episodes? Perhaps even a Public House Forum? Remember them? https://the9pmedict.com/moreautumn2021 Full podcast details and credits at: https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00130a/ Support this podcast at: https://the9pmedict.com/tip/ https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

In a week when many of Australia's political journalists and commentators have once again proven themselves inadequate for the job, I revisit a proposal first made in February 2012. All the details are at: https://stilgherrian.com/edict/r00002/ Support this podcast at: https://the9pmedict.com/tip/ https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

It's hard to believe that this podcast began in 2010. Welcome to a remix of the first recycled Edict -- a compilation of least-worst bits from the early episodes of The 9pm Edict first posted in March 2019. In this episode, there's some nostalgia about Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott, the digital economy, Peter Garrett, Sydney's Vivid Festival, NIMBYs, journalism, and more. All the details are at: h...

The 9pm Autumn Series 2021 continues with another plunge down the wombat warren of internet disinformation, this time with Elise Thomas from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue. We talk about disinformation campaigns including Russia's interference in the 2016 US elections, sure, but also campaigns by Turkey, Pakistan, between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and around both the Australian bushfires of 20...

The 9pm Autumn Series 2021 continues with philosopher, reprobate, and all-round cleverthinker Patrick Stokes. He's also half of The Fake McCoys. We talk about many things, including the joys of Denmark, Scott Morrison's week of disrespecting women, the colour of fleas, the Australian way of fear, Sydney-Melbourne rivalry during the Quarantimes, Clive Palmer, Elon Musk, the Lost Boys of Daylesford,...

In this episode we travel to Newcastle to kick off The 9pm Autumn Series 2021 with special guest Carol Duncan — journalist, multimedia producer and Newcastle City Councillor. We talk about many, many things including her career in radio both commercial and at the ABC, being cool in your life, social media, family tragedies, cheap chocolate, mangroves, and Australian rock legends including Vanda &...

Just days remain to pledge your support to The 9pm Autumn Series 2021. The same number of days remain until the start of The 8pm Quiz Series Two. And the magic number is four. Please consider pledging your support to the Pozible crowdfunding campaign for The 9pm Autumn Series 2021. You have until 9pm AEDT this Thursday 18 February 2021. https://the9pmedict.com/autumn2021 Full podcast details and c...

Let's kick off 2021 properly with a bunch of stuff including The 9pm Autumn Series 2021, more episodes of The 8pm Quiz, and perhaps even more podcasts. Yes it's all happening! I've just launched a Pozible crowdfunding campaign for The 9pm Autumn Series 2021. Hit the first target and you'll get five episodes of The 9pm Edict podcast with special guests during March and April. Hit the second target...

The decision has been made! Yes, I'm doing a pilot series of a livestreamed pub-style quiz. The 8pm Quiz starts this Thursday 14 January 2021 at 8pm AEDT and runs for three weeks. It'll be streamed via my YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/c/stilgherrian/ Full details and credits at: https://the9pmedict.com/edict/quizpromo0/ Support this podcast at: https://the9pmedict.com/tip/ https://skank...

What a year! At the end of 2020 we can't even gather people in a pub to talk about how terrible it was. Well we can. But we shouldn't. So we didn't. We did this instead. In this ridiculously long episode of The 9pm Edict, I chat separately and remotely with four very special guests to consider what happened in 2020 and what it might mean for 2021. 1. Award-winning satirist Mark Humphries (@markhum...

This isn't quite part of the End of Spring Series 2020, but here we are anyway with an unscheduled podcast just for you. In this episode we hear a prediction from 2016, and a theological theory about why Democrats are bad. But it's not all about America. There are also Christmas messages from some of Australia's favourite politicians, plus genuine medical advice, and quite a bit of subdued anger....

Today’s guest in the End of Spring Series 2020 is Distinguished Professor Genevieve Bell, a cultural anthropologist who's trying to create a whole new field of engineering. She's a geek. We talk about many, many things at very high speed including robots, American culture, artificial intelligence, conspiracies, wombat warrens, telegraphs, rugged individualism, science fiction, coffee, elevators, a...

Today’s guest in the End of Spring Series 2020 is the wonderful Andrew P Street — author, columnist, journalist, voice-person, and renown mink-canceller. We talk about many things including the relative merits of two opposing rat-based scenarios, a "translucently pale man", sex parties in Brussels, the wrong kind of war crimes, Australia's relationship with China, COVID-19, the nature of democracy...

Upulie Divisekera joins me once again for the third episode in the End of Spring Series 2020. She's a molecular biologist, nanotechnologist, science communicator, and dinosaur evangelist. We talk about many things including our first year with COVID-19, Christmas, The Crown, space toilets, chocolate, Elon Musk, gilded insects, gold nanorods and surface plasmon resonance, politics, religion, and Tw...