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Dr Trent Yarwood does not wear a white coat because they are a Bad Thing. (Photo: Brisbane Times. Digital processing: Stilgherrian) The summer series continues, and it's more science. Today's special guest is infectious diseases physician Dr Trent Yarwood. In this episode we talk about infectious diseases, of course, from smallpox to long covid, and HIV to measles. But we

Plotting the overthrow of the space colonies! Left: Dr Alice Gorman. (Photo: Simon Royal/ABC) Right: Rami Mandow. (Photo: Supplied; Post-processing: Stilgherrian) Happy New Year. It's time for another look at space news, I reckon, so once more my special guests are space archaeologist Dr Alice Gorman aka Dr Space Junk from Flinders University, and astrophysicist and founder of S

Main image by Rudonni via Pixabay. Foreground bingo card originally by Milton Bradley Company, photo by Abby Hendrickson under under a CC-BY 2.0 Generic license. Platypus inset photo by Taronga Conservation Society Australia / Chris Wheeler. Digital composition by Stilgherrian. Back at the start of the year, my good friend Snarky Platypus and I created some bingo cards for 2024.

David F Porteous, or perhaps his AI avatar, prepares for yet another OnlyFans performance. (Photo: Supplied ) Our first special guest in the summer series is Scottish author and social researcher David F Porteous, and we’re going to talk about everything that happened in 2024. Every single thing. Well, no. However we do have to talk about Donald Trump. Sorry, but we do.

Stilgherrian displays the remaining scars and other traces of his facial injuries from 16 days previously, photographed on 19 December 2024. There are more gruesome photos at the bottom of the page. Also, he needs a haircut. (Photo: Stilgherrian) The first summer series episode of the Edict features Stilgherrian telling a personal story, plus a few other bits and pieces.

Justin Warren smiles as he summons the spirits of dead computers at a conference. (Photo: Supplied) It's the final episode of the spring series, finally. And with all the weird digital policy action in Australia in recent weeks, I figured we'd better chat once more with Justin Warren, "consultant, freedom of information tragic, hexagon enthusiast, and creator of the CyberRating�

Dr Alice Gorman speaks to us from her private space station high above Neptune. (Photo: Daniel Kukec Photography) We're joined today by one of my favourite guests, space archaeologist Dr Alice Gorman aka Dr Space Junk from Flinders University. In this episode we talk about the research she and her colleagues have been doing with the International Space Station. Apparently

China’s aquariums utilise robotic whales to reduce the costs associated with keeping live animals. Photo: SCMP composite / Shutterstock / Weibo. Platypus inset photo by Taronga Conservation Society Australia / Chris Wheeler. Digital composition by Stilgherrian. No, we're not really on ketamine. But as the spring series continues we're going sideways with a bonus episode featur

Mark Humphries on the 7News Australia studio set. (Photo: Supplied ) The spring series grinds on — and I do mean grinds — with friend of the pod, satirist Mark Humphries. In this episode we do talk about the thing that happened last week — the Trump thing — but we also talk about edible underwear, North Korean soldiers, British comedians Ben Elton, Rik Mayall, and

David F Porteous emerges from the void that is modern life. (Photo: Supplied ) As the spring series continues we're joined by Scottish author and social researcher David F Porteous to talk about the thing that happened in The America this week — but also much more. In this episode we talk about Australia's plans to ban under-16s from social media, a selection of animals