The 9pm Edict

Mar 25 2025 288 ep. 53 mins 1.3k
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The 9pm Edict is a podcast looking at the news and its frustrations. Produced and presented by Stilgherrian somewhere near Sydney, Australia. It contains strong language and disturbing mental imagery. Be warned, Dear Listener.

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The 9pm Dreams of American Empire with Associate Professor David Smith

Mar 25 2025 59 mins  
There's a lot going on in The America. You may have noticed. So as the summer series grinds on — way behind schedule — we're joined by Associate Professor David Smith from the United States Study Centre.In this episode we talk, obviously, about the powers of POTUS and his Yalta 2.0 imperialist desires to annex Canada. And Greenland. And Mexico. We discuss how the new Trumpian A

The 9pm Nostalgia for Corruption with John Birmingham

Feb 16 2025 69 mins  
As the summer series grinds on we’re joined once again — well, after a gap of more than a year — by author and columnist John Birmingham. In this episode we talk, inevitably, about the nexus between Elon Musk and Donald Trump. But we also chat about Brisbane and the good old days, cancer, the Apple Vision Pro, World Expo 88, digital locks, physical fitness, and the links betw

Another Untitled Music Podcast | Trailer 2

Feb 02 2025 1 mins  
Snarky Platypus and Stilgherrian return to that park in North Sydney park to record another uninformative trailer for their new podcast. Please ignore the squealing child.They’ll be recording two pilot episodes in the coming weeks, just as soon as the paperwork is done for the music license.

The 9pm Medical Semiotics of Bow Ties, Long Covid, and Poo with Dr Trent Yarwood

Jan 28 2025 63 mins  
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 also discuss the appendix, biological warfare, norovirus, poo, and the medical semiotics of bow ties. Full podcast details and credits at:http

Another Untitled Music Podcast | Trailer 1

Jan 27 2025
Snarky Platypus and Stilgherrian sit in a North Sydney park to record a brief and uninformative trailer for their new podcast. They’ll be recording two pilot episodes in the coming weeks, just as soon as the paperwork is done for the music license.

The 9pm Colonisation of Mars and the Universe with Dr Alice Gorman and Rami Mandow

Jan 14 2025 76 mins  
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 SpaceAustralia.com Rami Mandow.In this episode we talk about Mars, including its role as both a source of aliens and as a potential new home for humans. That does mean

The 9pm Full-time Bingo Card Update 2024 with Snarky Platypus

Dec 31 2024 80 mins  
Back at the start of the year, my good friend Snarky Platypus and I created some bingo cards for 2024. Two sets of 25 things that might happen. Well, we’re now at the end of the year, so let’s see how we went.You might want to follow along with the original blog post.https://stilgherrian.com/essay/bingo-card-2024/You might also want to listen to our half-time update from July.h

The 9pm Weeds of Disappointment with David F Porteous

Dec 21 2024 86 mins  
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.We also talk about the latest challenge to honesty on OnlyFans, the latest in adult diapers, certain aspects of biology,

The 9pm Major Irritation (and certain other amusements)

Dec 19 2024 27 mins  
The first summer series episode of the Edict features Stilgherrian telling a personal story, plus a few other bits and pieces.In this episode he talks about his recent injuries and related hospital visits, the history of those hospitals, content warnings, dildos in Texas, and some old anti-vaxxers.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00238/Please consid

The 9pm Chickens of Cyber Necromancy with Justin Warren

Dec 12 2024 81 mins  
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™ labelling scheme".In this episode we talk about Australia's newly-legislated social media ban for un