Piers chats with Guy West, professional share market investor and a world chess master and Dr. Ian Storey, mathematician and lecturer in information systems about the world's exuberant financial markets and the risk of a so-called Minsky moment - a sudden, major collapse of asset values. Part 1 of a 2 part-long form interview.

In-depth interview with Mr. Geoff Wells, medical specialist and outspoken critic of prolonged lockdowns in Melbourne, which now exceed 200 days. He says we must learn to live with covid and end the city's sixth punitive and futile lockdown. He says the Victorian government lacks openness and transparency and is acting in a dictatorial, ineffective and cruel way causing incalculable damage to the lives of Melburnians. Geoff is particularly concerned about the harm to young people aged 14 to 17 years old and points to a dramatic 185% increase in calls to the Kids Helpline counselling service.

Live-to-air radio interview with Piers Cunningham and Brendon Telfer. Melbourne's lockdown extended again, with tighter restrictions and a 9pm to 5am curfew introduced. The city of 5 million souls has been in lockdown for longer than anywhere else in the country, with devastating effects on people's lives, livelihoods and kids' education. We examine the demographics of Australians who've died from covid, plus overseas warnings of super variants emerging in the unvaccinated 3rd world.

Piers chews the fat with beekeeper activist Simon Mulvany. We talk disrupted travel plans, state border closures, vaccine passports, lost freedoms, economic fallout, mental health and lockdown fatigue.

Live-to-air radio interview with Piers Cunningham and Brendon Telfer. While Europe enjoys summer holidays, Australia's biggest cities are under wraps, with lockdowns extended as case numbers rise sharply in Sydney and remain stubbornly high for greater Melbourne. We discuss the limits of what lockdowns can achieve, vaccine certificates and how Oxford researchers are questioning the very notion of herd immunity.

We could be entering a new and dangerous phase of the pandemic, with delta and other super contagious variants threatening populations around the world. Piers discusses what can be done to stem the tide: high tech and low tech options and the limits to what lockdowns can achieve.

Live-to-air radio interview with Piers Cunningham and Brendon Telfer. Delta puts younger people at risk, as Doherty modelling shows 20-40 year olds most important to vaccinate. China's delta outbreak. French protests. Vaccine hesitancy and digital certificates.

Bee keeper activist Simon Mulvany explains why agribusiness multinational Bayer will stop selling Roundup for residential use in the US in 2023.

Michael Simonetti, founder and CEO of Melbourne agency AndMine, talks about his past (very busy) 18 months. He discusses how to tap into group creativity on a collaborative whiteboard, even when working remotely. He explains Zoom etiquette and how his staff have become tighter, having learned about each other's home lives via web cams. He also covers security, cyber crime and going viral on TikTok.

Piers chats with online digital marketing expert Michael Simonetti about how demand for his company's services has exploded over the past 18 months. He reckons the fundamentals of marketing haven't changed, but have actually become more important than ever before.