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Elon Musk looks set to become the world's first trillionaire within the next three years. Can such immense wealth ever be considered ethical?

Plus, defence commanders have been stripped of their medals for alleged war crimes in Afghanistan.

And ahead of One Night Stand, we're heading to Warrnambool to hear about the state of regional live music.

Guests:

• Dr Samantha Crompvoets, sociologist and former defence contractor 
• Hon. Martin Hamilton-Smith, Chairman, Australian Special Air Service Association
• Carl Rhodes, Dean, UTS Business School

An anti-war rally descended into violence in the biggest Victorian police operation in 20 years, according to police. So what happened?

Plus, US presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris faced off in a chaotic US election debate.

And almost a year on since the Voice referendum was defeated, we ask the Minister for Indigenous Australians what the next steps are to support First Nations people. 

Guests:

• Bella Beiraghi, co-chair of the blockade & organiser, Students for Palestine
• Bec Shrimpton, director of defence strategy and national security, ASPI
• Senator Malarndirri McCarthy, Minister for Indigenous Australians
• Dr Emma Shortis, US politics expert, The Australia Institute

We still don't know how widespread needle spiking is, but year after year, people are coming forward saying it's happening to them.

Hack speaks to someone who says they were needle spiked at Schoolies last year.

Plus, family and survivors of Australia's worst road accident in decades have spoken of their trauma as a bus driver prepares to be sentenced.

And the government wants to ban social media for under 16s. Is it a good idea?

Guests:

• Lillian Watkins, reporter, ABC
• Daniel Angus, media professor, QUT

The seasonal tourism town of Exmouth is struggling to cope with visitor numbers, and some travellers are copping a hostile reaction from locals.

Plus, the final report into the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide has been handed down. Here's what it means for young veterans.

And can mining cause earthquakes?

Guests:

• Brodie Moore, former soldier and veteran's health nurse
• Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, senior tourism lecturer, University of South Australia
• Dr Trevor Allen, senior seismologist, Geoscience Australia

X is now banned entirely in Brazil, after a long legal fight with Elon Musk. Is this the end of stan twitter? 

And quiet vacationing is the new way to reclaim your work, apparently. 

Plus, should your boss give you dating leave?

Host Dave Marchese is joined by artist and performer Etcetera Etcetera and journalist Marty Smiley. 

Is constant stimulation harming our mental health? This group is sitting in silence to figure it out. 

Plus, we find out what it will actually take for Australia to reach net zero.

And we get into the underground music scene, a place more young people are turning as festivals collapse. 

Guests:

• Matt Kean, chairman, Climate Change Authority
• Scarlett Smout, research associate, University of Sydney
• Dr Jodie Taylor, music and culture scholar

Major hospitality group Merivale has been accused of fostering a culture that puts women at risk. Hack speaks to the reporter investigating the allegations.

Plus, sex education content creators are worried they're being 'shadow banned' on social media by AI bots.

And what kind of impact will the 3G shutdown have on young Aussies in rural and remote areas? We hear from farmers who say it'll affect their work, study and even dating. 

Guests:

• Adelaide Miller, reporter, ABC
• Dr Marten Risius, senior lecturer in business information, University of Queensland
• Dr Daniel Featherstone, senior research fellow, RMIT

We speak to a young woman who escaped forced marriage, the most common form of human trafficking in Australia. 

Plus, more than 900 days into the war in Ukraine, Russia has fired a missile attack on Kyiv as kids were about to start their first day of the school year. 

Also, is it time hairdressers are taught to cut, style and care for curly and coily hair?

Guests

• Stephen Jay, Detective Superintendent, AFP
• Dr Olga Oleinikova, senior lecturer, UTS

The federal Greens are proposing a national body that could hand out fines to landlords breaking rules. 

Plus, spring has sprung with... wild weather. Victoria and Tasmania are battling cyclonic winds and storms, and parts of Northern Australia had a sweltering end to August. 

And mass protests have broken out in Israel after the deaths of hostages in Gaza. 

Also, we unpack the rise (and recent arrest) of Telegram's billionaire CEO, Pavel Durov.

Guests:

• Adam Bandt, Greens leader

• Dr Ran Porat, lecturer, Monash University

• Paul Mozur, technology correspondent, New York Times

How many queer people are there in Australia? We might find out soon with the federal government backflipping on including a question about sexuality in the next census... as long as it passes the testing phase. 

And would you ever make a citizen's arrest?

Plus, teens in Hong Kong are swapping sex for badminton (or at least that's what their government wants them to do). 

Host Dave Marchese is joined by journalist Sarah Ison from The Australian and content creator Tim Abbott.