The 9pm Edict

We face up to the inevitable reality of a Trump presidency. We discover a new personal preference that everyone should have. And, well, the inevitable happened. You'll know when you hear it.

This is what to expect, though, when you assemble such an illustrious panel.

* Fiona Patten MLC, founder of the Australian Sex Party
* Sally Whyte, journalist and president of SYN Media
* Upulie Divisekera, molecular biologist, nanotechnologist, science communicator

This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at The Crafty Squire in Melbourne on Saturday 29 October 2016.

There's talk of puppies, dinosaurs, nudibranchs, Steve Herbert MP, the late Mick Young MP, security theatre, euthanasia, teledildonincs, Malcolm Turnbull, penises, and politicians in general. Amongst many other things.

Full episode credit at:
https://stilgherrian.com/edict/00064/

It's September, and that means that here in the Southern Hemisphere, Spring has sprung.

In the United States, there's a thing called Spring Break. But in Australia, things didn't quite break. It was more of a bruise, though a pretty bad one.

In this podcast there's talk of Mark Zuckerberg, crime, science, journalism, bruising, the Sydney Push, and more.

For full credits see:
https://stilgherrian.com/edict/00063/

It's that special day that comes but once every five years. Australia's national Census 2016. And so far hasn't it been a disaster.

"Look we don't like to call it data mining, it's more like data fracking," tweeted by Johannes Jakob on 9 August, and he's right.

This podcast was recorded as it was livestreamed on Tuesday night. Since then, we've discovered that a custard duck of fabulous proportions was unfolding in the background. Some comments herein may therefore seem a little dated.

Full episode credits at:
https://stilgherrian.com/edict/00062/

It's now 20 years since Pauline Hanson first entered the Australian parliament with her controversial views. Well now she's back. At last Saturday's federal election, Queensland voters propelled her into the Senate.

Hanson isn't worried about just Asians these days. She's targeting the supposed threat of Islam. And there's more -- much more -- in the policy agenda of Pauline Hanson's One Nation. It's time to take a closer look.

In this special episode of the Edict, we go inside the mind of Pauline Hanson's One Nation, as Stilgherrian reads their entire policy agenda -- live. Every single word. You'll also hear some of Pauline Hanson's political wisdom in her own words.

Many thanks to this episode's special guest host Carol Duncan.

Full program credits at:
https://stilgherrian.com/edict/00061/

With just 12 days left in Australia's election campaign, Malcolm Turnbull judges his nuts. Rake’s Cleaver Greene notices a shift in the political rhetoric. And Nicholas Fryer offers some advice about... something or other.

In this episode, there's talk of crime and murder, politics and peculiarities, Syria and squid.

Full episode credits at:
https://stilgherrian.com/edict/00060/

What is the proper position to assume in contemporary media? What is the best way to describe the discussion in this podcast?

This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the Hurstville Ritz Hotel on Saturday 4 June 2016. There's talk of satire, Tony Abbott, Donald Trump, Malcolm Turnbull, refugees, cartoons, BuzzFeed, human rights.

Full program credits at:
https://stilgherrian.com/edict/00059/

It's a time for transformations. A time for desire. Some of these transformations are graphic. And some are just too much for Nicholas Fryer.

In this episode, there's talk of goats, music, bubbles, foreskins, and more.

Full program credits at:
https://stilgherrian.com/edict/00058/

Papua New Guinea suddenly remembers it’s not a colony any more and acts like a real nation. Nicholas Fryer makes some modest proposals. And there's terror in the streets of Baltimore.

In this episode, there's talk of hedgehogs and weasels, refugees and terrorism, and more.

Full program credits at:
https://stilgherrian.com/edict/00057/

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull becomes the conduit, no, the tunnel of love. We revisit the economic wisdom of Joe Hockey. Euroterrorism sprouts from Brussels. And guess who's back?

In this episode, there's talk of lizards and leeches, homeless people and hapless riflemen, Nicholas Fryer takes us through The Arch Window, and much more.

Full episode credits at
https://stilgherrian.com/edict/00056/

Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is the savour of the trade union movement, apparently. Indeed, it looks like Turnbull is laying out the groundwork and strategy for an early election in the new year.

In this abbreviated New Year's Eve episode of The 9pm Edict, there's talk of Soapy's bookshelves, alcohol, and not a lot else, really.

Full episode credits at
https://stilgherrian.com/edict/00055/