Past shows, from most recent to oldest at end.
Roving Spotlight 10/7/26 - Hanson & about turns; Eggs; Star Wars; Cooper Pedy, another JA & bicycles
We look again at One Nation, and how Karl Stefanovic - and Ross Coulthart have make such turns. What came first - chickens or eggs? And we hear from Diffusion Science Radio about where eggs came from. We look at why "Star Wars" feels a bit mythological, also with its own issues. Cooper Pedy - where they mine Opals, and it is reminiscent of ant hills. Then there's giving credit to past Bennelong parliamentarian John Alexander. Lastly, we have a historical look at how bicycles changed the social scene in the UK.
Roving Spotlight 3/7/26 - Meteors, a meteor movie, Libyan glass & Testimony from the 1870s
We looking at why some meteors explode, while others hit the Earth, and consider the Chelabinsk meteor that exploded over Siberia in 2013. We look at past meteor impacts, including the meteor that killed off the dinosaurs and the hypothesised Deniliquin impact, what could the largest known object to ever hit the earth, right here in what became Australia. It's thought that exploding meteors can fuse sand into glass, and we take a look at the rough hewn masterpiece of a documentary - "Fireballs - visitors from darker worlds". I also recite a testimony from the 1870s - reflecting on the significance of the industrial revolution.
Roving Spotlight 26/6/2026 - Hanson's Speech, Gross Domestic Product and Jim's Mowing
We take a look at Hanson's recent speech to the National Press Club, how much the idea of "Gross Domestic Product" misses in the world we live in, and a look at some of the criticism out there of Jim's mowing. We also hear from Mr. Bashful of Speaker's Corner near the Art Gallery on "What Really Matters" along with a joint recital of an Auden poem. I revisit soft power, this time taking a look at Radio Australia.
Roving Spotlight 19/6/2026 - Internet's broken promise, Wikipedia Collisions, WWI Japan connections
We take a look at how the Internet's promise has been broken - corporate abuse and enshitification, along with spam and scams, and people profiting from falsehood. I also review how I have mixed feelings about Wikipedia, we hear about ethics in criminal networks, and how Japan helped escort an Australian war fleet in WWI.
Roving Spotlight 12/6/2026 - Lies and Distortions from both Labor & Liberal, and advertising
We take a look at some past history of the LNP - where I can in fact find good things to say about them. Then, I look at some of the issues I've had with the Labor Party, before taking a look at whether what Labor has done - not to forgive them - but it is really so much worse than the form the Libs have had in the past?
I also read a viewpoint from Banksy on advertising, and play a discussion I had with Mark about advertising - he comments that we are being shouted at as no generation before us has been.
Roving Spotlight 5/6/2026 - The budget & affordability; AI psychosis; the sun's motion & Stonehenge
The budget and the affordability of accommodation along with AI chatbots and AI psychosis - where you build up an unhealthy relationship with them.
We take a look at a trip across the Nullabor to Perth, thinking about Stonehenge and the movement of the sun across the sky, amongst other things. ( I missed out on talking about Japan).
Roving Spotlight 29/5/2026 - The budget; Goats eating time; Angels breeding with people & locations
The budget, goats that eat everything, including time, the verse in the Hebrew Bible about angels coming to earth and breeding with people, along with The Coal Loader and Wendy's Secret Garden.
Roving Spotlight 22/5/2026 - The Farrer result; data centres; NACC; Xi & Western history
The result in Farrer, Data Centres, the National Anti Corruption Comission (NACC), Tradies & where they are located along with a look at what Xi thinks of western history and a past look at the relations between China, Russia and the US from the time of Covid.
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