Listen to Halloween, Mammal Extinction & Tech-Bro Manifestos01:10:293 November 2023

The team look back at Halloween in the 90s; professor Euan Ritchie talks about his essay on mammal extinction published in Best Australian Science Writing 2023; Nat ponders the inconvenience of spilling or breaking things; comedian Laura Dunemann has brought her son to his first 'trick or treat' experience; tech expert Dan Salmon explains effective accelerationism; and comedian Damien Power chats about his comedy web series Expanded Minds Only. With presenters Monique Sebire, Nat Harris & guest presenter Dylan Bird.

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About this program

Music, news, sport, weather, information, special guests and regular segments each morning.

Monday to Friday from 6am. We post updates throughout the show (including links to books mentioned etc.) on Facebook and Twitter. You can also email us at breakfasters@rrr.org.au.


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INTRO TRACK:

Khruangbin - People Everywhere (Still Alive)

Weekly segments

Monday 7:15am Andrew "Donno" Donnison - Sports Wrap
8:15am Ben Eltham - Politics Wrap
Tuesday 7:45am Fi Wright and others - Book Reviews
8:15am Vanessa Toholka - Tech Talk / Adam Christou - Game Changers
Wednesday 7.15am Justin "Digga" Calverley - Down And Dirty / Michael Harden - Food Interlude
7.45am Dr. Jen - Weird Science
Thursday 7:15am Simone Ubaldi / Megan McKeough - Screen Reviews
8.15am Sean "Birdman" Dooley and others - 'Feature Creatures' / Guests - Global Affairs
Friday 7:45am 'Friday Funnybugger' with local comedians
8:15am The Breakfasters Breakdown Quiz
8:45am Breakfasters Live

The podcast intro and outro theme is Soft Illusion and was generously provided by Andras.

https://andras.bandcamp.com/track/soft-illusion