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EPISODE · Jan 15, 2026 · 1H 8M

The 9pm Unnatural Act with a Pig with Patrick Stokes

from The 9pm Edict · host Stilgherrian

Don’t let the title put you off, nor attract you too eagerly. The 9pm Summer Series 2025 continues with philosopher, reprobate, and all-round cleverthinker Patrick Stokes, and a conversation about many, many things. He’s also half of The Fake McCoys.In this episode we talk about the philosophy of AI and technological determinism, certain aspects of ICE, how sex drives innovation, teleportation, Erich von Däniken and his ancient astronauts, pigs, bats, wine moms, deathbots, the nature of memory and the extended mind thesis, and a “wonderful word” that was invented by J R R Tolkien.Full podcast details and credits:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00261/Please consider supporting the podcast:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

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