Ruby Jones

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2,731 appearances 76 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard yesterday

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 76 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 17.

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7am · Is another GFC brewing? · 14 Sep 2026 podcast

Well Shane, thank you so much for speaking with me. voice-verified

Also in the news, OneNation has unveiled its plan to cut immigration by 750,000 places over three years, in what would equate to net negative migration. voice-verified

Student visas would be capped at around a third of the current intake, and visas for the families of skilled migrants would be scrapped altogether. voice-verified

Labor and the coalition are sounding the alarm over the proposal, which they say would push the country into recession. voice-verified

And Australian Olympians are among a huge group of female athletes calling out a new betting company ad featuring Sidney Sweeney playing sports in little to no clothing. voice-verified

Gold medal swimmer Arian Titmus says it's a kick in the teeth for women who've dedicated their life to sports, and for female fans, questioning how sexualising women's sport is still a thing. voice-verified

Sweeney has responded to the criticism by posting magazine covers of semi-nude athletes, including Serena Williams and Rhonda Rousey. voice-verified

I'm Ruby Jones. voice-verified

This is seven AM. voice-verified

Thanks for listening. voice-verified

7am · “Nerd Reich”: Are big tech billionaires at war with democracy? · 10 Sep 2026 podcast

When Donald Trump was sworn in for a second time, some of the most powerful men in the tech world had the best seats in the room. matched

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, a display of just how close Silicon Valley had aligned itself to the administration. matched

But within that world, journalist Gil Duran says, is a smaller, more radical group with a much bigger ambition, get rid of democracy and use technology to build a new order in its place, controlled by a wealthy elite. matched

And in his new book, The Nerd Reich, Gil traces how these once fringe ideas have moved closer to the White House than ever before. matched

I'm Ruby Jones, and you're listening to 7am. matched

Today, Silicon Valley journalist and author Gil Duran on the group he's dubbed the Nerd Reich, the ideas driving them, and how they became part of Trump's political project. matched

It's Friday, September 11. matched

Gil, the claim at the heart of your book is a big one, that a small group of tech billionaires don't just want more influence over democracy, they actually want to make democracy obsolete. matched

What convinced you that that idea was actually a coherent political project? matched

OK, so this cult of Silicon Valley billionaires, tell me more about who you're talking about there and what it is that unites them. matched

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