Emeritus Professor Carolyn Strange from the ANU History Department joins Jeremy Cordeaux to discuss the planned live stream of a US military firing-squad execution, which has now been called off while the execution itself is set to proceed.

She explains how the power to take a life has always been tied to rulers, from Roman emperors to modern presidents, why the live stream plan echoes 19th century arguments that moved executions behind prison walls, what really happens with firing squad rounds, and why 200 US exonerations since 1976 matter in any debate about appeals and death row.

This interview aired live on The Court of Public Opinion on Friday 16 October 2026.

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Former Advertiser arts and entertainment writer Samela Harris joins Jeremy Cordeaux to explain why she has lost patience with Premier Peter Malinauskas over the felling of old trees for motor racing and the handling of Adelaide's park lands, which she says is happening behind closed doors. She also questions the paid Michelin guide arrangement and what she calls a lot of undisclosed sums.

Samela tells the story of the page three colour piece that led Scott Hicks to David Helfgott and the film Shine, shares news of her work with Women in Media and her recovery from retina surgery, and swaps memories of the Grand Prix and classic cars with Jeremy.

This interview aired live on The Court of Public Opinion on Friday 16 October 2026.

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Nigel Daw from the South Australian Aviation Museum at Port Adelaide joins Jeremy Cordeaux to preview the museum's family engine run and open cockpit day on Sunday 25 October, with historic engines fired up on stands and visitors invited into the cockpits of the F-111, DC3, Fokker F27 and more.

Nigel also reveals a Bristol Freighter is on its way from Point Cook, and he and Jeremy trade stories of South Australian aviation history, from Dame Nancy Buttfield's DC3 in a paddock near Chain of Ponds to the Vickers Vimy that Jeremy thinks Adelaide Airport is hiding.

This interview aired live on The Court of Public Opinion on Friday 16 October 2026.

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Professor Ian Plimer joins Jeremy Cordeaux in the studio with a five-ounce gold nugget from his own small North Queensland mine and his seventeenth book, Gold, Everything You Need to Know, which is already in reprint a week after release.

He explains why gold is so heavy and how nuggets grow, argues that gold has held its value for two thousand years while money has lost it, revisits the sale of Australia's gold reserves, and takes listeners inside the Kalgoorlie Gold Police and some of history's great gold heists. The conversation finishes on universities, mining engineering graduates and why he believes the sector has lost its way.

This interview aired live on The Court of Public Opinion on Friday 16 October 2026.

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Ann Nalder, founder and CEO of the Australian Small Business Association, joins Jeremy Cordeaux to explain why she believes the country's 2.7 million small businesses are being ignored, squeezed by rising costs and buried under one-size-fits-all policy.

She takes aim at big corporations paying small suppliers 120 days or more late, questions why a Parliament House meeting on small business policy has gone nowhere, and backs Jeremy's call for small business to organise like a union and make its voice heard.

This interview aired live on The Court of Public Opinion on Friday 16 October 2026.

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Dr John Bruni of SAGE International joins Jeremy Cordeaux at the dining room table for a wide ranging look at world affairs. He starts with his podcast conversation with Harvard's Avi Loeb about UAP claims, then turns to Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Ukraine, and the 1994 Budapest Memorandum.

Dr Bruni argues that Elon Musk's control of Starlink shows how exposed a dependent ally can be, and asks what that means for Australia's defence. He also explains who the Houthis are, why he believes Saudi forces have struggled against them, and why Yemen remains a humanitarian disaster.

This interview aired live on The Court of Public Opinion on Friday 16 October 2026.

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Real estate agent and author Zed Nasheet joins Jeremy Cordeaux and Gary Hiscock to talk about his new book, The Art of Closing Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime. Zed says selling is about persuasion and storytelling rather than pressure, and that real estate is about people, not properties.

He shares the tough first three years when he made no money, his run as a top salesperson, the story of dating someone for six weeks to land a listing, and why too much choice kills a sale. Jeremy recalls the armed guard at a Burnside jewellery store and confesses he is usually sold on a house before he makes the inquiry.

This interview aired live on The Court of Public Opinion on Friday 16 October 2026.

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Adelaide writer and performer Peter Goers joins Jeremy Cordeaux to talk about In the Air of an Afternoon Almost Past, his new one-person show based on his second book about the deaths of his parents in a plane crash in New Orleans in 1982. He describes being sent to America at 25 and why he calls the show a tribute to his parents, told with a wry humour.

Peter also explains why he believes grief has become the theme of our times, shares a moving story of a grieving corella at Naracoorte, and joins Jeremy in asking where Australia's great ratbags have gone, from Prince Leonard of Hutt River to Bea Miles. The show plays five performances at Star Theatres from 23 to 31 October.

This interview aired live on The Court of Public Opinion on Friday 16 October 2026.

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