The John Batchelor Show

S8 Ep464: Jeremy Zakis reports on the Australian T20 cricket team's dismal start and unexpected loss to Zimbabwe, with selectors worried the inexperienced squad may fail to reach the World Cup finals without immediate improvement.

S8 Ep464: Jeremy Zakis discusses dangerous wildlife encounters, including a Tasmanian tiger snake found in a child's car seat and a Victorian farmer who sustained injuries while fighting a kangaroo to save his drowning dog.

S8 Ep464: Jeremy Zakis details Australia's chaotic weather, featuring severe flooding in Queensland and a tropical cyclone in Western Australia, characterizing the current summer as highly unusual, encompassing all four seasons within one season.

S8 Ep464: . Jeremy Zakis describes an aggressive flock of over one hundred cockatoos targeting his home and neighborhood, with the destructive birds stripping trees and performing low fly-bys, prompting fears of further property damage.

S8 Ep463: Dante Lauretta recounts the anxiety-inducing sample return where the drogue parachute failed to deploy before the main chute saved the mission, with the spacecraft now continuing as OSIRIS-APEX under former student Dani DellaGiustina at the University