Nick Cater and Tim Blair present the Six O’Clock Swill, a rock of stability on which to hook an anchor in the tempestuous times through which we live.

Nick and Tim are joined by wordsmith Kel Richards, the man Google calls when it can't find the answer

Today's conversation ranges from the questionable productivity of Twitter employees to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese collision with reality in the Federal budget.

Plus why Barry Humphries was right about Melbourne and the doom spiral that is life in the 2020s