This podcast episode covers a range of topics including the upcoming Gaokao exams in China, the United Nations' blacklisting of the Israeli army, President Biden's speech at Pont du Hoc, Russia's nuclear saber-rattling, the weight loss drug market, the crisis in cocoa production in West Africa, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's blunder, YouTube's new restrictions on gun-related content, concerns about the health of sea urchins, the launch of Australia's first Aboriginal-owned renewable energy microgrid, and the cultural significance and pressure of Chinese exams.