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Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast
Sunday Extra presents a lively mix of national and international affairs, analysis and investigation, as well as a lighter touch.
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The Year that Made Me: Frances Rings, 1988
Dancing was always part of Frances Rings' childhood, helping her make sense of the world around her in a small country town. But when, at just 17, she...
The neuroscience of awe, and why it's good for us
A growing body of research suggests that experiencing awe has positive effects for our sense of wellbeing - an idea that might make intuitive sense, b...
The seven personalities who led Australia's "era of dramatic political flux"
How did the formative experiences, personality traits, world views and leadership styles of Australia's last seven Prime Ministers influence the insta...
The history of direct action and democracy
Proponents of direct action say it’s part of democratic life. It’s detractors say it's a threat to safety, a violation of majority rule and rule of la...
Data breach affects 275 million students
Approximately 9,000 educational institutions and 275 million of their students have been affected by a data breach involving the 'learning management...
China's influence suspected after Zambia cancels human rights conference
The major human rights conference RightsCon was due to convene in Zambia this week but was cancelled at the last minute, with some suggestion the gove...
How One Nation trimphed in Farrer
ABC election analyst Casey Briggs not only called the seat for One Nation at 8pm, he also called Farrar as now a safe seat for One Nation. Guest: Case...
High Court hears goat slaughter footage case with implications for press freedom
The Human Rights Legal Centre and the Alliance for Journalists’ Freedom have intervened in a case being heard in the High Court to raise what they des...
The Year that Made Me: Kon Karapanagiotidis, 2000
Kon Karapanagiotidis struggled to belong as a Greek-Australian kid in a town of Smiths and Jones. It wasn’t until he began volunteering as a young adu...
Translators gear up for slam event at MWF
There is a new form of cultural event appearing at writers festivals and literary gatherings: the translation slam. The quiet mental task of translati...
Saplings: humour and tragedy in a play about youth social justice
Saplings is a play highlighting the experience of the youth justice system, based on conversations with young indigenous people who have been through...
Can chimpanzees at war find a path to peace?
It is a well known fact that chimpanzees can be aggressive and even violent, but a new research article published in Science Journal last month has do...
Can chimpanzees at war find a path to peace?
It is a well known fact that chimpanzees can be aggressive and even violent, but a new research article published in Science Journal last month has do...
Prepare for the sulphur shock
On May 1, China halted all exports of sulphuric acid, a rarely discussed but critical chemical, used in industrial processes in mining, agriculture an...
What does Palantir do, and who is its unusual CEO?
The controversial American software and data analytics company Palantir is becoming an increasingly consequential fixture in governments and companies...
World Press Freedom Day
May 3 is World Press Freedom Day, the date harks back to a gathering of 63 people from 38 African countries in 1991 in Windhoek, capital of the newly...
Killer kites bring down an Indian tradition
Since the 13th century, coloured kites have filled India’s early summer skies. But in the last decade, their numbers have dwindled — in part because o...
Tweet of the week, 26 April 2026
This week's mystery caller is a uniquely colourful inhabitant of Western Australia's southwest – the Red-capped Parrot.
The Year that Made Me: Deborah Lawrie, 1979
1979 was the year Captain Deborah Lawrie fought for her wings. When her application to become a commercial pilot with Ansett Airlines was unsuccessful...
The "beautiful secret" Oliver Sacks left scribbled in the margins of his library
After his death, Oliver Sacks left his partner Bill Hayes an unexpected gift: a library filled with his marginal notes, revealing his inner thoughts,...
Is Shaddap You Face Australia's best novelty song, or a poor ethnic stereotype?
When Shaddap You Face by Joe Dolce was named Australia’s best novelty song, it revived an old tension: in a comedy culture steeped in racial stereotyp...
Wayback Machine: The internet's archive in peril
Thirty years ago the Internet Archive was created to digitally preserve content published on the internet. It claims to hold copies of 1 trillion web...
Will a landmark ruling end corporate complicity in atrocity crimes?
A landmark ruling in a case involving a French concrete company that operated in Syria during the height of Islamic State may clear the way for nation...
Working in the Exclusion Zone 40 years after the Chernobyl disaster
40 years since the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster, a team from the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine are researching the effect of nucle...
Why some female veterans don't feel recognised on Anzac Day
While there has been greater recognition of the challenges faced by women during their service, women veterans report being “under-recognised, under-r...
Tweet of the week, 19 April 2026
This week's mystery caller hunts insects in Tasmanian woodland, farmland and heath – the Dusky Robin.
The Year that Made Me: Yann Martel, 1990
Yann Martel might have found fame and fortune when his novel Life of Pi won the Booker Prize in 2002, but the year that shaped his path as a writer ca...
On pedantry *or being pedantic
From ancient Greece to today’s culture wars, a new book explains why pretentious and punctilious people have always annoyed us.
A history of typos across five centuries
“Beauties of My Style: Errata and the Printed Mistake” explores the history of typos across five centuries.
Vasili Mitrokhin: The Spy in the KGB Archive
Vasili Mitrokhin was sent to work in the KGB archives after failing as an intelligence operative. His disgust with the Soviet spy agency led him to st...
The complex web behind Frida Kahlo's most famous paintings
Frida Kahlo’s works are so revered in Mexico that, in 1984, they were declared “artistic monuments” — protected as national treasures by the Mexican g...
Jeff Bezos and the decline of the Washington Post
When the billionaire Jeff Bezos bought The Washington Post in 2013, he was billed as its ‘saviour’, and for a while, it seemed like he was. But across...
UAE struggling to navigate Hormuz crisis
This week, Pakistan’s Prime Minister crossed the Middle East, meeting with Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Türkiye about a second round of peace talks between...
Tweet of the week, 12 April 2026
This week's common, conspicuous and colourful caller inhabits the east and the south-east – the Crimson Rosella.
The Year that Made Me: Omar Musa, 2023
Queanbeyan raised, Bornean-Australian poet, visual artist, and award-winning author Omar Musa says his "hyperactive mind" keeps him looking for the ne...
'Reds under the bed' - 75 years on from the Communist Party case
In 1951 the High Court witnessed one of Australia's most high profile legal battles: the Communist Party case. The case saw future Chief Justice of Au...
Trust, betrayal and family - the Framing by Fernanda Dahlstrom
In her new book The Framing, lawyer Fernanda Dahlstrom unpacks her past and the crime that sent her mother to jail when she was eight years-old.
48 down: America's largest crossword puzzle tournament turns 48
The oldest and largest crossword event in the United States, The American Crossword Puzzle Tournament is celebrating its largest attendance ever this...
What's in the Children’s Online Privacy Code?
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has published a draft of the Children’s Online Privacy Code. It contains new rules to create bet...