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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: Colin Barnett, 1985
Colin Barnett describes himself as an ‘accidental politician’, who went on to have a long and successful career in Western Australian state politics.<...
The Sacrifice of Farinelli examines the life of superstar castrato
The Sacrifice of Farinelli is a new theatre work based on the life of opera's first superstar, the castrato singer known as Farinelli.
The cast...
Tony Jones' new film asks if we can live without animal testing
A comment from Peter Singer set ex-Q&A host and seven-time Walkley Award winner Tony Jones on a journey exploring the sentience of non-human animals,...
The Fatal Island - Paul Toohey
Timor Leste, one of the world’s youngest nations continues to develop economically and is emerging as a member of ASEAN.
But in 2008, the 6 year...
Borderline confusing: enclaves and exclaves of the world
The influx of 72,000 people into the tiny Spanish territory of Ceuta put the global spotlight on the curious phenomenon of enclaves.
A close ins...
Can AI scribes ease the burden on doctors without compromising care?
As doctors reach a breaking point balancing patient care with an escalating administrative burden, AI scribes are emerging as a lifeline. But amid the...
Vale Bill Oddie: funny man, bird man
British comedian and broadcaster Bill Oddie has died at the age of 85. Although best remembered to ABC audiences as part of 1970s comedy trio The Good...
The Year That Made Me: Mohammed Massoud Morsi, 1967
Mohammed Massoud Morsi is an Egyptian-Danish-Australian author, journalist and photographer who spent almost two decades working as a freelance journa...
The Sydney mum who's traditional cooking has gone viral
Fatimah Omran is a Sydney mum who’s built a massive following on social media - over quarter of a million followers on TikTok for example - all on the...
Parramatta: A Dictionary of Place and Memory
When author Yumna Kassab decided to write about her home suburb of Parramatta, she did so in an unconventional way: through a dictionary. But Parramat...
Populate or Perish: 81 years since Australia's postwar immigration drive
On August 2 1945, Australia’s first Immigration Minister Arthur Calwell gave a speech in parliament that The Museum of Australian Democracy described...
The insidious power of cults
Why do people join groups based around coercion and control, including people who we think should know better?
At the Festival of Dangerous Idea...
Indonesia's economic downslide
Indonesia's Rupiah has been losing value over the last two years, after decades of steady growth. This week's resignation of the Bank Indonesia Govern...
Wanted: one diplomat with infinite patience; UN chief selection gets underway
The contest for the top job at the UN is well under way, this week the first straw polls were held at the Security Council in New York.
The resu...
Tweet of the week, 26 July 2026
This week's small but colourful caller searches the tropical rainforest of Cape York Peninsula for seeds and fruit – the Red-cheeked Parrot.
The Year that Made Me: Craig Johnston, 1988
On The Year That Made Me, former Liverpool football star Craig Johnston reflects on an extraordinary life that extends far beyond his success on the p...
The tome that ignited a witch hunt hysteria
The Malleus Maleficarum, or The Hammer of Witches, was a 15th century manual that was directly responsible for the trials and executions thousands of...
Who was Linda Goodman, America's forgotten astrology queen?
Astrology's place in popular culture can be traced back to Linda Goodman, whose 1968 book Sun Signs was the first astrology book to make it onto the N...
The Light on the Hill: 135 years of Australian Labor Party history
When the Australian Labor Party turned 100 in 1991, one of ways the centenary was marked was the publication of a commissioned history by Ross McMulli...
India's Cockroach Janta Party claims victory as minister resigns
The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) is not a registered political party but its name is a parody of, and a reference to the Chief Judge of India’s Supreme...
The Year that Made Me: Alice Pung, 2006
Alice Pung is the daughter of ethnic Chinese Cambodian migrants who fled the killing fields of the Khmer Rouge for Melbourne in the 1980s. She wrote a...
From Mussolini to Beyoncé: Mary Beard talks Classics
'Rock star' classicist Mary Beard is back in the spotlight with a new book, Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old.' Reflecting on half a century spen...
Mapping the global fungi network
Scientists have drawn up the first complete global map of the hidden fungal super-highway that runs beneath our feet. These mycorrhizal networks stret...
Angertainment: Ed Coper on why we are stuck in a rage loop
In his new book, Angertainment, Ed Coper explores how online rage has grown into a cultural force offline, shaping politics, identity and influence. C...
Apes and humans have been sharing a laugh for 15 million years
Laughing might seem uniquely human, but our closest relatives in the animal kingdom do it too. A groundbreaking new study has now compared the laughte...
The arrest of rapper Mehdi El Youbi: Morocco cracks down on critical voices
The Moroccan rapper and filmmaker Mehdi El Youbi was arrested in Casablanca on Monday 13 July. Activists say El Youbi's arrest coincides with Moroccan...
John Safran on Race Around the World in the digital age
Six Australian filmmakers are currently on the adventure of a lifetime, tasked with making 10 short films, in 10 different countries, across 100 days....
The Year that Made Me: S. Shakthidharan, 2008
S. Shakthidharan, aka Shakthi, is a Western Sydney playwright, author and film-maker with Sri Lankan heritage and Tamil ancestry. He exploded onto the...
Chris Cody’s jazz travels from Mountain to Sea
Chris Cody is an internationally renowned jazz pianist and composer. He has recorded 14 albums, played with the likes of Herb Geller and Rhoda Scott a...
Chris Cody’s jazz travels from Mountain to Sea
Chris Cody is an internationally renowned jazz pianist and composer. He has recorded 14 albums, played with the likes of Herb Geller and Rhoda Scott a...
Coffee under threat of extinction: is this the bitter end?
Are we about to run out of coffee? Nearly all the 10 million tonnes of coffee beans consumed worldwide come from two plant species: arabica and robust...
Harnessing the therapeutic power of horses
The natural beauty of Western Australia's Kimberley region hides a shocking truth: the youth suicide rate in this remote part of the country is among...
Albania's Flamingo Revolution takes off in Tirana
For more than a month, thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Tirana, in the largest anti-government demonstrations since the collapse o...
The Year That Made Me: Jessica Mauboy, 2006
Singer-songwriter Jessica Mauboy is our special guest on the Year That Made Me this NAIDOC week. She covers her early life growing up in Darwin in an...
Who you gonna call (if aliens call first)?
What do we do if aliens reach out? Since 1989 scientists have maintained a set of protocols that would guide the world upon the discovery of signs of...
The incredible physics behind football design
A deep-dive into the incredible engineering of the football used in the 2026 men's world cup and the history of football design.
Marcia Langton on the "existential challenge" for Indigenous Australians
Professor Marcia Langton explores "the challenges to distinctive Aboriginal ways of being and knowing" in advance of her inaugural Rechnitz Memorial L...
Meet Jordan Bardella, the 30 year old who could be France's next president
On Tuesday July 7, a French court of appeal will decide whether Marine Le Pen of the far-right National Rally party can run for president for a fourth...