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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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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...
New Gang Suppression Force arrives in Haiti
A new UN-backed Gang Suppression Force, led by Chad, has begun its deployment into Haiti. The new force hopes to succeed where its predecessor — the K...
Canada's secularism law tested in the Supreme Court
A constitutional brouhaha is brewing in Canada as the Supreme Court weighs legal arguments presented in a landmark case known as English Montreal Scho...
Tweet of the week, 5 April 2026
This week's mystery caller likes woodland and open country right across mainland Australia — the Jacky Winter.
The Year that Made Me: Archbishop Kanishka Raffel, 1986
The Most Reverend Kanishka Raffel is the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney. Kanishka was born into the Buddhist faith, but a chance conversation with a Ch...
Melbourne institution Snuff Puppets could be snuffed out
For over 30 years, the Snuff Puppets have brought all manner of giant puppets to streets and communities of Melbourne and beyond.
But a recent...
The Aussie cinema that was ranked the 30th best in the world
In March, Time Out magazine released its list of the The 100 greatest cinemas in the world right now, and 6 Australian cinemas made the cut.
Sun...
Hereditary Peers are getting the axe
For more than 700 years, the upper house of British parliament, House of Lords, was largely made up of hereditary peers. Seats in the House of Lords w...
Is Viktor Orbán's rule in Hungary about to end?
Hungarians will go to the polls on April 12 in what is shaping up to be a historic election.
Incumbent president, Viktor Orbán, Europe’s most ri...
60 years of the National Folk Festival
Held every Easter long weekend at Exhibition Park in Canberra, the National Folk Festival is still going strong for it's 60th year running. To mark th...
How North Korea deploys forced labour in Russia
North Korean workers in Russia work up to 16 hours a day with no day off and earn as little as 10 USD per month, according to a report titled A Day in...
40 years of Adelaide's "Frankenstein bus-rail hybrid"
Adelaide's O-Bahn was the second guided bus railway in the world, and is now one of only four on the planet. But it has been an enormous success, and...
Tweet of the week, 29 March 2026
This week's mystery caller occupies wooded habitats across the south and up the east – the Golden Whistler.
The Year that Made Me: Emily Strasser, 2009
Emily Strasser was in her late teens before she began to realise the depth of her family's secret. Her grandfather, George, whom she had never met, ha...
Slavery and sex trafficking: uncovering the secrets of Australia's first Hollywood icon
Much has been written about Errol Flynn, whose extraordinary life took him from Hobart, to Papua New Guinea, to Hollywood's Golden Age where he became...
The cost of living too long
Is the longevity of Australians in the 21st century actually a curse for future generations? Government spending on the elderly is predicted to grow s...
Is it OK to drink in front of your kids?
As the negative effects of long-term alcohol use become clearer, it's a question that worries most modern parents: Is it OK to drink in front of your...
Are refugees still welcome in regional Australia?
With the rise of popularity of One Nation with rural and regional Australians, what is the effect on refugees who have settled in regional areas? Do t...