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Sunday Extra - Full program podcast
by ABC Australia
Sunday Extra presents a lively mix of national and international affairs, analysis and investigation, as well as a lighter touch.
Episodes
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The Nobel Prize, Raygun, and Sylvia Plath Stole My Boyfriend: 11 October, 2026
Raygun on her doco Breaking Badly, Dr Karl Deisseroth on winning the Nobel Prize for Medicine, and nonagenarian comic, Liz Hicklin on her play Sylvia Plath Stole My Boyfriend. Plus, Papua's melting glaciers, the complexity of keeping time on the moon, and the story of vaudeville sensation Harry...
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Landmines, loss and legacies: 4 October, 2026
As Nike's value plummets, is it's reputation heading in the same direction? What does it take to clear a war-ravaged country of landmines? And who was the real man behind the myth of Stephen Hawking. Plus Jeremy Dicker returns for Extra Intrigue, the cover-up of failed WWII rescue mission in...
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Scams, species and second drafts: 27 September, 2026
Sunday Extra presents a mix of national and international affairs, analysis and investigation.
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Bugs, blueprints and ballots: 20 September, 2026
Indonesia’s ambitious free nutritious meals program is plagued by food poisoning, the inaugural Bangsamoro Parliamentary election and research revising Australia's pre-colonial population. Plus, the mind behind the Australian classic ‘Possum Magic’ Mem Fox, Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Joby...
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Water, waves and wonder: 13 September, 2026
A deep dive into the newly expanded BRICS+ summit, the breakdown of the Indus Treaty, and the world's store of gold. Also, the extraordinary life of Australia's first indigenous military officer, the mysterious world of Echidnas, and a French astrophysist making waves. Then on The Year That Made...
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Shein's opaque origins and Samuel Beckett's diary: 6 September, 2026
Introducing Extra Intrigue a new monthly segment on the global affairs stories you might have missed. Plus, fast fashion giant Shein floats on the Hong Kong share market, the woman behind NASA's new telescope, and author Rosalie Ham on the Year that Made Me.
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Syria's new order and Andrew Upton's chickens: 30 August, 2026
Syria's shifting fortunes, a new Australia-Japan defence pact, and the promise (or peril) of AI-powered democracy. Plus Andrew Upton, Lily Shearer, Jim Henson's imaginative legacy, and Danny Estrin's moving race against time to tell a story worth sharing.
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History markers, future predictions and the poetry of the present: 23 August, 2026
Taiwan prepares for the predicted 2027 invasion by China, hunger stones in the dry river-beds of Europe remind us of the devastation of drought, medical hope from the Clinical Trial of the Year, and on The Year That Made Me, former cricket Bharat Sundaresan shares his love of cricket... and poetry.
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Big Numbers and Intimate Stories: 16 August 2026
Following Vietnamese leader Tô Lâm’s landmark visit to Australia, we examine what a deeper strategic partnership reveals about shifting power dynamics in the Asia-Pacific. while also exploring global efforts to reform corporate taxation and Iceland’s debate over renewing EU accession talks. We…
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Exiles, exclaves and ex-premiers: 9 August, 2026
China's new 'ethnic unity' law has reignited the debate over Beijing's treatment of Tibet Digital Rights Watch warns about AI scribes in healthcare, and Tony Jones on the ethical dilemma of medical testing on primates. Plus, with the focus on Spain's exclave of Ceuta, what are exclaves, enclaves...
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Cults, cuisines and economies: 2 August, 2026
The anniversary of Arthur Calwell’s 1945 “populate or perish” speech that shaped Australia, the first polls open for the next UN Secretary General, why Indonesia's economy is on a downturn, and an author who's work took her to the heart of insidious cults. Plus, a dictionary of Parramatta,...
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Statecraft, witchcraft and life after football: 26 July, 2026
The forces driving India's cockroach protests, and the evolution of the Labor Party. The forgotten mother of popular astrology, and the medieval book that fuelled witch hunts. Plus, former Liverpool football star Craig Johnston on The Year That Made Me, whose football achievements might be the...
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06 The Making of One Nation | Seize the Moment?
One Nation didn't emerge in a vacuum, then or now. The global surge in right-wing populism has propelled the party and thirty years on, it’s arguably stronger than ever. But is its popularity a protest or a fundamental realignment of Australian politics? And what happens to Pauline Hanson’s One...
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Apes, Aristotle and antifa: 19 July, 2026
A journalist who was pursued by Moroccan authorities on the arrest of "the best rapper in North Africa", a scientist who mapped the global fungal network, and rock star classicist Mary Beard on Mussolini and Beyoncé. Plus, author and lawyer Alice Pung on The Year That Made Me, how the online...
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05 The Making of One Nation | Master the Media
The media made Pauline Hanson and One Nation, but now the party holds all the power. It’s a perfect storm for democracy: a shrinking and cowering traditional media, the toxic algorithms of the unmoderated social media cess pit and the warped reality of generative AI. But why is the party that…
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The Birds, the Beans and the Backlash: 12 July, 2026
The latest on Albania's "Flamingo Revolution", John Safran on Race Around the World in the digital age, and Sri Lankan-Australian playwright S. Shakthidharan on The Year That Made Me.
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04 The Making of One Nation | Move the Centre
It’s never held government, or even opposition, yet One Nation’s managed to exert an outsized influence on the public policy agenda. From borders to migration, multiculturalism to Indigenous affairs, the far-right party has mastered mainstreaming and captured the masses fleeing the Coalition. In...
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Courts, Crops, and Cosmic Neighbours: 5 July, 2026
Solar solutions to food waste in Africa. The legal battle facing France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen. Marcia Langton asks what it means to belong on one's own land. The design evolution of the soccer ball. What is the protocol for alien first contact. And on The Year That Made Me, Jessica...
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03 The Making of One Nation | Survive the Scandal
We’d all like deeply considered policy and informed debate to be at the heart of politics, but unfortunately controversies and scandals tend to steal the show. For most parties, scandals are disastrous: they lose seats, ministers and elections — but not One Nation. It's weathered defections and...
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Crypto Economies, Credit Flights and Classical Discoveries: 28 June, 2026
From missing oil money to disappearing flight credits, and new Mozart music uncovered. Plus chess prodigy and International Master, Irina Berezina on how a chess competition nearly ended her life.
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02 The Making of One Nation | Define the Enemy
You might remember this line in Pauline Hanson's maiden speech: "I'm afraid we're in danger of being swamped by Asians." It wasn't the first racist comment she'd made in public and it certainly wasn't the last. Over the years, her enemies have changed and she now targets Muslims and elites, but...
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Ballots, Books and Blizzards: 21 June, 2026
From a knife-edge by-election in Britain to a pivotal vote in Colombia, a peek at Arthur Boyd's monumental tapestries and acclaimed author Anna Funder on The Year That Made Me.
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01 The Making of One Nation | Enter the Outsider
From a fish and chip shop in regional Queensland to the heart of Australian politics: this is the unlikely story of the country's most controversial minor party. In episode one, Ashlynne McGhee asks who was Pauline Hanson before she became a phenomenon, and what did she actually represent? Was…
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Dictator's daughter and the joys of bird-watching: June 14, 2026
This week on Sunday Extra, the father-daughter dates of North Korea's Supreme Leader and his 13-year-old daughter being positioned as successor, Russia and the Taliban cosy up and Gen-Z discover the joys of bird-watching.
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Armenia decides, Rwanda celebrates, and Iranians reflect: 7 June 2026
Armenians head to the polls in a pivotal election that could shape the country's future direction at a time of profound regional uncertainty. Despite its vast population and investment in the game, why does China continually fail to qualify for the men's Football World Cup. Burmese artist and...
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Chess Kings, Spy Rings and Bigfooters: 31 May, 2026
Who is Pakistan's Field Marshal Asim Munir and how has he managed the negotiations between the US and Iran? Will China's reforms to internal migration finally allow Chinese to move to a better life? Elite-level sports can't compete with the gruelling mental training needed to become a world chess...
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Sunday Extra 24 May 2026
Ukraine’s new 35 year old defence minister is pushing the use of autonomous killer drones to win the war against Russia. In Norway, a remarkable artwork known as Future Library is collecting manuscripts that will remain unread until 2114. And on The Year That Made Me, acclaimed Soviet historian...
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Sunday Extra 17 May 2026
Art Detective Arthur Brand shares his latest case; the recovery of a modernist painting by Dutch artist Toon Kelder, recovered from the home of a Dutch SS commander’s descendants. The release of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra after eight months in jail has prompted debate over...
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Sunday Extra 10 May 2026
On Sunday Extra this week, a post-mortem of the Farrer by-election, and was Chinese interference behind the cancellation of a major human rights conference due to be held in Zambia? Plus, new research on how awe can be good for our mental health, and on the Year That Made Me, Frances Rings shares...
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Sunday Extra 3 May 2026
Sunday Extra presents a mix of national and international affairs, analysis and investigation.
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Sunday Extra 26 April 2026
Sunday Extra presents a mix of national and international affairs, analysis and investigation.
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Sunday Extra 19 April 2026
On Sunday Extra this week, why the UAE is being excluded from negotiations to re-open the Strait of Hormuz. Former WaPo editor Robert G. Kaiser on how the Washington Post has fared under its billionaire owner Jeff Bezos. And the intriguing stories of the KGB’s archivist and the murky underworld...
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Sunday Extra 12 April 2026
What is behind the landmark secularism case in the Canadian Supreme Court that could redefine religious freedom and minority rights? Will Chadian troops arriving in Haiti be able to finally push back the violent gangs taking over Haiti? What’s in the draft Children’s Online Privacy Code, and how…
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Sunday Extra 5 April 2026
Will Hungarian elections on 12 April spell the end for Prime Minister Viktor Orbán? A new report uncovers how North Korea is sending state-sanctioned forced labourers to Russia. The end of more than 700 years of rule for hereditary peers in the British House of Lords And on The Year That Made Me,...
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Sunday Extra 29 March 2026
Sunday Extra presents a mix of national and international affairs, analysis and investigation.
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Sunday Extra 22 March 2026
This week on Sunday Extra, a new study finds no evidence that medical cannabis was any more effective at treating anxiety and depression than placebos. The fascinating world of numbers stations, one of the oldest forms of encrypted communication which are still used by intelligence agencies to…
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Sunday Extra 15 March 2026
Sunday Extra presents a mix of national and international affairs, analysis and investigation.
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Sunday Extra 8 March 2026
This week on Sunday Extra, as the war in the Middle East continues we look at the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most important shipping lanes. As Reza Pahlavi, son of the last Shah or Iran, makes his case for why he should lead the country through a democratic transition we look at the...
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Sunday Extra 1 March 2026
An ex-Pentagon official on the escalating conflict in the Middle East, Israel is debating re-introducing the death penalty, a live update on death of the Ayatollah, the 40th anniversary of the Philippines people's revolution, queer history archives at SLNSW and Bob Brown on The Year That Made Me.
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Sunday Extra 22 February 2026
Sunday Extra presents a mix of national and international affairs, analysis and investigation.
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Sunday Extra 15 February 2026
This week on Sunday Extra, Timor Leste has appointed prosecutors to take on crimes against humanity committed by the Myanmar military junta, the software engineer locked in a legal stoush with Services Australia, and we look at the company founders of Breville in our Household Names series. Plus,...
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Sunday Extra 8 February
In the wake of last year's deadly student riots, what will be the outcome of the upcoming election in Bangladesh? Will abolishing 'good character' references from sentencing relieve victims or impair justice? Another peak at the name behind the brand. This time: godmother of Australian wine, Mary...
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Sunday Extra 25 January, 2026
In the wake of the Bondi massacre, we ask Dr Rosemary Hollow how and when we should memorialise the loss and grief for victims and the community. Journalist Charlotte Grieve on her book Duty to Warn, and the defamation case that came from her investigation into surgeon Dr Munjed al-Muderis. NSW...
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Sunday Extra 18 January 2026
Meet North Korean Seongmin Lee who defected to the West and he now smuggles USB sticks containing Korean soap operas into North Korea. Intrepid investigative journalist Sean Williams tells the story of his trip to meet the self-proclaimed ‘ King of Bougainville’. On The Year That Made Me we…
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Sunday Extra 11 January 2026
Author and broadcaster Tim Ross reveals some of the Australian designs you have never heard of. Sally Gould take us behind the scenes of life as a new paramedic - and her tips for staying sane and Mary Bosworth takes us behind the scenes of a UK deportation facility. All revealed on Sunday…
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Sunday Extra 4 January 2026
Historian Ann Curthoys takes us on Paul Robeson's tour of Australia back in 1960. What happened to the platypus called Winston Churchill that was sent by boat to the UK in the middle of the 2nd World War. And don't miss a moving Year That Made Me with photographer Julian Kingma. All on Sunday…
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Sunday Extra 28 December 2025
Bagpipes have a long history that doesn't all take place in Scotland. How much truth is there in the CIA's use of George Orwell's book Animal Farm. And why has the Algerian Nutella-like spread El Morjene been banned in Europe? Find out on Sunday Extra.
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Sunday Extra 21 December 2025
2005 was a big year for Marcus Zusak and Gill Hicks. For Markus Zusak his best seller The Book Thief was published. For Gill Hicks, 2005 was the year she survived the terrorist bombing of the London Underground. Both events changed their lives. We also investigate the rise of the Banh Mi and Hi…
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Sunday Extra 14 December 2025
The UN is shutting down its mission in Iraq at the end of the year after 22 years. What has it achieved? Evan Ratliff has set up a company staffed entirely by AI. Has it worked? What have researchers learnt about the migration of Monarch butterflies from the airtags on them?
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Sunday Extra 7 December 2025
This week on Sunday Extra, does Australia need a 'Castle Law', what happens if Tehran runs out of water, and the sculpture outside the CIA HQ that may finally reveal its secrets. Plus, the 'Queen of Sumo', commentator Katrina Watts on the Year that Made Me.
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