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Saturday Extra - Separate stories podcast — 257 episodes

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Is One Nation set for a big by-election win?

2

Sarah Wilson on giving up hope and living truthfully in a collapsing world

3

India becomes Australia's top source of migration

4

Donald Trump heads to Beijing for a high-stakes meeting

5

Thomas Wright on great power rivalries in this volatile historic moment

6

Anthony Albanese on his second term in a turbulent world

7

PNG artist Ngaiire building bricks and mortar music school for emerging artists

8

As the US turns 250, is it time for a reset?

9

How King Charles became a 'Trump whisperer'

10

The Last Thing: Tim Ayliffe

11

Do we need a more diverse Anzac Day?

12

Deborah Mailman finds her 'happy place' in Warwick Thornton's new film

13

Who wants 'the most impossible job in the world'?

14

What's it like on the ground in Lebanon right now?

15

Hope and doubt around prospective Iran peace talks

16

Artists converge in the Snowy Monaro to paint in the great outdoors

17

What does the Iran war mean for China?

18

The story behind Labor's electoral landslide

19

Cheng Lei's stage show recreates 1154 days in Chinese detention

20

As Trump spars with the Pope, is MAGA fraying?

21

The Strait of Hormuz 'reopens' as the Lebanon ceasefire holds

22

Should we all be ditching our smartphones?

23

The Iran war was not a 'quick success' for Trump. So what's next?

24

Australia could play a big part in the next space age

25

Is the US-UK 'special relationship' faltering?

26

Hungarians head to the polls in a high-stakes election

27

Will the 'brittle' US-Iran ceasefire fall apart?

28

Why has Eurovision expanded to Asia?

29

Espionage, subterfuge and revenge in David McCloskey's new novel

30

An epic piece of music for the Easter weekend

31

The outback town protecting our fading night skies

32

Will Artemis II kickstart a new space race?

33

Iran defiant after Trump speech and the search for missing US airman

34

The Last Thing: Sita Sargeant

35

Slow Horses author Mick Herron on his spy megahit

36

Mick Harvey awarded highest French cultural honour

37

Why the government shouldn't 'waste a crisis'

38

UN declares the Earth is out of balance, as Northern Territory faces five successive disasters

39

Does the White House have an 'off ramp' for Iran?

40

Why is this a golden age for the Matildas?

41

Do US attacks on Iran signal the end of Trumpism?

42

The SA election: A big moment for One Nation

43

How weight loss drugs like Ozempic are changing the world

44

War in the Middle East, consequences in Australia

45

Is the war in Iran becoming an 'escalation trap'?

46

Exiled Iranian national soccer player speaks out about fate of returning players

47

From Adelaide to the Academy Awards

48

Flight of the Conchords star Bret McKenzie on his next act

49

Is Melbourne the world's best city?

50

Oil shock: Iran's leaders inflict pain on the global economy

51

Iran is playing 'the long game'. Will it pay off?

52

Why did America decide to go to war with Iran?

53

The world's longest serving TV news anchor duo

54

Magda Szubanski remembers comedy legend Ted Emery

55

A 'comeback' after 6,000 years of extinction

56

What's behind Trump's fight with an AI company?

57

How Iran's proxies have been degraded

58

Can the Iranians outlast the Americans?

59

The Last Thing: Caroline Butler-Bowdon

60

How Australian policy innovation influences the UK

61

Marianne Williamson on US politics

62

A rare look inside North Korea

63

What makes a truly great speech?

64

What's behind the rise of political violence in Australia?

65

Why are so many people Chinamaxxing?

66

Gisele Pelicot seeks to reverse the onus of shame for assault victims

67

Cricket legends stand up for imprisoned Imran Khan

68

After Andrew's arrest, what now?

69

Controversy surrounds incoming Northern Territory Administrator

70

Trump considers initial limited military strike on Iran

71

Supreme Court strikes down Trump's tariffs

72

Reimagining A Winter's Journey for Australia

73

A turning point for protest in Australia?

74

Building Zac Efron's zero-waste home

75

A big, messy week for the Liberals

76

What the Japanese election means for Australia

77

At Munich, big questions about the rules-based world order

78

Behind the massive lay-offs at The Washington Post

79

Why One Nation is surging in the polls

80

Voguing performers ready to strike a pose

81

US politics roundup with Katty Kay and Jon Sopel

82

The impact of Isaac Herzog's Australia visit

83

The Last Thing: Sam Koslowski

84

A messy January in Australian federal politics

85

The women drivers breaking up a boys' club

86

Will Iran strike a deal with the US?

87

What is Donald Trump's endgame in Minnesota?

88

The downfall of China’s top military general

89

Bush poets, buskers and big stars takeover Tamworth

90

How other countries deal with their contested days

91

Is another interest rate hike on the way?

92

Malcolm Turnbull on Coalition chaos

93

How will conservative parties reform after the Coalition's rancorous split?

94

Where do transatlantic relations go from here?

95

Geraldine Brooks on love, loss and ghost writing for Kamala Harris

96

Behind the scenes of journalist Gary O'Donoghue's exclusive interview with Trump

97

David Gonski reflects on 20 years as Chancellor of UNSW

98

Rifts between Europe and America as intense talks on Ukraine war continue

99

Did Saturday Extra fulfil its promises to you?

100

Overland from England to Adelaide for the Ashes

101

Australia's biggest social experiment: a ban on social media for under-16s

102

Governor-General Sam Mostyn "there is so much good in this country."

103

Mass prisoner release in Myanmar ahead of sham elections this month

104

Military build-up off Venezuela as US security strategy pledges "lethal force to defeat drugs cartels"

105

The Rest Is History podcast back in Australia

106

What political trends are revealed in the 2025 Australian Election Study?

107

Rising death toll in Hong Kong’s ‘avoidable’ fire

108

Washington attack and Trump's America with David Frum

109

Is peace possible? Ukraine war negotiations explained

110

How China is ruled by engineers and America is run by lawyers

111

Australia and India seal major film Industry pact as Bollywood booms down under

112

Jamal Khashoggi's widow devastated by President Trump's defence of Saudi Crown Prince

113

One Nation surges in the polls as the Liberal Party searches for meaning

114

G20 leaders meeting in South Africa

115

Putin backs US plan for ending Ukraine war as Zelensky faces "difficult" choice

116

The life and architecture of Lord Norman Foster

117

The untold story of grandparenting in Australia

118

Is the future of university campuses all about collaboration?

119

Calls grow to release all Epstein files

120

BBC refuses to pay President Trump compensation

121

Michelle Grattan's front row seat to the drama of the dismissal

122

Annabel Crabb's new series: Civic Duty

123

High speed rail network on track

124

The Age of Choice: A History of Freedom in Modern Life

125

Democrats sweep to victory across the US, but divided over future direction

126

COP30 climate talks in Brazil on how to limit global warming

127

A pageant of porridge at the World Porridge Making Championships

128

Mark McKenna's history of Australia

129

Zohran Mamdani's moment in New York City mayoral race

130

Prince Andrew stripped of title, home and status

131

The Trump Xi trade meeting

132

Paramilitary group RSF carrying out genocide with impunity in Sudan

133

Punjabi superstar descends on Australia

134

Temperature check on Australia's democracy

135

Bold and brazen: History's greatest art heists

136

Timor-Leste finally joins ASEAN

137

Donald Trump's Asia visit

138

Griffin Dunne - The Friday Afternoon Club

139

The Trump-Albanese White House Meeting

140

Kate Mulvany brings Darcy Niland’s The Shiralee to the stage

141

Inquiry into falling rates of Asian language study in Australia

142

The art of the gift - What should Albanese give Trump?

143

The whirlwind week in Middle East and US politics

144

‘Without trees we are all lost’: the ancient stories of Australia’s iconic Eucalyptus

145

After the war, what is the future of Palestine?

146

Snowy Hydro 2.0 is leaking money

147

The sway of Australia’s Gen Z political influencers

148

What is uniting the global wave of Gen Z protesters?

149

The sway of Australia’s Gen Z political influencers

150

‘The nightmare can now end’: Israelis react to ceasefire

151

'We lost everything': How much peace will Trump’s plan bring?

152

The death of leggings?

153

How will AI affect our democracy?

154

"Hope" after Hamas announces release of remaining hostages in Gaza

155

The story of Australian restaurateur’s iconic Shanghai restaurant: M on the Bund

156

Can Trump win the Nobel Peace Prize?

157

Donald Trump orders Israel to stop bombing Gaza as Hamas agrees to free hostages

158

Budgie smugglers back in vogue in Europe

159

Academics dispute state of finances at leading Sydney university

160

Jennifer Byrne on her best books of the 21st century

161

The story of feminist action in Australia

162

The politics at the UN General Assemby: Laura Tingle

163

Trump at the UN General Assembly

164

Jon Sopel on the week in US and UK politics

165

"Here you come again": the Dolly Parton show sweeping Australia

166

So you want to own Greenland? Some lessons from the past

167

What does the new climate target mean for regional Australia?

168

Anthony Albanese's crucial visit to Trump's America

169

UN leaders week: vital questions on Israel-Gaza, the role of the US and future of UN

170

25 years since Sydney Olympics: a trip down memory lane

171

What language is acceptable in politics, and how has it changed?

172

Murdoch family real-life succession drama reaches finale

173

Might makes right: great power rivaly explained

174

PNG marks 50 years since independence

175

Is America trapped in a cycle of political violence?

176

Dracula: Adrenaline fuelled ballet for the TikTok generation

177

Is peak optimization of society a good thing?

178

Could a covid-style response fix our feral animal problem?

179

Four years of Taliban rule in Afghanistan: Yalda Hakim

180

US Ambassador Nicholas Burns on rebranded Department of War and China's military parade

181

History wars: how WWII is shaping Chinese nationalism

182

The Last Thing with trail-blazing business leader Katrina Rathie

183

Universities: Saving a sector in crisis

184

The Australian World Orchestra on home soil

185

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa on the death of democracy

186

How extremism and foreign interference threaten Australian social cohesion

187

Stop stealing our voices

188

Government to tackle intergenerational inequity after roundtable

189

Katherine Bennell-Pegg on breaking the galactic ceiling

190

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell bites back at President Trump

191

Israel preparing expanded assault on Gaza City

192

Where to next in Ukraine's fight for peace

193

Plan for bridge between Sicily and Italian mainland meets fierce opposition

194

Uncovering Trump's backchannel to Putin

195

Can the productivity roundtable deliver genuine economic reform?

196

Scientists unlock ocean secrets through environmental DNA

197

Did World War II fail to deliver on the promise of independence for the colonies?

198

Is Trump falling into Putin's Alaska trap?

199

Professor Richard Scolyer runs in City to Surf

200

Inter Alia: a new play by Suzie Miller at the UK's National Theatre

201

The debate: hatred of poetry

202

Fact checkers overwhelmed in era of falsehoods

203

Global plastic treaty talks in Geneva enter make-or-break stage

204

Will Ukraine be side-lined by a Trump-Putin peace deal?

205

Will the world recognise a Palestinian state?

206

Hands off our Humanities - calls to scrap the Job Ready Graduate package

207

New EVs hitting the market as Chinese brands gain dominance

208

Shock waves continue five years on from Port of Beirut explosion

209

Has Trump successfully up-ended global trade?

210

First Nations fashion on show at Darwin's 10th Country to Couture

211

How a French spy became a bestselling author

212

AI boot camps taking off in corporate Australia

213

Original Sin: Biden's decline and his team's efforts to hide it

214

Albanese hold the centre: the week in federal politics

215

Climate change turned sea urchins into a pest, scientists are finding a solution

216

Who are the new faces in Canberra for the next parliament?

217

Trump's Scottish heritage doesn't make him Scotland's favourite son

218

Robinson brother murders may have Mexican cartel links

219

Pentagon pulls out of Aspen Security Forum citing the 'evil of globalism'

220

Europe hardens its borders to curb illegal migration

221

Meet the three brothers rowing across the Pacific Ocean

222

Does the future of Australian philanthropy lie with our tech entrepeneurs?

223

Can Elon Musk buy success for his 'America' party?

224

Will China fill the USAID void?

225

What can we expect from the PM's visit to China?

226

Trump visits Texas as flood recovery continues

227

AI takes over from tradition at Wimbledon

228

Myanmar: 100 days after the earthquake

229

Vaccination rates drop as culture wars take hold

230

Dalai Lama succession plan

231

Trump signs big beautiful bill into law

232

What the Israel-Iran war means for Russia

233

The last thing: Winnie Dunn

234

So much news: a mid-year review with Rory Medcalf and Susannah Patton

235

Citizen scientists track surge in humpback whale numbers

236

True crime on trial

237

Does Netanyahu have politcial capital to end war in Gaza after strikes against Iran?

238

National pride and fear: A glimpse inisde Iran

239

Alice Springs beanie festival draws to a close after almost 30 years

240

Influence and Ignorance: A short history of snubbed Aussie PMs

241

Top marine minds gather in Cairns to tackle ocean emergency

242

Top marine scientists gather in Cairns to tackle ocean emergency

243

Saudi Arabia's move to dominate global sport

244

"Fortress WA" budget surplus and plans to future proof state finances

245

Iran insists on right to enrich uranium as European talks fail

246

Wallaby and whisky pudding: Tasmanian produce meets Indian dining

247

Canada's G7: An awkward AUKUS moment

248

Virgin Airlines float to boost the shrinking ASX

249

Lessons for global centre-left parties from Labor's win

250

Iranian missile strikes in retaliation to Israel's attacks

251

Trump's militarisation of America

252

Indigenous art in reimagined MET gallery

253

The slow demise of British Australia

254

Netflix reports revenue of up to $1.3 billion in Australia

255

Matt Kean warns about the realities of a warming planet

256

The 'audacious' drone attack and the future of war in Ukraine

257

Trump v Musk: The Big Beautiful Fallout