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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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Death of Strine? How the Aussie vernacular has changed
Why do we still "have a crack", but don't "give it a burl"?
Mozart lovers rejoice! New compositions discovered in French library
A notebook has been discovered in the National Library of France that contains compositions part-written by Mozart. Julian speaks with one of the peop...
The Year that Made Me: Irina Berezina, 1997
Irina Berezina is one of the few women in the world in chess to become an International Master. She started out as a child chess prodigy in the former...
World-first universal basic income scheme underway in the Marshall Islands
In 2025, the Republic of the Marshall Islands rolled out the world’s first nationwide universal basic income scheme.
Venezuela's missing oil money
When the US captured former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and backed his deputy, Delcy Rodríguez, Trump promised a new era of prosperity was ahe...
Virgin flight credits expire on June 30: everything you need to know
$90 million worth of flight credits with Virgin Australia are set to expire on June 30. The credits date back to the COVID period, but the equivalent...
Can science save the insects?
While attention focuses on saving the bees, what is happening to the wider insect world that underpins global ecosystems?
Entomologist Jonathan...
The Year that Made Me: Anna Funder, 1988
In 1988 Anna Funder was a student in Berlin, unaware that the East German dissidents she had befriended were about to have their lives changed by the...
How scientists celebrate midwinter in Antarctica
For the small communities of scientists, researchers and support staff who live in Antarctica, Midwinter means a day spent in almost total darkness, a...
Arthur Boyd's monumental tapestries
A lesser known artistic project of Arthur Boyd is on display at the National Gallery of Australia. Arthur Boyd: Tapestries
The 20 tapestries, co...
Colombia's first left-wing government threatened by Trump's ally "The Tiger"
It's “perhaps the most polarised choice of any election in the world in recent memory”. Increasing gang violence related to the cocaine trade is front...
How long will it take for Andy Burnham to become the UK's next PM?
Former Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham is about to be sworn in as an MP for Makerfield at Westminster, but the biggest question in UK politic...
Taiwan's first International Booker Prize
Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, and its English translation by Lin King has been awarded the 2026 International Booker Prize. It is the first tim...
The Year that Made Me: Sophie Cape, 2010
Sophie Cape was forced to give up a promising career as an elite athlete, first as a downhill skier, and then as a track cyclist, after a series of ca...
Why was a fragment of Homer's Iliad inside an Egyptian mummy
Archaeologists in Egypt were amazed to find a fragment of Homer's epic poem the Iliad stuffed inside a 1,600 year-old mummy. The discovery prompted qu...
Audio play about four teens in an Irish cemetery wins prestigious BBC Award
Australian playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer has won the prestigious BBC World Service International Audio Drama Competition for an audio play about four...
Why is bird watching so hot right now?
Research commissioned by the UK’s Royal Society for the Protection of Birds shows a tenfold increase in birding by Gen Zs since 2018, within a 47% ris...
Prominient Miskito Indigenous rights activist dies of "enforced disappearance"
Brooklyn Rivera spent his life fighting for the rights of the Indigenous Miskito people of Nicaragua's resource-rich Caribbean coast. He died in state...
Russia and the Taliban cozy up
There is a developing bilateral relationship between Russia and the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan. The two nations recently signed an as-yet u...
Is a 13-year-old girl being positioned as North Korea's future leader?
Since 2022, Kim Jong Un’s daughter has become a regular fixture at formal events with her father, leading many to speculate that North Korea's Supreme...
Newly discovered document sheds light on sick leave during the Black Death
Despite taking place more that 500 years ago, the Black Death plague still fascinates us, and historians are still unearthing new facts about the medi...
The Year That Made Me: Chris Wilson, 1976
Chris Wilson was the first woman to work in an underground mine in Tasmania. She is also a visual artist, a tour guide, and lives in a colourful Roman...
"When people ask me about the ‘situation’ in Iran"
Marjon Mossammaparast is an Iranian poet and English teacher. Now based in Melbourne, she was born in Iran in 1979, the year of the Islamic Revolution...
Cane: the complex story of South Sea Islander history and culture
An exhibition called Cane at the Rockhampton Museum of Art is giving voice to the little discussed stories of the South Sea Islander community in Cent...
Film about healing after genocide wins Rwanda's first Camera d'Or
Ben’Imana is set in Rwanda in 2012, during the Gacaca people’s court trials that sought justice and community reconciliation after the 1994 Rwandan ge...
Communism, corruption and parental expectations: why China fails at football: why China fails at football
Why is the world’s most populous country, which is rapidly advancing in so many arenas, failing to live up to its dreams of glory on the pitch?
Armenia votes, but don't call it a choice between Russia and the West
Armenia heads to the polls on Sunday in what has been described as “one of its most pivotal elections since regaining independence in 1991.” Just don'...
Burmese artist Sai Redacted wins prize for creative dissent
At the 2026 Oslo Freedom Forum, Burmese artist Sai Redacted was one of the recipients of the Vaclav Havel International Prize for Creative Dissent.
The Pakistani Field Marshall Between Washington and Tehran
Who is Field Marshal Asim Munir, the Pakistani military leader balancing negotiations between the US and Iran? How did he win the trust of Iran and be...
The Power and Punishment of Competitive Chess
Chess may not look physically gruelling, but at the elite level it is one of the world's most intense competitive pursuits. Journalist and author Jord...
Tweet of the week, 26 May 2026
This week's mystery caller of the north was spotted tapping at the door of a Sunday Extra listener – the Yellow Oriole.
The Year that Made Me: Jason Gillespie, 1995
Jason "Dizzy" Gillespie is one of cricket's greats, not just because of his career on the field, but also his second career, fostering a new generatio...
The historians turned spies who saved Greece's treasures from the Nazis
During World War II, a motley crew of US historians and archaeologists were drawn into a covert mission to protect Greece's the ancient treasures from...
Catching the Bigfoot Hunters
Being a Bigfooter is an identity in the US, complete with conferences, research organisations and online social groups. They believe Bigfoot is real,...
Happy home: The UK's first housing cooperative for older women
Britain’s first housing cooperative for women over 50 opened its doors 10 years ago. The New Ground housing project houses 26 women, almost all of who...
China lifts regulation on internal migration but not everyone benefits
China's hukou system, which has long restricted the rights of internal migrant workers is undergoing significant reform. What might these changes mean...
Renewing an old theory of the New Zealand accent
Why do New Zealanders say “fush and chups”, and “hair” like “here”? A new theory about the origins of the distinctive NZ accent is being explored by r...
The Melbournian running for parliament in Cyprus
Costa Constanti, who was born and bred in Melbourne - is running for parliament in Cyprus with the Volt Party, which calls itself “the first Pan-Europ...
The Nightline wants to hear your late-night thoughts
The Nightline is an instalment work coming to the Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne, and the creators are calling on night owls, shift workers, insomniac...
Tweet of the week, 24 May 2026
This week's colourful wetland caller is found across the north and down the east — the Azure Kingfisher.