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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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0:20:07

Are emoji a new language?

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/07/26

Whether you favour a thumbs up, a laughing face, or a smiling poop, chances are you’ve used an emoji.There’s currently 3790 different emojis sitting in your phone. And the ominous-sounding Unicode Consortium is in charge of exactly which images of flags, faces and faeces are allowed.Emojis have captivated society, from love-hearting posts on Instagram, to rating our bathroom experience on a scale of smiley faces. They capture something that words alone do not. New ones are

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0:11:51

Questions about the Salt Path

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/07/26

100 word including guest & book

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0:12:21

Lowering the vote to 16 can improve democracy,...

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/07/26

The United Kingdom has just announced that it will be lowering the voting age to 16 for all future elections. But the UK is not the first country to make these voting reforms, with several countries in Europe and Latin America already allowing 16 and 17 year olds to vote, either nationally or regionally. Social scientist Christine Huebner, has spent years researching youth voting, and her conclusion is - lowering the voting age does not have any negative side effects for

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0:19:06

The romance scam evidence rejected in Donna Nelson's...

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/07/26

Western Australian woman, Donna Nelson was in Japanese court this week, appealing her 6 year sentence for drug smuggling. Romance scam expert, Monica Whitty, gave evidence for Nelson's defence that was rejected as part of the appeal. But Monica's report leaves little doubt that Nelson was a victim of organised crime that specialised in using romance scams to trick victims into becoming unwitting drug mules. Guest: Monica Whitty, Professor of Human Factors in Cyber Security in the

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0:12:07

No end in sight to toxic algal bloom

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/07/26

It's a microscopic single cell organism, known by the scientific name Karenia Mikimotoi.And right now this micro-algae is wreaking havoc on a large stretch of the South Australian coast, forming a destructive algal bloom that's grown to 4,500klms in size - or about twice the size of the ACT.GUEST:Professor Shauna Murray Marine Biologist, at the UTS School of Life Sciences.

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0:28:09

The Year that Made Me: Yael Stone; 2020

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/07/19

Actor Yael Stone had finally secured a Green Card - that ticket to the American dream that gives outsiders the legal right to live and work in the United States.Something coveted and potentially life-transforming it’s literally the prize in an annual lottery. So not many people give up something like that, and especially if that card has allowed you to star in a hit series on Netflix.Guest: Yael Stone Actor and environmental activist.Currently performing in Mother Play for the

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0:18:28

The ethical considerations of killing mosquitos

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/07/19

Malaria killed an estimated 600,000 people globally in 2023 and 94% of those deaths were in Africa. Advances in genome editing means that it may now be possible to eradicate the malaria carrying mosquito. Paul Ndebele is a bioethicist from George Washinton University who grew up in a malarial zone of the Zambezi Valley so brings a personal perspective on whether plans to eradicate the mosquito should proceed. Guest: Paul Ndebele, bioethicist and Professor in George Washington

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0:15:54

National Excel Champions

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/07/19

How good are you at Microsoft Excel? Not as good as the young people in a new documentary called Spreadsheet Champions. Having its Australian Premiere at the MIFF, the documentary follows six national Excel champions from Guatemala, Cameroon, Vietnam, Greece, Australia and the USA as they compete in the World Championships. Guests: Kristina Kraskov director Spreadsheet Champions and Guatemalan Excel champion Carmina SolaresSpreadsheet Champions is having its Australian Premiere at

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0:09:11

Planning for the robotic future that's already here

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/07/19

While city streets teeming with robots might feel like a scene from a sci-fi movie, service robots are already commonplace in the public spaces of cities like Tokyo and Singapore. But while the technology forges ahead, the regulators that plan the public policies for our cities are being left behind, leaving a potential for a gulf between what populations needs from service robots and what is delivered. Professor Michael Mintrom shares the findings from his study into what

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0:15:05

An $8 million Mars rock and the science behind it

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/07/19

Sotheby's sold a meteorite from Mars for US$5.3 million last Wednesday to an undisclosed buyer. Sotheby's claims is the largest Martian meteorite in the world, at nearly 25kgs. But for planetary scientist like Professor Gretchen Benedix, the value of Martian meteorites is beyond the imaginations of most private collectors. She shares the science that has been used to analyse meteorites, and the potential discoveries that might be made from access to such a large Martian

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0:15:54

Inmate awarded PHD for prison garden design

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/07/19

It is hard enough to complete a PHD, but imagine doing it without access to libraries or the Internet. One inmate from the maximum security Macquarie Correctional Centre in Wellington in Central West NSW has completed a PHD designing and constructing hydroponic garden that grows fresh vegetables for the prison population. How did he do it?Guest: Dr Christian Tietz, Senior Lecturer, Industrial Design, UNSWHow maximum security prison inmates and officers worked together to create a

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0:15:01

Tasmania Votes

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/07/19

Tasmanians are going back to the polls, after a successful no-confidence motion was made against the Premier Jeremy Rockliff.The snap poll comes just over a year since the last election, and its likely whoever wins will have to once again navigate a politically diverse crossbench.GUEST:Richard Eccleston Professor of Political Science, University of Tasmania

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0:25:42

Paul and Eslanda Robeson ABC Interview from 1960

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/07/12

Audio from the ABC Archives of Bob Moore interviewing Paul Eslanda Robeson, during their 1960 Australian visit.

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0:25:42

Paul and Eslanda Robeson ABC Interview from 1960

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/07/12

Audio from the ABC Archives of Bob Moore interviewing Paul Eslanda Robeson, during their 1960 Australian visit.

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0:23:56

The Year that Made Me: Blak Douglas, 1999

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/07/12

Blak Douglas has spent his artistic career painting bold and graphic artworks infused with political commentary of the realities of First Nation experiences in modern Australia. He describes his work as "parody, irony, truth". But before he found his voice as an Indigenous artist, Blak had to find a path out of the mono-cultural and prejudiced outer-western suburbs of Sydney, after generations of family members who had been robbed of their indigenous heritage. Guest: Blak Douglas,

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0:01:51

Tweet of the week 13 July 2025

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/07/12

This week's mystery caller is small of stature but sings energetically with a powerful voice – the Inland Thornbill.

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0:21:43

Backstage on Paul Robeson's tour to Australia in 1960

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/07/12

When Paul Robeson toured Australia in 1960, it was not only a concert tour, but also a political tour. Paul Robeson was a hero to the political left across the globe and in Australia he met peace activists, Indigenous leaders, and union leaders. His impressive wife Eslanda was an author and correspondent for the United Nations and she met with women's organisations across Australia and New Zealand. What was the legacy of the tour for both Australian activists and the

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0:10:02

Perth opera singer wins prestigious award in Montréal

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/07/12

Fleuranne Brockway is the first Australian singer to win the Montreal International Musical Competition in its 23 year history. She faced singers from around the world, competing for a prize valued at $85,000 AUD.The mezzo-soprano singer from Perth has had a meteoric rise as an opera singer Europe, but has returned to Perth this July for rehearsals for Western Australian Opera's Madama Butterfly.Guest: Fleuranne Brockway, Australian Mezzo-Soprano. You can see her winning

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0:11:14

Is there an epidemic of adult diagnoses of ADHD?

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/07/12

Is there really the problem with ADHD over-diagnosis? GPs are now licensed in multiple states to prescribe ADHD medication, while shortages of those medications are being felt nation-wide. Is the disorder being over-diagnosed, or do we need to find alternative solutions to support the supply chain?Guest: Dr David Coghill, President of the Australian ADHD Professionals Association

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0:12:49

USA Africa summit confirms the future is trade not aid

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/07/12

What do Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal have in common? They were all invited to the USA-Africa Summit hosted by President Trump to discuss the move to trade from aid and other security and migration issues. And will the peace deal between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo negotiated by the Trump administration hold?Guest: Nosmot Gbadamosi writes the Africa Brief for Foreign Policy.

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