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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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0:17:57

Mennonites establish a new colony in the Angolan...

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/06/21

The Mennonites are a Christian faith stream established in the Netherlands in the 16th century. They are a pacifist faith and live largely without technology. They have spread across the globe through Russia to North America and then 100 years ago into South America. Now as they search for more farming land they have set up a community in Northen Angola. Guest: Photojournalist Nadia Shira Cohen, reporter and photographer of the New York TImes article The Mennonite Colony that Made

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0:06:44

When Midnight Oil went to Burnie

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/06/21

In 1981 Midnight Oil released their Place without a Postcard album including a song called Burnie inspired by a tour the band did to North West Tasmania. Midnight Oil guitarist Jim Migonie wrote the song with lead singer Peter Garrett. The song was not universally appreciated in Burnie as the town became a battleground between industry and the environmental movement.Guest: Jim Moginie, musician, songwriter and writer, guitarist with Midnight OilAuthor of The Silver River (Harper

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0:21:08

Justin Heazlewood's Burnie: a small town with big dreams

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/06/21

Justin Heazlewood is an author, songwriter, comedian and performer whose creative work takes him all over the world. But after returning to his hometown, Burnie, in Tasmania during COVID, Justin developed a new appreciation for port-side city of his childhood. It has accumulated in his new book, Dream Burnie, an ambitious, memoir, art book and cultural time capsule tracing 20 creative artists who were also Burnie-born. Guest: Justin Heazlewood, songwriter, comedian and author of

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0:14:14

Australian NGOs struggle without USAID support

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/06/21

Australian NGOs have been devastated by Trump's USAID cuts, according to a new report by the Australian Council for International Development. Aid organisations partnering with the US on programs and local partner charities have been hit with financial losses that have forced the closure of programs throughout the Pacific and South East Asia. From clean water projects, to girl's education, vulnerable communities are already feeling the impact of the cuts.Guest: Matthew Maury, CEO

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0:11:46

Tasmania goes back to the polls

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/06/21

Tasmanians are going, somewhat reluctantly, to an election on July 19th.It's been just 16 months since the last state election, with the snap poll being triggered by a no-confidence motion against Premier Jeremy Rockliff.GUESTKevin Bonham Tasmanian election analyst

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0:01:52

Tweet of the week 15 June 2025

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/06/14

This week's mystery caller is the Spotted Catbird. It's often found between about Townsville and Cooktown, and especially in forest around Cairns.Fruit makes up most of the diet - figs, palm seeds and berries. And, unlike its southern counterpart, it often comes down to the ground to find food.

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0:29:27

The Year that Made Me: Ann Odong (2011)

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/06/14

Ann Odong's journey from a child in war torn Uganda, to growing up in the suburbs of Perth is a story in itself.But that was just the beginning for a soccer mad kid who would eventually turn her passion for football into a career with the Matildas.GUEST:Ann Odong, Media Manager The Matildas

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0:23:05

Samantha Ellis: Chopping Onions on My Heart

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/06/14

A lot of people can’t get their head around the phrase our next guest uses to describe herself - to some it sounds like a contradiction in terms, or an impossibility evenThe phrase Samantha Ellis uses is “Iraqi Jew", and the reason it’s unfamiliar has a lot to do with a long and complex history that Samantha comprehensively gets her own head around in her new book Chopping Onions on My Heart GUESTSamantha Ellis

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0:17:21

The Wrong Gods heads to Melbourne

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/06/14

S Shakthidharan had a huge hit with his first play Counting and Cracking which covered the history of Sri Lanka's conflict and the migrant experience. His new play The Wrong Gods deals with the big issues of the day like the impact of globalism, progress and the environment all through the lens of a familiar mother daughter conflict. Guest: S Shakthidharan, playwright and director of The Wrong Gods, currently showing at the Arts Centre in Melbourne performed by the Melbourne

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0:11:01

Swimming with Jaws to save the sharks

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/06/14

For the 50th Anniversary of the release of Jaws, endurance swimmer, Lewis Pugh, swam around the island of Martha's Vineyard, the setting of the Jaws movie and home to many great white sharks. He undertook the 12 day swim to raise awareness of the threat to sharks, which play an essential role in the ocean's ecosystem.Guest: Lewis Pugh, endurance swimmer and UN Patron of the Oceans.

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0:10:33

Global tensions cast long shadow over the G7

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/06/14

The Trump Tariffs, the war in Ukraine and Israel's war in Gaza are all casting a long shadow over this years G7 summit, being held this week in Canada.The G7 was formed more than fifty years ago, in 1973, as a platform for the world’s advanced economies to align on the economic and geopolitical challenges of the day.2024 shapes as the most challenging year the summit has faced, since it was first held in 1973.GUEST:John Kirton Professor emeritus of political science and the

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0:14:26

Israel and Iran Air Strike update

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/06/14

Barbara Slavin brings us latest news in the direct hostilities in the Middle East, which began on Friday when Israel launched strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities and ballistic missile bases.Guest: Barbara Slavin: Distinguished Fellow at the Stimson Centre in Washington and lecturer in international affairs at George Washington University.

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0:02:02

Tweet of the week 8 June 2025

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/06/07

This week's mystery caller is famously adaptable and opportunistic, even at Lake Eyre – the Silver Gull.The winner is Dave from Lune River Tasmania

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0:21:33

Samantha Ellis: Chopping Onions on My Heart

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/06/07

A lot of people can’t get their head around the phrase our next guest uses to describe herself - to some it sounds like a contradiction in terms, or an impossibility evenThe phrase Samantha Ellis uses is “Iraqi Jew", and the reason it’s unfamiliar has a lot to do with a long and complex history that Samantha comprehensively gets her own head around in her new book Chopping Onions on My Heart GUESTSamantha Ellis

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0:14:23

Nigerian film wins at Cannes Film Festival

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/06/07

Akinola Davies was awarded the Camera D'Or Special Distinction for his film My Fathers Shadow at the Cannes Film Festival this year. It is the first time that a Nigerian film has been chosen for the festival. The film follows a man and their two sons as they travel to Lagos for the day on what would turn out to be a turbulent day in Nigerian political history. The film has its Australian premiere at the Sydney Film Festival.Guest: Akinola Davies, director My Fathers Shadow

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0:14:03

Rewilding our cities

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/06/07

You’ve probably heard of the term Rewilding - its an approach that aims to restore wildlife to their former habitats in the face of humans and their habitats.The University of Sydney’s been examining Rewilding approaches from all over the world and it recently published its findings in in the journal BioScience.GUEST Dr Patrick Finnerty School of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Sydney

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0:12:34

Elections for judges: Democracy in action or a...

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/06/07

Mexico's president claims the public election of judges will make for a more transparent democracy. But with only 13% of Mexicans turning out for the judicial elections, will they instead amplify the corruption plaguing Mexico's legal system. Guest: Luis Gomez-Romero, Senior Lecturer at the School of Law, University of Wollongong.

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0:20:50

Who took the photo of 'Napalm Girl' ?

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/06/07

On the 8th June 1972, Vietnamese photographer Nick Ut won the Pulitzer Prize for the photograph of Kim Phuc, a young girl running burnt and naked down the road outside Bang Trang. The photo contributed to a changing perception of the war in America. A new documentary now casts doubt on who actually took the photo, 53 years later. Could it have been a stringer?Guests:Carl Robinson, former photo editor for APBao Nguyen, director of the documentary The Stringer.

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0:19:44

Syria after Assad

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/06/07

Six months after Bashar Assad fled the country, Syria is slowing emerging from 50 years of authoritarian rule.Former Al Qaeda fighter Ahmed Al Sharaa is now in charge, but peace remains fragile and Syria's long term future is far from certain.GUEST:Heidi Pett Freelance journalist, producer and videographer

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0:25:45

The Year that Made Me: Everald Compton, 1956

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/06/07

Everald Compton has met every PM since Menzies, counts John Howard as a friend, and says Julia Gillard was the best political negotiator he ever saw.Yet he's never belonged to a political party, and says he's a man of deep faith, but doesn't call himself a Christian.Twice awarded an Order of Australia, Everald has written myriad books, and been a tireless campaigner for social justice issues.GUEST: Everald Compton Historian, author, and social entrepreneur with a focus on faith,

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