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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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0:18:23

Prevail Together: The bomb disposal charity working...

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/05/17

Chris Garrett, a bomb disposal expert who was killed whilst operating in Ukraine last week, reportedly cleared between 5000-6000 tonnes of landmines from the country. He worked as part of an extraordinary team at the charity Prevail Together. Garrett was the founder and chair of the organisation, and was working alongside Nick Parsons, a former Australian soldier, at the time of the explosion.Shaun Pinner reflects on both Chris Garrett's contributions and his own time as a prisoner

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0:01:38

Tweet of the week - 11 May 2025

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/05/10

Can you guess this week's tweeter?

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0:17:44

How monsters have changed over history: from dragons...

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/05/10

Dragons, giants and ogres are the terrifying characters of myths and folktales from all over the globe. The type of monsters have evolved over time reflecting the changing threats to a society, from the environment and the fringes of a community. The monsters of modern myths portrayed in books and films are now more frequently humans themselves. Guest: Nicholas Jubber, author Monsterland: a journey around the world's dark imagination (Scribe)

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0:09:53

Do you still write shopping lists?

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/05/10

Has the humble shopping list that's written on a scrap of paper from the kitchen bench died out?Melbourne based artist Kenny Pittock has created a living memorial to hundreds of discarded shopping lists he found in trolleys over many years by turning them into ceramics.

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0:09:49

Rare copy of Frankenstein acquired by Sydney University

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/05/10

When Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was first published in 1818, it’s fair to say the publishers underestimated the size of the marketOnly 500 were printed.And now one of those 500 first edition of Frankenstein is in Australia, after it was purchased by the University of Sydney. GUEST:Julie Sommerfeldt Manager of Rare Books at the Sydney University Library.https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/15189

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0:21:25

Survivor of Khmer Rouge regime reflects on 50 year...

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/05/10

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Khmer Rouge's brutal take over of Cambodia in 1975 following a five year civil war. As a child Dr Sophal Ear was forced out of Cambodia alongside his mother and siblings, eventually finding refuge in the United States.It was a long and at times dangerous journey, and came at great personal loss.Guest: Dr Sophal Ear, Associate Professor at Arizona State University

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0:17:15

Where to now for the Greens?

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/05/10

Do the Greens need to completely recalibrate their party's focus and messaging to win back voters they lost at the Federal election? While they held up in the Senate, polling shows the Greens lost older millennial voters, compounding the loss of party leader Adam Bandt, who failed to retain his seat of Melbourne.Guest: Richard Di Natale, former Greens Senator and Leader.

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0:01:10

Tweet of the week - 4 May 2025

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/05/03

Can you guess this week's tweeter?

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0:09:44

David Pocock easily returned to the Senate

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/05/03

In the ACT, there has been a surge in support for independents with Senator David Pocock doubling his vote and easily retaining his Senate seat.The normally safe Labor seat of Bean, in the south of Canberra, is too close to call, with the independent candidate Jessie Price neck and neck with David Smith.GUEST:David Pocock Independent Senator for the ACT

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0:27:55

The Year that Made Me: Sarah Arachchi, 2018

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/05/03

When Sarah Arachchi was thirteen, she decided to become a paediatrician. She fulfilled that dream in 2018 after years of study, becoming a mother and overcoming the challenges of being a brown, female doctor. She came to Australia with her parents from Sri Lanka when she was only four years old, and has navigated a path to find her Sri Lankan Australian identity.Guest: Sarah Arachchi, Paediatrician and auther of Brown, Female, Doctor: A Memoir (Monash University Publishing)

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0:31:23

The Year that Made Me: Kumi Taguchi, 2013

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/05/03

Kumi Taguchi has had a very successful career in the media culminating in her current role as the host of Insight on SBS. All the way along her stellar career, she has had to deal with self doubt and questions about her own identity as the daughter of an Australian mother and a Japanese father. Her new memoir explores her often difficult relationship with her father.Guest: Kumi Taguchi, host of Insight on SBS and author of The Good Daughter: A memoir of losing my father and finding

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0:31:41

Labor secures huge majority in election landslide

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/05/03

Anthony Albanese has become the first Prime Minister to win back-to-back elections in more than two decades, picking up seats in the process, including Opposition Leader Peter Dutton's own.

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0:17:12

PM Albanese wins decisive second term

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/05/03

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has won a second term with an increased majority for the Australian Labor Party currently sitting at 85 seats. LNP leader Peter Dutton has lost his seat of Dixon with a 8% swing against him. Katina Curtis, Canberra Bureau Chief for The West Australian reports on the results from a surprising night. Guest: Katina Curtis, Canberra Bureau Chief, The West Australian

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0:35:45

The Year that Made Me: Josh Bornstein, 1998

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/04/26

Josh Bornstein is an employment lawyer who has taken the case of workers against some high profile employers like Qantas, the ABC, Patrick Stevedores and even the High Court itself. Guest: Josh Bornstein, lawyer and author of Working for the Brand

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0:11:59

Why were there objections to the name of WA's new...

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/04/26

The only new electorate in the 2025 Federal election is Bullwinkel, named after World War two nurse Vivian Bullwinkel, the sole Australian survivor of the Bangak massacre.She only moved to the electorate later in life, which prompted some family and community members to lodge a submission calling for the seat to be named after fellow military nurse Alma Beard who was born and grew up in the Perth hills.

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0:13:32

What bookish words have most influenced the English...

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/04/26

How has the world of books influenced the English language? In particular the word book itself? How has that changed over time?Guest: David Crystal, linguist and author of Bookish Words and their suprising stories (Bodleian)

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0:01:15

Croak of the Month - April 2025

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/04/26

It’s the Marbled Frog! Named after their pattern of marbling across their back, this brownish frog tends to call hidden away in thick vegetation at the edge of the water. They are a common frog to hear during the wet season around Darwin, Cairns, Townsville and down past Mackay and Rockhampton.This is a large species of frog, and can be heard during the wet season across the north of WA, the NT and in QLD, and down to mid-north coast of QLD.Despite growing up to 6cm in body size

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0:14:27

The Senate Election

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/04/26

How many seats are up for grabs in the federal election?There’s 150 seats in the House of Representatives, and if you add in the 76 seats in the Senate that’s 226 in total in the Parliament.But in 2025, it’s a half Senate election, so there are 40 Senate seats up for grabs, making a total of 190. We thought we’d metaphorically unfurl the long Senate voting paper and take a look at the 40 upper house seats up for grabs.GUEST:Ben Raue Election analyst and editor of The Tally Room

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0:18:42

Canada Votes

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/04/26

The lead up to the Canadian election has gone through some spectacular twists and turns ahead of polling day.At the start of the year the Liberals, after ten years in government under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, looked headed for certain defeat by the Conservatives under Pierre Polivere.Now former Governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, Mark Carney is Prime Minister, and set to lead the Liberals to an unlikely victory.GUEST:Holly Ann Garnett Associate Professor

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0:13:29

The funeral of Pope Francis

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/04/26

The life of Pope Francis was celebrated yesterday in St Peters Basilica. During his papacy, Pope Francis called on global leaders to face the challenges of migration and climate change as well as calls for peace in Gaza and Ukraine. Geraldine Doogue and Noel Debien reflect on his legacy and whether the Catholic Church will continue down this path.Guests: Geraldine Doogue, host of Global Roaming on ABC Radio National and Noel Debien, Radio National religion and ethics specialist

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