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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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0:37:40

The Year That Made Me: Cheng Lei, 2023

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/09/27

The founders of Australian Wrongful and Arbitrary Detention Alliance have a unique and unenviable qualification in common. Sean Turnell, Kylie Moore-Gilbert and our guest today Cheng Lei all experienced wrongful and arbitrary detention in a foreign country.Cheng Lei has written about her life and the experience of being deprived of her freedom in the book she calls a “Memoir of Freedom”.

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0:09:23

Australian Native Food Festival debuts in Sydney this...

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/09/27

The Australian Native Food Festival has been in the works for many years, delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. But finally, more than 20 First Nations vendors will gather as part of the festival's market. Several talks and demonstrations will also be taking place.

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0:01:40

Tweet of the week

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/09/27

Can you guess this week's tweeter?

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0:21:49

Sane Inside Insanity: The Phenomenon Of Rocky Horror

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/09/27

The Rocky Horror Picture Show was released in American cinemas on 26 September 1975 and despite disappointing early performance, the sexually adventurous satirical sci-fi musical has been running ever since … thanks to its uniquely devoted fan base.

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0:09:44

Young human rights activist speaking up for Afghan...

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/09/27

18-year old Nila Ibrahimi fled her home in the days after the Taliban retook the city in 2021. She now gives a voice to Afghan girls and women who are suffering severe repression at the hands of the Taliban. Nila won the 2024 International Children’s Peace Prize and will present this year’s Gandhi Oration at the University of New South Wales.Guest: Nila Ibrahimi, human rights activist.

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0:15:46

Is the future of farming... robots?

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/09/27

Robotics and farming. That’s the subject of an address given in Perth earlier this week by Salah Sukkarieh, Professor of Robotics and Intelligent Systems at the Australian Centre for Robotics, which is part of Sydney University.

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0:12:57

Japan could have its first female Prime Minister...

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/09/27

Japan could have its first female Prime Minister next week, as 5 candidates compete in a leadership contest for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.A snap general election was called after the last Prime Minister, Shigeru Ishiba, stepped down.One of the key considerations in the election is which candidate is best placed to deal with US President Donald Trump whose tariffs are crippling Japan’s car industry.Guest: Roger Pulvers, playwright and commentator on Japanese politics.

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0:10:36

Moldova election critical to both Europe and Russia

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/09/27

Europe is closely watching Moldova’s parliamentary elections which will help determine if the former Soviet republic continues on its pro-western path or falls back under Moscow’s orbit. Russia has been accused of election interference using information warfare, illicit financing, cyber-attacks and a plot to incite riots.Guest: Linnea Wickman, Swedish MP and election observer.

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0:06:19

Meet the 24-year-old headlining Belvoir's 2026...

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/09/20

Vivian Pham started writing her novel, The Coconut Children, when she was 16. After publishing in 2020, she was asked to convert it into a stage play. At the time, she had never watched a contemporary theatre performance. Now, it's set to be the largest production of Belvoir's season.Set in a south-west Sydney Vietnamese-Australian community in the late 90s, the Coconut Children was inspired by her father's experience fleeing Vietnam at 17 years old.Guest: Vivian Pham, author of

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0:14:09

How to disagree in an age of polarisation

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/09/20

Monash University academics Dr Daniel Heller and Dr Farid Zaid noticed their students were increasingly unwilling or unable to discuss controversial or uncomfortable conversations and were instead staying silent in class, while a minority of voices on the extremes dominated debates.

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0:02:34

Tweet of the week, 21 September 2025

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/09/20

This week's mystery caller is the largest of a family of four unique, tiny Australian birds – the Red-browed Pardalote.

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0:20:15

The exam that stops a nation: China's gaokao uni...

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/09/20

In 2024 a record 13,350 million students sat for China's gaokao university entrance exam. Chinese students start preparing for the test in primary school and the result can determine the course of the rest of their lives.

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0:19:02

Gary Stevenson: from Trading Games to fighting wealth...

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/09/20

Gary Stevenson used to be a successful trader, making millions of pounds betting on the economic downfall of the economy. But his real success has come from leaving the world of high-flying traders and starting a YouTube channel, Gary's Economics, in which he breaks down the causes of financial inequality and offers bold solutions on how to restart the entire western financial system. Guest: Gary Stevenson, Inequality Economist, YouTuber and author of The Trading Game: A

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0:10:03

Can Malawi vote its way out of economic crisis?

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/09/20

Malawi, the fourth poorest country in the world, went to the polls on the 16th September for their general election. The two main Presidential Candidates have both served as President of Malawi previously and been accused of corruption in the role. As food prices skyrocket, fuel becomes a scarce commodity and a country largely reliant on rain-fed crops struggles with drought and natural disasters, Malawians wait in anticipation for the election results.Guest: Charles Pensulo,

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0:12:23

Head of PNG's Supreme Court reflects on 50 years of...

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/09/20

Sir Gibuma Gibbs Salika is Papua New Guinea's longest-serving judge on the country's Supreme Court. He was only a young man when PNG achieved independence on 16 September 1975, and has graciously joined Julian to reflect on the last 50 years.Guest: Sir Gibuma Gibbs Salika, Chief Justice of the National and Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea

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0:10:36

The incongruous concoctions of artist Brian Robinson

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/09/13

Brian Robinson is a contemporary artist originally from Waiben (Thursday Island) in the Torres Strait. His work explores imagery drawn from ancestral iconography of the Zenadth Kes (Torres Strait), and he uniquely interweaves this with images from popular culture and science fiction.Guest: Torres Strait Islander Artist, Brian Robinson. His exhibition, Ur Wayii, is currently on display at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney.

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0:24:34

The Year that Made Me: Paul White, 1990

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/09/13

Paul White's work has taken him to some of the world’s most volatile conflict zones and humanitarian crises. Since the mid-2000s, he’s been on the ground in countries like Iraq and Nepal, working with refugees, displaced communities, and Indigenous peoples.Guest: Paul White is a Senior Protection Adviser for the UN’s ProCap organisation, living in Kabul Afghanistan.

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0:16:08

Professor Georgina Long on

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/09/13

Professor Georgina Long has led global breakthroughs in immunotherapy and targeted therapies, transforming advanced melanoma from a disease with no effective treatment into one where long-term survival and even cures are possible. Her pioneering research and international collaborations continue to set the standard for how cancer is understood and treated. She joins Sunday Extra to share how this breakthrough research has fundamentally changed patient care. Guest: Professor

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0:13:14

Jack Toohey: The case for rebellious hope

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/09/13

In 2023, Jack Toohey created a cut through viral video on the subject of Australian house prices. Now he's written a book about the housing crisis, climate change, persistent gender inequity and other social ills, making the case for choosing hope over apathy.

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0:11:40

Papua New Guinea marks 50 years of Independence

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/09/13

Papua New Guinea marks 50 years of Independence and to mark the 50th anniversary a new economic history of PNG since independence has just been released. It’s called Struggle, Reform, Boom and Bust.Guest: Maholopa Laveil, lecturer in Economics at UPNG’s School of Business and Public Policy.

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