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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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Crowdsourcing the flight of Monarch Butterfliles
Project Monarch is a crowd-sourcing initiative that uses Bluetooth tracking technology to help scientists and butterfly enthusiasts monitor individual...
The Year that Made Me: Pauline Harley, 2011
Toowoomba's pink-haired, motorbike-riding priest has overcome huge challenges on the road to becoming Reverend Harley.
The Excel World Championships
Andrew "The Annihilator" Ngai is an actuary by day, but he has just returned from Las Vegas where he was competing in the Microsoft Excel World Champ...
Supernovas and microchips: the future of computer errors
When an Airbus A320 made a dramatic altitude drop recently, Airbus grounded more than 6,000 planes to fix a software error that made aircraft computer...
Christmas for Australia's Ukrainian refugees
Thousands of Ukrainian refugees came to Australia in 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine. Many of them are now facing their fourth Christmas in Australia...
Shell Game Season 2: The one-human company
Evan Ratcliff's podcast Shell Game has returned for a second season that rivals the first for it's unsettling but comic exploration of AI. This time E...
UN mission in Iraq to end after 22 years
On August 14th 2003, the UN Security Council passed Resolution 1500, establishing the United Nations Assistance Mission to Iraq, at the request of the...
Can you mobilise compassion?
It feels like compassion is dwindling in the current political climate. Can compassion be mobilised again? Or is the age of humanitarianism over? Mich...
The Year that Made Me: Katrina Watts, 1990
Katrina Watts left for Japan with the intention of staying two years. 25 years later she was still embedded in Japan, not only in language and culture...
Tweet of the week 7 December, 2025
This week's mystery caller is Australia's only cuckoo that builds its own nest – the Pheasant Coucal.
Could robodogs replace sheep dogs?
The sheep dog is part of Australia's farming identity. But as good dogs become more expensive and pressure mounts on farmers, could they be replaced b...
MTV - the end of an era
MTV was a groundbreaking media experiment when it first launched in the US in 1981. The first channel to show 24-hour a day music videos, it was expa...
The answer to Kryptos is not the solution
A coded puzzle embedded in a sculpture outside the CIA headquarters has been stumping cryptologists for more than 30 years until, in the lead-up to th...
Nearing Day Zero: Will Tehran run out of water?
The citizens of Iran’s capital Tehran are facing a dire situation: the government is warning that people may soon be forced to evacuate the city becau...
Do we need Castle Law in Australia?
Victoria has followed Queensland in legislating tough new "adult crime, adult time" laws. In Victoria the new laws mean that a fourteen year old can b...
The Year that Made Me: Stelarc, 1970
Australian performance artist Stelarc has pushed the boundaries of the human body for the last 50 years, suspending himself by hooks, wiring his muscl...
How the National Assistance Card helps people with invisible disabilities
The National Assistance Card is a tool that is increasingly being used by people with invisible disabilities to communicate their needs, particularly...
Is the African Grey Parrot too clever for its own good?
The African Grey is a very clever parrot whose capacity to mimic has made them stars on social media. But has the increased demand for them threatened...
The Science of Frankenstein
Yet another adaption of Frankenstein emerges from Netflix this month, the latest in over 100 years of screen adaptations. But in 1818, when Mary Shell...
The Science of Frankenstein
Yet another adaption of Frankenstein emerges from Netflix this month, the latest in over 100 years of screen adaptations. But in 1818, when Mary Shell...
What happens to patients when neurotechnology is abandoned?
As interest in the possibilities of neurotechnology accelerates, there are growing concerns that some of the downsides are being overlooked. Particula...
The state of HIV prevention in 2025
The 1st December is World AIDS Day and 2025 has proven to be a very challenging year globally for those working in HIV prevention and treatment. When...
Venezuelan opposition backs US on regime change
The 2025 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, has aligned herself closely with the Trump administration...
Londinium to Roma: an online map of the Roman Empire's roads
A new online map has come online and while it can not give you directions for driving your car from Rome to Paris, it can tell you how long it will ta...
Tweet of the week November 23, 2025
This week's mystery caller is plainly coloured but sings with an easily recognised voice – the Pallid Cuckoo.
The Year that Made Me: Anna Iltnere, 2016
Anna Iltnere felt the pull of the sea when she moved from Riga - the capital of Lativia - to her new home looking out on the Baltic Sea. She started c...
Robin Hood Maths - Taking back algorithms from the rich
Big business, tech and even universities are using maths to enrich their own pockets. Maths Professor Noah Giansiracusa shows us how we can take back...
Are peanut allergies still on the rise?
The 1990s saw huge increases in the numbers of children with peanut and other food allergies. Almost 10 years ago the guidelines were changed and pare...
Quillette turns ten
Claire Lehmann is the founder and proprietor of the online magazine Quillette which is celebrating its 10th anniversary. What is the secret to the sur...
Architecture to rival the Pyramids
When Róisín Heneghan and her firm, Heneghan Peng Architects entered a competition to design a new museum just 2kms from the Pyramids of Giza, they kn...
A death sentence for former PM of Bangladesh
The former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to death in absentia for her role in the deaths of more than 1400 people duri...
Prising open the coin laundry: how crypto is used in money laundering
A new investigation from the consortium behind the Panama Papers reveals how some cryptocurrency exchanges profit from money laundering, scams, theft...
YouTube stars Dr Matt and Dr Mike present The Body A-Z
It is the most important thing we all possess, yet many of our body’s parts and processes are a mystery: why does blood have types? How do hormones wo...
Tweet of the week - 16 November 2025
This week's mystery caller spreads south down the east coast in the warmer months – the Australian Rufous Fantail.
Future Nostalgia: Saving the Floppy Disk
Future Nostalgia is a project from the University of Cambridge Library, taking on the archiving of Britain's floppy disks, from the lectures of Stephe...
The original Australian Nazi hunters
In 1986 an explosive Radio National investigation revealed that hundreds of Nazi collaborators and war criminals had settled in Australia after the Se...
Is greyhound racing at a tipping point?
In the last 18 months there have been moves to ban greyhound racing in New Zealand, Scotland, Wales and Tasmania. What are the tipping points that mak...
The battle for the truth on climate change
Cop30 is underway in Brazil and for the first time the theme Information Integrity is part of the COP agenda. Climate disinformation is increasing exp...
Tweet of the week - 9 November, 2025
This week's mystery caller is a colourful inhabitant of windswept coastal habitats – the Rock Parrot.