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Saturday Extra - Separate stories podcast
Smart analysis, lively conversations, and great company. Understand Australia and the world with Nick Bryant.
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Geraldine Brooks on love, loss and ghost writing for Kamala Harris
Geraldine Books is a Pulitzer Prize winning author whose work spans foreign affairs, fiction and politics.
Her most recent books bring readers s...
Behind the scenes of journalist Gary O'Donoghue's exclusive interview with Trump
Gary O’Donoghue is the BBC's North America correspondent who made headlines due to an sudden, exclusive interview with President Trump.
He was...
David Gonski reflects on 20 years as Chancellor of UNSW
David Gonski is one of Australia's most respected and connected leaders — known as the "chairman of everything".
After 20 years at UNSW as its...
Rifts between Europe and America as intense talks on Ukraine war continue
The struggle between the US and the Europeans over the Ukraine war and the security of the continent is at a historic turning point — for the first ti...
Did Saturday Extra fulfil its promises to you?
At the start of this year, we said we would bring you the best commentators, the biggest brains, and people with lived experience on the ground. We pr...
Overland from England to Adelaide for the Ashes
18-year-old Tommy Lamb has been on the road for over 100 days, making his way from Manchester in England through Europe and Asia in the hope of making...
Australia's biggest social experiment: a ban on social media for under-16s
Next week, Australia will become the first country in the world to ban social media accounts for users under 16, a rare bipartisan move, with both sid...
Governor-General Sam Mostyn "there is so much good in this country."
Sam Mostyn took up the role of being the Governor-General in Australia in July last year, and she’s only the second woman to perform the role.
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Mass prisoner release in Myanmar ahead of sham elections this month
Myanmar's late-December elections are unfolding in what UN rights officials describe as an atmosphere of fear, violence.
Ahead of that poll, whi...
Military build-up off Venezuela as US security strategy pledges "lethal force to defeat drugs cartels"
The Trump administration has released an updated National Security Strategy, which warned, among other things, that Europe faced what it called "the s...
The Rest Is History podcast back in Australia
It’s a chart topping podcast with millions of downloads around the world. Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland are distinguished historians — Oxford and...
What political trends are revealed in the 2025 Australian Election Study?
This week saw the eagerly anticipated release of the Australian Election Study (AES), compiled by academics at the Australian National University and...
Rising death toll in Hong Kong’s ‘avoidable’ fire
At least 128 people have died and 200 people are still missing. It's the city's deadliest fire in 70 years, and it ripped through a housing complex wi...
Washington attack and Trump's America with David Frum
To discuss the Washington attack and the broader trajectory of the Trump presidency we’re joined by one of the most influential observers of American...
Is peace possible? Ukraine war negotiations explained
As US negotiators head to Moscow next week, doubts are mounting over what - if anything - Russia is willing to concede in a Ukraine peace deal.
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How China is ruled by engineers and America is run by lawyers
China is an engineering state, obsessed with building megaprojects, while America is a lawyerly society, reflexively blocking everything, good and bad...
Australia and India seal major film Industry pact as Bollywood booms down under
As the popularity of Indian films surge in Australia, a new era of bilateral film collaboration is being cemented through a cultural trade deal in In...
Jamal Khashoggi's widow devastated by President Trump's defence of Saudi Crown Prince
The widow of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi says she is hurt and disappointed that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a warm welcome...
One Nation surges in the polls as the Liberal Party searches for meaning
As we enter the final parliamentary sitting week of the year Sussan Ley seems to have just survived the political killing season.
The Liberal P...
G20 leaders meeting in South Africa
South Africa is hosting the G20 this weekend and it should be the country's big moment, a chance to showcase its diplomatic and economic potential.
Putin backs US plan for ending Ukraine war as Zelensky faces "difficult" choice
A US proposal to end the war with Russia has been widely leaked and interpreted as favouring Moscow's peace terms.
Russia's President Vladimir P...
The life and architecture of Lord Norman Foster
From an office boy in 1950s Manchester, Norman Foster has become one the world’s most admired and influential architects.
He’s designed Apple st...
The untold story of grandparenting in Australia
Grandparenting has been an overlooked role in Australian history, and so researchers from the Australian National University (ANU) are conducting a la...
Is the future of university campuses all about collaboration?
Are universities vending machines for degrees, or are they the a breeding ground for community and collaboration?
The University of Sydney's pro...
Calls grow to release all Epstein files
More than 20,000 files from the estate of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were released this week by Democrat and Republican US lawmakers.<...
BBC refuses to pay President Trump compensation
The UK's public broadcaster was mired in a major scandal this week, leading to the resignation of two senior executives, its head of news Deborah Turn...
Michelle Grattan's front row seat to the drama of the dismissal
When Governor John Kerr sacked Prime Minister Gough Whitlam on 11 November 1975, Michelle Grattan was a young reporter for The Age.
The dismissa...
Annabel Crabb's new series: Civic Duty
Australia's uncontroversial electoral system and the compulsory voting requirement means that participation in elections is high – around 90 per cent....
High speed rail network on track
It’s been one of Australia’s most elusive ambitions - a high-speed rail network connecting the East coast of Australia, it's now starting to gain mome...
The Age of Choice: A History of Freedom in Modern Life
We live in a world built on the idea that freedom equals choice — and choice equals freedom. We get to choose what to buy, what to believe, who to lov...
Does more choice give us more freedom?
We live in a world built on the idea that freedom equals choice — and choice equals freedom. We get to choose what to buy, what to believe, who to lov...
Democrats sweep to victory across the US, but divided over future direction
The Democrats celebrated victories across the United States this week, including in New York where 34-year-old Zohran Mamdani convincingly defeated An...
COP30 climate talks in Brazil on how to limit global warming
International leaders are gathering in the Amazonian city of Belem, Brazil for the annual UN climate change summit, COP30.
Leaders from four of...
A pageant of porridge at the World Porridge Making Championships
The 32nd World Porridge Making Championship has just wrapped up in the small Scottish town of Carrbridge. Each year, porridge makers and aficionados g...
Mark McKenna's history of Australia
One of the nation's most eminent historians, Mark McKenna, has written a new book - The Shortest History of Australia.
It's a history of modern...
Zohran Mamdani's moment in New York City mayoral race
Zohran Mamdani appears to be on the precipice of becoming New York city's Mayor.
The 34 year-old socialist is leading the polls ahead of Tuesday...
Prince Andrew stripped of title, home and status
The younger brother of King Charles III will be stripped of his title and honours as prince, and will be now known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, over...
The Trump Xi trade meeting
On a scale of one to ten,, Donald Trump rated it as a twelve. The much-anticipated meeting between the US president and Chinese President Xi Jinping r...
Paramilitary group RSF carrying out genocide with impunity in Sudan
This week saw an escalation in Sudan's two year civil war as the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces took control of the city of El-Fasher, which...
Punjabi superstar descends on Australia
Diljit Dosanjh is Punjab's most celebrated star.
With a background in Bollywood, the singer fuses Punjabi folk with high energy pop, hip hop and...