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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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Test cricket returns to Darwin after 22 years
Next week, Darwin is hosting its first international test cricket match in 22 years.
In a city known for cane toad races and a million-dollar ba...
Richard Pryor's daughter on her father and a 'notorious word'
Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor is the daughter of legendary comedian Richard Pryor, whose stand-up transformed American comedy in the 1970s.
In her ne...
Who's winning the battle to reshape the Democratic Party?
In what was billed as a battle over the future of the Democratic Party, progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan's Democratic Senate primary...
Behind the leadership crisis engulfing FIFA
In recent weeks, FIFA President Gianni Infantino proposed to sell a stake in future World Cup profits to private investors.
He's since abandoned...
Richard Flanagan sees 'goodness in the midst of our apocalypse'
Richard Flanagan has brought out a collection of essays, speeches and columns entitled Heresies.
Its topics range from Manus Island to the Black...
Noni Hazlehurst on her one-woman play The Lark
Aussie kids is touring the country with a one-woman theatre production.
Noni Hazlehurst plays publican Rose Grey in The Lark, a show about an in...
Breakthough in Gaza peace deal
A key step in President Trump's 20-point Gaza peace plan appears to have been reached.
Hamas has agreed to a plan with international mediators t...
How will AI affect the Australian political landscape?
While there is a lot of attention being paid to the economic and technological change that AI is bringing, a new report argues that AI may also become...
From looming cyber threats to the secret world of Pine Gap
Cyber attacks against Australian public and private entities seem to be happening more frequently, and with more sophistication.
So how prepared...
Why Nauru changed its name to Naoero
This week, Nauru officially changed its name to Naoero, in order to more faithfully honour the country's language and identity.
The move reflect...
As the climate worsens, media coverage is falling
Last year was Earth's third warmest year on record, with fires sweeping through parts of in Los Angeles, a heatwave killed more than 24,000 in Europe...
Wildfires devastate countries across Europe
This week, hundreds of thousands of people in France and Spain were forced to leave their homes and holiday accommodation in one of the largest peacet...
The Last Thing: Sarah Ferguson
Sarah Ferguson is the host of ABC TV's flagship news and current affairs program 7.30 (and has one of the most impressive CVs in Australian journalism...
US news site Politico comes to Australia
US news site Politico is set to launch its Australian offering next month — a newsletter called Canberra Playbook.
Its launch editor is Ryan Hea...
Was Barnaby right to reprimand Stella the dog?
One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce went viral this week when he yelled at his dog mid-interview.
Was he right to aggressively reprimand the animal?
Behind the push for an Australian National Spy Museum
The history and current workings of Australia's spies are a little opaque to us everyday people.
But a group of Australians, most of whom come f...
Donald Trump's messy nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia
While the Trump administration continues to confront Iran over its nuclear ambitions, it's also struck a landmark nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia.
How the world has weathered the fallout from the Iran war
This week, Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen launched strikes on two Saudi Arabian oil tankers, immediately leading to yet another spike in oil price...
Is this the golden age of Australian horror films?
Horror films are enjoying huge success at the box office and many 'prestige' offerings from the genre are earning critical acclaim, even Oscars.
...
Has the FIFA World Cup been a success or a failure?
After a month of footballing excellence at the FIFA World Cup, 48 teams have been whittled down to just two.
The tournament has been very eventf...
Researchers turn to AI companions to combat loneliness
In a project that goes to the heart of how our human relationship with machines is being completely overhauled, researchers at the University of New S...
Were there warning signs before the Christchurch terror attack?
March 15, 2019 was one of New Zealand's darkest days.
We now know that the Australian terrorist who shot dead 51 people during Friday prayers at...
The bumpy road to the US midterms
Republicans in the US are mourning the loss of one of the party's most influential figures and powerbrokers — Senator Lindsey Graham — who died sudden...
Andy Burnham wins the Labour leadership contest
Andy Burnham will become Britain's seventh prime minister in 10 years next week after winning a Labour leadership contest.
Facing economic headw...
Tango: 'It's not a dance, it's an emotion'
The annual Sydney Tango Weekend brings together dancers from across the country and around the world.
They've bonded over the intimate intensity...
Trends in global population
8.3 billion and counting - that's the UN's best estimate on how many people live on the planet when it marks World Population Day this Saturday.
Erling Haarland brings Viking vibes to the Wold Cup
The Norwegian striker Erling Haarland is in the running for the Golden Boot, the trophy awarded to the World Cup's top goalscorer. But it's not just H...
Poetic justice: fairness in the World Cup
The big story at the World Cup this week came off the field rather than on it, with Donald Trump's intervention on behalf of a star US striker who'd b...
European populists making fresh bids for power
Two giant figures of Europe's populist right have announced a reset of sorts. France's Marine le Pen and the UK's Nigel Farage have both mounted fresh...
New Zealand to consider joining Australia and Fiji in defence alliance
When China launched a ballistic missile into the South Pacific Ocean on Monday, it was a rare test of a nuclear-capable weapons system that drew inter...
NATO Summit: rare outbreak of unity
NATO leaders wrapped up their summit this week with a joint declaration affirming a unified stance on several issues, including support for Ukraine to...
America at 250: America celebrates and reflects on July 4
For the finale of our America at 250 series, we look at how America is marking July 4.
We criss-cross the country, from Donald Trump's Great Ame...
A visit to the National Indigenous Art Fair
On the eve of NAIDOC Week, the National Indigenous Art Fair is up and running at the Cutaway in Sydney's Barangaroo.
Now in its 7th year, the ev...
Why are Australians abandoning Asian languages?
Australians' lack of understanding of our own region is making the country increasingly vulnerable in a volatile security environment, according to th...
Modi is coming to Australia. Who really is he?
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is loved by his supporters, loathed by his critics and among the most powerful people on the planet.
Next we...
Despair in Dallas for the Socceroos
The Socceroos have lost a heartbreaking penalty shootout against Egypt in their World Cup round of 32 clash.
David Mark dissects the almost 3-ho...
The Last Thing: Sam Guthrie
Sam Guthrie is a diplomat-turned-international thriller writer.
He joins Saturday Extra for The Last Thing, where he talks through his last grea...
Why is support for multiculturalism declining?
This week's Lowy Institute poll showed the largest drop in support for cultural diversity in Australia on record.
Multiculturalism has long been...
Discovering Australia's hidden Chinese past
It's well known that Australia is a country of migrants, and plenty of historians have traced our multicultural past.
But incredibly, until now...
America at 250: The 'racial disunion' of America
Shelby Steele is one of the foremost African American intellectuals.
He's a child of the civil rights revolution, was a Black radical in the lat...