Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast
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How a volunteer-led newspaper in regional NSW has beaten the odds
17 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Glen Innes Examiner closed just two issues short of 150 years of service. It's the latest in a series of more than 200 regional and community new...
The explosive source of gold
17 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There is a finite amount of gold and other heavy metals on earth because they were formed before earth came to existence in its current form. New res...
What paramedic Sally Gould has learnt from her 15 years on the streets
17 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sally Gould has been working as a paramedic for 15 years. Over that time she has has dealt with all sorts of emergencies and plenty of time wasters t...
Prevail Together: The bomb disposal charity working in Ukraine
17 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Garrett, a bomb disposal expert who was killed whilst operating in Ukraine last week, reportedly cleared between 5000-6000 tonnes of landmines ...
Tweet of the week - 11 May 2025
10 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can you guess this week's tweeter?
How monsters have changed over history: from dragons to humans
10 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Do you still write shopping lists?
10 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 li...
Rare copy of Frankenstein acquired by Sydney University
10 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Survivor of Khmer Rouge regime reflects on 50 year legacy
10 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Where to now for the Greens?
10 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Tweet of the week - 4 May 2025
03 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can you guess this week's tweeter?
David Pocock easily returned to the Senate
03 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 n...
The Year that Made Me: Sarah Arachchi, 2018
03 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
The Year that Made Me: Kumi Taguchi, 2013
03 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 stell...
Labor secures huge majority in election landslide
03 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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, includi...
PM Albanese wins decisive second term
03 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has won a second term with an increased majority for the Australian Labor Party currently sitting at 85 seats. LNP le...
The Year that Made Me: Josh Bornstein, 1998
26 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Bornstein is an employment lawyer who has taken the case of workers against some high profile employers like Qantas, the ABC, Patrick Stevedores...
Why were there objections to the name of WA's new Federal seat?
26 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The only new electorate in the 2025 Federal election is Bullwinkel, named after World War two nurse Vivian Bullwinkel, the sole Australian survivor o...
What bookish words have most influenced the English language?
26 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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, ...
Croak of the Month - April 2025
26 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
The Senate Election
26 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 Se...
Canada Votes
26 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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, a...
The funeral of Pope Francis
26 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The life of Pope Francis was celebrated yesterday in St Peters Basilica. During his papacy, Pope Francis called on global leaders to face the challen...
The Year that Made Me: Steve Williams, 1999
19 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For 12 years Steve Williams had a front row seat to one of world sports biggest attractions, as caddie to golfing superstar Tiger Woods. During thei...
The marvellous Melocco mosaics
19 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Melocco arrived in Australia in 1908 with a flair for drawing and the skills to create beautiful mosaics that were the speciality of the region...
Can you name 20 Australian women who shaped history?
19 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Frustrated by the lack of womens stories she saw in history books, Rita Sargeant delved into the past of our nationals capital and begun researching ...
50 years on: Damned Whores and Gods Police
19 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s fifty years since it was published, but the themes and issues it explores are maybe more relevant now than ever. Damned Whores and Gods Polic...
A brief history of Australia's closest election results
19 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Australia's very first parliament was a minority government with parties differentiated by their stance on tariffs. The election in 1940 was very clo...
Who won the week on the campaign trail?
19 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week the campaign had another leaders debate with the focus on both parties' housing policies. Will either of their policies address the real ho...
The Year that Made Me: Dr Elizabeth Green, 1988
12 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Inspiring individuals talk about a pivotal moment in their personal histories. This week, Dr Elizabeth Green on her adventures with the Royal Flying ...
Tweet of the week 13 April 2025
12 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the last of our 'Bass Strait Highway' mini-series, the Tweet of the Week was the Orange Bellied ParrotCongratulations to , XXXX who recognised one...
Japanese playwright Inoue Hisashi's Australian connections
12 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It is 15 years since Japanese playwright Inoue Hisashi died, but his plays and novels are still hugely popular in Japan. This year one of his most fa...
Should the coca leaf be an illegal drug?
12 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The World health Organisation is conducting a critical review into whether the coca plant should be decriminalised. Coca leaves have been used by the...
Volatile sharemarket causing super stress
12 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The share market has been on a ride wild, with each day bringing headlines of record-breaking gains or declines, depending on whatever it was Donald ...
How to run a federal election
12 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As our pollies continue the mad dash to election day, the people in charge of conducting the vote are quietly going about the business of making sure...
Are we heading to another hung parliament?
12 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Journalist Rachel Withers has been talking to all the cross benchers over the last few months to get a feel for what they would want to achieve in ...
The Year that Made Me: Tasma Walton, 1997
05 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 1997, actor Tasma Walton won the Logie for Best New Talent for her work on the hugely popular show Blue Heelers. But behind the scenes it was also...
Mindful Museums
05 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Manchester Art Gallery has a dedicated space where visitors are presented with just three paintings all set within a quiet room designed for slow...
Inside a UK deportation centre
05 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Oxford University Criminology Professor Mary Bosworth is the first and only academic to get research access inside the UK’s immigration deportatio...
Thousands rally for former Philippines PM Duterte despite ICC arrest
05 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The former Prime Minister of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte, has marked his eightieth birthday in detention at the International Crimal Court, as he...
The history of hi-vis
05 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s federal election season, and that means lots of politicians wearing hi-vis at media events on the hustings. Hi-vis fluoro vests and oth...
Tweet of the week 6th April 2025
05 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can you guess this week's tweeter?This week your Bass Strait migrant tweeter is the Striated Pardalote.
What Andrew Wilkie learnt from working with the Gillard minority government
05 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Wilkie was very disappointed that his whistleblower legislation did not go through before the end of the current parliament. He is hoping whoe...
Australia's love affair with banh mi
05 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Has the banh mi become Australia's national sandwich?The Vietnamese roll filled with meat, condiments and an exotic array of vegetables is spreading,...
The Year that Made Me: Nick Kaldas, 2004
29 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Kaldas came to Australia as a young boy with his family from Egypt. He joined the police and went on to become the NSW Deputy Police Commissione...
Tweet of the week - 30 March 2025
29 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week another caller on the 'Bass Strait Highway'? The Grey Fantail. Today's winners were John and Fiona from Katoomba.It's forever twisting and...
Rhys Darby
29 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The 2007 HBO series Flight of the Conchords launched stellar international careers for Kiwi band members Brett McKenzie and Jermaine Clements … an...
Parenting - a new perspective
29 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A new documentary called Seen explores the benefits of personal healing for parents and explores how those benefits can be transformative for their...
What are Americans thinking?
29 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In America's current political climate, you might wonder exactly what Americans are thinking. Jon Krosnick has been studying the opinions of the Amer...