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ABC Australia hosts Saturday Extra - Separate stories podcast, a society show with 250 episodes published.
Growing up in a lower middle class family on the south side of Chicago fundamentally shaped the thinking of Glenn Loury, but his politics cut against the grain of many black Americans. "Here I was in the era of Reagan te
This week, former Liberal leader Sussan Ley joined a cast of former politicians who have found a new voice in a life after politics. She's been in the media after spending 6 weeks on a solo trip catching Greyhound buses
Australia's Clean Energy Finance Corporation is the world's biggest green bank. After a decade in the role, CEO Ian Learmonth reflects on Australia's progress to decarbonise the economy and global efforts to reduce carbo
This week marks five years since the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan. Since its return, the Taliban has imposed a harsh interpretation of Islamic law, as it did when it first came to power in the 1990s. For wome
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 barramundi fishing competition, the mood and the event itself are likely to be
Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor is the daughter of legendary comedian Richard Pryor, whose stand-up transformed American comedy in the 1970s. In her new memoir, Elizabeth weaves together family memories with historical research
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 this week. He defeated Haley Stevens, a more moderate candidate who ha
In recent weeks, FIFA President Gianni Infantino proposed to sell a stake in future World Cup profits to private investors. He's since abandoned the highly controversial idea, but not before triggering a civil war in the
Richard Flanagan has brought out a collection of essays, speeches and columns entitled Heresies. Its topics range from Manus Island to the Black Summer bushfires to the growing corrosion of democracy. Flanagan, the only
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 inner city Melbourne pub facing demolition as gentrification marches on withou
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 a major force in reshaping Australian politics. If the effect of AI f
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 to lay down its heavy weapons on condition that Israeli forces fully withdraw
Cyber attacks against Australian public and private entities seem to be happening more frequently, and with more sophistication. So how prepared are we for a large attack and should we doing more to stop this from happen
This week, Nauru officially changed its name to Naoero, in order to more faithfully honour the country's language and identity. The move reflects a long desire for decolonisation and self-determination in the Pacific, bu
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 and catastrophic flooding in Southeast Asia. But despite this, media c
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 peacetime evacuation operations in modern European history. Meanwhile, Greec
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). She joins Saturday Extra for The Last Thing, where she talks throug
US news site Politico is set to launch its Australian offering next month — a newsletter called Canberra Playbook. Its launch editor is Ryan Heath, an Australian journalist who spent many years in the US and who also hel
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?
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 from within the intelligence community, is hoping to change that. The group i
Adam Smith
retired Special Forces Commando and former Special Operations Group officer · Victoria Police Special Operations Group
1 appearance on this show
Suzie Miller
playwright
1 appearance on this show
Rosamund Pike
Marie Curie
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Marty Baron
Former Washington Post editor
1 appearance on this show
Pope Leo XIV
Bishop · Vatican
1 appearance on this show
Sam Altman
AI Visionary and Billionaire Innovator · Tools for Humanity
1 appearance on this show
Sergey Radchenko
Cold War historian
1 appearance on this show
Simon Quilty
Physician · Australian analyst
1 appearance on this show
Cam Wilson
former Crikey journalist and associate editor · The Sizzle
1 appearance on this show
Hillel Newman
Israel's embassy in Australia
1 appearance on this show
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