Sunday Extra - Full program podcast

Kenneth Roth, former head of Human Rights Watch on 30 years spent on the front lines of human rights advocacy and dealing with some of history's most notorious authoritarian regimes. The global history of the bagpipes that starts far from Scotland.  Fiona David, CEO of Fair Futures, on who should take responsibility for the slavery used in manufacturing many of the goods Australia imports? And on...

Have you noticed that a lot of tobacco shops are opening in your neighbourhood? We try to find out why. We mark the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, and the 25th Garma Festival. Self confessed design nerd Tim Ross reminds us about some of the distinctly Australian inventions.

The UK is lowering its voting age to sixteen, should we be doing the same in Australia? The first emoji was used on pagers by young Japanese women in the 80s. Unsurprisingly it was a heart. Keith Houston follows the emoji history. A romance scam has resulted in a Perth woman being convicted of drug importation in Japan. How to spot a romance scammer.

Professor Richard Eccleston discusses the results of the weekend's Tasmanian election. We take a deep dive into the science behind a $8 million dollar meteorite from Mars with astrogeologist Professor Gretchen Benedix. At the Melbourne Film Festival we meet the director and one of the subjects of a surprisingly enthralling documentary Spreadsheet Champions, depicting the triumphs and tragedies at...

Albert Palazzo makes the argument that climate change should be a factor when considering our defence and security priorities. Meanwhile President Trump is shoring up support in Africa for his trade not aid strategy. And back in 1960 Paul and Eslanda Robeson came to Australia for a concert tour, but  his performances for waterside workers, railway workers and the construction workers on the Sydney...

Ukraine has joined Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in withdrawing from the UN's landmine treaty. Mary Wareham from Human Rights Watch explains what is at stake. Rebecca Hetherington, co-star to Australia's favourite childhood puppet, Mr Squiggle, celebrates the upcoming exhibition at the National Museum. The Year That Made Me returns to 2005, as Gill Hicks recounts the moment, 20 years ago, when sh...

Are Australia's ties with our closest ally, the United States, fraying at the seams? Former Australian ambassador, Peter Tesch shares his thoughts. The iPhone turns 18, but can it continue to create the hype of the past in a market full of technology innovations. And Christopher The, the creator of the world famous Strawberry Watermelon Cake on The Year that Made Me. 

This week Sunday Extra is coming to you from Burnie in Northwest Tasmania. Burnie locals, gay activist Rodney Croome and comedian and writer Justin Heazlewood, join Julian in the studio and we get a preview of the upcoming state election in Tasmania.

The G7 meeting in Canada will be overshadowed by events in the middle east. John Kirton breaks down the significance of a meeting at this fragile moment. Lewis Pugh on swimming around Martha's Vineyard for the 50th anniversary of Jaws, to highlight the threat of extinction facing sharks. 

Its been six months since Bashar Al Assad fled Syria for exile in Moscow, where to next for a country that spent half a century under authoritarian rule. And can we rehabilitate our towns and cities to make them livable once again for the animals that once thrived prior to human habitation.

It is  Reconciliation Week and WA has announced a redress scheme for members of the stolen generation. Narelda Jacobs' father was a part of the stolen generation. We preview the snap Presidential election called after six months of political turmoil in South Korea. And can you imagine living on the most remote inhabited island in the world? Kelly Green chose to move to Tristan da Cunha twelve year...

Karen Mundine from Reconciliation Australia gives her report card on the state of reconciliation in Australia as we mark 25 years since 250,000 people crossed the Sydney Harbour Bridge. More than 30years ago, Suzanne Chick discovered that writer Charmian Clift was her birth mother - she and her daughter  Gina Chick talk about the ongoing ripple effect of that discovery on their lives.

We will meet three people with dangerous careers this week on Sunday Extra: Land mine clearer Shaun Pinner whose colleagues Nick Parsons and Chris Garrett died in Ukraine this week, zoo keeper Erna Walraven who worked at Taronga Zoo for 32 years and paramedic Sally Gould all share their experiences on Sunday Extra this week.

The results of the Federal election were mixed for the Greens although they still hold the balance of power in the Senate. Former Greens leader Richard Di Natale gives his thoughts on what they should do with that power. 50 years ago, the Khmer Rouge took power in Cambodia and the legacy of that murderous regime remains. And we take a look at Frankenstein and other stories about monsters.

A special post election program with guests Maxine McKew and Warren Entsch giving their analysis of the election results. Host of Insight on SBS Kumi Taguchi explores issues of identity and her troubled relationship with her Japanese father in The Year That Made Me. 

Geraldine Doogue and Noel Debien report from Rome on the funeral of Pope Francis, we preview the critical election in Canada and also a preview of Australia's Federal Election, in particular the potential changes in the Senate. 

The very first Federal election in Australia in 1901 resulted in a minority government, how did it fare and other parliaments since then with very slim majorities? And Anne Summers looks back at what has changed for women in Australia in the fifty years since she wrote Damned Whores and Gods Police.

Australia has the highest per capita amount of super in the world, but with the share market volatility, should we be doing superannuation differently? And the AEC explains how they work out who goes where on the ballot. It is not as high tech as you might think. 

Sunday Extra looks at the implications of minority government after the next election, and actor and author Tasma Walton is our guest on The Year That Made Me. And the weird and wonderful history of hi-vis, and the sandwich that conquered Australia.

It is fifty years since Malcolm Fraser took up the leadership of the Liberal Party. Margaret Simons examines his legacy in the light of the upcoming Federal election. What is behind the protests filling the streets of Turkiye and Serbia. And we find out just what America is thinking with social researcher Jon Krosnick.

Today's questions answered on Sunday Extra: Could a Trump Presidency result in less nuclear weapons in the world, is the lazy bureaucrat really a thing, who is the king of Bougainville and which Australian museum has an exhibition up for an international award? 

Its hard to believe that it is 5 years since the start of the COVID pandemic. Former Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly reflects on the decisions from the early days of the pandemic. It is also 20 years since the start of YouTube. We look back on its evolution with Mark Bergan and meet Rob Kenney who has gained nearly 5 million followers to his 'Dad, how do I...' channel. 

This week on Sunday Extra: John Green explains why tuberculosis remains persistent and Bruce Beehler explains the strategies to bring the American Chestnut back. Tracey Westerman explains how she has adapted psychology to meet the needs of her Indigenous clients and we get the latest from the WA election and Cyclone Alfred.

This week on Sunday Extra, why concerns around undersea cables could be over-hyped, Marcus Zusak on 20 years since 'The Book Thief' was published and Ferenc Puskás the football legend who coached Ange Postecoglou. Plus, Pia Miranda on the Year That Made Me. 

This week, crisis in the Cook Islands over a deal with China, how multilateral organisations survive US withdrawal and a true crime tour of Adelaide. And Bill Shorten joins us for The Year that Made Me.