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Saturday Extra - Separate stories podcast
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Smart analysis, lively conversations, and great company. Understand Australia and the world with Nick Bryant.
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As the climate worsens, media coverage is falling
1w ago00:10:00Tap to summarizeLast 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 coverage of climate change continues to drop.A new study found coverage of the topic decreased by 14 per cent in 2025 compared to 2024.Is it possible for the trend to be reversed? And is the onus on the media or the public?
Transcribe →Wildfires devastate countries across Europe
1w ago00:05:38Tap to summarizeThis 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, Greece, Italy and parts of Central Europe are expected to face heightened wildfire risk in the coming weeks. In France, the worst affected area has been the Gironde, near the city of Bordeaux, where residents have been wearing masks to cope with the smoke. We speak to a Bordeaux resident about the situation there.
Transcribe →The Last Thing: Sarah Ferguson
2w ago00:12:58Tap to summarizeSarah 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 through her last great read, the last great TV show she watched, and the last great art exhibition she attended.
Transcribe →US news site Politico comes to Australia
2w ago00:10:36Tap to summarizeUS 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 helped launch Politico's Playbook in Brussels.
Transcribe →Was Barnaby right to reprimand Stella the dog?
2w ago00:06:15Tap to summarizeOne Nation MP Barnaby Joyce went viral this week when he yelled at his dog mid-interview. Was he right to aggressively reprimand the animal?
Transcribe →Tango: 'It's not a dance, it's an emotion'
4w ago00:09:45Tap to summarizeThe annual Sydney Tango Weekend brings together dancers from across the country and around the world.They've bonded over the intimate intensity of the dance to form a community that lasts long after the music stops.
Transcribe →Trends in global population
4w ago00:13:17Tap to summarize8.3 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. But while the Earth's population is growing quickly, the growth rate is starting to slow down. What are the implications ?
Transcribe →Erling Haarland brings Viking vibes to the Wold Cup
4w ago00:08:08Tap to summarizeThe 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 Haarland's goalscoring that has excited fans.With his super-hero physique, flowing platinum blond hair, speed and size, the comparisons to a Viking warrior or Norse god are inevitable.Mímir Kristjánsson tells us more about Haarland's family and the excitement in Norway ahead of the match against England.
Transcribe →Poetic justice: fairness in the World Cup
4w ago00:08:27Tap to summarizeThe 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 been banned from playing against Belgium after receiving a red card in the previous game.The US president called the FIFA president, Gianni Infantino, and the player in question, Folarin Balogun, was allowed to play, essentially ripping up the world governing body's own rule book.The United States went on to lose the game, 4-1, which many fans around the world viewed as poetic justice.
Transcribe →European populists making fresh bids for power
4w ago00:12:00Tap to summarizeTwo 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 bids for power even as financial scandals threaten to derail their political futures. Their renewed push underscores the enduring appeal and persistent controversy of Europe's nationalist movements.
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