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Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast
Hosted by ABC Australia · EN
Sunday Extra presents a lively mix of national and international affairs, analysis and investigation, as well as a lighter touch.
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Tweet of the week, 12 July 2026
4w ago00:01:59Tap to summarizeWho's this week's tweeter?
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Coffee under threat of extinction: is this the bitter end?
4w ago00:10:19Tap to summarizeAre we about to run out of coffee? Nearly all the 10 million tonnes of coffee beans consumed worldwide come from two plant species: arabica and robusta. Both are critically threatened by climate change.Scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in London have been looking into the viability of using a new bean to save our morning cuppas.Guest: Dr Aaron Davis, Senior Research Leader of Plant Resources at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Harnessing the therapeutic power of horses
4w ago00:16:31Tap to summarizeThe natural beauty of Western Australia's Kimberley region hides a shocking truth: the youth suicide rate in this remote part of the country is among the highest in the world. Pioneering Aboriginal researcher Professor Juli Coffin is seeking to change this with Yawardani Jan-ga, a world-first horse therapy program.
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Albania's Flamingo Revolution can't be ignored
4w ago00:18:24Tap to summarizeFor more than a month, thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Tirana, in the largest anti-government demonstrations since the collapse of communism.What began as an environmental backlash against luxury developments, backed by Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, has escalated into a broader movement demanding the resignation of the prime minister.Guest: Alice Taylor, editor at Politico Europe
Transcribe →The Year That Made Me: Jessica Mauboy, 2006
Jul 400:39:32Tap to summarizeSinger-songwriter Jessica Mauboy is our special guest on the Year That Made Me this NAIDOC week. She covers her early life growing up in Darwin in an Indonesian-Kuku Yalanji family as one of 5 sisters. She also talks about the role of her school choir teacher, her rise to fame on Australian Idol and starting her own music label.
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Who you gonna call (if aliens call first)?
Jul 400:17:07Tap to summarizeWhat do we do if aliens reach out? Since 1989 scientists have maintained a set of protocols that would guide the world upon the discovery of signs of extraterrestrial intelligence coming from space. This year the protocols were updated, to account for the rapid change in technology and the rise of social media.Guest: Professor Michael Garrett, the Sir Bernard Lovell Chair of Astrophysics at Manchester University and Chair of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Committee.
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The incredible physics behind football design
Jul 400:11:25Tap to summarizeA deep-dive into the incredible engineering of the football used in the 2026 men's world cup and the history of football design.
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Marcia Langton on the "existential challenge" for Indigenous Australians
Jul 400:15:32Tap to summarizeProfessor Marcia Langton explores "the challenges to distinctive Aboriginal ways of being and knowing" in advance of her inaugural Rechnitz Memorial Lecture.Guest: Marcia Langton, Professor of Australian Indigenous Studies at the University of Melbourne.Professor Langton is presenting the inaugural Rechnitz Memorial Lecture for the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia on the 14 July.
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Meet Jordan Bardella, the 30 year old who could be France's next president
Jul 400:14:01Tap to summarizeOn Tuesday July 7, a French court of appeal will decide whether Marine Le Pen of the far-right National Rally party can run for president for a fourth time in 2027. If not, her hand-picked protégé Jordan Bardella will run in her stead. A child of Italian migrants who grew up in one of France's poorest neighbourhoods, Bardella is an unusual presidential candidate. But his ascent in the anti-immigration National Rally party has been "dizzying", and his populist appeal is broad. Guest: Sophie Pedder, Paris bureau chief at The Economist.
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Fighting Food Waste in Uganda
Jul 400:07:37Tap to summarizeShifra Ainomugisha grew up on a tomato farm in western Uganda and saw first hand the enormous amount of food waste that kept her family in poverty. Now she runs a social enterprise which uses centralised cold storage facilities powered by solar energy to improve farmer's yield and their profits. Guest: Shifra Ainomugisha, founder and CEO of Solafam, and 2026 Commonwealth Young Person of the Year.
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