Extra - Full Program Podcast

Plus, Indigenous equine therapy in the Kimberley and ultimate train journeys of the world

Plus, can our gum trees withstand a warming climate?

How will the Coalition government fare in next year's election? Tax rebels and why fridges are so important

Plus, the tricky science of trigger warnings and the rise of female share investors.

Plus, meet the veterans pulling in the harvest.

Plus, foreign-affairs related recommendations for reading, watching and listening.

Facebook revelations lead to it's rebranding as 'META'. Our esteemed guests for A Foreign Affair discuss Australia's pivot to India, the ASEAN summit and the geopolitics of COP26. And the first vampire story in the English language has been found in a library in Queensland.

Plus, should you consider a job in tech? Tens of thousands of jobs are available in Australia's fastest-growing sector.

Plus, Gillian Tett on using anthropological tools to drive better policy.

Plus, recommendations for reading, watching and listening in October.

Plus, Lin Hatfield Dodds on systems leadership and steering Australia's oldest charity The Benevolent Society, CEO of Good Things Australia Foundation Jess Wilson provides practical advice on where you can go to build your digital skills and Catherine Fisher, author of Sound Citizens: Australian Women Broadcasters Claim their Voice, 1923–1956 examines how a cohort of professional women broadcasters, activists and politicians used radio to improve women’s status in Australia from the introduction of radio in 1923 until the introduction of television in 1956.

As the Chinese Communist Party gears up for 20th Party Congress in 2022, Beijing is implementing sweeping changes across a host of industries and parts of society. Is there a common motive, a ‘red thread’, running through these changes?

Plus, Lebanon's crumbling healthcare system and improving adult literacy in Australia.

Two decades after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, the memories of those terrible events still loom large in the national psyche. On the 20th anniversary of September 11, three American commentators from across the political spectrum reflect on the cultural legacy of September 11, and the lasting impacts it has had on the United States.

Plus, what to read, watch and listen to in September.

Plus, stories of hope and humanity during the pandemic.

Plus, Evie Wyld reads her poem 'Floorboards', and we get some recommendations for reading, watching and listening in August.

Plus, reflections of an Australian writer who survived the Beirut port explosion a year ago.

Southeast Asia has quickly become the region hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, with many countries that successfully held off the pandemic last year now suffering from the spread of the Delta variant. The domestic social, economic and political ramifications could be significant, and they come at a time when the region is of growing geopolitical significance to the US and China. Guests: Emma Connors, Southeast Asia correspondent for the Australian Financial Review; Dr Huong Le Thu, senior analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) and a non-resident fellow with the Southeast Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Michael Wesley, Deputy Vice Chancellor, International, at the University of Melbourne.