Saturday Extra - Full Program Podcast

Plus, will Pakistan come to regret helping the Taliban to victory? Tales of hope from the pandemic, and what's behind the sudden boom in golfing.

Plus, the 70 year history of the Australian Financial Review, and how discuss Covid with civility.

Plus, Iran tackles challenges at home and abroad with a new conservative president; and recommendations for reading, watching and listening this month.

The story behind the founding of Afterpay, a reflection on the Beirut explosion and David Miliband's thesis on "The Age of Impunity".

Plus, what it will take to manufacture mRNA vaccines in Australia, a short history of war, and looking back and forward on the 75th anniversary of the Australian National University.

Plus, Professor Ian Hickie on protecting your mental health in lockdown, and the achievements of Vera Deakin, daughter of Alfred.

Plus, reflections on the messaging and measures employed when Sydney's Covid outbreak moved to its multicultural South West, and what policy lessons the Nordic countries might hold for Australia.

Plus, Crown casino bombshells, an update on the Covid situation in India, the incredible true story of the women who took on ISIS, and recommendations for reading, watching and listening.

Plus, Hungary vs the EU, and the superhero spreading the vaccine message in the Northern Territory.

Plus, the future of virus research, bushfire recovery 18 months, and a setback for Australia's Asian Renewable Energy Hub, in WA.

Plus, the looming elections in war-torn Ethiopia; Whether the Northern Ireland Protocol could provoke a crisis in UK-EU relations and undermine the Good Friday Agreement; And the long history of women walking.

Plus, what the AFP-FBI sting Operation Ironside might mean for surveillance, and an update on East Timor, Bernard Collaery and Witness K.

Also, veteran diplomat and Middle East specialist, Martin Indyk, in our Diplomacy series. And The Pick - recommendations for your reading, listening and watching.

Also, meet departing US Consul General to Sydney, Sharon Hudson Dean. And Islamic State in Africa - a growing concern.

Plus, what the next steps might be following the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, and why we should be paying close attention to major geopolitical shifts taking place in the Arctic.

Also, how foreign aid and DFAT fared in the Budget. And the future of diplomacy with former diplomat John McCarthy, in the first of a four part series.

With Indigenous deaths in custody in Australia on the rise, we look at parallel experiences in Canada and the US; Two economists discuss the reforms they'd like to see in Tuesday's Budget to lift Australia's economy out of its productivity slump; Journalist and broadcaster Jonathan Freedland on the possibility that Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is about to lose his post; Whether the Public Service serves all Australians; and choices in restoring historical monuments.