Sunday Extra - Separate Stories Podcast

Valmai Dempsey was named Senior Australian of the Year for 2022 in recognition of her 60 year dedication to voluntary first-aid work

#CrushedButOkay is a new youth-led online campaign will offer practical tips for young men to deal with rejection online.

Burkina Faso architect Francis Kéré is the first African winner of the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize

COVID-19 has changed the way we do things. We're relying on video platforms to work and to connect. And it turns out that seeing our faces on-screen everyday has triggered more people to seek cosmetic enhancement than ever before. Couple that with the constant stream of impossibly beautiful — and heavily edited — people on social media, and you have the perfect storm to create appearance insecurity. Where is all this leading us to?

What’s Australia best known for? Venomous creatures? Football with weird rules? What about… space exploration?

They say timing is everything so when the Taliban announced early April, they were implementing a ban on opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, it left observers wondering who the message was aimed at, given it’s the major harvesting season now.

What are the ramifications for Armenia's Velvet Revolution from the war in Ukraine?

Sviatoslav Vakarchuk is the lead singer of one of Ukraine's most popular rock bands, Okean Elzy. Since the Russian invasion, he's been visiting troops and singing in crowded subways where thousands of civilians have sought shelter, to boost morale and keep alive, hopes of freedom and survival.

Personality vs policies, gaffes and gotcha moments – just how is this campaign shaping up, and could political journalists do better?

Can you guess this week's mystery caller?

Entrepreneur and performer Tania De Jong talks about undergoing psychedelic therapy to deal with intergenerational trauma, and the focus it gave her

A new online project draws on 330,000 detailed war records to offer a digital ANZAC memorial for descendants of those who served in WW1.

Independent news outlets seeking to counter disinformation in contested regions are being taken down by Facebook, with little or no explanation,

IVF has grown into a huge industry, with companies competing to provide fertility services. But in the quest to innovate and gain an edge, one Australian company may have taken things too far. Now hundreds of those who used a controversial new genetic test are taking legal action Reporter Rachael Brown investigates.

The lockdowns and forced isolation measures of the pandemic have had a lasting effect on the lives of many young people.

Who’s the strongest person in the world? And how would you measure it? Today’s guest has a metric in mind.

Two thousand Indonesia garment workers are in a 7-year legal fight with two big global fashion brands over 5 million dollars in entitlements.

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its third month, military analysts are talking about how smart phones are playing a profound role in the conflict.

As we head towards an election, we ask where Australia’s foreign aid priorities sit within a region facing development challenges, climate change upheaval and security instability. Guests: Marc Purcell, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) James Batley, former senior diplomat in the Asia Pacific region, and Distinguished Policy Fellow at ANU’s Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs Vani Catanasiga, Executive Director, Fiji Council of Social Services

Birds are flocking to Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre as the desert lake fills with water.