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With a focus on international politics and business, Geraldine Doogue talks to expert commentators about the things that matter to Australians.
Saturday Extra - Full program podcast
English, Talk, 1 season, 114 episodes, 1 day, 23 hours, 25 minutes
Saturday Extra - Full program podcast
English, Talk, 1 season, 114 episodes, 1 day, 23 hours, 25 minutes
Saturday Extra
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
2/2/2024 • 22 minutes, 37 seconds
Saturday Extra
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
1/26/2024 • 15 minutes, 10 seconds
SUMMER HIGHLIGHTS: Behind the scenes of La Sagrada Familia
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
1/19/2024 • 0
SUMMER HIGHLIGHTS: Heirs of Slavery to apologise for past wrongs
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
1/12/2024 • 24 minutes, 4 seconds
SUMMER HIGHLIGHTS: Leaders of pangolin trafficking gang convicted
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
1/5/2024 • 24 minutes, 4 seconds
EV charging etiquette and 2023 politics in review
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
12/15/2023 • 30 minutes
A landmark history of the postwar trial of Japan’s leaders
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
12/8/2023 • 23 minutes, 52 seconds
Why the powerful Koch network has backed Nikki Haley
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
12/1/2023 • 23 minutes, 53 seconds
The great divide: Alan Kohler on fixing Australia's housing mess
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
11/24/2023 • 24 minutes, 42 seconds
A dangerous moment for Myanmar's Junta
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
11/17/2023 • 25 minutes, 12 seconds
Israel's economic-security doctrine under Benjamin Netanyahu
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
11/10/2023 • 24 minutes, 44 seconds
Qantas shareholders punish board at AGM
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
11/3/2023 • 24 minutes, 33 seconds
China's EV dominance; Israel-Gaza analysis
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
10/27/2023 • 24 minutes, 27 seconds
What life is like in the West Bank in times of relative peace
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
10/20/2023 • 24 minutes, 6 seconds
Regional risks from the Israel-Hamas conflict
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
10/13/2023 • 44 minutes, 24 seconds
Michael Gawenda's life as a secular Jew
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
10/6/2023 • 24 minutes, 22 seconds
The underground historians of China trying to preserve truth
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
9/29/2023 • 23 minutes, 56 seconds
How to have a respectful referendum
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
9/22/2023 • 24 minutes, 17 seconds
Key Republicans open to Trump alternative
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
9/15/2023 • 24 minutes, 32 seconds
South-East Asia envoy Nicholas Moore on boosting trade and investment
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
9/8/2023 • 24 minutes, 31 seconds
How did China's economic woes get so bad?
Plus, the architecture of data centres, obstacles to downsizing and a groundbreaking solar project.
9/1/2023 • 0
Katherine High School's turnaround and an undercover sting against wildlife trafficking
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
8/25/2023 • 25 minutes, 3 seconds
Two years after Taliban takeover
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
8/18/2023 • 23 minutes, 45 seconds
Church provides land for renters and the Australian leading the international anti-nuclear campaign
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
8/11/2023 • 23 minutes, 54 seconds
A reflection on the epic marriage of Winnie and Nelson Mandela
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
8/4/2023 • 24 minutes, 39 seconds
The real Ukraine counter-offensive, parent visas and critical mineral strategy
Plus, new entrants to Australian aviation, why the US is still our best bet and the July edition of the Pick.
7/28/2023 • 24 minutes, 56 seconds
World Cup, Simon Schama and Strata Drama
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
7/21/2023 • 24 minutes, 1 second
US and China restart climate talks and Martin Wolf on democratic capitalism
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
7/14/2023 • 23 minutes, 56 seconds
A foreign affair and Robodebt: a dark day for frank and fearless advice
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
7/7/2023 • 24 minutes, 10 seconds
Australians in Ukraine's cyber war, and why younger voters are sticking with progressive politics
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
6/30/2023 • 23 minutes, 29 seconds
Margaret MacMillan on lessons from WWI for Ukraine today
Kim Ghattas on Saudi Arabia's positioning for a new role in international diplomacy, what's happening to commercial property valuations and the war inside Reddit.
6/23/2023 • 23 minutes, 50 seconds
Katja Hoyer's history of the GDR, Ukraine analysis with Frank Ledwidge
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
6/16/2023 • 22 minutes, 46 seconds
Mind of the Nation: Australian attitudes to university
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
6/9/2023 • 24 minutes, 2 seconds
50 years of Australia-Vietnam relations
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
6/2/2023 • 24 minutes, 39 seconds
Does Australia have an opioid addiction crisis?
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
5/26/2023 • 23 minutes, 57 seconds
Will dysfunction in America's politics harm their international diplomacy?
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
5/19/2023 • 24 minutes, 20 seconds
Will new tax incentives deliver more build to rent housing?
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
5/12/2023 • 24 minutes, 31 seconds
Kevin Rudd remembers Allan Gyngell
Kevin Rudd remembers Allan Gyngell.
5/5/2023 • 24 minutes, 3 seconds
Heirs of slavery to apologise for past wrongs
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
4/28/2023 • 24 minutes, 32 seconds
Working with China on net zero
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
4/21/2023 • 24 minutes, 32 seconds
Fears for Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza
Plus, award winning research on the “quiet epidemic” of gifted underachievement.
4/14/2023 • 24 minutes, 34 seconds
Saving China's imperial art collection
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
4/7/2023 • 24 minutes, 27 seconds
Trump indictment and Pentridge Prison unlocks gates to past
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
3/31/2023 • 24 minutes, 35 seconds
Surfing for gender equality in PNG
Plus, an expert panel has outlined plans to reform teachings degrees.
3/24/2023 • 30 minutes
The escalating costs of the NDIS and foreign policy after AUKUS
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
3/17/2023 • 30 minutes
The AUKUS subs deal worth billions
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
3/10/2023 • 30 minutes
China's ballistic missile buildup and New Zealand appeals to wealthy expats to fund disaster recovery
And a new book explores the unexplored history of fungi.
3/3/2023 • 30 minutes
The rise and fall of the UK's flagship gender service for children
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
2/24/2023 • 30 minutes
Britain's demise and the anniversary of the Northern Rivers' devastating floods
Plus, fears of a violent election in Myanmar election and the spy balloon hysteria on A Foreign Affair.
2/17/2023 • 30 minutes
Landmark trial of Hong Kong 47
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
2/10/2023 • 30 minutes
How does cashless gaming work? Vietnam's political turmoil and the First XI cricket tour of England
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
2/3/2023 • 30 minutes
Saturday Extra: German tanks, BBC's The Modi Question and a history of Radio Australia
International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.
1/27/2023 • 30 minutes
Defence spend to skyrocket and is America decadence one the decline?
Saturday Extra talks to expert commentators about the things that matter to Australians.
1/20/2023 • 30 minutes
How Ireland went from a backwater to modernity and saving the Australian Boab tree
Saturday Extra talks to expert commentators about the things that matter to Australians.
1/13/2023 • 30 minutes
Reflections on Russia and 100 years of the Country Women's Association
Saturday Extra talks to expert commentators about the things that matter to Australians.
1/6/2023 • 30 minutes
Saturday Extra
Saturday Extra talks to expert commentators about the things that matter to Australians.
12/30/2022 • 30 minutes
Saturday Extra Summer highlights
Lessons form the Cold War and the history of public libraries.
12/23/2022 • 30 minutes
Germany's far right coup attempt and evidence that mammals island-hopped from Australia to colonise the world
Saturday Extra talks to expert commentators about the things that matter to Australians.
12/16/2022 • 30 minutes
Reforming the House of Lords and the deteriorating rights of women in Afghanistan
Saturday Extra talks to expert commentators about the things that matter to Australians.
12/9/2022 • 30 minutes
50 years of diplomatic relations with China and how price parity clauses in travel platforms effect your wallet?
and what exactly is meant by the term 'American Exceptionalism'?
12/2/2022 • 30 minutes
Power to the people in Victoria and a new University Accord
Saturday Extra talks to expert commentators about the things that matter to Australians.
11/25/2022 • 30 minutes
Defining superannuation and fighting the illegal wildlife trade
More than 14,000 classified documents relating to John F Kennedy's assassination remain locked up. There's a push to have them released.
11/18/2022 • 30 minutes
Indonesia's balancing act at the G20 and life after prison
Saturday Extra talks to expert commentators about the things that matter to Australians.
11/11/2022 • 30 minutes
The outgoing Director General of ASIS explores the traits he's looking for a new recuits
And the politicisation of workers rights in Qatar ahead of the FIFA World Cup
11/4/2022 • 30 minutes
Rebuilding Ukraine underway and the problems with detective jurors
Saturday Extra talks to expert commentators about the things that matter to Australians.
10/28/2022 • 30 minutes
New UK leadership battle underway and do sanctions really work?
Saturday Extra talks to expert commentators about the things that matter to Australians.
10/21/2022 • 30 minutes
Can Australia afford the big spend defence commitments from AUKUS?
Saturday Extra talks to expert commentators about the things that matter to Australians.
10/14/2022 • 30 minutes
Can you hold leadership positions in two organisations with competing values?
And has Covid forever changed audiences for our great theatre and musical companies?
10/7/2022 • 30 minutes
In the age of anxiety, should we look toward the past?
Saturday Extra talks to expert commentators about the things that matter to Australians.
9/30/2022 • 30 minutes
Iranian women protest and burn hijabs in Iran
And we have a panel from the Festival from Dangerous Ideas exploring American Decadence - has this great country entered a decline it can not recover from?
9/23/2022 • 30 minutes
A forensic look at the proposed changes to the Constitution which would enshrine an indigenous voice to parliament
Analysis of the week's events, with a special focus on business and foreign affairs
9/16/2022 • 30 minutes
The Elizabethan era is over
And a new book charts the history of the Australia's female war correspondents.
9/9/2022 • 30 minutes
Unlocking the jobs of the future
Plus, Gorbachev's legacy, and brinkmanship over the Greater Sunrise gas project.
9/2/2022 • 30 minutes
Should superannuation funds invest more in nation building projects?
and a history of women's relationship of alcohol
8/26/2022 • 30 minutes
Saturday Extra
Liz Chaney and the Republican Party, steps toward increasing electric vehicles in Australia and the outgoing NSW Minister for Customer Services Victor Dominello, reflects on digital reform.
8/19/2022 • 30 minutes
Saturday Extra, August 13 2022
Analysis of the week's events, with a special focus on business and foreign affairs
8/12/2022 • 30 minutes
Teacher shortage reaches crisis point; rewilding Europe
Plus, Australia's China Odyssey through the prism of prime ministers who have handled relations with Beijing since Whitlam in 1972.
8/5/2022 • 24 minutes, 35 seconds
Merkle's appeasement of Putin and why public companies are turning private
and digitizing the public service
7/29/2022 • 24 minutes, 33 seconds
Can Trump be prosecuted? Plus, the importance of teaching poetry to children
7/22/2022 • 24 minutes, 51 seconds
The dark side of Gone with the Wind and the cost of motherhood
7/15/2022 • 24 minutes, 49 seconds
Can you predict global unrest and the Tour de Femmes
With a focus on international politics and business, Geraldine Doogue talks to expert commentators about the things that matter to Australians.
7/8/2022 • 24 minutes, 27 seconds
The demise of digital bank Volt; increases in Australia's indigenous population
plus, top analysis on A Foreign Affair.
7/1/2022 • 25 minutes, 5 seconds
Roe V Wade; Space solar power; what happens when Fox News viewers watch CNN?
Plus, ideas for preparing for the next pandemic.
6/24/2022 • 23 minutes, 33 seconds
Crackdown on trust payments; Ukraine in the balance
6/17/2022 • 24 minutes, 37 seconds
Xi JinPing's political power: the future of working from home and the new national curriculum
and a film about bird medics in New Dheli
6/10/2022 • 24 minutes, 29 seconds
How fractured is the United Kingdom? Australian television stations competing with the international streaming services
6/3/2022 • 24 minutes, 6 seconds
Global food supply problems; China and Russia's special relationship and remembering the single minded travel writer Dervla Murphy
and A Foreign Affair: the Pacific in focus
5/27/2022 • 24 minutes, 32 seconds
Federal election 2022: economic and political analysis live from the Western Sydney seat of Parramatta
Tackling transitions and life after politics
5/20/2022 • 24 minutes, 44 seconds
Sri Lankan turmoil deepens; the race for the control of the Senate and the writings of activist poet Judith Wright
and Election express and Jessica Irvine's financial tips for the young people
5/13/2022 • 24 minutes, 27 seconds
The Marcos comeback and the wooing of the Indian Australian vote
and the connections between spies and showbiz.
5/6/2022 • 24 minutes, 30 seconds
The battle for Perth's Liberal heartland; is Russia committing genocide in Ukraine?
and the economic challenges and opportunities that await for whoever wins office.
4/29/2022 • 24 minutes, 1 second
Turmoil in Sri Lanka; Universities post pandemic and 'A foreign Affair'
and the story of an indigneous returned soldier in the wake of Anzac Day
4/22/2022 • 23 minutes, 57 seconds
Man of steel; reburying the remains of Mungo man and walking in Garibaldi's footsteps
and what are the obstacles facing democracies?
4/15/2022 • 23 minutes, 18 seconds
What can the United States learn from Australia's voting system and innovative ways to recycle plastics
And what do Indonesians think of Australia?
4/8/2022 • 24 minutes, 6 seconds
US strengthens ties with Australia in cyber, defence and rare minerals
Plus, turning wasted talent into productivity gold.
4/1/2022 • 24 minutes, 4 seconds
US Supreme Court confirmation hearings for the first black female; Record temperature in the poles and The Pick
Also, Australia and India look to cement ties in education sector
3/25/2022 • 23 minutes, 33 seconds
Reflections on Russia; Macron's presidential election and Australia in 50 plays
3/18/2022 • 25 minutes, 2 seconds
Russia cast out of the global economic system; A Foreign Affair and staying mentally healthy during troubling times
And how to be a good global citizen
3/11/2022 • 24 minutes, 29 seconds
Germany pivots on Ukraine; Military strategy in Ukraine and misinformation in election times
and Kevin Rudd on the relationship between China and Russia
3/4/2022 • 23 minutes, 50 seconds
Ukraine at war; lessons from the Cold War and is the bid for AGL a watershed moment for energy in Australia?
And what will the international turmoil mean for upcoming federal election?
2/25/2022 • 24 minutes, 35 seconds
80 years since the bombing of Darwin; 'Is disorder the new international order?' and The Pick
Plus Gonski funding ten years and is bigger government needed?
2/18/2022 • 24 minutes, 4 seconds
The Quad counters China; Class warfare in Australia and the history of the women's pool
plus what makes a top stock picker and 'dynamic' covid zero in Hong Kong
2/11/2022 • 24 minutes, 1 second
Reserve Bank in the firing line; A Foreign Affair and the chequered history of great public libraries
2/4/2022 • 24 minutes, 4 seconds
Saturday, 29 January 2022
1/28/2022 • 24 minutes, 4 seconds
The Next Generation's Australia and Why the West failed in Afghanistan
Plus, where the next waves of migration might take us; John Denton, Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce, on the role of business in tackling some of the world's biggest problems; and Politicians' Picks - three politicians join us with their recommendations for reading, watching and listening this summer.
12/17/2021 • 23 minutes, 20 seconds
What will it take to reverse the decline of democracy? Indigenous equine therapy in the Kimberley and ultimate train journeys of the world
12/10/2021 • 15 minutes, 49 seconds
Cancel culture or rebalance? Plus, A Foreign Affair: Year in Review
And a history of appeasement analogies in defence rhetoric; Plus, can our gum trees withstand climate change?
12/3/2021 • 16 minutes, 17 seconds
What are the government's strengths and weaknessed heading into next year's election?
Plus, the geopolitics influencing the unrest in Solomon Islands, the future of Australia's casinos, and the rascals and rebels who shaped the modern tax system.
11/26/2021 • 15 minutes, 48 seconds
What can Labor bring to the election campaign?
Plus, Anne Applebaum on the Belarus-Poland border crisis; developing and protecting Australia's critical technologies; the tricky science of trigger warnings; and the rise of female share investors.
11/19/2021 • 15 minutes, 19 seconds
Navigating conflicts of interest; Crypto comes of age
Plus, how unshakeable is President Xi Jinping's power? Veterans pull in the harvest, and charting the relationship between two cultures in Western Australia.
11/12/2021 • 17 minutes, 34 seconds
Banking on green, Macron under pressure and the 'great resignation'?
Plus crisis looms in Ethiopia and our November edition of The Pick: things to read, watch and listen to.
11/5/2021 • 15 minutes, 10 seconds
Australia's pivot to India; Facebook rebrands to META and why is submarine building in a shambles?
10/29/2021 • 15 minutes, 18 seconds
PNG faces a Delta crisis and Gareth Evans on 30 years of peace in Cambodia
Plus, the aims of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, the plan to get one million Australians into tech jobs and Peter FitzSimons on Australia's greatest unknown explorer.
10/22/2021 • 15 minutes, 37 seconds
Moves towards sustainable housing and the hollowing out of the Australian public service
Plus, political and religious developments in the Middle East, the politics of net zero in the regions and Gillian Tett on using anthropology more flexibly.
10/15/2021 • 15 minutes, 12 seconds