Sunday Extra - Full program podcast

An ex-Pentagon official on the escalating conflict in the Middle East, Israel is debating re-introducing the death penalty, a live update on death of the Ayatollah, the 40th anniversary of the Philippines people's revolution, queer history archives at SLNSW and Bob Brown on The Year That Made Me.

Sunday Extra presents a mix of national and international affairs, analysis and investigation.

This week on Sunday Extra, Timor Leste has appointed prosecutors to take on crimes against humanity committed by the Myanmar military junta, the software engineer locked in a legal stoush with Services Australia, and we look at the company founders of Breville in our Household Names series.

Plus, on the Year that Made Me it's Marianne Jauncey, the medical director of the Uniting Medically Supervised Injecting Centre in Sydney's Kings Cross. 

In the wake of last year's deadly student riots, what will be the outcome of the upcoming election in Bangladesh?

Will abolishing 'good character' references from sentencing relieve victims or impair justice?

Another peak at the name behind the brand. This time: godmother of Australian wine, Mary Penfold.

How will Mongolia plan resurrect an ancient city when it moves it capital, Ulanbaatar?

And on the Year That Made Me — Victoria's 2026 Young Australian of the Year, Abraham Kuol.

All that and more, on Sunday Extra.

In the wake of the Bondi massacre, we ask Dr Rosemary Hollow how and when we should memorialise the loss and grief for victims and the community. Journalist Charlotte Grieve on her book Duty to Warn, and the defamation case that came from her investigation into surgeon Dr Munjed al-Muderis. NSW Australian of the Year nominee and ultramarathon runner Nedd Brockman and on the Year That Made Me, Australian Sikh rapper L-FRESH the Lion.

Meet North Korean Seongmin Lee who defected to the West and he now smuggles USB sticks containing Korean soap operas into North Korea. Intrepid investigative journalist Sean Williams tells the story of his trip to meet the self-proclaimed ‘ King of Bougainville’. On The Year That Made Me we revisit our interview with Matilda’s Media Manager, Ann Odong, as she shares her story and her love of football.

Author and broadcaster Tim Ross reveals some of the Australian designs you have never heard of. Sally Gould take us behind the scenes of life as a new paramedic - and her tips for staying sane and Mary Bosworth takes us behind the scenes of a UK deportation facility. All revealed on Sunday Extra's summer special.

Historian Ann Curthoys takes us on Paul Robeson's tour of Australia back in 1960. What happened to the platypus called Winston Churchill that was sent by boat to the UK in the middle of the 2nd World War. And don't miss a moving Year That Made Me with photographer Julian Kingma. All on Sunday Extra this week.

Sunday Extra presents a mix of national and international affairs, analysis and investigation.

Bagpipes have a long history that doesn't all take place in Scotland. How much truth is there in the CIA's use of George Orwell's book Animal Farm. And why has the Algerian Nutella-like spread El Morjene been banned in Europe? Find out on Sunday Extra.