Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast

Is the sentencing of Chinese Australian pro-democracy advocate Yang Hengjun another example of ‘hostage diplomacy’?

Amidst a flood of 'constitutional coups' within the African continent, a new generation of politicians are emerging who are interested in restoring the rule of law.

‘Cities’ are popping up across Bali’s spiritual heartland. Can villagers from Ubud hold back a tsunami of foreign money and preserve the island's culture?

Can you guess this week's Tweeter? 

Our guest Bonnie Hancock decided during Covid that she wanted to circumnavigate mainland Australia on an ocean surf ski and beat the current world record. That decision, with the logistical, physical and environmental challenges it involved, would push the professional athlete to her limits.

It was a remarkable journey of perseverance and determination, now told in her new book ‘The Girl Who Touched The Stars’.

Guest: Bonnie Hancock, athlete and author.

Malaysia's Chinese-built 'Forest City' remains almost uninhabited

A deluge of digital records is creating a record keeping crisis for the public service

Johannes Lichtman was invited to lead a creative writing group... at the CIA.

Financial Times data journalist John Burn-Murdoch is reporting that a large ideological divide is opening up between men and women of Generation Z.