Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast

A global web of smart little floats is taking the oceans temperature

Health advocates are calling on the new Albanese Government to appoint a Minister of Loneliness.

Can you guess this week's mystery caller?

Pat O’Shane was the first female Aboriginal teacher in Queensland, the first woman and Aboriginal person to be the head of a Government department and the first Aboriginal Magistrate in Australia

Flacco & The Sandman, the singular characters that were stars of the 1990s and early 2000s comedy scene, have reunited for a show in Bathurst.

As the war in Ukraine continues, so do war crimes trials. Already trials have been conducted - and concluded - by Ukraine and by the Russian-backed breakaway republic of Donetsk.

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Thousands of Australians are finding they still feel ill several months after contracting coronavirus.

They're experiencing a new and little understood condition called long COVID.

As Geoff Thompson discovered, the demand for medical treatment is now overwhelming.

Chile and Colombia have both elected leftist leaders recently after decades of right and centre-right governments. It's part of a political shift in a number of Latin American countries that's being dubbed the 'pink tide'.

So what's driving it?

Don't you love tipping your head back on a clear, dark night, and seeing those silvery stars twinkling above you? We know in our brains that they're giant balls of burning gas, even though they look like fairy dust scattered across the sky.

And the reason we know this is because of the science of astronomy.

This week we're hearing from an astronomer about the incredible discoveries her field has managed to uncover, and what the next generation of radio astronomy might achieve… right here in Australia.

Being solitary is a cause for celebration for the so-called Hermettes, a secret group of women who prefer to be left alone.