Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast

In 2022, investigative journalist Charlotte Grieve was sued for defamation by renowned surgeon Dr Munjed al Muderis, a celebrity doctor from Iraq who came to Australia as a refugee and went on to become a specialist in a novel area of orthopedic surgery called osseointegration.

As Australians continue to reel from the grief of the Bondi Massacre an important questions emerge:

When do begin to memorialise the site?

Who gets a say in the memorial process?

How do we, as Australians, create a memorial to help us heal?

Dr Rosemary Hollow shares her thoughts, based on the memorial processes of Port Arthur and the Bali Bombings

Guest: Dr Rosemary Hollow, Former Adjunct Associate Professor at the Centre for Creative and Cultural Practice, University of Canberra

Yes, polar and grizzly bears can breed, and their offspring are called pizzly or grolar bears. 

But what does science have to say about these odd hybrids? Are they the future of adaptation in a changing climate or could they accelerate the demise of the polar bear?

Guest: Andrew Derocher, Professor of Biological Sciences at University of Alberta in Edmonton Canada, and author of ‘Polar Bears: A complete guide to their biology and behaviour’. 

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.

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.

2005 was a big year for Marcus Zusak and Gill Hicks. For Markus Zusak his best seller The Book Thief was published. For Gill Hicks, 2005 was the year she survived the terrorist bombing of the London Underground. Both events changed their lives. We also investigate the rise of the Banh Mi and Hi Viz in Australia.

Project Monarch is a crowd-sourcing initiative that uses Bluetooth tracking technology to help scientists and butterfly enthusiasts monitor individual monarch butterflies in real time. The butterflies are tracked through an app as they migrate from North America to central Mexico.

Guest: Jennifer Thieme, Senior Science Manager at Monarch Joint Venture

Toowoomba's pink-haired, motorbike-riding priest has overcome huge challenges on the road to becoming Reverend Harley.