Opera has a reputation as entertainment for the upper classes, but a new opera company is determined to demystify opera and make it accessible to all. The T-Shirt Opera Company is performing their show "Opera Unmasked: Arias and Anecdotes" at the upcoming Flinders Fringe Festival.

Guests:

Katie Fisher (Producer), Chloe James (Mezzo Soprano), Lisette Bolton (Soprano), James Billson (Baritone) and Julian Wade (accompanist)

Click here for the Flinders Fringe Festival program.

As the 3rd anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine approaches, could President Trump's relationship with Putin improve the prospects of peace? But at what cost for Ukrainians. Zakhida Adylova spoke to Sunday Extra at the start of the war and joins us again.

Guest: Zakhida Adylova, freelance journalist

Investigative journalist and author Tim Schwab mounts a forceful case against the Bill Gates's billionaire philanthropy in The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning With the Myth of the Good Billionaire.

As Myanmar marks the fourth anniversary of the military coup, the country is in turmoil. Ethnic based and opposition based armies are reclaiming territory at a rapid pace. But on the Myanmar - Thai border, there are criminal cartels running scam centres staffed by hundreds of trafficked workers. While the border regions remain ungoverned is there any way to stop these illegal operations?

Guest: Sebastian Strangio, Southeast Asia Editor, The Diplomat

The image of a women crocheting or knitting is one that historically has been associated with domesticity, but in fact there is a long history of women using craft as means of expressing themselves politically. And now collective actions like yarn bombing are bringing craft into the public square - sometimes literally - and bringing women from across the globe together through craftivism.

Guest: 

Gemma McKenzie, Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Organiser of the Threads of Protest Exhibition

The CSIRO’s Head of Quantum Systems explains how his work could stop our enemies hacking drones and making them attack us.  

Earthquakes, cyclones and volcanic eruptions have always been part of life on the 80 islands that make up Vanuatu, but the frequency and severity of these natural disasters has the region increasingly concerned. 

Sashi Perera has followed an all too common path from a career in the law to a career in comedy. Born in Colombo, she grew up in Perth after living in Dubai and Muscat. After becoming a lawyer, she disappointed her parents by giving it up for a life on the stage. Now she has been invited back to Sri Lanka as a guest of the Galle Literary Festival.

Guest: Sashi Perera, stand up comic, writer and recovering lawyer

This week's mystery caller puts on a memorable display during the breeding season – the Paradise Riflebird.

Australia's most awarded playwright explores the complicated and compelling character of Julian Assange in her new play premiering at the Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne this month.