Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast

Mavis Ripper was once hailed as Australia’s first woman of fashion, designing costumes for Australian films, and pioneering the use of Australian wool for her designs. So why is it that not one of Ripper’s designs or costumes is known to exist today? Social archivist and curator Tom McEvoy is still searching and will give an address about Mavis Ripper to the Sydney Fair antique next weekend.

British writer and former US correspondent Matt Frei will explore the question, Can America be saved from itself? in this year’s Christopher Hitchens Lecture at the Hay Festival.

Why is Georgia's new "foreign agents" transparency bill cause for concern?

The President of Georgia has vetoed the bill, but the ruling Georgian Dream party are planning to overrule her decision in a final parliamentary vote.

The bill has been called "inherently Russian".

Guest: Eka Gigauri, executive director at Transparency International Georgia.

Dr Thuli Madonsela is the woman who drafted South Africa's constitution in 1994, and headed the investigation into then-President Jacob Zuma's alleged corruption.

With South Africa's elections coming up on May 29th, Madonsela weighs in on how far the country has come since 1994.

Guest: Dr Thuli Madonsela, former Public Protector of South Africa, and current Chair of Social Justice at Stellenbosch University.

This week marks 25 years since the restoration of a Scottish Parliament and the devolution of limited powers from Westminster. But with the ruling Scottish Nationalist Party engulfed in leadership chaos, the country  - and the push by many Scots for full independence - stands at a crossroads. 

Three dead dolphins turn up in an oil spill.

Ro Allen is Victoria’s Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commissioner . 

Tracey Slaughter's latest prize-winning personal essay is told from her perspective growing up on the floor of her mother's hair salon, listening to the stories of women.

A.J. Jacobs has made a career out of experimenting on himself and one of the regular results of his experiments is long stints in the New York Times bestseller list.

Ecologists are calling for a re-evaluation of the purpose of the dingo fence that sits on the Queensland / New South Wales / South Australia border.