Plus, will Australia power ahead with green hydrogen? And a dip in Paris's River Seine ahead of the Olympic Games. 

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International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Extra is winding up but don't worry, we've got you covered. From next week, your subscription will automatically switch to the Saturday Extra program podcast. You'll still get all the great content you love, in an unabridged format.Thank you for listening, and we hope you continue to listen to Fran Kelly on Saturday Extra.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Are smartphones and social media to blame for Gen Z's mental health problems. Plus, the challenges for the Federal Budget and both sides of the the uni campus protests.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.  

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

Ireland's gender role referendum, the rise of "social" prescribing in Australian medicine, plus a journalist goes undercover in New York's art world. 

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

Alexei Navalny, Russian President Vladimir Putin's most formidable domestic opponent and critic, has died in a Russian prison. Plus the latest in US politics with Nick Bryant.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world, Extra with Fran Kelly explores the risks and possibilities of big shifts in power, puts events in our neighbourhood and overseas into context

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

Plus, the architecture of data centres, obstacles to downsizing and a groundbreaking solar project. 

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

Making sense of a changing world.

Plus, new entrants to Australian aviation, why the US is still our best bet and the July edition of the Pick.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

Making sense of a changing world.

Kim Ghattas on Saudi Arabia's positioning for a new role in international diplomacy, what's happening to commercial property valuations and the war inside Reddit.

Making sense of a changing world.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

Making sense of a changing world.

Kevin Rudd remembers Allan Gyngell.

Making sense of a changing world.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

Making sense of a changing world.

Plus, award winning research on the “quiet epidemic” of gifted underachievement.

Making sense of a changing world.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

Making sense of a changing world.

Plus, an expert panel has outlined plans to reform teachings degrees.

Making sense of a changing world.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

Making sense of a changing world.

And a new book explores the unexplored history of fungi. 

Making sense of a changing world.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

Making sense of a changing world.

Plus, fears of a  violent election in Myanmar election and the spy balloon hysteria on A Foreign Affair.

Making sense of a changing world.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

Making sense of a changing world.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

International politics and business, and the things that matter to Australians.

Saturday Extra talks to expert commentators about the things that matter to Australians.

Saturday Extra talks to expert commentators about the things that matter to Australians.

Saturday Extra talks to expert commentators about the things that matter to Australians.

Saturday Extra talks to expert commentators about the things that matter to Australians.

Lessons form the Cold War and the history of public libraries. 

Making sense of a changing world.

Making sense of a changing world.

Saturday Extra talks to expert commentators about the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

Making sense of a changing world.

Saturday Extra talks to expert commentators about the things that matter to Australians.

Plus, new research into why Greek migrants changed or anglicised their names, and why so few have changed back.

Plus, new research into why Greek migrants changed or anglicised their names, and why so few have changed back.

and what exactly is meant by the term 'American Exceptionalism'?

Making sense of a changing world.

Making sense of a changing world.

Saturday Extra talks to expert commentators about the things that matter to Australians.

More than 14,000 classified documents relating to John F Kennedy's assassination remain locked up.  There's a push to have them released. 

Saturday Extra talks to expert commentators about the things that matter to Australians.

And the politicisation of workers rights in Qatar ahead of the FIFA World Cup

Making sense of a changing world.

Making sense of a changing world.

Saturday Extra talks to expert commentators about the things that matter to Australians.

Saturday Extra talks to expert commentators about the things that matter to Australians.

Making sense of a changing world.

Making sense of a changing world.

Saturday Extra talks to expert commentators about the things that matter to Australians.

And has Covid forever changed audiences for our great theatre and musical companies? 

Saturday Extra talks to expert commentators about the things that matter to Australians.

And we have a panel from the Festival from Dangerous Ideas exploring American Decadence - has this great country entered a decline it can not recover from?

A forensic look at the proposed changes to the Constitution which would enshrine an indigenous voice to parliament and how Turkey is turning its back on democratic ideals.

A forensic look at the proposed changes to the Constitution which would enshrine an indigenous voice to parliament and how Turkey is turning its back on democratic ideals.

Analysis of the week's events, with a special focus on business and foreign affairs

And a new book charts the history of the Australia's female war correspondents.

Engaging and in depth discussions, debates and interviews presented by Geraldine Doogue.

Engaging and in depth discussions, debates and interviews presented by Geraldine Doogue.

Plus, Gorbachev's legacy, and brinkmanship over the Greater Sunrise gas project.

and women's relationship with alcohol over the years

and women's relationship with alcohol over the years

and a history of women's relationship of alcohol

After Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney's loss in the Wyoming primary to a Trump-endorsed candidate we discuss the future of the GOP, her possible run for President, and what this all means for the Democrats. 

After Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney's loss in the Wyoming primary to a Trump-endorsed candidate we discuss the future of the GOP, her possible run for President, and what this all means for the Democrats. 

Liz Chaney and the Republican Party, steps toward increasing electric vehicles in Australia and the outgoing NSW Minister for Customer Services Victor Dominello, reflects on digital reform. 

The economics to growing up - A new academic analysis of 21 billion Facebook friendships sheds like on class and social mobility

The economics to growing up - A new academic analysis of 21 billion Facebook friendships sheds like on class and social mobility

Analysis of the week's events, with a special focus on business and foreign affairs

Serious teacher shortage – Schools are at breaking point unable to find enough teachers. Classes are having to be merged, and teachers are being lured out of retirement to plug holes. The crisis is across public, catholic, and independent schools and has hit cities immune from previous shortages. AITSL chief executive Mark Grant

Serious teacher shortage – Schools are at breaking point unable to find enough teachers. Classes are having to be merged, and teachers are being lured out of retirement to plug holes. The crisis is across public, catholic, and independent schools and has hit cities immune from previous shortages. AITSL chief executive Mark Grant

and a history of the Country Women's Association

and a history of the Country Women's Association

Sri Lankan military ‘whatever it takes’ - with the Sri Lankan president fleeing to the Maldives the Prime Minister has ordered the military to contains protestors. Dr Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, Executive Director, Centre for Policy Alternative Sri Lanka  

Sri Lankan military ‘whatever it takes’ - with the Sri Lankan president fleeing to the Maldives the Prime Minister has ordered the military to contains protestors. Dr Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, Executive Director, Centre for Policy Alternative Sri Lanka  

Wellness in schools:  The Victorian government has committed $200 million to place well being leaders in the state's primary schools by 2026.  But what exactly is wellbeing?  How do you define it - and even more importantly how is it attained? Dr Annie Gowing, University of Melbourne and  Helen Aguiar is the principal of Perth College, an Anglican school for girls

Wellness in schools:  The Victorian government has committed $200 million to place well being leaders in the state's primary schools by 2026.  But what exactly is wellbeing?  How do you define it - and even more importantly how is it attained? Dr Annie Gowing, University of Melbourne and  Helen Aguiar is the principal of Perth College, an Anglican school for girls

How to argue well: Bo Seo is a two-time world champion debater and a former coach of the Australian national debating team and the Harvard College Debating Union. His new book “Good Arguments: How debate teaches us to listen and be heard” is published by Penguin.  Bo Seo discusses how to argue well, if at all, in an increasingly polarised world

How to argue well: Bo Seo is a two-time world champion debater and a former coach of the Australian national debating team and the Harvard College Debating Union. His new book “Good Arguments: How debate teaches us to listen and be heard” is published by Penguin.  Bo Seo discusses how to argue well, if at all, in an increasingly polarised world

and what happens when Fox News watchers switch over to CNN?

and what happens when Fox News watchers switch over to CNN?

*Digital democracy - Dr Samir Saran, President of the Observer Researcher Foundation in India is calling for greater transnational regulation of the global internet, arguing that technology is an "existential threat" to democracy. He wants technology to be a digital public good and serve the world equally. We need rules and we need to advance digital cooperation.

*Digital democracy - Dr Samir Saran, President of the Observer Researcher Foundation in India is calling for greater transnational regulation of the global internet, arguing that technology is an "existential threat" to democracy. He wants technology to be a digital public good and serve the world equally. We need rules and we need to advance digital cooperation.

and a film about about bird medics in New Dehli

and a film about about bird medics in New Dehli

Plus, great tips on what to watch, read and listen to with The Pick.

Plus, great tips on what to watch, read and listen to with The Pick.

remembering the single minded travel writer Dervla Murphy

remembering the single minded travel writer Dervla Murphy

and a tribute to the late Caroline Jones

and a tribute to the late Caroline Jones

and election express

and election express

and an endgame in the Ukraine.

and an endgame in the Ukraine.

And tips on what read and watch and hear from our international relations experts.

And tips on what read and watch and hear from our international relations experts.

And Indigenous soldier Jack Huggins survived the notorious Thai-Burma railway in World War II. His daughters, Jackie Huggins and Ngaire Jarro, recently wrote a biography on his life.

And Indigenous soldier Jack Huggins survived the notorious Thai-Burma railway in World War II. His daughters, Jackie Huggins and Ngaire Jarro, recently wrote a biography on his life.

And what do Indonesians think of Australia and its near neighbours

And what do Indonesians think of Australia and its near neighbours

Plus how to bring more women, and older people into the workforce

Plus how to bring more women, and older people into the workforce

And Australia in 50 plays

And Australia in 50 plays

And the making of modern Ireland

And the making of modern Ireland

and the Australian Electoral Commission fights misinformation

and the Australian Electoral Commission fights misinformation

and an Australian family helping Jewish holocaust survivors

and an Australian family helping Jewish holocaust survivors

And The Pick brings you the latest on what to read, watch and listen to.

And The Pick brings you the latest on what to read, watch and listen to.

and what makes a great stock-picker? and dynamic covid zero in Hong Kong.

and what makes a great stock-picker? and dynamic covid zero in Hong Kong.

Plus, the chequered history of great public libraries

Plus, the chequered history of great public libraries

Russia and Ukraine share history that goes back centuries. But why has Russia never really accepted Ukraine's independence? Arkady Ostrovsky, Russia and Eastern Europe editor of The Economist joins us to explain how history plays into today's tensions.

Russia and Ukraine share history that goes back centuries. But why has Russia never really accepted Ukraine's independence? Arkady Ostrovsky, Russia and Eastern Europe editor of The Economist joins us to explain how history plays into today's tensions.

Plus, Dr David Kilcullen and Dr Greg Mills on why the West failed in Afghanistan, and Politicians' Picks - Chris Bowen, Hollie Hughes and Zali Steggall join us with their recommendations for reading, watching and listening this summer.

Plus, Dr David Kilcullen and Dr Greg Mills on why the West failed in Afghanistan, and Politicians' Picks - Chris Bowen, Hollie Hughes and Zali Steggall join us with their recommendations for reading, watching and listening this summer.

Plus, Indigenous equine therapy in the Kimberley and ultimate train journeys of the world

Plus, Indigenous equine therapy in the Kimberley and ultimate train journeys of the world

Plus, can our gum trees withstand a warming climate?

Plus, can our gum trees withstand a warming climate?

How will the Coalition government fare in next year's election? Tax rebels and why fridges are so important

How will the Coalition government fare in next year's election? Tax rebels and why fridges are so important

Plus, the tricky science of trigger warnings and the rise of female share investors.

Plus, the tricky science of trigger warnings and the rise of female share investors.

Plus, meet the veterans pulling in the harvest.

Plus, meet the veterans pulling in the harvest.

Plus, foreign-affairs related recommendations for reading, watching and listening.

Plus, foreign-affairs related recommendations for reading, watching and listening.

Facebook revelations lead to it's rebranding as 'META'. Our esteemed guests for A Foreign Affair discuss Australia's pivot to India, the ASEAN summit and the geopolitics of COP26. And the first vampire story in the English language has been found in a library in Queensland.

Facebook revelations lead to it's rebranding as 'META'. Our esteemed guests for A Foreign Affair discuss Australia's pivot to India, the ASEAN summit and the geopolitics of COP26. And the first vampire story in the English language has been found in a library in Queensland.

Plus, should you consider a job in tech? Tens of thousands of jobs are available in Australia's fastest-growing sector.

Plus, should you consider a job in tech? Tens of thousands of jobs are available in Australia's fastest-growing sector.

Plus, Gillian Tett on using anthropological tools to drive better policy.

Plus, Gillian Tett on using anthropological tools to drive better policy.

Plus, recommendations for reading, watching and listening in October.

Plus, recommendations for reading, watching and listening in October.

Plus, Lin Hatfield Dodds on systems leadership and steering Australia's oldest charity The Benevolent Society, CEO of Good Things Australia Foundation Jess Wilson provides practical advice on where you can go to build your digital skills and Catherine Fisher, author of Sound Citizens: Australian Women Broadcasters Claim their Voice, 1923–1956 examines how a cohort of professional women broadcasters, activists and politicians used radio to improve women’s status in Australia from the introduction of radio in 1923 until the introduction of television in 1956.

Plus, Lin Hatfield Dodds on systems leadership and steering Australia's oldest charity The Benevolent Society, CEO of Good Things Australia Foundation Jess Wilson provides practical advice on where you can go to build your digital skills and Catherine Fisher, author of Sound Citizens: Australian Women Broadcasters Claim their Voice, 1923–1956 examines how a cohort of professional women broadcasters, activists and politicians used radio to improve women’s status in Australia from the introduction of radio in 1923 until the introduction of television in 1956.

As the Chinese Communist Party gears up for 20th Party Congress in 2022, Beijing is implementing sweeping changes across a host of industries and parts of society. Is there a common motive, a ‘red thread’, running through these changes?

As the Chinese Communist Party gears up for 20th Party Congress in 2022, Beijing is implementing sweeping changes across a host of industries and parts of society. Is there a common motive, a ‘red thread’, running through these changes?

Plus, Lebanon's crumbling healthcare system and improving adult literacy in Australia.

Two decades after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, the memories of those terrible events still loom large in the national psyche. On the 20th anniversary of September 11, three American commentators from across the political spectrum reflect on the cultural legacy of September 11, and the lasting impacts it has had on the United States.

Plus, what to read, watch and listen to in September.

Plus, stories of hope and humanity during the pandemic.

Plus, Evie Wyld reads her poem 'Floorboards', and we get some recommendations for reading, watching and listening in August.

Plus, reflections of an Australian writer who survived the Beirut port explosion a year ago.

Southeast Asia has quickly become the region hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, with many countries that successfully held off the pandemic last year now suffering from the spread of the Delta variant. The domestic social, economic and political ramifications could be significant, and they come at a time when the region is of growing geopolitical significance to the US and China. Guests: Emma Connors, Southeast Asia correspondent for the Australian Financial Review; Dr Huong Le Thu, senior analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) and a non-resident fellow with the Southeast Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Michael Wesley, Deputy Vice Chancellor, International, at the University of Melbourne.

After 15 years at the helm of AustralianSuper and a career in superannuation going back to 1994, Ian Silk reflects on what the incredible growth of industry super funds might mean for the future of the sector and for Australia's economy as a whole.

Plus, recommendations for reading, watching and listening this month.

Founded in 1921 by 13 men inspired by the Bolshevik Revolution, the Chinese Communist Party now has 92 million members and is undoubtedly the most powerful political party in the world. Leading Sinologists Kerry Brown, Director of the Lau China Institute at King's College London; Rana Mitter, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China at the University of Oxford and Linda Jaivin, the author of The Shortest History of China discuss the extraordinary rise of Chinese Communist Party, the philosophy that underpins it, and where it might lead China next.

Latin America is one of the parts of the world that has been hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and with 11 Latin countries holding elections this year, the region is plagued by insecurity and instability. Latin American experts Maria Victoria Murillo of Columbia University, and Kenneth Roberts of Cornell University discuss the transformative changes taking place in Colombia, Peru and Chile. Plus, it's been 18 months since Australia's devastating Black Summer of bushfires. We revisit one of the worst affected areas with ecologist Mark Graham, for an update on how its recovering. And, in his latest book, the bestselling author of A Very English Scandal, John Preston looks at the extraordinary rise and scandalous fall of the notorious media mogul and former MP, Robert Maxwell.

Plus, the perils of being a PhD student at the moment, and women walking through history

Leading Australian strategist Alan Dupont and space law specialist Dr Cassandra Steer argue that Australia has the potential to be a much bigger player in the new space age, but at the moment we’re being left behind.

RenewEconomy's Giles Parkinson and CSIRO Principal Research Scientist Dr Adam Best join us to discuss the latest in batteries - big and small; then former US Ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk on diplomacy, political developments in Israel and Palestine, and the 'master of the game' - US diplomat Henry Kissinger; And, Alex Oliver director of research at the Lowy Institute and Rory Medcalf, head of the National Security College at the Crawford School of Public Policy give us their pick of books, shows, podcasts and music this month.

Two Republicans who walked away from their party, despite illustrious careers within it, speak out about the failure of the GOP to snap back to its pre-Trump position, the continued rise of far-right firebrands as moderates lose traction, and what this means about the trajectory of the Republican Party and American democracy as we know it.

Australian manufacturing has been steadily declining, but there are renewed efforts to 'make Australia make again'. Sue Boyd on her career as a successful diplomat, and her struggle for equal opportunity in Canberra. And author Tom Vanderbilt rediscovers the joy of learning new skills and debunks the myth that 'you can't teach an old dog new tricks'.