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Saturday Extra - Full program podcast

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Smart analysis, lively conversations, and great company. Understand Australia and the world with Nick Bryant.

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  • 29 episodes
  • weekly
  • Avg 1 hr 15 min
  • English

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  • Friday · 1 hr 18 min

    Trump promotes MAGA loyalist after midterm "blue tsunami"

    Did the midterm elections signal a realignment of American politics, and a rejection of Trumpism? What does Trump's promotion of Stephen Miller to White House chief of staff indicate about his interpretation of the results? Two leading political commentators, conservative thinker Bill Kristol, and journalist Molly Ball join Nick Bryant to unpack the meaning of the midterm vote. Closer to home we unpack the big economic and business news of the week: the rising interest rates and the collapse of

  • October 30 · 1 hr 16 min

    A Saturday Extra election special

    Can either of Israel's main political blocs form a unity government after a polarized election result? Clear air for Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva after rival Flavio Bolsonaro goes into self-exile in America. Nick Bryant's guide to the US midterm elections. How South Korea plans to give all 51 million of its citizens access to an AI agent with unlimited usage.  Shaken, not stirred, but shortlisted: who will be the next James Bond? And Rachael Maza is our guest this month on T

  • October 23 · 1 hr 15 min

    Inside the protests tearing France apart

    France will deploy some 70,000 police nationwide as it braces for new protests this weekend. We get an eyewitness account of what's happening on the ground. Meanwhile, an election looms in Israel. Could it see the end of Benjamin Netanyahu, or will he make yet another political comeback?  Plus, as Australia continues to reel from the shock attack on Helen Haines, the husband of murdered UK MP Jo Cox speaks about the power of coming together in the toughest moments. And could Melbourne's Yarra R

  • July 31 · 1 hr 16 min

    Plan for Hamas to disarm

    A breakthrough deal for Hamas to hand over its weapons and for Israel to pullout of Gaza - Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, a senior fellow with the Atlantic Council's Middle East program explains the agreement.

  • July 3 · 1 hr 15 min

    Power and popularity: Narendra Modi's Australian visit

    The early morning heartbreak for Australia and that penalty shoot-out in Dallas where the Egyptians came out on top. A conversation with one of India's leading historians, Ramachandra Guha, on the power and popularity of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who visits Australia this week. And as America prepares to mark Independence Day — the 4th of July, we criss-cross the country, from Donald Trump's Great American State Fair to the town of Normal in Illinois, to an attempt at getting Dolly Par

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