Something Understood Episodes Episode guide
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Neighbours
John McCarthy considers the relationships we have with those we live alongside.
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The Boundaries of Religion: Part 2
Mark Tully concludes his exploration of the relationship between reason and religion.
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The Boundaries of Reason: Part 1
Mark Tully questions the apparent conflict between religion and reason.
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Seeking Eurydice
Jo Fidgen goes in search of an afterlife that even an atheist can believe in.
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Faith in Numbers
John McCarthy explores the potential of numbers to both comfort and inspire.
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Mending Cracks with Gold
Celebrating damage - learning from kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery.
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Anger
Llewellyn Morgan reflects on the not always negative nature of anger.
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Why do we have to get richer?
Mark Tully questions the pursuit of economic growth at all costs.
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Learning to be Human
'Gorillas taught me to be human.' John McCarthy explores unusual paths to humanity.
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Heat
Mark Tully considers the metaphorical and spiritual significance of heat.
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Stewardship
Mark Tully discusses ideas of stewardship and our responsibility to future generations.
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Desire
Sarah Cuddon considers the meaning of desire.
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Procrastination
Samira Ahmed considers whether procrastination is always such a bad thing.
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Keeping the Past Alive
Samira Ahmed considers the value of re-examining the past.
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Holy Verses
Mark Tully examines the role of poetry in worship.
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Vanishing Point
Jude Rogers explores our desire to disappear.
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Holding Hands
John McCarthy considers the significance of holding hands as an act of trust and love.
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Seeing God
Mark Tully examines the nature of religious visions and visionaries.
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Walking a Mile in Another Man's Shoes
Mark Tully examines the place of empathy in politics, religion, medicine and the arts.
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Endings and Beginnings
Marie-Louise Muir reflects on the mysteries of the creative process.
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When Certainties Are Shaken
Samira Ahmed asks what we do when new revelations throw our past convictions into doubt.
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The Greatest of These Is Love?
John McCarthy considers the centrality of love in our lives. With writer Salley Vickers.
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Debt
Against a background of economic insecurity, Mark Tully discusses the moral side to debt.
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Escapism
Art historian James Fox considers why there seems to be a human need to escape.
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Humility
Classical scholar and Anglican minister Teresa Morgan reflects on humility.
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Taking Up the Thread
Samira Ahmed reflects on the different ways 'threads' can lead us and connect us.
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07/04/2013
John McCarthy explores the significance of the Piet脿 in art and life. With Antony Gormley.
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Rising from the Ashes
Mark Tully discusses the meaning of Resurrection, in a programme about moving on.
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God Bless our Contradictions
Poet Stewart Henderson reflects on our inner contradictions. Can they ever be helpful?
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Into the Dark
Poet John Agard reflects on what it means to embrace the darkness.
