Sunday Sequence Episodes Episode guide
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The ordinariness of addiction - does everyone have that gene or are some people just unlucky in life?
What makes us addicts? Is it genetic or is addiction caused by life's experiences?
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Do OAPs have total autonomy over their lives?
Does society try to police the morals of the older generation?
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Is there any difference between faith in God or simply having a positive attitude?
Is there any difference between faith in God or simply having a positive attitude?
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Should life mean life or does every prisoner deserve a second chance?
Should every prisoner have a realistic release date and the chance to start again?
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Derry Girls and degrees of religious difference - myth or reality?
How does our faith, our religious upbringing, the sense of identity shape us?
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Organ Donation - A Moral Imperative?
The organs from a single body may help many others, is it immoral not to be a donor?
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Doomed from the start? How childhood experiences limit us from cradle to grave
Doomed from the start? How childhood experiences limit us from cradle to grave.
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Ever faster, ever stronger, ever smarter but is there a downside to advances in human development?
Testing the limits of human development physically and mentally but what about the soul?
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The climate crisis - a problem for other countries and other people?
Saving the world - do we seem to always want poorer countries to do more than us?
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The Power of Words
Words can be healing or harmful. Do we all need to take more care with what we say?
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Celebrity Culture - Good, Bad or Ugly?
Is celebrity culture a good thing or does it mark the end of civilization?
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Is there room for dissenters in the 21st Century Church?
How important is it for churches to encourage dissent? Where does it cross the line?
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Great expectations - the people and the pulpit
Do we demand too much from our parish while paying a pittance towards its upkeep?
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Moon Landing at 50
Audrey Carville and the panel discuss how the moon landing changed the world.
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How do we create a more positive place online?
The internet is a place of robust exchange of ideas and debate, but is it kind?
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Green in spirit but not in practice? Do we all want someone else to save the world?
When it comes to saving the world, what are we prepared to sacrifice as individuals?
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A rough trade almost always ending in failure - political realities
Nasty dogs, angry people and walking wet foot in the rain - politics at the sharp end.
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Never more connected, never more alone? The mental health conundrum
What, if anything, has changed in our mental health status over the years?
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12/05/2019
What does it mean to live a good life today? Is it possible in an ever competitive world?
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Paying the price to be a pensioner in the 21st century
We're living longer and costing the state more - the price of being a pensioner in 2019.
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The meaning of Easter - the light that still guides millions or a largely forgotten religious festival?
How relevant to people is the Christian message of Easter in the modern-day world?
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Presbyterianism, politics and prisons - Lesley Carroll on life in the letter P
Prisons ombudsman Lesley Carroll on the 21st-century challenges facing the justice system.
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29/12/2024
Audrey Carville and guests debate the week's religious and ethical news.
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22/12/2024
Audrey Carville and guests debate the week's religious and ethical news.
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15/12/2024
Audrey Carville and guests debate the week's religious and ethical news.
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08/12/2024
Audrey Carville and guests debate the week's religious and ethical news.
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Never mind the planet, we're winning the arms race
The biggest polluting states also have huge military budgets. Does war trump the planet?
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Honours and Justice
When is it legitimate to remove someone's honours?
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Institutional failure - is it hardwired into their DNA?
From the Church to the Post Office - why do institutions abandon their ideals?
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A new dawn for Republicans, a dark day for Democrats
Trump towers again - a new dawn for the US, but what will it mean for the world?