Stories in Sound Podcast
Radio Ulster brings together some of the best radio documentaries from UK and Irish broadcasters.
Episodes to download
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The Unforgettable Gig: When U2 Rocked The Kings Hall
Sun 26 Mar 2017
The story of U2's 1987 concert in Belfast to promote the release of The Joshua Tree.
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The Icemen Cometh
Sun 19 Mar 2017
Reporter Nigel Ringland looks back at the highs and lows of the Belfast Giants.
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All Children Together: The Story of Lagan College
Sun 12 Mar 2017
A look back at the hard-fought campaign to establish NI's first integrated school.
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Crystal, Clay and Cloth - The Artisans of East Tyrone
Sun 26 Feb 2017
An exploration of the once flourishing crafts in east Tyrone.
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Split the Sap
Sun 12 Feb 2017
Marty Cullen writes a traditional song for the Armagh sport of bullets.
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Exonerated
Sun 29 Jan 2017
John Toal meets former death-row inmates at a retreat for victims of wrongful conviction.
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Songs for the Dead
Sun 22 Jan 2017
Marie-Louise Muir unpicks the mystery of keening for the dead in Ireland.
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Introducing Love Letters from the Front
Sun 23 Oct 2016
The compelling true love story of English soldier Eric Appleby and his Irish sweetheart.
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Losing the Battle
Sun 16 Oct 2016
Kevin Sharkey speaks to military veterans suffering with PTSD after returning from war.
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Transgender Teens - Born in the Wrong Body
Sun 9 Oct 2016
Exploring the reality for young people in Northern Ireland facing transgender issues.
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Brexit Streets: Belfast
Sun 2 Oct 2016
How do people in Belfast now feel about the biggest decision the UK has made in 40 years?
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If Truth Be Told
Sun 25 Sep 2016
Could storytelling help Ireland move away from its troubled past towards the future?
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My Kingdom for a Horse
Sun 11 Sep 2016
What makes a champion racehorse? Find out from the pros how to spot the perfect racehorse
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The Secret Life of Spiders
Sun 4 Sep 2016
Bug mad Paul Moore goes in search of the spiders that scuttle around our homes & gardens.
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A Poundful of Blues
Sun 28 Aug 2016
Declan Forde meets some of the musicians who played at Belfast's The Pound.
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Ireland: Looking Beyond the Border
Mon 9 May 2016
Chris Page examines the state of play between Irish nationalism and unionism.
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We Will Arise and Go Now
Sun 1 May 2016
Marie-Louise Muir and three Irish poets visit the Lake Isle of Innisfree, in County Sligo.
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Notes from a Northern Irish Childhood
Sun 10 Apr 2016
Marie-Louise Muir dusts down her cello and rediscovers how music shaped her life.
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Springtown Baby
Sun 20 Mar 2016
The story of Jane Russell's adoption of a boy from Derry's Springtown camp.
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Fifty Tails of Grey
Sun 6 Mar 2016
A look at red squirrels and the threat they face from the imported grey squirrel.
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An Accident Waiting to Happen
Sun 28 Feb 2016
John Bennett investigates the story of the 1945 Ballymacarrett railway disaster.
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Roads Less Travelled
Sun 14 Feb 2016
Dawn Purvis, Raymond McCord and Patrick Cregg explain the life choices they've made.
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Jocelyn and the Radio Star
Sun 7 Feb 2016
Marie-Louise Muir meets Northern Irish astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell.
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Tea & Cappuccino
Sun 20 Dec 2015
Anne Marie McAleese meets some of Northern Ireland's Italian families.
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The Loudest House on the Street
Sun 6 Dec 2015
Cathy Moorehead explores what life is like for deaf people in Ireland.