Talkback Episodes Episode guide
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Baroness Blood & gesture politics
Baroness May Blood thinks the focus on gesture politics, like Prince Charles's with is...
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Ballymurphy verdict: what next?
Should there be an apology?
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Babies & earpiercing
Is it time to ban parents from piercing their babies' ears?
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Author David Rieff says that public acts of remembering our traumatic past leads to a society becoming unable to heal
Is there a moral case for forgetting our past and not keeping the painful wounds alive?
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Australian airline Qantas says when the vaccine's available, they'll only carry people who've been vaccinated. Extreme or not?
No jab, no journey. Is that a reasonable requirement before travelling on a plane?
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Attempts to flee Afghanistan
We speak to a man trying to leave Afghanistan after the Taliban takes over the country.
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At its party conference, the SNP has voted unanimously to decriminalise the possession and consumption of controlled drugs
Have they taken a step in the right direction?
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Assisted Dying
William Crawley discusses whether the law on assisted dying needs to change
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Assisted Dying
Assisted dying is back in the news as a father of three ends his life at a clinic in...
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Assistant Chief Constable Stephen Martin
We discuss PSNI relations with Loyalist communities after recent week's events.
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Assembly election phone-in: Sinn Fein's John O'Dowd
Our next big election phone-in. Today it's the turn of Sinn Fein's John O'Dowd.
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Assembly Election Phone-In: DUP Simon Hamilton
Simon Hamilton answers questions from callers in the last of our election phone-ins.
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Ashers baking company loses its appeal in the so-called "gay cake" ruling
We speak to Peter Lynas and Dr Michael Wardlow.
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Asher's Bakery verdict
A court in Belfast has ruled that the Christian owners of Asher's Bakery unlawfully a...
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As we learn more about the risks of household mixing in this pandemic, how are you going to approach the Christmas holidays?
Have you decided to play it safe and limit your Christmas plans?
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As we head into the weekend, we look at suggestions of what you can watch or listen to while at home during lockdown.
Ralph McClean, film critic Brian Henry Martin, and journalist Jenn Gannon share theirs.
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As we head into the bank holiday weekend, have you noticed a step change in people鈥檚 attitude to the lockdown?
Are you keeping your distance or are you letting down your guard
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As we head into colder weather, is the pressure on the DUP going to increase, to allow the Executive to form?
William and guests discuss the Protocol and cost of living crisis
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As we head for the Twelfth, Mervyn Gibson from the Orange Order was taking your calls in our phone-in today.
Do you think more of us need to recognise the changes the Orange Order have been making?
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As we come out of lock down we hear about the acts of kindness that got us through the past year
Including the East Belfast community which came together to save their local chippy
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As the wave of sexual harassment and assault allegations continue, has it now become a trial by media?
Fiona Ferguson from People Before Profit and columnist Caroline Farrow discuss.
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As the UK registers its first associated death with Coronavirus, we take a closer look at how to properly protect older people.
We also fact-check some of the myths about how best to deal with the virus.
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As the UK Policing Minister encourages people to tell on those they suspect of breaking Covid-19 restrictions. Would you?
We hear from former Assistant Chief Constable Alan McQuillan & journalist Allison Morris
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As the Stormont stand-off continues could a citizen's assembly be the solution to the political stalemate?
We speak to Professor Jon Tonge, blogger Jamie Pow and Green Party leader Steven Agnew.
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As the PM appoints an Education Recovery Commissioner for England, how do we get children's learning back on track here?
Sir Kevan Collins says it's important to act quickly to make plans for a summer catch-up.
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As the number of Covid cases rises, leading surgeons call on the executive to ring-fence hospital beds for planned operations.
How do we respond to Covid-19 without leaving many other patients without care?
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As the next phase of Stormont talks begin, do new job advertisements indicate the NIO's Plan B?
Prof. Rick Wilford, Brian Feeney, and journalists Sam McBride & Amanda Ferguson discuss.
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As The Government's chief scientists warn of 200 Covid deaths per day by the middle of November should we return to lock-down?
We get analysis of and reaction to today's significant announcement.
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As the Executive meets, what restrictions would you like to see being introduced, if any at all?
We speak to voices in hospitality, retail, business, sport and entertainment