Something Understood Episodes Episode guide
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Spring Forward
Fergal Keane looks forward to Spring, as a season and a metaphor for better times to come.
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The Road Taken
Mike Wooldridge explores what happens when we choose between different paths in life.
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Mysticism and Resistance
Mark Tully considers the link between mysticism and resistance.
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The Violence Within
Mark Tully explores the relationship between inner and outer violence.
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Running on Empty
Writer Blake Morrison considers the physical and spiritual isolation of the runner.
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The Science Test
Mark Tully considers the purpose and scope of science.
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Not Cute Enough
Mark Tully considers our responses to beauty.
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The Singing Manifesto
American radio producers The Kitchen Sisters on their distinctive approach to interviewees
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Is This the Way?
Mark Tully considers many people's new-found reliance on 'sat nav'.
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At the End of the Year
Mark Tully draws on the ancient prayer tradition of the Examen.
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Birth
Poet laureate Andrew Motion considers perceptions of birth.
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Remembering Merton
Dr Rowan Williams talks about the influential Trappist monk and activist Thomas Merton.
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Stories from Scraps
Mark Tully considers one of fast-growing social networking activity of scrap-booking.
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Perchance to Dream
The writer and broadcaster Irma Kurtz considers the complexity of dreams and dreaming.
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Money Worries
Mark Tully explores the complexities of our relationship with money.
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Fullness of Life
Mark Tully talks to Abbot Christopher Jamison about his new book on happiness.
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That Hurts!
Madeleine Bunting explores the complex experience and language of pain.
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Together Alone
The Scottish poet Kenneth Steven reflects on how solitude refreshes the human spirit.
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Because of the Fire
Jane Ray reflects on moments and chance encounters which can prove to be life changing.
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Tradition and Reform
Mark Tully considers the tensions between traditionalists and reformers in all faiths.
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Family Ties
Mark Tully reflects on how family relationships and responsibilities change over time.
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Tomorrow
Llewellyn Morgan explores how attitudes towards tomorrow reflect our fear of the unknown.
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Freely Given
Mark Tully explores the notion of a gift culture.
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Harvest Festival
Mark Tully and Professor Michael Northcott discuss food production and consumption.
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A Sense of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ
Andrew Motion revisits the village where he spent the first nineteen years of his life.
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Resisting the Tug
Mark Tully talks to Simon Small about the importance of the lost art of contemplation.
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Do you See what I See?
Mike Wooldridge and Prof Raymond Tallis explore the nature of human perception.
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East/West
Jonathan Charles reflects on whether travel really does broaden the mind.
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Stacks of Wisdom
Mark Tully celebrates libraries.
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The Puritan Gift
Mark Tully talks to author Will Hopper about the origins of the Puritan work ethic.