Sunday Sequence Episodes Episode guide
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Breaking bad - the science of changing habits and changing people
How long does it take to make or break a habit? Can we really learn to be better people?
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05/01/2020
Audrey Carville and guests debate the week's religious and ethical news
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A different world since the millennium
As the 2020s near, presenter Audrey Carville charts the changes since the millennium.
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Brian D'Arcy on 50 years a priest, a journalist, a broadcaster and a musicman
The first 50 years - Fr Brian D'Arcy looks back on the five decades since his ordination.
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15/12/2019
Is it ever ethical for essential public-service workers to go on strike?
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The nuclear ethics test
Have nuclear weapons preserved the peace?
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The ethics of pursuing of economic growth
Should we adopt different ways of evaluating our health/wealth status as a country?
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24/11/2019
Religious and ethical news and explore the world of culture and ideas.
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Coping with Grief
Religious and ethical news and explore the world of culture and ideas.
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Artificial Intelligence - The Next Phase of Evolution?
Is Artificial Intelligence the next phase of evolution?
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Pope Francis - Revolutionary or Pragmatist?
Is Pope Francis a revolutionary or simply being pragmatic in changing the church?
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In an ever increasingly pressurised world, should survival skills be a core part of the education syllabus?
Should we spend more time educating young people about the certainty of life's failures?
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United we stand - the clergy coming together to cope with the stress of ministry, but are they their own worst enemies?
Ministering to themselves - the clergy getting together to cope with the stress of life.
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John Henry Newman Canonisation
The canonisation of the man who said he wasn't fit to shine the shoes of a saint.
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Paying the price for slavery - is saying sorry not enough?
200 years after transatlantic slave trading began, is it time to put the past behind us?
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Assess the need, not the deed
Assess the need, not the deed. A Free Presbyterian solution to the victims' debate
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The almost believers - the big step to cross the church door
The church challenge: attracting the near believers who don't cross the door on a Sunday.
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Ethics of taking Good from Evil
The ethics of today's surgeons using a Nazi guide to human anatomy.
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Has the Peace Process Failed?
As bonfires, badges and bands make the news, we ask if the Peace Process has failed?
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Married priests - has the Vatican opened a door that can't be closed?
Married abroad, single at home. Is the Vatican sending mixed messages re married priests?
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The school curriculum - in terms of work and life is it fit for purpose and should there always be room for religion?
The school curriculum - is it fit for purpose and must there be room for religion?
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09/06/2019
Religious and ethical news and explore the world of culture and ideas.
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Mercy, Justice and Trauma
Audrey Carville talks about mercy, justice, forgiveness and how we all react to trauma.
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Searching for leaders in a post-conflict society
Searching for leaders - do we expect too much of politicians and too little of ourselves?
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Equality When?
How far have women come and how far is there still to go to achieve real equality?
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Biased? Me? The prejudices that plot our path in life
Biased? Me? The prejudices that plot our path in life.
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Normal today, embarrassing tomorrow? How will the values of 2019 be perceived in 2100?
Normal today, embarrassing tomorrow? How will the values of 2019 be perceived in 2100?
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The essence of forgiveness
What does it mean to forgive? And is a refusal to forgive itself a sin?
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Is an inability to manage relationships a core issue in society's problems - including homelessness and substance abuse?
Is an inability to manage relationships a core issue in society's problems?
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The Ethics of Eating
The ethics of eating - can a meat eater be a Christian?