with Cathy Macdonald
Why language matters; is AI a religion; a new St Columba documentary and religious apps.
With ongoing discussions around the terms we use for minority groups, refugees and people with substance addictions, Cathy delves into why language matters and how it shapes our thinking, with guests Dr Oliver Escobar, senior public policy lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, and Carla Jenkins, a Digital Journalist for Glasgow Live.
A headbanging priest, Father Alex Davie, divulges his rather unusual musical inspiration.
The Scottish Traveller community have joined forces with a University of Edinburgh Genetics Professor in the hope of better understanding their origins. Film maker Samantha Donaldson and storyteller Jess Smith explain why they got involved in the study and what they hope it might achieve.
Can technology, or anything else for that matter, replace God? Writer and thinker, Dr David Goodman, and Dr Beth Singler, anthropologist and Junior Research Fellow in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Cambridge, explore whether we have begun to replace elements of old religion with new secular religions like AI.
A new documentary untangles the myths and legends of the poet, warrior and holy man, St Columba, on the 1,500th anniversary of his birth. Writer and historian, Rosemary Power, and Reverend Ruth Harvey, who leads the Iona Community, review Calum Cille: An Naomh DΓ na - or Columba: The Bold Saint.
We use apps for all sorts these days, so it makes sense we’d increasingly use them in our spiritual lives too, but how can this technology help our relationship with God? Ruth Harvey, David Goodman and tech-savvy Interfaith Minister, Reverend Hazel Jane, discuss the pros and cons of faith apps.
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Dolly Parton
MUSIC Shine - Dolly Parton
- Shine.
- Sanctuary.
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The Monkees
MUSIC: Listen To The Band - The Monkees
- 20 Greatest Hits.
- Audiophile Legends.
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Amy Macdonald
MUSIC Human Spirit- Amy MacDonald
- Life In A Beautiful Light.
- Mercury.
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Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey
MUSIC Together In Electric Dreams - Girogio Moroder and Phil Oakley
- Our Friends Electric (Various Artists.
- Telstar.
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- Sun 12 Dec 2021 08:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland