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with Cathy Macdonald

The future of the act of protest; what the deadly film PLAN 75 tells us about society; our relationship with AI; and representations of the working classes on screen.

To mark Mental Health Awareness Week, Clinical Psychologist Dr Kathryn Smith, and mental health advocate Kayla Meghan Burns, explore whether having more language and information around mental health makes a difference to how children and young people cope.

The history of Catholicism in Scotland is to be showcased in a collection of paintings and artefacts housed in a former school in Glasgow's East End. Ronnie Convery of the Archdiocese of Glasgow discusses this development.

It may be presented to us as the stuff of science fiction, but what are the pressing concerns we need to address in our relationship with Artificial Intelligence? Dr Mhairi Aitken, ethics fellow at The Alan Turing Institute, and author and futurist Theo Priestley, dive into the world of AI and whether we are right to be worried.

Recent arrests of anti-Monarchist protesters have sparked concerns over the future of protests and the impact of new laws like the Public Order Act 2023. Hugo Gorringe, senior lecturer in Sociology at the University of Edinburgh, and Lesley Orr, activist and historian, look at the implications of limiting the right to protest.

Thought-provoking fictional film PLAN 75 presents a Japanese government program encouraging people aged 75 and over to end their lives, in response to the country's rapidly aging population crisis. Professor Glen Pettigrove, Chair of Moral Philosophy at the University of Glasgow, and writer Lesley Orr, share their thoughts.

From street philosopher Rab C Nesbitt to current Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ drama Rain Dogs, how have working class communities been represented on screen? Director and screenwriter Garry Anthony Fraser and broadcaster Catrina Rose examine whether we have gone beyond caricature to present a fuller and more representative picture.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Sun 14 May 2023 08:00

Music Played

  • Aretha Franklin

    Spanish Harlem

    • Aretha Franklin - Queen Of Soul.
    • Atlantic.
  • Sam Ryder

    SPACE MAN

    • There's Nothing But Space, Man!.
    • Parlophone.
  • Birdy

    AR Raincatchers - Birdy

    • Portraits.
    • Warner Music UK.
  • Stevie Wonder

    I Was Made To Love Her

    • Stevie Wonder - Song Review.
    • Motown.
  • Olly Murs

    AR - Up (feat. Demi Lovato)

    • Never Been Better.
    • Epic.
    • 004.
  • George Harrison

    AR Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)

    • Living In The Material World.
    • Apple.
    • 2.
  • Cat Burns

    AR - live more & love more

    • (CD Single).
    • Since 93.
  • Prefab Sprout

    Cars And Girls

    • Top Gear 2 - Various Artists.
    • Columbia.

Broadcast

  • Sun 14 May 2023 08:00