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Everyday Ethics

Provocative weekly debate on moral, religious and ethical issues.

Podcast · By BBC Radio Ulster · English · Official site

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Sep 27, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 27, 2026

    AI Apocalypse, Prayer, Season of Creation (opens the original)

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    If you were to listen to the people responsible for creating and developing Artificial Intelligence, you would conclude that it's the biggest danger to the planet - worse than climate change - when they tell us it might wipe out humanity in a decade and that work on it should stop. The biggest conference on AI on this island has been taking place in Belfast this week. And one of the keynote speakers was Nell Watson - she's an engineer, an independent researcher and one of the world's leading exp

  2. Episode · Sep 20, 2026

    Reconciling Relationships, Elise Ann Allen (opens the original)

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    Broken relationships are a fact of life but how should we react? Should we forgive others or does there come a time when you need to draw a line under a relationship and move on. Audrey talks to Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain, Jim Deeds and Dr Elaine Storkey about difficult conversations and the difference between reconciliation and forgiveness. We also talk to Vatican Correspondent Elise Ann Allen about her journey with her husband, John, as he faced terminal cancer before dying earlier this year.

  3. Episode · Sep 13, 2026

    German Elections, Servant Leadership, Diplomacy (opens the original)

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    As the far-right Alternative for Deutschland party wins 44 percent of the vote in Saxony-Anholt, Audrey talks to Jenny Witt- a journalist based in Hamburg- about what the result means for wider Germany. They also discuss what the Churches in Saxony Anhalt have been doing to help asylum seekers, and how that has brought them into direct confrontation with the AFD. Leadership is something that every organisation and company try to get right. But how different would things be if we all practiced Se

  4. Episode · Sep 6, 2026

    The Impact of 9/11, Remembering Wendell Berry (opens the original)

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    25 years on we remember the 9/11 attacks. BBC reporter Mark McCleary shares his memories of being in New York and then Audrey discusses the legacy and impact of 9/11 with Historian Dr Catherine Clinton, Human Rights Expert Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin and Commentator Rod Dreher. We also remember the Kentucky farmer, poet and activist Wendell Berry who died this week.

  5. Episode · Aug 30, 2026

    Dolly Parton’s faith, love and charity; Holy Cross 25 years on (opens the original)

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    The country star dismissed religiosity but faith shaped her life and legacy. Audrey talks to songwriter and worship leader Philippa Hanna about the country star’s faith. Donegal Singer Margo O’Donnell used to visit Dolly’s homestead and looked out at the landscape that inspired their collaboration ‘God’s Colouring Book’. And Professors Joanne Murphy and Leon Litvack discuss how the singer broke many of the rules of celebrity, unflinchingly supported causes in a way that didn’t stoke division, an

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