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with Tony Kearney

Gyles Brandreth reflects on how faith, curiosity and imagination have been woven through his long career in public life.

Earlier this month, actor Jesse Eisenberg star of the new Now You See Me film announced that he plans to donate one of his kidneys to an anonymous recipient, helping highlight the life-saving impact of living donors. Here in Scotland, the Scottish National Transplant Football Team - founded just a year ago - is also showcasing what organ donation makes possible. Reporter Michael McEwan visited one of their training sessions to meet the players.

Environmental scientist and Christian Laura Anderson joins us from COP30 in Belem, Brazil to give us the updates as we hit the midway point of the climate conference.

A new documentary, Testimony, follows women fighting to hold the Irish government accountable for abuses in the Magdalene Laundries and Mother and Baby Homes. Theologian and medical ethicist Gina Menzies joins Tony to explore the film鈥檚 powerful message.

This week鈥檚 This Spiritual Life guest is writer, broadcaster, former MP and lifelong champion of language, Gyles Brandreth. He discusses his new book Somewhere a Boy and a Bear, and reflects on how faith, curiosity and imagination have been woven through his long career in public life.

On the Faith Forum this week are theologian Dr Eve Poole, Islamic Scholar Yahya Barry and Clinical Anthropologist & Psychotherapist Dr Salma Siddique.

The panel explore trust and accountability after a 麻豆社 editorial decision sparked major debate. What makes reputation so fragile - and how do we rebuild it when it鈥檚 damaged?

The new podcast Suspicious Minds examines real cases where technology shapes people鈥檚 identities in startling ways, from believing you鈥檙e an AI to thinking you鈥檙e a 鈥渄igital messiah.鈥 But what does this say about meaning in a tech-driven world?

And Tony and his guests look at Pluribus, a new Apple TV drama, in which a mysterious virus makes everyone endlessly happy - except one woman. It raises the question: if happiness becomes universal and effortless, what does it really mean?

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Sun 16 Nov 2025 08:00

Music Played

  • The Emotions

    Best Of My Love

    • Mellow Madness (Various Artists).
    • Epic.
  • Joni Mitchell

    Big Yellow Taxi

    • Joni Mitchell.
    • Reprise.
  • Lewis Capaldi

    Something In The Heavens

    • (CD Single).
    • Vertigo.
  • Primal Scream

    Movin' On Up

    • Dirty Hits.
    • Columbia.
    • 2.
  • Daryl Hall & John Oates

    Private Eyes

    • Looking Back - The Best Of Hall & Oates.
    • BMG.
  • Jessie J

    H.A.P.P.Y

    • (CD Single).
    • Darco Partnerships.
  • Blondie

    Sunday Girl

    • NOW That's What I Call Unforgettable (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Starship

    We Built This City

    • Now 1985 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Sun 16 Nov 2025 08:00