Talkback Podcast
Highlights from Talkback. William Crawley and guests discuss the news headlines, chat to the people making them and ask you, the audience, what you think? From 麻豆社 Radio Ulster
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William and guests discuss ethnic minority concerns following recent racist violence
Thu 19 Sep 2024
Is it time to denormalise paramilitary groups in our society?
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William and guests take a deep dive into the hundreds of boards overseeing Northern Ireland's public bodies.
Wed 18 Sep 2024
Public bodies deal with nearly every aspect of our lives, but are they fit for purpose?
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How Stormont responded to the plight of Jewish refugees seeking to escape the Nazis during WWII.
Tue 17 Sep 2024
Williams speaks with Noel Russel on his new book 'The Saved and the Spurned'.
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William and guests discuss the future of Casement Park Stadium.
Mon 16 Sep 2024
Will the Casement Park Stadium ever be built? And if so, who should pay?
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It's 100 years since the 麻豆社 began broadcast services from Northern Ireland
Fri 13 Sep 2024
Talkback marks the milestone with a look at the role of the 麻豆社 in the story of NI.
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Is the Ulster Unionist Party in disarray amid claims and counter-claims that Doug Beattie was ousted by party officers?
Wed 21 Aug 2024
William and guests discuss the future of the Ulster Unionist Party.
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We鈥檙e talking about your summer reading picks. Have you discovered a great new book or rediscovered a classic?
Fri 16 Aug 2024
William and guests discuss their summer reads.
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Should Keir Staermer's new government change the UK's policy and give immediate recognition to Palestine as a sovereign state?
Wed 14 Aug 2024
William and guests discuss if the UK should act now to recognise the State of Palestine
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The arrival of a beard-wearing Prince William at the Olympics has inevitably riased a few eyebrows. But why?
Tue 13 Aug 2024
William and guests discuss the perceptions of facial hair.
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Is the loss of a pet comparable with the death of a family member? Is it ok to grieve the passing of a pet?
Mon 12 Aug 2024
William and guests discuss the issues around grieving for four-legged friends.
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Omagh bombing: What will an inquiry do?
Thu 2 Feb 2023
Professor Phil Scraton on truth-seeking inquiries, when and how they work best.
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Is a breakthrough on Northern Ireland's post-Brexit trading arrangements on the cards?
Wed 1 Feb 2023
Our guests discuss what a deal would look like.
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PSNI cuts number of police to lowest ever level
Thu 26 Jan 2023
Guests discuss how significant this shortfall in funding is.
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Nine PSNI officers were sacked last year for misconduct which had a sexual or domestic element, there are 74 ongoing cases.
Thu 19 Jan 2023
What more does the PSNI need to do to restore public confidence?
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Day Two of the co-ordinated big push to get our MLAs back to work.
Thu 12 Jan 2023
Can the two governments and the party leaders deliver us a government here again?
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Is our health service now beyond repair, or can it be fixed?
Tue 10 Jan 2023
What should it look like? Should it include more cross-border co-operation?
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Is it time for politicians here to take more risks?
Mon 9 Jan 2023
25 years ago, Mo Mowlam went into the Maze Prison to try to save the peace process.
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Whose responsibility should it be to enforce Covid restrictions?
Mon 22 Nov 2021
Is there any point in having rules in place if they are not being enforced?
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What should we do about homelessness?
Fri 24 Sep 2021
Two women share their first hand experiences of struggling to live without a home.
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Chaos over Covid travel passports
Fri 30 Jul 2021
It's been a week of chaos for those trying to get covid passports to travel
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The Labour Party says that after the decision to suspend parliament, the Prime Minister is behaving like a dictator?
Thu 29 Aug 2019
Do you agree? Is this a regime rather than a government?
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Mary-Lou McDonald refers to Londonderry - has Sinn F茅in launched a new charm offensive aimed at winning over unionists?
Wed 25 Apr 2018
Andr茅e Murphy, Rev David Latimer, Nelson McCausland and P谩draic Mac Coitir discuss.
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Why should schools in Northern Ireland be permitted to employ teachers based on their religion?
Wed 18 Apr 2018
Alliance MLA Chris Lyttle and former school principal Michelle Markem discuss.
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Why should schools in Northern Ireland be permitted to employ teachers based on their religion?
Wed 18 Apr 2018
Alliance MLA Chris Lyttle and former school principal Michelle Markem discuss.
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Police say they are treating the distribution of anti-Islam pamphlets in south Belfast as a hate incident
Thu 5 Apr 2018
An extremist group calling itself Generation Sparta posted leaflets in the Ravenhill area
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Should someone with a terrorist past be able to join the Victims & Survivors' Forum?
Wed 4 Apr 2018
Victims' campaigners Alan McBride and Kenny Donaldson and author Jude Collins discuss.
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Has our deaf community been forgotten in the minority languages debate?
Fri 23 Mar 2018
Majella McAteer from the British Deaf Association joined us along with her interpreter.
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Queen's University row after Irish and English bilingual sign motion passes
Wed 14 Mar 2018
Ciar谩n Mac Giolla Bh茅in of Conradh na Gaeilge and UUP councillor Chris McGimpsey discuss.
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The Secretary of State says she is 'minded' to make cuts to MLA salaries. Should they be cut?
Tue 13 Mar 2018
We ask Slugger O'Toole's David McCann and The Belfast Telegraph's Suzanne Breen.
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A parent challenges her daughter's school as she is required to wear a skirt rather than her preferred trousers
Mon 12 Mar 2018
Teacher Simon Warr and journalist Leona O'Neill discuss.
