Talkback Episodes Episode guide
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Should couples think about testing their relationship and move in together during the lockdown?
Should couples be moving in to isolate together, or is this a step too far?
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Should couples planning to have children choose to have a small family?
We hear reaction as the global human population reaching 8 billion.
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Should council workers be allowed to wear the Easter Lily? A Strabane and Derry council committee says they should.
Should workplaces be free of symbols?
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Should consultants stick to the NHS instead of carrying out work in the private sector?
Should doctors working in the private sector in their free time focus on NHS patients?
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Should civil servants be allowed to call Northern Ireland the North?
One MLA says it's "republican speak" and should be banned. What do you think?
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Should circus' ban animals?
Circus - Is this just innocent entertainment or a form of commercialised animal cruelty?
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Should churches use NDAs?
Critics say NDAs hush money, at odds with the values churches should uphold.
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Should Christian focused education be scrapped in schools?
Join William and guests as they discuss this issue following a new report
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Should Britain apologise for its colonial past?
Students are demanding the removal of a statue of Queen Victoria.
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Should Boris Johnson resign if found to have broken Covid rules?
The PM has declined to say if he was at a party during lockdown in May 2020.
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Should Boris Johnson resign after being fined for breaking the law during the covid lockdown?
Former Conservative MP Edwina Currie and SNP MP Kristen Oswald discuss.
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Should Boris Johnson be sacked for refusing to apologise for his remarks on burkas?
Debate with Brendan O'Neill from Spiked Online and Conservative peer Lord Sheikh.
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Should betting companies be banned from advertising on football shirts?
We speak to Christopher Snowdon and Tim Houston about Labour's proposal.
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Should Belfast City Hall fly the Union Flag for the Duke of York's birthday?
Join William as he discusses this with the UUP, Alliance and the DUP.
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Should Belfast be designated a "holiday resort" to bypass the Sunday Opening laws?
We discuss the pros and cons with Michael Long and Wallace Thompson
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Should any future border poll require a substantial majority to bring about change?
We discuss Peter Robinson's comments warning against a majority-of-one mechanism.
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Should an additional winter fuel benefit be means-tested or given to every pensioner, no matter how wealthy they may be?
How will the government's decision to remove the Winter Fuel Payment affect the elderly?
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Should America be interfering in the internal affairs of Northern Ireland?
Mark Simpson chairs a discussion with Dr Peter McLoughlin, Denis Murray and Susan McKay.
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Should AI tech be used by doctors in their clinical work?
William and guests discuss new research that suggests one in four GPs are using AI apps.
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Should a politician be limited to one job only?
MLAs are seeking other work because the NI Assembly is not sitting.
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Should a line be drawn on the issue of prosecuting former British soldiers for crimes committed during the Troubles?
What would a new legislation to protect ex-soldiers from unfounded prosecutions mean?
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Should a festival be free to change its mind about who gets a platform?
High Court hears challenge after F茅ile cancels Women鈥檚 Rights Network event.
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Should a black pupil in a school in Northern Ireland have to sit in a classroom and listen to the N-word being spoken?
We discuss the controversy surrounding John Steinbeck's of Mice and Men novel.
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Should 16 year-olds vote in the next Assembly Elections?
Highlights from Talkback. William Crawley and guests discuss the news headlines.
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Shared spaces
Can shared spaces be reflective of all cultural identities? Or is neutrality better?
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Shane Greer says that 鈥榯he time has come for unionists to decide what kind of United Ireland they can accept鈥�. Do you agree?
We speak to the political strategist Shane Greer and DUP MP Gregory Campbell
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Shadow chancellor John McDonnell apologises for saying IRA should be "honoured"
Do you think his apology is heartfelt, or a desperate attempt to climb out of a hole?
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SF and DUP disagree over whether there was a draft deal. Who do you believe?
Journalists Brian Feeney and Newton Emerson, and the UUP's Lord Reg Empey discuss.
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Sexual Freedom Festival
Sexual Freedom Festival to be held in Narrow Water Castle in County Down next month
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Sex education
Should there be compulsory sex education in Northern Ireland's schools?