
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’s powerful message.
This week’s 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 BBC editorial decision sparked major debate. What makes reputation so fragile - and how do we rebuild it when it’s damaged?
The new podcast Suspicious Minds examines real cases where technology shapes people’s identities in startling ways, from believing you’re an AI to thinking you’re a “digital messiah.” 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?
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Music Played
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The Emotions
Best Of My Love
- Mellow Madness (Various Artists).
- Epic.
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Joni Mitchell
Big Yellow Taxi
- Joni Mitchell.
- Reprise.
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Lewis Capaldi
Something In The Heavens
- (CD Single).
- Vertigo.
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Primal Scream
Movin' On Up
- Dirty Hits.
- Columbia.
- 2.
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Daryl Hall & John Oates
Private Eyes
- Looking Back - The Best Of Hall & Oates.
- BMG.
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Jessie J
H.A.P.P.Y
- (CD Single).
- Darco Partnerships.
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Blondie
Sunday Girl
- NOW That's What I Call Unforgettable (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Starship
We Built This City
- Now 1985 (Various Artists).
- Now.
- 1.
Broadcast
- Sun 16 Nov 202508:00BBC Radio Scotland
