Everyday Ethics

In the aftermath of last weeks riots, where are the stories of hope and resilience? Audrey talks to Tim Magowan from the Duncairn Centre and Maureen Hamblin, who has lived here for 26 years, about how she felt being scapegoated for the colour of her skin.

Our main discussion asks whether we need a new kind of peace-making process in Northern Ireland – one that moves beyond Protestant/Catholic reconciliation to embrace the new Northern Ireland. Audrey is joined by Michael Gibbs, Father Martin McGill and Dr Gladys Ganiel.

And, resetting your body. Husband and wife Susan and Chris Bennet both received a diagnosis of MS in the same week. They tell Audrey how that affected their faith, their marriage and how taking a campervan around Europe for year helped them to reset both physically and spiritually.

Disorder and Racial Attacks - Audrey speaks to journalist Allison Morris and Rev Brian Anderson from East Belfast Mission who was on the streets and whose building was damaged in the rioting.

Our main discussion in the light of the recent Katie Simpson and Natalie McNally cases looks at violence against women and girls across the island of Ireland and how can it be prevented. Audrey is joined by Allison Morris, former principal Kathleen O'Hare, writer and teacher Andrew Cunning and Professor Louise Crowley from University College Cork.

The PCI General Assembly was meeting this week. Alan Meban reports on a new moderator and developments in the Safeguarding Scandal.

Fundamentally is a novel by Nussaibah Younis about a young women who ends up in Iraq designing a deradicalisation programme for ISIS brides. It’s a comedy but it mirrors her own experience of having done exactly that.

Ahead of an appearance at the Belfast Book Festival she speaks to Audrey about the novel and also what motivates young people to become radicalized today.

We also hear from Sean Farrell, CEO of Trocaire about the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and how cuts in overseas aid meant it was detected a lot later than it should have been.

Also part of the Belfast Book Festival American writer Forest Isaac Jones talks about his latest work looking at the links and learning shared by the Civil Rights Movements in the US and Northern Ireland.

Finally on the 100th anniversary of Gaudi’s death we look at the man known as God’s architect and why he is on the road to sainthood.

William Dalrymple has won many awards for his writings and is an expert on Indian history - a country he moved to from his native Scotland around 40 years ago.

He is also the co-founder of the Jaipur Literary International Festival which is in Ireland this week and among other things, he spoke to Audrey about global empires, Middle East Christians and the links between India and Ireland

Pope Leo's first Encyclical was published this week and, as expected, it concentrated on Artificial Intelligence.

It is called Magnifica Humanitas - Magnificent Humanity. Audrey speaks to Elise Ann Allen from Crux Magazine about how it has been received in Rome and then we discuss the possibility of an Ethical framework around the technology with Dr Lyndon Drake from the Oxford Collaboration of AI and Theology and by Dr Kate Devlin- professor of Artificial Intelligence and Society at Kings College London.

Finally to mark the end of BBC Carers Week we learn about the Shared Lives project which provides respite care. Audrey speaks to carer Lorraine Finn and Agnes Lunny from Positive Futures.

There are almost one million NEETS in the UK – that’s 16–24-year-olds who are not in education, employment or training. But with budget cuts to youth services what chance do young people have of finding a job?

Audrey talks to Ciara Fitzpatrick from UIster University and Sara Haller from Include Youth about a research project led by young experts who are themselves former NEETS. Two of the experts Allyshia Kali Campbell and Sé Gormley tell us their story and how Youth Services helped them on their journey.

The annual Hajj Pilgrimage to Mecca begins this week and Audrey talks to Fermanagh Imam Darragh Monahan about why it is important to his faith and what its like to join millions of other pilgrims in Saudi Arabia.

And the untold story of Nuns during the troubles. Audrey talks to author Brigid Rafferty about her new book Catholic Sisters, Conflict and Peace in Northern Ireland 1968-2008.

This week marks one year since Pope Leo’s installation. Officially known as the “Mass for the Beginning of the Petrine Ministry of the Bishop of Rome” the ceremony drew hundreds of thousands to Rome while millions watched on TV.

This week the latest movie in the Star Wars Universe is released. Audrey talks to Rev Professor David Wilkinson, Astrophysicist, Methodist Minister and Star Wars fan about the religious imagery that runs through the movies.

As a 10 year old coming home from school one day in Creggan in 1972, Richard Moore was shot by a soldier who fired a rubber bullet. He was blinded in one eye, and lost his other one.

Years later he met that soldier and forgave him. Audrey talks to Richard along with poet and playwright Damien Gorman, who is the new head of peacebuilding with Richard’s charity Children in Crossfire.

Transubstantiation has divided Christians for centuries but what is it and why do Protestants not believe it? Theologians Dr Tina Beattie and Professor Laurence Kirkpatrick give us a guide.

And the untold story of Lebanon where 1.2 million people have been displaced by war in the Middle East. Audrey talks to Safa Hijazeen, the Middle East director for the development and relief organisation Tearfund.

Pope Leo’s repeated calls for peace has put the focus on the Catholic Church's Just War Theory- something which went on to form the basis of international law.

It's described as the world's biggest humanitarian disaster - 14 million people forced from their homes, and yet the situation in Sudan barely makes the news. As the current conflict enters its 4th year Audrey talks to Birke Herzbruch from Trócaire, who has recently returned from Sudan.

Professor Katharine HeyHoe is the Chief Scientist at Nature Conservancy. She will be in Belfast soon to give the annual McCosh Lecture at Queens University. Ahead of the visit she spoke to Audrey about Faith, climate change and why small actions matter.

The new Michael Jackson movie has been panned by critics with accusations that it whitewashes the singers past and makes no mention of the child molestation charges he faced. He's not the first artist to be accused of heinous crimes but how are we supposed to view their work- whether it's music, poetry, books, art or films? Audrey speaks to Dr Leon Litvack, from the School of Arts, English and Languages at Queen's University and by BBC Music Presenter Steven Rainey.

President Trump doesn’t like Pope Leo, accusing him of being weak on crime and bad on foreign policy. The leader of the Catholic Church says he will keep speaking out for peace and the gospel.

In a week where Trump also released a picture of himself in a Christ like pose healing the sick, we ask why he continues to be popular with US Christians? Audrey talks to Mark Finlay – a Presbyterian from East Belfast who now works in Washington with US politicians and leaders- about the differences in faith, language and politics on the other side of the pond.

As the crew of Artemis II return safely to earth Audrey speaks to Rev Professor David Wilkinson from Durham University about why space travel has a profound spiritual affect on astronauts.

This weekend the 1926 Census Records for the Irish Free State are released. Dr Marie Colman from Queens University looks at the first post -partition evidence of population changes and movement across the border.

And what does a Theology of Climate Failure look like? Should we accept that we have failed already and start planning for a different future. Oxford Academic Bethany Sollereder thinks so.

On this Easter Sunday morning we ask if there more darkness than light in our lives? More hopelessness than hope? Where can the light and hope be found in a world that's full of pain, conflict, poverty and hate? Journalist Liz Kennedy, Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick from Ulster University and by Dr Naomi Green, assistant secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain join Audrey Carville to share their sources of hope.

Fr Carlos Ferrero, parish priest in the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza. He tells us how this Easter will differ from the last two years.

Later this morning, Pope Leo will deliver his first traditional Easter Urbi et Orbi address from the balcony in St Peter's Square in Rome. Much attention will be on it, particularly following his sermon on Palm Sunday when he spoke out strongly against those leaders who start wars. Journalist and long time observer of the Vatican, Austen Ivereigh, gives us his assessment of Pope Leo's comments.

And as the NASA Artemis 2 spaceflight heads towards the far side of the moon, we hear from space communicator Dr Niamh Shaw who was present at the launch, and space journalist Kate Arkless Grey, about why they think space exploration matters when there are so many challenges on the ground on Earth.