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ON NOW : Today
20/06/2013

Today Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.

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Something Understood

Something Understood Episode guide

  1. Vanishing Point

    Writer and broadcaster Jude Rogers explores the desire to run away and disappear.

    First broadcast: 23 Jun 2013

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  2. Holding Hands

    John McCarthy considers the significance of holding hands as an act of trust and love.

    First broadcast: 16 Jun 2013

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  3. Seeing God

    Mark Tully examines the nature of religious visions and visionaries.

    First broadcast: 09 Jun 2013

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  4. Walking a Mile in Another Man's Shoes

    Mark Tully examines the place of empathy in politics, religion, medicine and the arts.

    First broadcast: 02 Jun 2013

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  5. Endings and Beginnings

    Marie-Louise Muir reflects on the mysteries of the creative process.

    First broadcast: 26 May 2013

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  6. When Certainties Are Shaken

    Samira Ahmed asks what we do when new revelations throw our past convictions into doubt.

    First broadcast: 19 May 2013

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  7. The Greatest of These Is Love?

    John McCarthy considers the centrality of love in our lives. With writer Salley Vickers.

    First broadcast: 12 May 2013

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  8. Debt

    Against a background of economic insecurity, Mark Tully discusses the moral side to debt.

    First broadcast: 05 May 2013

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  9. Escapism

    Art historian James Fox considers why there seems to be a human need to escape.

    First broadcast: 28 Apr 2013

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  10. Humility

    Classical scholar and Anglican minister Teresa Morgan reflects on humility.

    First broadcast: 21 Apr 2013

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  11. Taking Up the Thread

    Samira Ahmed reflects on the different ways 'threads' can lead us and connect us.

    First broadcast: 14 Apr 2013

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  12. 07/04/2013

    John McCarthy explores the significance of the Pieta in art and life. With Antony Gormley.

    First broadcast: 07 Apr 2013

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  13. Rising from the Ashes

    Mark Tully discusses the meaning of Resurrection, in a programme about moving on.

    First broadcast: 31 Mar 2013

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  14. God Bless Our Contradictions

    Poet Stewart Henderson reflects on our inner contradictions. Can they ever be helpful?

    First broadcast: 24 Mar 2013

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  15. Into the Dark

    John Agard considers how darkness is represented in fairy tales, mythology and religions.

    First broadcast: 17 Mar 2013

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  16. Just Listen

    Mark Tully encourages us to hold our tongues to better hear what others have to say.

    First broadcast: 10 Mar 2013

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  17. Should I Stay or Should I Go?

    Mark Tully compares those who leave religions with those who stay despite their doubts.

    First broadcast: 03 Mar 2013

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  18. Yearning

    Lucy Mangan examines that sense of longing on the cusp between pleasure and pain.

    First broadcast: 24 Feb 2013

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  19. Sisters and Brothers

    Irma Kurtz reflects on the different relationships between siblings.

    First broadcast: 17 Feb 2013

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  20. The Philosophy of the Mind

    Tibet's exiled Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama, considers the philosophy of the mind.

    First broadcast: 10 Feb 2013

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  21. Towards a New Consciousness

    Mark Tully explores a new spirituality that might change our attitude to the environment.

    First broadcast: 03 Feb 2013

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  22. Never the Same

    Chris Brookes looks back on life and asks, 'Was I ever that person?'.

    First broadcast: 27 Jan 2013

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  23. Anthem

    To a soundtrack of patriotism, Mark Tully ponders the purpose of national anthems.

    First broadcast: 20 Jan 2013

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  24. A Joy Forever

    Elizabeth Adekunle explores the idea of lasting beauty, looking beyond physical attributes

    First broadcast: 13 Jan 2013

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  25. Dignity

    Mark Tully asks why dignity should be so important to us.

    First broadcast: 06 Jan 2013

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  26. Letting Go

    Mark Tully asks when it is right to relinquish dreams, and how best to leave grief behind.

    First broadcast: 30 Dec 2012

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  27. When an Angel Passes

    Alan Hall reflects on those moments in life 'when an angel passes'.

    First broadcast: 23 Dec 2012

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  28. In Search of Bohemia

    Irma Kurtz reflects on her quest to find bohemia, with a small 'b'.

    First broadcast: 16 Dec 2012

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  29. The Gloaming

    Sarah Cuddon reflects on the 'in-between time' of twilight.

    First broadcast: 09 Dec 2012

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  30. Houses of God

    Mark Tully explores the purpose of religious buildings in the modern world.

    First broadcast: 02 Dec 2012

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