Thought for the Day from Radio Ulster Podcast
Thoughts that provoke, stimulate and inspire.
Episodes to download
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Professor Laurence Kirkpatrick, Tuesday 27th January 2026
Tue 27 Jan 2026
January is a good month for some honest self-discovery
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Denzil McDaniel, Thursday 22nd January 2026
Thu 22 Jan 2026
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by."
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Rev Brian Anderson, Wednesday 21st January 2026
Wed 21 Jan 2026
It mirrors something deeper in our culture.
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Professor Laurence Kirkpatrick, Tuesday 20th January 2026
Tue 20 Jan 2026
Even in stressful situations 鈥� there is often room for laughter.
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Dr Naomi Green, Monday 19th January 2026
Mon 19 Jan 2026
It鈥檚 easy to forget that what we see online isn鈥檛 reality.
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Deborah Sloan, Sunday 18th January 2026
Sun 18 Jan 2026
There isn鈥檛 a specific name for the 鈥榮cience of leaving things behind鈥�
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Leon Litvack, Wednesday 14th January 2026
Wed 14 Jan 2026
Once again, Jews no longer feel safe in the places they call home.
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Professor Laurence Kirkpatrick, Tuesday 13th January 2026
Tue 13 Jan 2026
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
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Rev Lesley-Ann Wilson, Sunday 11th January 2026
Sun 11 Jan 2026
Hope can feel painfully scarce at the moment
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Rev Lesley-Ann Wilson, Friday 9th January 2026
Fri 9 Jan 2026
I have a glass for capturing spiders...
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Leon Litvack, Wednesday 7th January 2026
Wed 7 Jan 2026
For celebrities, constant presence in the public mind is everything...
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Rev Dr Liz Hughes, Monday 5th January 2026
Mon 5 Jan 2026
Today鈥檚 the day for taking down the Christmas tree.
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Deborah Sloan, Sunday 4th January, 2026
Sun 4 Jan 2026
I no longer had what鈥檚 known as the 鈥楽unday Scaries鈥�.
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Rev Lesley-Ann Wilson, Friday 2nd January 2026
Fri 2 Jan 2026
I鈥檓 travelling to Tasmania to meet a cousin I never knew existed...
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Denzil McDaniel, Thursday 1st January 2026
New Year's Day 2026
This is January, the month named after the Janus figure looking in different directions.
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Leon Litvack, Wednesday 31st December 2025
Wed 31 Dec 2025
Tonight, people round the world will be celebrating the new year.
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Michael Wardlow, Tuesday 30th December 2025
Tue 30 Dec 2025
We talk about time as though it was a physical commodity.
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Rev Dr Liz Hughes, Monday 29th December 2025
Mon 29 Dec 2025
The group now continues without outside help.
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Rev Leslie-Ann Wilson, Friday 26th December 2025
Boxing Day 2025
He gifted the broken cello to the care home he loved.
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Jim Deeds, Thursday 25th December 2025
Christmas Day 2025
In their presence we tend to 鈥榗oo鈥� and 鈥榓www鈥� and smile more.
