Thought for the Day from Radio Ulster Podcast
Thoughts that provoke, stimulate and inspire.
Episodes to download
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Bishop Donal McKeown, Wednesday 19th November 2025
Wed 19 Nov 2025
Instead of doing exams, his workmanship was his proof of achievements.
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Janni Knox, Tuesday 18th November 2025
Tue 18 Nov 2025
Exercise is associated with better health even if it doesn鈥檛 lead to weight loss...
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Wallace Thompson, Monday 17th November 2025
Mon 17 Nov 2025
He has left us the Bible in our mother tongue.
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Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick, Sunday 16th November 2025
Sun 16 Nov 2025
I decided that I ought to finish what I had started all those years ago...
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Karen Jardine, Friday 14th November 2025
Thu 13 Nov 2025
Chasing knowledge, pursuing the news, can feel like chasing the wind.
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Koulla Yiasouma, Thursday 13th November 2025
Thu 13 Nov 2025
Using language that is vivid will engage the listener.
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Bishop Donal McKeown, Wednesday 12th November 2025
Wed 12 Nov 2025
I thank God for those who were gathered to share happy memories of our own school days.
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Janni Knox, Tuesday 11th November 2025
Tue 11 Nov 2025
It may feel as though peace is slipping further from our grasp.
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Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick, Monday 10th November 2025
Mon 10 Nov 2025
My fear is that AI is corroding our young people's ability to think independently...
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Wallace Thompson, Sunday 9th November 2025
Sun 9 Nov 2025
The childhood friends from those long-ago happy days fought together and died together.
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Karen Jardine, Friday 7th November 2025
Fri 7 Nov 2025
Increasingly trenches are being replaced by computer screens.
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Koulla Yiasouma, Thursday 6th November 2025
Thu 6 Nov 2025
Here were three competent women asserting their rights to live where they wanted to.
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Bishop Donal McKeown, Wednesday 5th November 2025
Wed 5 Nov 2025
We live in an age where there is a huge variety of names given to children.
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Rev Dr Julian Hamilton, Tuesday 4th November 2025
Tue 4 Nov 2025
Does anyone 鈥榬emember remember the 4th November?鈥�
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Wallace Thompson, Monday, 3rd November 2025
Mon 3 Nov 2025
I remember thinking 鈥淚t鈥檇 be a bad job if I fell in there鈥� 鈥� and then I fell in.
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David Brown, Sunday 2nd November 2025
Sun 2 Nov 2025
She handed me her phone and told me to ring home.
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Karen Jardine, Friday 31st October 2025
Fri 31 Oct 2025
Generations will never have to endure the arm work-out that came with carving a turnip.
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Sheena Bradley, Thursday 30th October 2025
Thu 30 Oct 2025
A whole chain of events kicks in to form a clot.
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Bishop Donal McKeown, Wednesday 29th October 2025
Wed 29 Oct 2025
It has become the longest-running musical in the history of London鈥檚 theatreland.
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Rev Dr Julian Hamilton, Tuesday 28th October 2025
Tue 28 Oct 2025
Strategy will always be beaten by the simple realties of being human.
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Wallace Thompson, Monday 27th October 2025
Mon 27 Oct 2025
Like everything in life, social media has its pros and cons.
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David Brown, Sunday 26th October 2025
Sun 26 Oct 2025
They are right though when they say that pride comes before a fall.
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Bishop Trevor Williams, Friday 24th October 2025
Fri 24 Oct 2025
The United Nations officially came into existence 80 years ago today.
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P谩draig 脫 Tuama, Thursday 23rd October 2025
Fri 24 Oct 2025
There have been meetings between British monarchs and Popes before, but not for prayer.
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Tony Macaulay, Wednesday 22nd October 2025
Wed 22 Oct 2025
Books don鈥檛 just entertain us 鈥� they enlarge us.
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Rev. Dr. Julian Hamilton, Tuesday 21st October 2025
Tue 21 Oct 2025
One luxury I give myself around my birthday, is turning off the alarm.
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Diane Holt, Monday 20th October 2025
Mon 20 Oct 2025
I hadn鈥檛 realised that there was a chip basket involved.
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David Brown, Sunday 19th October 2025
Sun 19 Oct 2025
I am curious, nervous, maybe excited about being 鈥渙n the cusp鈥�.
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Susan Bennett, Friday 17th October 2025
Fri 17 Oct 2025
Memory is just one of the complex mechanisms in our brain that make us who we are.
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Sheena Bradley, Thursday 16th October 2025
Thu 16 Oct 2025
鈥淎ll of humanity鈥檚 miseries stem from not being able to sit quietly in a room alone.鈥�
