Thought for the Day from Radio Ulster Podcast
Thoughts that provoke, stimulate and inspire.
Episodes to download
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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 ‘remember remember the 4th November?’
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Wallace Thompson, Monday, 3rd November 2025
Mon 3 Nov 2025
I remember thinking “It’d be a bad job if I fell in there” – 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’s 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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Pádraig Ó 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’t just entertain us — 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’t 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 “on the cusp”.
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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
“All of humanity’s miseries stem from not being able to sit quietly in a room alone.”
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Tony Macaulay, Wednesday 15th October 2025
Wed 15 Oct 2025
Can places of devastation ever truly become places of peace?
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Rev. Dr. Julian Hamilton, Tuesday 14th October 2025
Tue 14 Oct 2025
I woke up and looked out the window to an incredible sight.
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Diane Holt, Monday 13th October 2025
Mon 13 Oct 2025
Eddie proudly showed them his Sherrif’s badge while they treated him.
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Susan Bennett, Friday 10th October 2025
Fri 10 Oct 2025
Good things, colourful things, are waiting to be found.
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Sheena Bradley, Thursday 9th October 2025
Thu 9 Oct 2025
I’ve started to make a habit of looking up and out across whatever is in front of me...
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Tony Macaulay, Wednesday 8th October 2025
Wed 8 Oct 2025
Did you know an octopus has one more heart than a Timelord from the Planet Gallifrey?
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Rev Brian Anderson, Tuesday 7th October 2025
Tue 7 Oct 2025
Today, I am thankful for the farming community.
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Diane Holt, Monday 6th October 2025
Mon 6 Oct 2025
Not just a plain “no” – more an “absolutely not in a million years, no".
