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Ethics of Brexit; Suicide; Protest at Standing Rock

Audrey Carville and guests discuss the ethics of Brexit, suicide and a son's memory of his father's death. And award-winning journalist Amy Goodman on protests at Standing Rock.

On this week's programme Audrey Carville and guests discuss the ethics of Brexit and how we should approach it given the unprecedented legal challenges on how it should be conducted.

Author Tony MacAulay reflects on the impact of suicide on a family and the reality of dealing with the sudden discovery of his father's final note.

Award-winning investigative journalist Amy Goodman of Democracy Now in America discusses freedom of the press in the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe protests as she fought to clear her name of riotous behaviour charges over her reports, and the scenes that are reminiscent of the Native Americans struggle against the white man. Chris Mould, retiring chairman of the Trussell Trust considers what 12 years in the role have taught him about the rights and needs of society in the UK, in what the governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, is describing as the lost decade.

And Two Angry Men - the story behind one of Northern Ireland's most influential political plays and the struggle to get it to stage.

Plus, the best of the Sunday papers.

1 hour, 45 minutes

Last on

Sun 11 Dec 2016 08:30

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  • Sun 11 Dec 2016 08:30