BBC Radio Podcasts from Talkback

Calls for the resignation of Gordon Lyons after he referenced Larne Leisure Centre in a post hours before it was attacked.

William discusses with panel the riots that have been taking place across the country.

Ballymena Disorder and Riots

What should politicians in NI say in response to that kind of disorder?

Queen's boycott Israel

Was QUB right to break with Israel?

William marks the 50th anniversary of Seamus Heaney's book of poetry 'North'

The book that marked an important turn in Heaney's poetry, and cemented his reputation.

William interviews Kristian Nairn, who played the character of Hodor in HBO's phenomenally-successful 'Game Of Thrones'.

Kristian Nairn talks about how Game of Thrones impacted his life and career.

Did police overreact in arresting two pro-Palestinian protesters in Belfast?

Protester Sue Pentel has accused the PSNI of criminalising a peaceful protest.

Will sentencing reform proposals help ease pressure on our prisons?

Highlights from Talkback. William Crawley and guests discuss the news headlines.

Should there be mandatory Christian religious education and collective worship in schools?

Highlights from Talkback. William Crawley and guests discuss the news headlines.

Is public and political support for Israel draining away?

Highlights from Talkback. William Crawley and guests discuss the news headlines.

Abandoned asbestos found at bonfire site in South Belfast

Highlights from Talkback. William Crawley and guests discuss the news headlines.

What can we expect from the UK-EU trade deal just announced?

Highlights from Talkback. William Crawley and guests discuss the news headlines.

Two doctors from Northern Ireland who are both on either side of the moral debate, talk to William about assisted dying

MPs are debating changes to the assisted dying bill in England and Wales today.

The influence and legacy of Pope Francis

William and guests discuss the death of Pope Francis and his impact as pontiff.

The return of measles

The rise of measles in Northern Ireland and the dangers of vaccine hesitancy.

Are boys and young men going through a crisis right now that leaves them vulnerable to toxic influencers?

William and guests discuss the male loneliness epidemic and how it can be tackled.

We have a birth rate crisis: what should we do about it?

William and guests discuss why birth rates are falling, the impacts and the solutions.

Who does Conor McGregor speak for?

William and guests discuss Conor McGregor's recent visit to the White House.

William and guests discuss getting older and driving safely

What is the best way to protect everyone on our roads, without limiting freedoms?

William speaks to Harold Good on his new autobiography, his role in peacemaking and secret talks between the DUP and Sinn Fein

Why did the DUP tell the public that these talks were not taking place?

William and guests discuss the drugs epidemic in Northern Ireland

Is there any hope for those whose lives have been ruined by substance addiction?

William and guests discuss the possibility of a new civic flag that can be used by our athletes at the next Commonwealth Games

Should Northern Ireland take the leap into a new flag that everyone can celebrate?

William and guests discuss King Charles' visit to Australia and what it might mean for the future of the country

Is it time for Australia to choose its own head of state?

One year on from the 7th October attacks on Israel by Hamas, William and guests discuss the impact of the ongoing conflict

What needs to happen in the Middle East to bring about a ceasefire and true peace?

William and guests discuss a campaign to shut down an integrated Irish language school in east Belfast before it even opens

Why is a school for small children being turned into a political controversy?

William and guests discuss the impact the candidate for Governor of North Carolina could have on Donald Trump's campaign

Could past social media posts from politician Mark Robinson sway the 2024 US election?

William and guests discuss ethnic minority concerns following recent racist violence

Is it time to denormalise paramilitary groups in our society?

William and guests take a deep dive into the hundreds of boards overseeing Northern Ireland's public bodies.

Public bodies deal with nearly every aspect of our lives, but are they fit for purpose?

How Stormont responded to the plight of Jewish refugees seeking to escape the Nazis during WWII.

Williams speaks with Noel Russel on his new book 'The Saved and the Spurned'.

William and guests discuss the future of Casement Park Stadium.

Will the Casement Park Stadium ever be built? And if so, who should pay?

It's 100 years since the BBC began broadcast services from Northern Ireland

Talkback marks the milestone with a look at the role of the BBC in the story of NI.

Is the Ulster Unionist Party in disarray amid claims and counter-claims that Doug Beattie was ousted by party officers?

William and guests discuss the future of the Ulster Unionist Party.

We’re talking about your summer reading picks. Have you discovered a great new book or rediscovered a classic?

William and guests discuss their summer reads.

Should Keir Staermer's new government change the UK's policy and give immediate recognition to Palestine as a sovereign state?

William and guests discuss if the UK should act now to recognise the State of Palestine

The arrival of a beard-wearing Prince William at the Olympics has inevitably riased a few eyebrows. But why?

William and guests discuss the perceptions of facial hair.

Is the loss of a pet comparable with the death of a family member? Is it ok to grieve the passing of a pet?

William and guests discuss the issues around grieving for four-legged friends.

Omagh bombing: What will an inquiry do?

Professor Phil Scraton on truth-seeking inquiries, when and how they work best.

Is a breakthrough on Northern Ireland's post-Brexit trading arrangements on the cards?

Our guests discuss what a deal would look like.

PSNI cuts number of police to lowest ever level

Guests discuss how significant this shortfall in funding is.

Nine PSNI officers were sacked last year for misconduct which had a sexual or domestic element, there are 74 ongoing cases.

What more does the PSNI need to do to restore public confidence?

Day Two of the co-ordinated big push to get our MLAs back to work.

Can the two governments and the party leaders deliver us a government here again?

Is our health service now beyond repair, or can it be fixed?

What should it look like? Should it include more cross-border co-operation?

Is it time for politicians here to take more risks?

25 years ago, Mo Mowlam went into the Maze Prison to try to save the peace process.

Whose responsibility should it be to enforce Covid restrictions?

Is there any point in having rules in place if they are not being enforced?

What should we do about homelessness?

Two women share their first hand experiences of struggling to live without a home.

Chaos over Covid travel passports

It's been a week of chaos for those trying to get covid passports to travel

The Labour Party says that after the decision to suspend parliament, the Prime Minister is behaving like a dictator?

Do you agree? Is this a regime rather than a government?

Mary-Lou McDonald refers to Londonderry - has Sinn Féin launched a new charm offensive aimed at winning over unionists?

Andrée Murphy, Rev David Latimer, Nelson McCausland and Pádraic Mac Coitir discuss.

Why should schools in Northern Ireland be permitted to employ teachers based on their religion?

Alliance MLA Chris Lyttle and former school principal Michelle Markem discuss.

Why should schools in Northern Ireland be permitted to employ teachers based on their religion?

Alliance MLA Chris Lyttle and former school principal Michelle Markem discuss.

Police say they are treating the distribution of anti-Islam pamphlets in south Belfast as a hate incident

An extremist group calling itself Generation Sparta posted leaflets in the Ravenhill area

Should someone with a terrorist past be able to join the Victims & Survivors' Forum?

Victims' campaigners Alan McBride and Kenny Donaldson and author Jude Collins discuss.

Has our deaf community been forgotten in the minority languages debate?

Majella McAteer from the British Deaf Association joined us along with her interpreter.

Queen's University row after Irish and English bilingual sign motion passes

Ciarán Mac Giolla Bhéin of Conradh na Gaeilge and UUP councillor Chris McGimpsey discuss.

The Secretary of State says she is 'minded' to make cuts to MLA salaries. Should they be cut?

We ask Slugger O'Toole's David McCann and The Belfast Telegraph's Suzanne Breen.

A parent challenges her daughter's school as she is required to wear a skirt rather than her preferred trousers

Teacher Simon Warr and journalist Leona O'Neill discuss.

Jeremy Corbyn wants the UK to stay in the customs union after Brexit. Is that the Brexit plan the country has been looking for?

We ask Conservative MP Nigel Evans and Dugald McCullough from the NI Labour Party.

Sinn Féin calls for the two governments to re-form the Intergovernmental Conference and start making decisions about Stormont

Is that now the best way out of our political impasse?

We hear from a Belfast woman who can't walk down the street without getting abuse simply because she has a facial disfigurement

Thirty-three year old Janine Howard shares her story.

Should Westminster legislate for same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland over the heads of the collapsed Stormont Assembly?

Devolution expert Alan Trench, Ged Killen MP and the Rainbow Project's Gavin Boyd discuss

Is it time to take the power out of the hands of politicians and back into the people's? Is it time to call an election?

Former SF MLA Daithí McKay, DUP MP Sammy Wilson and journalist Amanda Ferguson discuss.

Boris Johnson makes a pitch to unite the UK saying those who voted to remain have nothing to fear from Brexit

Do you believe him? We ask SDLP MLA Claire Hanna and Hugh Bennett of Brexit Central.

With lack of agreement on an Irish Language Act, we examine how the language acts work in Scotland and Wales

Experts in Gaelic and Welsh language acts, Conradh na Gaeilge, and Jim Allister discuss.

The Taoiseach and the Prime Minister are at Stormont amid speculation that the DUP and Sinn Féin may be close to a deal

Our panel share their thoughts and ask what kind of deal may now be on the table.

A film by an NI Christian group advocating 'gay cure therapy' is banned from a London cinema. Is this an attack on free speech?

Gavin Boyd from the Rainbow Project and Luke Gittos from Spiked Online discuss.

The government is offering £1 million a year to any community willing to host a nuclear waste dump, would you live next to one?

We ask Green Party leader Steven Agnew MLA and businessman Irwin Armstrong.

The Republic sets the date for the referendum on abortion laws...if you had a vote, how would you cast it?

Marion Woods from Life NI and Grainne Teggert from Amnesty International discuss.

Former UVF commander turned 'supergrass' Gary Haggarty has sentence reduced from 35 years to six and a half

We hear from some of the relatives of Haggarty's victims and solicitor Pádraig Ó Muirigh

Campaigners call for an Irish government Passport Office in NI to cope with the surge in applications since Brexit

We speak to Sinn Féin senator Niall Ó Donnghaile who is leading the campaign.

As the next phase of Stormont talks begin, do new job advertisements indicate the NIO's Plan B?

Prof. Rick Wilford, Brian Feeney, and journalists Sam McBride & Amanda Ferguson discuss.

Is it the end of rural bus services in Northern Ireland?

We discuss possible cuts to Translink rural bus services.

Three former unionist politicians propose a referendum to tackle the Stormont impasse

Would you support a public vote on Irish language, same-sex marriage and abortion laws?

GAA pundit Joe Brolly says middle-class Catholics have given up on the idea of a shared Northern Ireland - is he right?

Journalist David McCann, blogger Chris Donnelly and ex-politician Trevor Ringland discuss

Is the by-election in West Tyrone a shoe-in for Sinn Fein, or are we likely to see a cross-community candidate emerging?

We ask Nelson McCausland, journalist Allison Morris and victims campaigner Alan McBride.

Sinn Féin's Barry McElduff resigns as West Tyrone MP following the Kingsmills controversy

Mr McElduff said he did "not want to be a barrier to the reconciliation process".

A cartoon about the Kingsmills Massacre controversy provokes a storm of reaction after it was tweeted out by a DUP MLA

Christopher Stalford MLA explains why he has since deleted the tweet.

Row over royal garden party 'snub'

We speak to the DUP's Drew Thompson and the UUP's Mary Hamilton.

One year since Martin McGuinness resigned. What has changed?

We speak to commentator Alex Kane, journalist Allison Morris and Prof. Rick Wilford.

Response to Sinn Féin MP Barry McElduff's Kingsmill video

Former SF MLA Daithi McKay, victims campaigner Alan McBride & DUP's Gavin Robinson react.

A free speech debate at Belfast city hall as councillors vote to introduce a ban on language that is considered offensive.

Is this new ban a step forward for civilised debate or a barrier to free speech?

Tony Blair challenges Labour over Brexit and pushes for a second referendum

Ex-Blair advisor John McTernan and former chair of Labour NI Phil Kelly discuss.

Three days into 2018, are the DUP & Sinn Féin already in danger of breaking their New Year resolutions to bring Stormont back?

We ask the DUP MP Gregory Campbell, and political commentators Brian Feeney & Alex Kane.

We look back at some of the stories that made the headlines in the past twelve months and suggestions for person of the year

Suzanne Breen,Tim McGarry, Thomas Copeland, and Amy Joyce give us their suggestions.

A High Court judge says the Ombudsman's report of police collusion in the Loughinisland massacre is "unsustainable in law"

We have reaction on what this means for the Loughinisland families' pursuit of justice.

The BBC is to boost its coverage of all religions after criticisms that faith is too often sidelined

In an increasingly secular society do you want to see more religious output?

The civil service publishes the budget options facing Stormont with potentially more cuts, fewer services, and rates increases

Would you be prepared to pay 10% more in your rates to help balance our books?

A walk-out by DUP councillors at Derry and Strabane council over a motion that criticised Donald Trump

We hear from Cllr Gary Donnelly who tabled the motion as well as Cllr Hilary McClintock.

The DUP MP Jim Shannon tables a bill in parliament calling on everyone to put the Christ back into Christmas.

Should MP's be telling us how to celebrate during the holidays?

Councillor Jolene Bunting on why she recorded a video with Britain First outside the Belfast Islamic Centre

Joining us are Councillor Tim Atwood and Michael Wardlow from the Equality Commission.

The Tory-DUP deal is now a grave threat to political progress, according to an open letter from nationalists to the Taoiseach

Nationalists says the Tory-DUP deal is now a grave threat to political progress

Theresa May claims victory in a last-minute deal with the EU. Her critics say it looks more like a humiliation. Who's right?

We're joined by former UKIP leader Nigel Farage and the DUP MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson.

Arlene Foster wants a seat at the Brexit top table but do you want the DUP as the only party acting for NI in the Brexit talks?

We speak to former MP Mark Durkan, author Alan Trench and commentator Dr Graham Gudgin.

Downing Street in deadlock with the DUP after a day of chaos in Brussels with the future of the Brexit talks now in the balance

Do the DUP now have power to determine the political future of the entire United Kingdom?

It's crunch day for Brexit and the border as Theresa May sits down with senior EU officials in Brussels

Should Theresa May give a written guarantee that there will be NO hard border in Ireland?

Are the DUP on a collision course with the Tories over what happens to the border after Brexit?

The DUP's Sammy Wilson says it's possible, but Sinn Féin's Gerry Kelly isn't impressed...

Donald Trump is being condemned for re-tweeting anti-Muslim videos from the far-right group Britain First

Should his state visit to the UK now be cancelled?

Loneliness is a hidden epidemic which affects the lives of millions of people - both young and old - across Britain and Ireland

We speak to experts and sufferers of loneliness to find out how we can combat this.

A care worker has said that she's so over-worked that she's had to work shifts lasting 17 hours

What can be done to ease the pressure on our health care professionals?

Prince Harry is to marry his girlfriend Meghan Markle - a divorced American actress best known for her role in 'Suits'

So what does this engagement say about the Royal family of 2017?

Lord Kilclooney is facing claims of racism over a tweet in which he described the Toaiseach Leo Varadkhar as "the Indian"

We ask members of the Indian community and other NI politicians if they find this racist.

Stinging criticism of the Government from the Electoral Commission over failure to reveal the names of big political donors

The head of the Commission is joined by Niall McCracken, Steven Agnew and Naomi Long.

Is this a nightmare before Christmas, or are you expecting a surprise gift from our politicians by the 25th of December?

Political commentator Newton Emerson, journalists David McCann and Ben Lowry discuss.

2017 is the year Irish Unity became inevitable according to a new book by former special adviser Kevin Meagher

We speak to Kevin Meagher to explain his rationale, as well as UUP MLA Steve Aiken.

After 34 years at the helm of Sinn Féin, Gerry Adams has stepped down as party president. What's next for Adams and Sinn Féin?

We speak to Brian Feeney, Sinn Féin's Gerry Kelly and former DUP MLA Nelson McCausland.

In a keynote speech at Sinn Féin's Ard Fheis Gerry Adams is expected to signal he will step down from the leadership

Daithi McKay, Newton Emerson, Ben Lowry, and Harry McGee discuss.

A change to this year's advent calendar by Gregg's - instead of featuring the baby Jesus in the manger they have a sausage roll

Offended? We asked journalist Tina Calder, Pastor Brian Madden and Canon David Crooks.

"No Stone Unturned" tells the story of the Loughinisland massacre of 1994. We speak to the Oscar winning director Alex Gibney

Also our panel of experts give us their view on the message and history behind the film.

Former clerk of the Assembly Trevor Reaney has been given a month to make proposals to review MLA salaries. Should they be cut?

Former SDLP MLA Alban Maginness and Alan McQuillan discuss.

Bob Geldof is to hand back his Freedom of the City of Dublin in protest at Aung San Suu Kyi holding the same accolade.

Socialist Phil Kelly, journalist Peter Popham, and historian Ruth Dudley Edwards discuss.

A repeat sex offender has said no treatment can help him and he wants to return to prison. What should be done?

Gareth McGibbon is a social worker and Jim Gamble is the former head of CEOP.

As the wave of sexual harassment and assault allegations continue, has it now become a trial by media?

Fiona Ferguson from People Before Profit and columnist Caroline Farrow discuss.

Should the Queen apologise for using an offshore tax haven?

Giving us their thoughts, Adam Moore from NI Conservatives and Trade Unionist Lily Kerr.

As the Stormont stand-off continues could a citizen's assembly be the solution to the political stalemate?

We speak to Professor Jon Tonge, blogger Jamie Pow and Green Party leader Steven Agnew.

Is the poppy a symbol of racism? Journalist Robert Fisk, whose father served in WWI, explains his refusal to wear a poppy

We also speak to UUP MLA Doug Beattie and Robert McCartney from Beyond the Battlefield.

We speak to charity worker targeted 'over accent'

Alliance councillor Michael Long and former PUP leader Brian Ervine discuss.

Should former ISIS fighters be fast-tracked for social housing in the UK or given education to improve employment?

Security experts Professor Anthony Glees and Raffaello Pantucci discuss

On this day 500 years ago Martin Luther nailed a list of 95 criticisms of the Catholic Church which led to the Reformation

Our expert panel discuss what this has meant for modern religion and society.

Stormont talks deadline: PR expert Quintin Oliver says James Brokenshire is "brilliant". Do you agree?

Brian Feeney and Qunitin Oliver discuss his article praising the secretary of state.

Talkback election phone-in - DUP

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson answers your questions

Talkback election phone-in - Sinn Fein

Sinn Fein MLA John O'Dowd answers your questions

Talkback election phone-in - Alliance

Alliance Party leader Naomi Long MLA answers your questions

Talkback election phone-in - Ulster Unionists

East Antrim UUP MLA John Stewart answers your questions

Another murder-suicide - What more can be done for women and children who suffer domestic violence?

Connie Leonard was stabbed to death in her Maguiresbridge home by a former partner.

Online trolling - Is it time to get tougher on the keyboard warriors?

We hear from a Coleraine woman who was subjected to years of online abuse.

Did you hear the one about the blonde politician? Was Arlene Foster's description of Michelle O'Neill sexist?

Sinn Fein have called on Arlene Foster to withdraw what they called sexist remarks

Irish speaker not Irish republican

Do people assume those who love the Irish language are republican in outlook?

A Pact without saying it's a Pact?

Is the SDLP giving Sinn Fein a free run by standing a low profile candidate in N Belfast?

Should smoking in council houses be banned?

Would a ban prevent passive smoking or is it the nanny state going too far?

Should dogs always be kept on leads?

Heated debate on whether dogs should be kept on a lead or allowed to roam free?

Legacy cases - Lunacy or Truth?

Should we accept what the police and army did during the troubles?