Something Understood Episodes Episode guide
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Practical Jokes
Mark Tully asks whether the best practical jokes can serve a social or religious purpose.
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The Instinct for Meaning
Jake Arnott explores how a sense of narrative is essential for how we understand the world
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Footloose
Irma Kurtz considers how curiosity and imagination inspire true footloose travellers.
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Manners Maketh Man
Tom Robinson reflects on manners, courtesy and respect.
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Rain
Mark Tully looks at the emotional impact of Rain in a programme for St Swithun's Day.
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Being Good
Do we consider a moral life an achievement? Mark Tully explores the value of 'Being Good'.
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Prayer Before a Five Pound Note
Mark Tully contemplates the spiritual implication of money in our lives.
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Getting Away with It
Felicity Finch reflects on the feeling of 'getting away with it'.
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The Spirit of Jazz
Mark Tully improvises on the spirituality of jazz, one of his favourite forms of music.
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Life in a Seminary
Mark Tully explores life in a seminary. How are young men trained for Catholic priesthood?
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Fruits of Labour
Melissa Viney reflects on how becoming a mother can affect creativity.
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Saying Sorry
Mark Tully asks why apologising is so hard and considers some of the benefits of doing so.
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Darkness
Poet Stewart Henderson celebrates true darkness, now absent from much of the modern world.
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Modern Architecture
Mark Tully despairs for the state of modern architecture in his home city, New Delhi.
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Henry David Thoreau
Mark Tully assesses Henry David Thoreau's influence, 150 years after his death.
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To Fashion
Irma Kurtz reflects that the garments we wear are a costume of choice.
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Everything Is Music
Teresa Morgan explores how music runs like a thread through our lives.
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Mindfulness
Mark Tully meditates on the art of being still, and the benefits of quiet contemplation.
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Always the Last to Be Picked
Mark Tully considers the enduring effects that being chosen last can have on us.
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The Window of Vulnerability
Hardeep Singh Kohli reflects on the vulnerability of falling in love.
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New Life, New Views
Kurdish poet Choman Hardi explores how children help us see things in a better light.
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The Moon in My Life
The space scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock reflects on the influence of the moon.
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Reason and Desire
Mark Tully considers the eternal human conflict between our reason and our desires.
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Challenging Your Instincts
Mark Tully wonders what might happen if we challenge our instinctive fears and prejudices.
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I'm a Number, Not a Man
Jo Fidgen explores how modern society challenges our sense of self.
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Superstition
Irma Kurtz explores the human need for superstition.
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When the Chips Are Down
Mark Tully asks what gives us courage to do what we ought to when things go badly wrong.
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Mementos
Mark Tully ponders the significance of mementos, not just of the past, but the future too.
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Postcards
Sarah Cuddon explores the joys of sending and receiving postcards.
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Living and Learning
Mark Tully discovers the benefits of education later in life for students and for society.
