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  1. Should couples planning to have children choose to have a small family?

    We hear reaction as the global human population reaching 8 billion.

  2. Should council workers be allowed to wear the Easter Lily? A Strabane and Derry council committee says they should.

    Should workplaces be free of symbols?

  3. Should consultants stick to the NHS instead of carrying out work in the private sector?

    Should doctors working in the private sector in their free time focus on NHS patients?

  4. Should civil servants be allowed to call Northern Ireland the North?

    One MLA says it's "republican speak" and should be banned. What do you think?

  5. Should circus' ban animals?

    Circus - Is this just innocent entertainment or a form of commercialised animal cruelty?

  6. Should Christian focused education be scrapped in schools?

    Join William and guests as they discuss this issue following a new report

  7. Should Britain apologise for its colonial past?

    Students are demanding the removal of a statue of Queen Victoria.

  8. Should Boris Johnson resign if found to have broken Covid rules?

    The PM has declined to say if he was at a party during lockdown in May 2020.

  9. Should Boris Johnson resign after being fined for breaking the law during the covid lockdown?

    Former Conservative MP Edwina Currie and SNP MP Kristen Oswald discuss.

  10. Should Boris Johnson be sacked for refusing to apologise for his remarks on burkas?

    Debate with Brendan O'Neill from Spiked Online and Conservative peer Lord Sheikh.

  11. Should betting companies be banned from advertising on football shirts?

    We speak to Christopher Snowdon and Tim Houston about Labour's proposal.

  12. Should Belfast City Hall fly the Union Flag for the Duke of York's birthday?

    Join William as he discusses this with the UUP, Alliance and the DUP.

  13. Should Belfast be designated a "holiday resort" to bypass the Sunday Opening laws?

    We discuss the pros and cons with Michael Long and Wallace Thompson

  14. Should any future border poll require a substantial majority to bring about change?

    We discuss Peter Robinson's comments warning against a majority-of-one mechanism.

  15. Should an additional winter fuel benefit be means-tested or given to every pensioner, no matter how wealthy they may be?

    How will the government's decision to remove the Winter Fuel Payment affect the elderly?

  16. Should America be interfering in the internal affairs of Northern Ireland?

    Mark Simpson chairs a discussion with Dr Peter McLoughlin, Denis Murray and Susan McKay.

  17. Should a politician be limited to one job only?

    MLAs are seeking other work because the NI Assembly is not sitting.

  18. Should a line be drawn on the issue of prosecuting former British soldiers for crimes committed during the Troubles?

    What would a new legislation to protect ex-soldiers from unfounded prosecutions mean?

  19. Should a black pupil in a school in Northern Ireland have to sit in a classroom and listen to the N-word being spoken?

    We discuss the controversy surrounding John Steinbeck's of Mice and Men novel.

  20. Should 16 year-olds vote in the next Assembly Elections?

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

  21. Shared spaces

    Can shared spaces be reflective of all cultural identities? Or is neutrality better?

  22. Shane Greer says that 鈥榯he time has come for unionists to decide what kind of United Ireland they can accept鈥�. Do you agree?

    We speak to the political strategist Shane Greer and DUP MP Gregory Campbell

  23. Shadow chancellor John McDonnell apologises for saying IRA should be "honoured"

    Do you think his apology is heartfelt, or a desperate attempt to climb out of a hole?

  24. SF and DUP disagree over whether there was a draft deal. Who do you believe?

    Journalists Brian Feeney and Newton Emerson, and the UUP's Lord Reg Empey discuss.

  25. Sexual Freedom Festival

    Sexual Freedom Festival to be held in Narrow Water Castle in County Down next month

  26. Sex education

    Should there be compulsory sex education in Northern Ireland's schools?

  27. Several major Northern Ireland road schemes have been paused over budget shortfall

    We hear from Colin Woods from the Department for Infrastructure

  28. Serious concerns are being raised by one victims group about meetings exploring legacy

    A victims group has expressed its anger that politicians or victims were involved

  29. Senior Tories say they believe Boris Johnson is pursuing a deal with the EU that would involve a Northern Ireland only backstop

    The DUP say that would require a vote in Stormont but we have no functioning assembly.

  30. Senator George Mitchell says the Good Friday Agreement would not have been possible without the EU - is he right?

    Sinn F茅in MEP Martina Anderson and Conservative MP, Andrew Murrison, joined the show.

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