Talking Points 22nd October

Will in Canada is your host for your ideas after the show.

Good evening, Morning, Night.

I’d like to see if this would fly and if it would be a good subject for the show. The space race. Not the US Vs the Soviets, but the new nations who are planning on going to the moon. Here are a few links for you to read if you wish:

India readies first moon mission

On air: Should aid workers be allowed to preach and convert?

A Christian aid-worker was killed in Afghanistan yesterday – accused of trying to convert Muslims from their faith to hers- though the charity denies she was proselytising. The case has clearly touched a nerve.

But where do you draw the line? This columnist thinks people shouldn’t use aid missions to spread their faith.  But this US blogger thinks Christians should be praised for their work, not censored.

Talking Points 21st October

Hello there, a British aid worker has been killed by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan who accused her of preaching Christianity. Should aid workers be allowed to preach and convert?

We’re back on the telly

Some of you may remember that we did a TV pilot for WHYS – where the bosses at the BBC World News channel asked us if we could make our radio programme into a TV programme. Well it seems they liked it as they’ve asked us to do some mini versions of the show throughout the day this Friday, as part of the BBC’s special day focusing on the downturn in the global economy.