with Cathy MacDonald

Available for 29 days

Cathy’s Spiritual Life guest this week is Scottish author Douglas Stuart. The Booker Prize-winning novelist reflects on losing his mother to alcohol addiction, scaling the heights of the fashion world in New York, and why questions of faith, shame and belonging continue to inspire his work, including his latest novel, John of John. This coming Friday marks the 25th anniversary of 9/11, Pastor Lyndon Harris shares the remarkable story of the little church that stood in the shadow of the Twin Towers. As the Make A Difference Awards approach, Cathy hears from another finalist, Gordon Mackie, whose work has tuned countless young people into sports champions! Cathy’s Faith Forum panel this week are Professor Mona Siddiqui, Rupa Mooker, and Rev Bryan Kerr, as they look back on some of the week’s talking points, including The Scottish Government's latest efforts to tackle misogyny, they explore why these attitudes persist, and what will it take to shift them? Plus, Channel 4's BAFTA-winning courtroom experiment The Jury is back, and this time the age of one defendant leaves jurors wrestling with their own morals. And Miley has dropped the "Cyrus" part of her name but why are some people drawn to rebranding themselves and can we ever truly escape our past?