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Radio Scotland,20 Sep 2026,115 mins

with Zara Janjua

Sunday Morning

Available for 22 days

Zara chats to journalist and author Caitlin Moran about her new book, How to Be Hopeful; her funny and practical account of a year spent trying to feel less anxious about the state of the world and finding hope in everyday life. Zara's Spiritual Life guest this week is children's author Katherine Rundell. She chats about her childhood in Zimbabwe, and the faith that continues to shape her imagination. Jonnie Hughes, director and executive producer of How To Live on Earth, the new documentary presented by Benedict Cumberbatch, tells Catrina Rose about how working with nature could help humanity build a safer, more sustainable future. Zara’s Faith Forum panellists this are Emma Jackson, DR Eve Poole and Ravi Ladva, as they look back on some of the week’s talking points, including the growing debate over who’s really shaping who when it comes to AI; the fallout from Ed Sheeran’s US tour gets the panel asking what it really means to stand by your principles; and Channel 4’s Apocalypse strips modern life back to basics – what do we really need to survive?

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