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Sunday: 06/08/2023

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The ex-nun stand-up comic and why evangelical pastors keep on backing Donald Trump.

Hundreds of thousands of young people have greeted the Pope for World Youth Day in Lisbon. Find out why it matters to UK Catholics who have travelled there. 

Hear from the ex-Catholic nun, who cast off her habit to work as a nurse, an author, and finally a stand-up comic. Kelli Dunham has a show at the Edinburgh Fringe that takes in her past lives as well as difficult topics like grief and death.

Morocco play France on Tuesday having made it to the last 16 of the Women's World Cup in their debut appearance.  Last Sunday, the Moroccan defender Nouhaila Benzina became the first player to wear a hijab at the World Cup. We'll consider some of the challenges facing Muslim women in football.

Dr Robert Jones, founder of the Public Religion Research Institute in Washington DC explains why Trump's indictment shows no sign of affecting his popularity with white Christian evangelical voters.

Last week the Taliban in Afghanistan issued photographs of a giant bonfire of musical instruments.  Is their crack-down on music and singing just strictly-applied Islamic principle? Or is it – as some have called it – ‘cultural genocide’? Hear from a British Imam and Afghan musician Elaha Suroor.

PRESENTER: William Crawley
PRODUCERS: Catherine Murray and Louise Clarke
EDITORS: Tim Pemberton and Helen Grady

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