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Sally Magnusson speaks to fellow broadcaster Jenni Murray about her latest book, Fat Cow Fat Chance, a personal account of her long-term anxieties over weight and body image, in which she also examines the psychological and physiological impact of obesity on the nation.

On turning 50, the leader of the Iona Community and Church of Scotland minister, Ruth Harvey asked her family for an unusual birthday present of time. A series of deep conversations followed with her father, the retired minister John Harvey. These became a book, ‘Journeys in Community - Father and Daughter Conversations about Faith, Love, Doubt and Hope’, which they share with Sally.

Rites of passage such as weddings, funerals, and birthdays, are important markers in our life, but they have looked very different during the pandemic. Celebrant and poet, Elspeth Murray, and Church of Scotland minister Reverend Kenneth Elliot, look at how we can balance our human need for being together for such occasions with a pandemic that requires us to stay apart. We also hear from newly wed David about swapping their plans for a big church get together for a small garden affair.

Sally hears from Lynsey Addario, a war photographer who turned the focus of her lens from battle zones to intensive care units, to bring us the reality of working through a pandemic.

From South Africa to Scotland, former nurse Muriel McLardy reflects on what she’s learned about our common humanity throughout her life.

And re-telling the Bible as a true crime podcast. Reverend Fiona Stewart explains how she revised The Book of Ruth for a 21st Century audience.