with Cathy Macdonald

Available for 28 days

Status Quo's Francis Rossi shares his South London Italian roots, his Catholic upbringing and enduring love of music in this week's This Spiritual Life. Filmaker Ian Bustard's new exploration into dementia looks at the diagnosis of his father and his joyful collaboration with the late writer and activist, Ron Coleman, also living with the illness. Plus former STV journalist and accomplished musician Jill Brown talks about her journey into workshopping in Scottish prisons, and establishing a record label there. Cathy's faith forum panel this week is Mona Siddiqui - Professor of Religion and Society at Kings College, Daniel Gilius - a Muslim works for an anti racism organisation, and Ruth Weller - a digital content creator and Christian. They'll be unpacking some of the themes behind the week's news headlines, including AI deepfakes - does it matter that Grok's sexualised content of real people - both adults and in some cases, children - now exists exclusively behind a paywall? The hotly prized kids toys Labubu are being made in exploitative conditions; the panel discus consumerism at what cost. A study has concluded that the grief felt over the loss of a pet can be the same as the loss of a close friend or family member, what does that say about us as humans, and our connection with animals?