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From family heirlooms to threatened languages; old building to endangered species – how do we decide what’s worth saving? Philosopher Erich Hatala Matthew joins Zara Janjua to discuss his new book; What to Save and Why – Identity, Authenticity, and the Ethics of Conservation.

Ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day, Judy Russell, whose parents both survived the concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen, recounts their stories and why it’s so important for her to share them as widely as possible.

This week’s This Spiritual Life guest is the poet, theologian and host of the podcast Poetry Unbound Padraig O’Tuama. He reflects on his relationship with faith, sexuality, and his new collection of verse: Kitchen Hymns, referred to as ‘finely honed melodies of survival.’

Zara is joined by Bob Davis, professor of Religious and Cultural Education at the University of Glasgow, Rodge Glass, a writer who grew up in the Jewish faith, and Mona Sidiqui, academic and broadcaster, to discuss some of the week’s big stories.

Following major speeches from both President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer this past week, what do they say about the trend towards isolationism both nationally and on a global scale and the fracturing of society as a whole?

On the eve of the 80th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the panel reflect on mankind’s capability of unspeakable cruelty to one another, and our seeming inability to learn from those mistakes.

And marking Burns Night on Saturday, the panel reflect on the poetry they reach to when they are most in need.