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I want to tell you about a podcast that's been fascinating me called More Muslim.

It's a new narrative documentary series made by a team of journalists

who've worked on shows like Radio Lab and More Perfect.

They're covering stories from Muslim communities around

the world that no one else is telling. One of their episodes traces the evolution of Muslim

women's relationship with the mosque, from the prophetic era when women prayed alongside

men without barriers, to today's reality where many mosques relegate women to basement closets,

behind opaque partitions, or turn them away entirely.

To listen to that episode and more, find more Muslim wherever you get your podcasts.

Everyone expected the numbers to be bad, but horrible.

I think he's seen the biggest decline in popularity of any prime minister since polling began.

Ouch. I'm Marco Werman.

And I'm Carolyn Beeler. What went so wrong for UK Prime Minister Kier Starrmer and his Labour Party?

Plus, what's in a name when we're talking about a diagnosis? A lot. So it's

having a massive flow and effect all the way from policy, research, evidence, education,

and therefore care. Also, France is trying to reset relations with African countries. Some

African musicians have a few choice thoughts about that, and comedy meets storytelling Japanese style.

When we begin, storytelling shows in Japan, we start with a greeting to the audience called Aisatsu.

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