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I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country. We're scared now.

Washington Bishop Marianne Buddy tells me about beseeching a president and her new book, We Can Be Brave.

Then, I did not want to make a mistake because I didn't want people to say, oh, look, the woman made a mistake.

The first female space shuttle commander, I talked to Eileen Collins about shooting for the stars and making history.

Also ahead.

How can the journal is going to a war zone but can't go into a prison in the United States of America?

A shocking expose of unchecked abuse, the filmmakers behind the new documentary, the Alabama solution,

tell Harry Srinivasan about the inmates who risk their lives to reveal the truth. Welcome to the program, everyone. I'm Christiana Manpur in London. Professors and students

afraid to speak freely on college campuses, federal workers, afraid of losing their jobs,

LGBT plus groups, afraid of rights, rollbacks, immigrants, afraid of raids and mass deportations.

For many, the opening act of President

Donald Trump's second term has been defined by fear. And yet people continue to take a stand.

Nearly seven million Americans are estimated to have marched across all 50 states this month in

protest, and our first guest used her moment in the national spotlight to speak up at Washington's mighty national cathedral.

Marion Buddy, the Episcopal Bishop of Washington, spoke to him, implored him from her pulpit to have mercy for those who may be frightened for the future.

Now a book she wrote during Trump 1.0 has been adapted for younger readers, and it's called

We Can Be Brave.

She joined me from Washington to explain how she hopes they will find their own moments

of courage.

Bishop Marion Buddy, welcome to our program.

Thank you very much.

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