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Cathy is joined in the first hour by motivational speaker Mike Stevenson. Describing his youth as 'badly wired', sleeping on the streets of London and busking in Dublin, it was a near-death experience that brought about a major turning point in his life.

Christian pilgrims have visited the Jordan River from both its eastern and western banks to connect with a core event of their faith - the baptism of Jesus. Now UNESCO has designated Jordan's baptismal area on the eastern bank as one of their World Heritage Sites. Journalist Dale Gavlak, based in Amman in Jordan, tells Cathy about the importance of this site.

Up to 80% of prisoners in Scotland have mental health problems - but why are people suffering with mental health issues ending up behind bars, and can we do anything about it? Cathy is joined by Dr Roger Cook, the Director of Research at the Scotland Institute who wrote the report, and Isabel McCue, whose own personal experience of this issue led to setting up Theatre Nemo, working with people with mental health problems in prisons.

In the summer of 1990, 17 year old Cathy Rentzenbrink's brother Matty was knocked down by a hit and run driver and suffered severe brain damage. Twenty five years later, she's written about it and her relationship with her brother in her book "The Last Act of Love".

During World War II, the Arctic Convoys - merchant ships escorted by Navy vessels - delivered millions of tonnes of crucial supplies and munitions to the Soviet Union. Later this month, a new exhibition opens in Edinburgh. Cathy talks to researcher and interviewer for the exhibition, Sandra Marwick, and also hears a first-hand account from David Dunsmuir who took part in the convoys.