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Award winning author Elif Shafak tells Richard why she feels comfortable holding multiple identities, about turning to the ancient tradition of mysticism, and her continuing fight for women's rights and minority rights.

Much of the world's eyes are on Rio de Janeiro as it hosts the first Olympic Games in South America, but what's the impact been on the city's most vulnerable communities? Dr Fernando Fernandes, Lecturer in Community Learning & Development at the University of Dundee and Former Director for the Observatory of Favelas in Rio de Janeiro; and Professor Anthony Pereira, Director of the Brazil Institute at Kings College London, discuss whether Rio's disadvantaged will be amongst the winners or the losers of The Games.

The controversial new book, That Was The Church That Was, reads more like a thriller than an account of the recent history of the Church of England. One of its authors, sociologist of religion Professor Linda Woodhead, talks about how the Church has lost much of its flock as well as its influence.

In our occasional Inspirations series sculptor Vivienne Priestly speaks about the impact of Judy Chicago's book "Through the Flower, My Struggle as a Female Artist", on her life and work.

Why would young British Muslim women be prepared to leave their comfortable homes to marry ISIS fighters? According to comedian Shazia Mirza it's more to do with sexuality than religion. She unpicks the complex issue of Jihadi brides in her show The Kardashians Made Me Do It, which she brings to this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival.