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Dr Kathrine McAleese has dedicated her life to helping people, families, and communities to unlock healthier patterns of living. She is a behavioural change specialist, sociologist, and a transformational coach who blends research, psychology, and faith to help people break unhelpful cycles, build emotional resilience, and step into the life God intended for them. She joined Mal Pope to explore what living life to the fullest actually looks like.
Released on 20 Feb 2026
Scripture calls us to “be holy as Christ is holy.” But there is a tension between pursuing that and avoiding slipping into striving to do things in our own strength. Pastor, theologian, speaker, founder of Uhambo and self‑described “Bible nerd”, Jeronne Rudder joined Carlton Baxter to unpack the call to holiness and what it looks like in our culture, and the daily rhythms of modern life.
Dr Martin Shaw, a mythologist, poet and storyteller, who spent decades exploring myth and imagination, kept Jesus at a distance, convinced there was “nothing reassuring” about him. This was before a profound encounter with nature unexpectedly brought him back to faith. He joined Carlton Baxter to retell the experience and why it changed everything.
Does a loan really have the power to transform a life, a business, even a community? Karen Davies is the founder and Chief Executive of Purple Shoots - an organisation that invests into small businesses to see people's lives transformed. She sat down with Carlton Baxter to share some of her story and to share the impact of a small loan on the trajectory of someone's life.