First Graeme takes a look at the Plain English Awards. Entries close at the end of August! The Plain English Trust Chair Gergory Fortuin explains what its all about. Then Imtiaz Shams has been using his personal experience of leaving Islam to found tech for good start-ups to help people who leave conservative religions. In 2012, he began creating underground railroad networks for ex-Muslims around the world. He describes what it was like for him to leave and its not pretty He discusses why there is a blind-spot in many progressives towards the oppression of women, gays and apostates by Islamic authorities. Imtiaz was a guest of the New Zealand Rationalists And Humanists. Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.

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