Episode 854 • • 2:30:14 - 2:35:03
854: Premedicated
French Burkini Ban Controversy and Nuns on Beaches
The mayor of Nice defends the ban on burkinis on French beaches, calling the garment a "provocation" by Islamists. A BBC reporter challenges the mayor, leading to a heated exchange about secularism and women's freedom. The mayor argues that European bathing suits are the standard and that religious displays must be kept out of the public sphere, while the reporter brings up the hypothetical treatment of Christian nuns on beaches.