How Europe Paid to Lock Up Migrants… and Threw Away The Key

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EP4. Stigma

A church in decline tries to reinvent itself, and its young members struggle with how to talk about Christianity.The Final Service is written and produced by Mateo Schimpf with additional writing and reporting from Ray Suarez. It's edited by Jarrod Sport with production support f ...  Show more

EP3. Chicago

Julian Deshazier is a rapper and a pastor. That sounds like it would be appealing to kids from his old neighborhood on the South Side. But getting them to show up to church on Sundays isn't easy.The Final Service is written and produced by Mateo Schimpf with additional writing an ...  Show more

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