The State We're In
Hosted by Jonathan Groubert, the programme explores global events by talking to people directly affected. The focus is on human rights in the broadest sense of the term
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The State We're In - Skin Deep
A man who tests how true your 'true love' really ...
A man who tests how true your 'true love' really is, a young man with Down's Syndrome searching for love, the Italian founder of 'The Ugly Club', a woman in London and her 'toy boys', and a gay man in the Netherlands on the meaning of Bruckner and latex underwear.
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The State We're In - Taking a Stand
You see a tense situation developing. It looks bad, but ...
You see a tense situation developing. It looks bad, but you're not sure. When do you take a stand? Today's guests all have their own stories about taking a stand: from Nigeria, the US, Russia, Palestine and Kenya.
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The State We're In - To the Rescue
An Australian man whose blood donations have saved over two ...
An Australian man whose blood donations have saved over two million babies, a woman who helped make the joyful reunion of former child soldiers and their families possible and a gang member in London turns his life around after a photographer takes pictures of him.
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The State We're In - The Hard Road
A Rwandan mother flees the 1994 genocide on foot, with ...
A Rwandan mother flees the 1994 genocide on foot, with her infant son in tow. An Australian girl riding a panicked horse heading for the highway sings a song to it and saves her life. A Polish neo-Nazi skinhead in Poland discovers his Jewish roots and turns to a rabbi for guidance and friendship.
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The State We're In - Olympic Special
Featuring Brother Colm O'Connell, the mild missionary monk in Kenya ...
Featuring Brother Colm O'Connell, the mild missionary monk in Kenya who is one of the most successful track coaches of all time. We meet an Afghan female boxer with Olympic dreams. Our show's editor explains how he came to understand the meaning of victory and a runner from Western Sahara forced to compete by the Moroccan government recounts a moment of rebellion.
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The State We're In - Aint No Mountain
A Tunisian escapes prison and runs 35 kilometres to be ...
A Tunisian escapes prison and runs 35 kilometres to be with his wife who's about to give birth. A young Dutch woman reveals how she became a prostitute and then a recruiter for so-called "Loverboys". And a mother of a "Loverboy" victim relives her fight to get her daughter back.
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The State We're In - Who Do You Think You Are?
A Korean woman raised in the US finds out she ...
A Korean woman raised in the US finds out she isn't who she thought she was. An adopted man in the UK decides never to find out who his biological father is. And a man in Palestine discovers that he may have been switched at birth with another baby.
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The State We're In - Belonging
How an immigration official stopped detainees from killing themselves. How ...
How an immigration official stopped detainees from killing themselves. How an Indian woman is now thriving after an acid attack damaged her face. And how a gay Palestinian man has finally found his real home.
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The State We're In - What's Mine is Mine
An elderly Belgian woman says she wants to stay in ...
An elderly Belgian woman says she wants to stay in her village even though she's pretty well the only person left. A woman gets her bike stolen in Amsterdam and goes out on a police sting to get it back. A bookseller in Jerusalem has discussions between Palestinians and Israelis but authorities want him out. A small farmer in Paraguay takes on big agro and his country's president. And a man in Warsaw gets his neighbourhood to clean itself up.
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The State We're In - School's Out
A teacher in the UK turns around a problem class, ...
A teacher in the UK turns around a problem class, only to get fired. A teacher in Mexico sings songs to keep her class calm during a shooting. And a South African journalist believes that her ancestors may be calling her to become a sangoma, or traditional healer. But it's a calling shed rather not heed.
