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 - The Last Word
A journalist from Sri Lanka keeps telling the truth to ...
A journalist from Sri Lanka keeps telling the truth to power the way her assassinated husband did. A man in Eastern Uganda tells traditional stories to undo colonialist history. And a librarian from Jakarta helps children in disaster areas by telling them folk tales.
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The State We're In - Mightier than the Sword
An Iranian rapper, who came out as a lesbian and ...
An Iranian rapper, who came out as a lesbian and then had to make a dramatic exit from the country. A Filipino filmmaker tells the story of a man whose life was destroyed, and later saved, by the media. And we meet a former Afghan governor who uses the power of poetry to bring peace to warring factions.
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The State We're In - Remembrance
A Belgian artist from a family of Nazi collaborators turns ...
A Belgian artist from a family of Nazi collaborators turns his wartime memories into paintings. A Sudanese journalist believes that telling stories about past conflict is a lifeline. And a Somalian archaeologist unearths truths about her country's past, and her own.
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The State We're In - Two Enemies, One Heart
Two soldiers, one Iraqi and one Iranian, meet on the ...
Two soldiers, one Iraqi and one Iranian, meet on the battlefield. The Iranian saves the Iraqi's life, risking his own in the process. That was 1982. Nearly 20 years later, and on the other side of the world, sheer coincidence brings the two men together again in a life-saving drama. And a man in Amsterdam sees a WWII photograph and suddenly recalls how close he was to being sent to a concentration camp.
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The State We're In - One More Time
A rags-to-riches entrepreneur in Mogadishu gets kidnapped by Al Shabaab, ...
A rags-to-riches entrepreneur in Mogadishu gets kidnapped by Al Shabaab, but makes both his escape and fortune. A Chilean man confronts the man who tortured him, while an American writer recalls the truth about a family story. We end with a repeat of our interview with Don Ritchie, who passed away this week in Sydney, Australia after helping stop approximately 160 people from ending their lives.
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The State We're In - It's All in the Mind
A woman's personality changes after a parachuting accident, a businessman ...
A woman's personality changes after a parachuting accident, a businessman wakes up a new man after a stroke, and the two meet and fall in love. What life is like as 'The Human Google'. And an author explains how brain research cant explain away free will.
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The State We're In - Building a Better You
We meet a researcher who believes death may be conquered ...
We meet a researcher who believes death may be conquered in his lifetime. A British DJ recounts the excruciating aversion therapy he went to "cure" him of homosexuality. A Dutch photographer discovers "the worlds most beautiful people". And a former student reweaves the tangled web of lies he told to pass his college internship.
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The State We're In - World Press Freedom Day
A Swedish filmmaker on facing down a multinational corporation which ...
A Swedish filmmaker on facing down a multinational corporation which wanted to silence him, a Libyan journalist who was tortured for telling the truth, and two Ghanaian women who have a lot of fun talking about sex on their blog.
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The State We're In - Street Warriors
A man in Belarus fights for gay rights and loves ...
A man in Belarus fights for gay rights and loves it. A woman in Barcelona takes on pickpocket gangs and wins. A woman in Zimbabwe buys a van to start a business but it gets stolen. And a scientist in New York State uses evolutionary science to improve life in his town.
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The State We're In - Pranks!
A Belgian comedy troupe pranks the country's biggest telecommunications company ...
A Belgian comedy troupe pranks the country's biggest telecommunications company with the reputation for the worst customer service. A Nicaraguan woman plays a witch on local radio to name and shame men into treating their wives properly. An American writer discovers her name and image were being used to promote a porn site that thousands were flocking to. And an anti-mafia journalist names names on his TV station in Sicily and gets away with it... so far.
