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 - Freedom's Road
The first Western media interview of Imad Ghalioun, the Syrian ...
The first Western media interview of Imad Ghalioun, the Syrian politician who defected recently, a Wikileaks pioneer and politician from Iceland who helped make public the 'collateral murder' video, and a former East German cyclist who defected just before he went to the Olympics.
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The State We're In - Border Crossings
A man from a poor village in Kenya gets an ...
A man from a poor village in Kenya gets an unexpected hand from Sweden to study at Harvard. A Bulgarian orphan on the verge of dying finds a loving home with South African parents. A Nigerian man betrays his parents to start a new life in the UK. And an Afghan refugee in the Netherlands lives in legal limbo.
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The State We're In - The Call of Duty
After almost 70 years, a former Dutch resistance fighter admits ...
After almost 70 years, a former Dutch resistance fighter admits she assassinated the wrong man. A Canadian woman tries to help the homeless and learns a life-altering lesson about herself. A South African photographer tries to create beauty in the face of the violence she and other gay women face. And an ex-Mafia princess explains why she took over the family business, and her recent struggle to go straight.
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The State We're In - Family Ties
Steve Lickteig thought he was the adopted son of Kansas ...
Steve Lickteig thought he was the adopted son of Kansas farmers, only to discover a shocking truth that everyone in town knew, except him. Jerry Winkler was a homeless man in Amsterdam when he discovered that his late father was a millionaire. And an Australian composer turns grief into a soaring requiem after the tragic loss of his son.
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The State We're In - Producers' Picks 2011
Producers Belinda, Diana and Mignon pick their favourite stories of ...
Producers Belinda, Diana and Mignon pick their favourite stories of the year, featuring Egyptian blogger Sandmonkey, a man pretending to be his dead-lover's son at a funeral, the creator of amazing Strandbeesten (or Beach Beasts) and a man who chases down the Ponzi schemer who cheated him.
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The State We're In - Don't Shoot the Messenger
A man frustrated in his search for spiritual answers decides ...
A man frustrated in his search for spiritual answers decides to become a guru. His message, don't fall for fake gurus - become your own. An African American who lives in Holland wonders if the Dutch holiday tradition of Zwarte Piet is not only zany good fun, but also deeply racist. And a man in Afghanistan believes poetry not only gives us wisdom and beauty, but hope - and he should know. He turned to poetry when his son got kidnapped.
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The State We're In - Still Here
As Libya continues to go through an uncertain rebirth, two ...
As Libya continues to go through an uncertain rebirth, two people are watching with heightened interest: a Palestinian doctor and a Bulgarian nurse. Both were part of the "Benghazi Six" foreign medical workers accused of infecting 400 babies with HIV. They speak together for the first time about their ordeal, liberation, and dreams. Also: an American man rediscovers the sister his parents had institutionalized decades earlier, and rekindles the joyful, playful rapport he had with her as a boy.
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The State We're In - Betrayal
A Norwegian filmmaker on joining anarchists in their fight against ...
A Norwegian filmmaker on joining anarchists in their fight against neo-Nazism, and the betrayal she regrets to this day. A Dutch decorator and his comic odyssey in becoming part-owner of one of the most expensive soccer clubs in the world. And a 97 year old veteran on the Warsaw Uprising who was jailed by the country he put his life on the line for.
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The State We're In - The Breaking Point
An Iranian doctor and writer on why he fled his ...
An Iranian doctor and writer on why he fled his beloved homeland, an ex-border patrol agent in America on why he is now an immigration activist, a non-violent follower of Ghandi whose ashram was bulldozed by Indian authorities and a failed actress in Brazil on how taking a walk changed her life.
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The State We're In - Tough Guys
A "snatchback" detective who returns children to their parents in ...
A "snatchback" detective who returns children to their parents in other countries. A mountaineer who was left for dead on Mount Everest, but lived to tell the tale. Georges Laraque, the ex-pro hockey "enforcer" whos now a Green Party vegan. And a man named Bill whose sex drive was the bane of his existence... until he castrated himself.
