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About: The State We're In

Features first-person stories from around the world about human rights, human wrongs and how we treat each other.
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The State We're In is a weekly hour-long radio programme from Radio Netherlands Worldwide, the Dutch international service in Hilversum and WAMU Public Radio in Washington D.C.

Tell us your story

So, we constantly ask ourselves: what is the state we're in?

 

TSWI on the web
The weeks' main stories are displayed on the TSWI homepage. Most stories are accompanied by an audio report or interview. To find older stories, go to the TWSI tags page and search using keywords.

Most importantly this website allows you to tell the world what you think and to engage with others across the globe to discuss issues that affect us all. So, get talking on our forum in which a new issue will be put in the spotlight. Join in and vote in the poll on the TSWI homepage. Or respond to our main stories by giving your opinion at the bottom of the page.

Also, we're interested in the state you're in. What are the issues that are important to you? Mail your stories, pictures or videos to letters@thestatewerein.org. Perhaps we will publish them on the web or use them in the weekly radio programme. 

TSWI on air

Hosted by Jonathan Groubert, the State We're In is also a weekly hour-long radio programme from Radio Netherlands Worldwide, the Dutch international service in Hilversum and WAMU Public Radio in Washington D.C. In the radio programme archive you can listen the most recent broadcast of the programme online. The programme is also broadcast worldwide.

Our selected shows of The State We're In

Radio Show: Enlisting God

The State We're In, 6 February 2010: Military rabbis have been directing Israeli soldiers to see combat as a matter of faith. A former soldier explains why he’s repulsed by what he calls “holy war”. A P...

Radio Show: Being gay in Africa - special

The State We're In, 30 January 2010: As Uganda considers strengthening its already homophobic laws, this week we present a special edition of the programme looking at what it's like to be gay throughout Africa with voice...

Radio Show: Growing up right

The State We're In, 23 January 2010: Stories about and from children who’ve conquered unimaginable odds: a woman in Rio de Janeiro who educates street children, despite death threats from police. As well as adult c...

Radio Show: The global drug trade

The State We're In, 16 January 2010: The trade in illicit drugs around the world is stronger than ever. We zoom in and zoom out on the global trade in conversations with a former street dealer, a drug mule and an addict....

Radio Show: North Korea: police state, prison state

The State We’re In, 9 January 2010: The world has reason to be nervous about the rogue nation and its nuclear program. And people within the country also have reason to be scared - it has 154,000 political pr...


Video highlights

Moroccan beekeepers: a joint loan reduces risk
Beekeepers in Morocco don't like working on their own. If they join forces...
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China speaks loudly and carries a big stick
China has suddenly adopted a harsher and more threatening tone towards the...
Microcredit gives Comfort a helping hand
Microcredit is slowly helping to transform Comfort Azelima's life. She...

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