The State We’re In, September 26, 2009. How we treat each other in the midst of an economic meltdown with stories from Argentina and Russia. We ask if there’s a right to marry and even not to marry. Plus bluegrass legend Eddie Adcock talks about why he put electrodes in his head to stop a hand tremor.
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When the bank won't pay
Elena Guerra lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She tells Jonathan about her experience of the 2001 financial crisis in Argentina and what she would do if she ever got her savings back.
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When money means nothing Dmitry Orlov left the USSR at the age of 12. Years later, he revisited several times during the collapse of the USSR. He tells Jonathan about the network of personal connections that held society together during the economic collapse.
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This week's theme is "The right to marry"
The right not to marry
Jasvinder Sanghera ran away from home at the age of 15 when her parents were trying to force her into an arranged marriage in India. Today she runs Karma Nirvana, a UK based support group for women in the same situation. Jonathan Groubert talked to her about her own extraordinary personal story.
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The right to marry more than one person
In Kenya, the tradition of polygamy is dying out as resources shrink and women are being offered more life choices, but reporter Michael Kalonki visited an old Masai herder who insists that his three wives live harmoniously together in the old way. His youngest wife has a slightly different story.
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Father Pat Callahan entered the Catholic Seminary and then the priesthood at a young age, before he realized the full implication of his vow of celibacy. His mid-life crisis occurred when he fell in love with a woman and realized that he had to choose between the two things he loved most of all in the world – the Church and Julie. Jonathan Groubert talked to him about how he came to make his choice.
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The career of bluegrass legend Eddie Adcock nearly ended when he developed a serious hand tremor. So he underwent an operation in which electrodes were placed in his brain so he could play again.
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