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The State We're In
Features first-person stories from around the world about human rights, human wrongs and how we treat each other.
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...
Radio Show: A fresh start with an old enemy
The State We’re In, 2 January 2010: A fresh start is nearly impossible wherever there’s a history of violence. But our special new year’s program shows that people around the world can make new beginnin...
Radio Show: Giving gifts - our producers' picks
The State We’re In, 26 December 2009: our producers pick their favourite stories for this year’s show on the theme of giving gifts. Gifts like the song a boss in Texas got after chewing out her wayward, and t...
Radio Show: Gay in Uganda
The State We’re In, 19 December 2009: With Uganda considering extremely repressive laws against gay people, we talk to one man who fled the country and discovered later that authorities had beaten his brother to de...
Radio Show: The right to be left alone
The State We’re In, 12 December 2009: The right to be left alone: we speak with a woman from County Mayo, Ireland, who was willing to die in order to prevent Shell from building a natural gas plant near where she l...
Radio Show: Bhopal survivors - then and now
The State We’re In, 5 December 2009: Bhopal, 25 years later. We hear from survivors of what some have called the worst environmental disaster in history, which claimed as many as 8,000 lives. We also hear from the...
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