The State We're In 2012, Story of the Week

Series produced by Radio Netherlands Worldwide

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The State We're In 2012, Story of the Week.

Featuring first-person stories from around the world about how we treat each other.
The State We're In is a weekly radio program from Radio Netherlands Worldwide.

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43 Pieces

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The State We're In 2012, Story of the Week, part 1
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THE ACCIDENTAL MILLIONAIRE: Jerry Winkler had a tough time growing up.

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  • Added: Jan 06, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
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The State We're In 2012, Story of the Week, part 2
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Atie Ridder-Visser is now 97. When she was in her 30s, she assassinated a suspected Nazi collaborator.

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  • Added: Jan 13, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
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The State We're In 2012, Story of the Week, part 3
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Chris Mburu was sometimes kicked out of his village school in Kenya because his family couldn’t afford the fees.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
The State We're In 2012, Story of the Week, part 4
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The Syrian politician who made headlines around the world when he defected to Egypt on January 16 gives his first major interview

  • Added: Jan 27, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
The State We're In 2012, Story of the Week, part 5
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Mike Williams recounts the tale of sweet revenge he took on an office bully who stole his chair and dared him to take it back.

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  • Added: Feb 03, 2012
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The State We're In 2012, Story of the Week, part 6
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Taher Moslimany and Rita Isaac are madly in love. Both are Palestinian, and madly in love. But he lives in Israel and she lives in Gaza.

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  • Added: Feb 10, 2012
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The State We're In 2012, Story of the Week, part 7
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WHAT IS NORMAL ANYHOW? Comedian Francesca Martinez refuses to be defined or limited by the cerebral palsy that left her, in her words 'wobbly'.

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  • Added: Feb 17, 2012
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The State We're In 2012, Story of the Week, part 8
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Walter Morris enlisted to defend his country in World War II. But the colour meant that he and the black men under his command were little more tha...

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  • Added: Feb 24, 2012
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The State We're In 2012, Story of the Week, part 9
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Susan Cheyne makes her “office” in the muddy forests of Kalimantan, Indonesia.

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  • Added: Mar 02, 2012
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The State We're In 2012, Story of the Week, part 10
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Susan Cheyne makes her “office” in the muddy forests of Kalimantan, Indonesia. The Scottish primatologist studies gibbons and their sensational son...

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  • Added: Mar 09, 2012
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The State We're In 2012, Story of the Week, part 11
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Sarah Wali had moved from Cairo because she was tired of the harassment she experienced as a woman.

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  • Added: Mar 16, 2012
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The State We're In 2012, Story of the Week, part 12
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Fawad Mohammadi is 13 years old, and earns a living selling maps on the war-torn streets of Kabul, Afghanistan.

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  • Added: Mar 23, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
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The State We're In 2012, Story of the Week, part 13
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ESSAY: CODE RED. Kairol Rosenthal from Chicago has a commentary about how going through a period of having no health insurance

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2012
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The State We're In 2012, Story of the Week, part 14
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DREAMS OF A BETTER LIFE: There’s a video on the internet that went viral earlier this week. It shows an Ethiopian domestic worker being abused on t...

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  • Added: Apr 06, 2012
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The State We're In 2012, Story of the Week, part 15
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A team of Belgian comedians plays a phone prank on a telecom giant known for its abysmal customer service.

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  • Added: Apr 13, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
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The State We're In 2012, Story of the Week, part 16
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Busi Ndlovu had a plan to get her family through the continuing tough times in Zimbabwe

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  • Added: Apr 20, 2012
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The State We're In 2012, Story of the Week, part 17
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“Mohamed” (not his real name) is a blogger and journalist in Benghazi, Libya.

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2012
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The State We're In 2012, Story of the Week, part 18
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THE WORLD’S MOST BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE: Dutch photographer Michel Szulc Krysanowski put an ad in 10 newspapers,

  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 04:59
The State We're In 2012, Story of the Week, part 19
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DESCRIPTION: THE HUMAN GOOGLE: Give Brad Williams a date – any date – from the past 53 years and he’ll know instantly where he was, and what was ha...

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  • Added: May 11, 2012
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The State We're In 2012, Story of the Week, part 20
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AUSTRALIAN ANGEL REMEMBERED: For almost 50 years, Don Ritchie lived close to Australia’s most notorious suicide spot, known locally in Sydney as “T...

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  • Added: May 18, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
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