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Is banning abortion "extremist hate" and "torture"?

Find out who is saying this and how US abortion policy has a global impact on women's rights.

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Can an athlete be forced to take drugs in order to compete?

Caster Semenya has now been told she will have to.

Join us for a discussion with international human rights lawyer Kalakye Kyalo on what this controversial ruling means.

Have you ever thought about your own death? Could the concept of death awareness be a way to reduce corruption and crime?

This cafe, in the middle of Bangkok, is making a statement by having a coffin as its main decorative piece. Anyone who goes into the coffin gets 10% off!

Hear Sabina and Margo's take on this Buddhist concept, and if any of them would ever get into the coffin!

In this episode, we interview Lucas Taffin, the founder of Human Conet. His organization works in Colombia to speak out for Indigenous rights, ancestral lands and the biodiversity they contain through legal defense and powerful storytelling.

The organization, along with Gobierno Mayor, and the community of Aliwa Cupepe, is working to protect and maintain rights over the land of Aliwa, a territory of 90,000 hectares, a gateway to the Amazonian jungle.

You can follow Human Conet on Instagram @humanconet or go to www.humanconet.org

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What is the average cost of a migrant journey to the US? How do you get past the narco gangs that control the Mexican side of the border to request asylum in the US?

In our third and final episode on migration and US detention centers, Margo shares real stories of what it takes for an asylum seeker to try to reach the US, and the dire conditions they are often fleeing from.

What actually happens inside a US detention center? How does a migrant request asylum? How many migrants trying to enter the US actually get asylum??

Take a quick break from pondering the logistics of a border wall, and tune in to hear directly from Margo about what it was like to work in a detention center in Texas for a week.