Our America with Lisa Ling
Lisa Ling takes viewers along for an in-depth look at some of the most controversial and thought-provoking issues in the United States today, including religious movements, sex offenders, drug addiction and online brides. In each episode, Lisa immerses herself into the lives of the people she meets, offering compelling accounts of varied experiences and providing insight into some of our nation's most contentious issues. In sharing these stories, Lisa challenges viewers to understand different perspectives and even question what they themselves have always known to be true.
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Faith Healers
15-02-201160mLing visits a faith healing revival in Fort Mill, S.C., run by controversial evangelist Todd Bentley. During the visit, Ling says she's challenged by what she thought she knew abou...
- Ep 2
2.Transgender Lives
1.022-02-201160mFive transgender people in various stages of transition are profiled.
- Ep 3
3.State of Sex Offenders
01-03-201160mLisa Ling explores the challenges of living life on a list of registered sex offenders as she meets with ex-cons in Florida. "They're America's pariahs, pushed into the shadows," s...
- Ep 4
4.Pray the Gay Away?
1.008-03-201160m"Can prayer make you straight?" Host Lisa Ling explores that notion as she observes some 1100 participants at a Freedom Conference sponsored by the evangelical organization Exodus...
- Ep 5
5.Online Brides
15-03-201160mA Texas man travels to Colombia to meet women who advertise for husbands at a marriage website.
- Ep 6
6.Heroin in the Heartland
22-03-201160mLisa discusses the time she spent in a central Ohio town ravaged by heroin, and the connections that she made with the people along the way.
- Ep 7
7.A Closer Look
29-03-201160mUpdates on the people and situations shown in previous episodes.
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