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S4 E1 - Fighting Satan
May 29, 201442minOver 70% of Americans believe the devil is alive and well, and there's a growing movement in churches to fight him head on. Lisa Ling visits ministries that practice deliverance: calling upon the power of Christ to cast out demons from tortured souls.Free trial of discovery+S4 E2 - Transgender Lives: 3 Years
June 5, 201442minThree years ago, Lisa Ling explored the very private worlds of four different transgender people across America. Now, she revisits each of them on their journeys of transformation -- from the sex they were born to the one they feel they really are.Free trial of discovery+S4 E3 - The ADHD Explosion
June 12, 201442minLisa Ling explores ADHD, one of the most disputed and misunderstood medical conditions today. She joins three families in their journeys through diagnosis and treatment, and asks herself if she might have it, too.Free trial of discovery+S4 E4 - Criminal Informants
June 19, 201442minLisa explores the world of criminal informants, untrained civilians who perform undercover operations for law enforcement. By targeting the vulnerable, are police coercing citizens into risking their lives despite uncertain and often deadly circumstances?Free trial of discovery+S4 E5 - Black America Silent Epidemic
June 26, 201442minLisa Ling explores why the HIV rate is disproportionately high among African-Americans, looking at the social and economic forces driving the epidemic. She meets HIV-positive men and women fighting both the stigma and the disease.Free trial of discovery+S4 E6 - Children of the System
July 3, 201442minLos Angeles County's foster care system is the largest in the country. Lisa investigates what happens to a child after they've been removed from their family, the actions parents take hoping to reunify, and how the system is holding up under the strain.Free trial of discovery+S4 E7 - Under the Gun
July 10, 201442minLisa Ling travels to Philadelphia, a city where seven people are shot each day, to meet the crusaders who are determined to end gun violence on their streets. As the activists battle on, Philly's citizens hope and pray that together, they can find peace.Free trial of discovery+S4 E8 - Labeled for Life: Part 2
July 17, 201442minLisa Ling travels back to Texas to see how 18 months on the sex offender registry has affected a man on the cusp of a major break in his case - one that could mean the end of parole and a reprieve from a lifetime on the registry.Free trial of discovery+S4 E9 - Teen Mom Nation: 2 Years Later
July 24, 201442minIn Season 2 of Our America, Lisa Ling met four very different pregnant teens, all forced to grow up too fast. Two years later, she revisits Latanya and Sophie to see how their youthful decisions on motherhood have changed their lives.Free trial of discovery+S4 E10 - The Missing
July 31, 201442minLisa Ling explores the world of missing persons, meeting a woman in Philadelphia who is struggling to recover from a notorious kidnapping and a mother in Washington, DC, trying to keep the hunt for her missing daughter alive.Free trial of discovery+
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Special Report: God and Gays
In this special follow-up report, Lisa Ling digs into the history of the controversial "ex-gay" organization Exodus International and reveals the latest, and perhaps last, chapter of Exodus: a confrontation that may shake the ministry to its foundations.
In this special follow-up report, Lisa Ling digs into the history of the controversial "ex-gay" organization Exodus International and reveals the latest, and perhaps last, chapter of Exodus: a confrontation that may shake the ministry to its foundations.
In this special follow-up report, Lisa Ling digs into the history of the controversial "ex-gay" organization Exodus International and reveals the latest, and perhaps last, chapter of Exodus: a confrontation that may shake the ministry to its foundations.
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