Our America with Lisa Ling
(2011)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 5
The Missing
Episode 10 - 7-31-2014
In the series finale, Lisa Ling visits those with missing loved ones.
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Teen Mom Nation: 2 Years Later
Episode 9 - 7-24-2014
Lisa provides an update on teen moms from season two.
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Labeled for Life: 18 Months Later
Episode 8 - 7-17-2014
Ling revisits a man who is paroled after being labeled a sex offender.
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Under the Gun
Episode 7 - 7-10-2014
Ling meets activists that are determined to end gun violence in Philadelphia.
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Children of the System
Episode 6 - 7-03-2014
Lisa examines the procedures that follow when a child is removed from their family.
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Black America's Silent Epidemic
Episode 5 - 6-26-2014
Lisa explores the social and economical forces behind HIV.
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Criminal Informants
Episode 4 - 6-19-2014
Lisa 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?
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The ADHD Explosion
Episode 3 - 6-12-2014
Lisa Ling explores ADHD, one of the most disputed and misunderstood medical conditions today. In addition to joining three families in their journeys of diagnosis and treatment, she finally has the courage to ask: Could she have it, too?
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Transgender Lives: 3 Years Later
Episode 2 - 6-05-2014
Three 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.
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Fighting Satan
Episode 1 - 5-29-2014
Over 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.
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Season 4
Special Report: God & Gays
Episode 9 - 6-20-2013
In this special episode, host Lisa Ling joins “ex-gay” organization Exodus International president Alan Chambers and a group of reparative therapy survivors as they engage in a face-to-face confrontation 40 years in the making.
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Families of Killers
Episode 8 - 3-12-2013
Lisa Ling meets family members whose closest relatives have committed unthinkable crimes, and asks what the concept of family means in the face of these actions.
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I Love You & You...& You
Episode 7 - 3-05-2013
Polyamorous couples are committed to non-monogamy. Lisa visits three polyamorous households – each of them pushing the limits of love, commitment, and family.
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A Predator in the Clubhouse
Episode 6 - 2-26-2013
Lisa Ling explores two stories of stolen innocence and the pattern of inaction that continues to compromise our children's safety.
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Martyrs for Christ?
Episode 5 - 2-19-2013
Lisa goes inside a new religious movement where members literally hear the voice of God, proclaiming a radical message of spiritual warfare and martyrdom.
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3 AM-Girls: Breaking News
Episode 4 - 2-12-2013
In an episode update, Ling returns to the streets of Washington, D.C. to see how two young women who were caught up in the shadowy underworld of domestic human sex trafficking are faring, and to catch up with the crusaders who risked their lives to secure their safety.
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The Secret Lives of Seniors
Episode 3 - 2-05-2013
Ling tries to help her own father navigate the challenges of aging while also exploring a graying American population who are speed dating, having sex and breaking track records, among other things.
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Generation XXL
Episode 2 - 1-29-2013
In a report about childhood obesity, Lisa Ling meets families who are struggling to help their children lose weight in order to survive.
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Shades of Kink
Episode 1 - 1-22-2013
Lisa Ling goes beyond Fifty Shades of Grey to explore the real world of BDSM: bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, and sado-masochism.
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Season 3
Swingers Next Door
Episode 10 - 8-21-2012
Monogamy is the defining feature of almost all American marriages, but today more and more everyday Americans are choosing to leave the "vanilla" world behind and embrace their own unique brand of "negotiated monogamy." It's estimated that 15 million Americans are active in the Swinger lifestyle. From suburban house parties to exclusive nightclub gatherings, Lisa crosses the country to explore what's at stake with this non-traditional yet growing phenomenon.
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Pray the Gay Away? - Breaking News
Episode 9 - 8-21-2012
Is it possible to use prayer and therapy to "pray the gay away"? Revisit the groundbreaking episode on this topic, along with an exclusive new interview with the leader of Exodus International, Alan Chambers, who credits "Our America" with changing his mind.
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Innocent Behind Bars?
Episode 8 - 8-14-2012
In America, we're innocent until proven guilty. But when the system fails, how can an innocent person restart their life? Lisa explores the lives of men who were wrongly convicted, and one man on death row whose daughter is fighting for the truth.
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Labeled for Life
Episode 7 - 8-07-2012
Lisa Ling investigates the case of a teenage boy who was sentenced to 16 years in prison for touching a girl's breast - and is now a registered sex offender. Lisa will try to piece together what happened and find out: did the punishment fit the crime?
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Lost American Dream
Episode 6 - 7-24-2012
In the wake of the Great Recession, America's middle class emerges as the face of the new poverty. Lisa Ling travels the country to meet those forced by the aftershocks of the economic crisis to downsize their lives and reassess the American Dream.
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Holy Matrimonies
Episode 5 - 7-17-2012
For most Americans, first comes love, and then comes marriage. But for some, it's the opposite. Is arranged marriage archaic and loveless, or is it a rational approach to life-long commitment? Ling explores this ancient approach to love in modern America.
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Life on the Rez
Episode 4 - 7-10-2012
Native American stereotypes are alive and well: extreme poverty, high teen suicide rates, and alcoholism. Ling meets the people who are seeking both modern and traditional solutions to give the next generation a fighting chance at a brighter future.
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Teen Mom Nation
Episode 3 - 6-26-2012
Over 1000 American girls give birth every day, more than in any other nation in the developed world. This is a story of teenage dreams, of powerful efforts to stop children from having children, and of teenage freedom lost to the cycle of teen pregnancy.
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Brides of Christ
Episode 2 - 6-19-2012
Statistics show that the tradition of the American nun may be dying out, but Lisa Ling will meet nuns and sisters of all ages who continue to pledge their lives to God - and discover what draws them to this radical lifestyle.
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Sparkle Babies
Episode 1 - 6-10-2012
Beauty queens- as American as apple pie, adored by little girls everywhere. But over the past few years it's little girls, rather than women, who have taken center stage. Who are these pint-sized princesses? And whose dreams are they really fulfilling?
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Season 2
The Stories Continue...
Episode 8 - 12-04-2011
Ever wonder what happens after the cameras shut off and the Our America crew leaves? Find out how live has changed for some of the most compelling individuals from this season of the show when Lisa Ling pays them a visit.
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Extreme Parenting
Episode 7 - 11-27-2011
From pageant parents to a "tiger mom" to parents who opt for radical "un-schooling," Lisa Ling explores the world of extreme parenting and discovers what these moms and dads have in common: they all believe their path is the best for their children.
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Incarceration Generation
Episode 6 - 11-20-2011
Exploring the rate at which black men are incarcerated, and ways to reduce it. Included: case studies.
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Twin Lives
Episode 5 - 11-13-2011
Human individuality is explored in a report on identical twins.
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Invisible Wounds of War
Episode 4 - 11-06-2011
Exploring problems facing U.S. veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Host Lisa Ling visits a suicide hotline for veterans in New York City and a veterans' retreat in New Mexico.
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3AM Girls
Episode 3 - 10-30-2011
Lisa explores sex trafficking in Washington, DC.
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Modern Polygamy
Episode 2 - 10-23-2011
A report on plural marriage in the U.S. focuses on the polygamous community in Centennial Park, Ariz.
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Amateur Porn
Episode 1 - 10-16-2011
Lisa Ling begins Season 2 by exploring homemade sex films on the Internet, and how the widespread availability of online pornography has affected Americans' sex lives and relationships.
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Season 1
A Closer Look
Episode 7 - 3-29-2011
Updates on the people and situations shown in previous episodes.
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Heroin in the Heartland
Episode 6 - 3-22-2011
Lisa 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.
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Online Brides
Episode 5 - 3-15-2011
A Texas man travels to Colombia to meet women who advertise for husbands at a marriage website.
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Pray the Gay Away?
Episode 4 - 3-08-2011
"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 International, which offers advice on combating same-sex attractions. "I have chosen to live my life through the filter of my faith," says Exodus president Alan Chambers, "not through the filter of my sexuality.
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State of Sex Offenders
Episode 3 - 3-01-2011
Lisa 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," she says. Or, as one man living in a swampy campground with other offenders calls it, "the leper colony." Ling also meets a real-estate agent who finds more substantial housing for offenders who can afford it; and follows authorities as they arrest an ex-con accused of failing to register an address change.
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Transgender Lives
Episode 2 - 2-22-2011
Five transgender people in various stages of transition are profiled.
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Faith Healers
Episode 1 - 2-15-2011
Ling 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 about faith.
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Transgender Lives
Episode 2 - 2-22-2011
Five transgender people in various stages of transition are profiled.
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Heroin in the Heartland
Episode 6 - 3-22-2011
Lisa 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.
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Online Brides
Episode 5 - 3-15-2011
A Texas man travels to Colombia to meet women who advertise for husbands at a marriage website.
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