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THE STATE WE’RE IN
DATE: 24 May 2008
PRODUCTION #: 1010038
Host: Jonathan Groubert

SEGMENT A: (12 :59) ****Corporate Philanthropy*****

PROGAM TAG: (:29)

GLOBAL PHILANTHROPY FORUM: Reporter Chris Tenove tells host Jonathan Groubert about all the people he met at this year’s Global Philanthropy Forum, where potential charities present themselves to potential corporate and celebrity donors.

JANE WALES: Jonathan interview Jane Wales, the CEO of the GPF, who tells him why giving has become de rigueur for, in particular, the IT jet set.

TEASER B: Jonathan tells us what’s coming up in the B segment
MUSIC BED (2:00)

SEGMENT B: 18:30 THIS WEEK’S THEME IS “THE RIGHT TO SEX”

STORY: Jonathan speaks to Peter, from Illicit encounters website. This website provides a forum for married people to find likeminded individuals for an affair. Peter is also a member of the site and we hear his personal story

STORY: Jonathan speaks to Loet Berkelmans from Flekszorg. This Dutch company provides sex care givers for disabled people who want to have sex, but have little chance of meeting a partner through the normal channels

STORY: Noy Thrupkaew [Thrup-cow] in Thailand reads a her commentary on the rise of the “gig” – a sex-buddy – in conservative Bangkok society

TEASER C: Jonathan tells us what’s coming up in the C segment
MUSIC BED (2:00)

SEGMENT C: 19:00

HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS: Correspondent Eric Beauchemin joins Jonathan to recap the top human rights news of the week, including a report on child soldiers around the world, an appeal for the reinstatement of an female Afghan MP, and the situation of sexual minorities in Turkey.

KIVA.ORG: is the site where you can loan as little as $25 to a perspective entrepreneur in the developing world. We meet an American lender and the Ugandan woman who took the money, started a clothing retail business and, in contrast to the system of charity and grants, is now paying the cash back so it can be loaned to someone else.
SRI LANKAN DISAPPEARENCES: Over the past two years, a UN task force recorded more cases of so called “disappearances” from Sri Lanka than from any other country in the world. Opponents of the government have disappeared, as have human rights activists and an increasing number of journalists. It’s gotten to the point that people are doing whatever they can to find sanctuary. Writer Kannan Arunasalam comments…

LISTENER LETTERS AND COMMENTS

CLOSING MONTAGE:
MUSIC BED (1:00)
PODCAST RUNDOWN: This week on The State Were In... (2-3 lines total, no punctuation other than SINGLE periods and/or commas otherwise it’ll mess up the podcast!!)
This week Chris Tenove tells host Jonathan Groubert about all the people he met at this year’s Global Philanthropy Forum and we speak with Jane Wales, the CEO of the GPF, who tells him why giving has become de rigueur for the IT jet set. We ask about the right to sex. Peter, from the site Illicit Encounters provides a forum for married people to find likeminded individuals for an affair. Jonathan speaks to Loet Berkelmans from Flekszorg, the Dutch company that provides sex care givers for disabled people. And Thai writer Noy Thrupkaew [Thrup-cow] comments on the rise of the “gig” or sex-buddy in conservative Bangkok society. KIVA.ORG: is the site where you can loan as little as $25 to a perspective entrepreneur in the developing world. We meet an American lender and the Ugandan woman who took the loan to start a business. And Sri Lankan writer Kanaan Arunasalam talks about the fact that his country has more recorded of so called “disappearances” than any other country in th
e world.

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