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On this week's special retrospective, we delve into life at an American prison and meet an inmate who used the time he served to become a writer. We'll also hear how art is helping one Honduran gang member transform his reality. Plus, what it's like to live in the shadow of Al Capone, Colombia's City of Women, and the Italian boxing champion who fought with more than just his gloves.

How much do you know about art and culture in Bangladesh? We meet the Bulgarian Paganini of the guitar, hear words from the darkness in Venezuela’s most dangerous prisons and discover how music can be a final solace for the dying

On this week's program, we take a look at deepening divisions in Turkish society one year after the failed coup, and find out why a growing number of Muslims in India fear vigilante attacks. Plus, the unique virtual reality project that tries to humanize warring factions and a special in-depth report on one of the world's most powerful organized criminal groups, Italy's 'Ndrangheta mafia.

As German parliament makes the landmark vote to legalize gay marriage, we dig into the facts and talk to a couple and a wedding planner about what it will mean for the LGBT community. Also this week, we meet the women fighting for abortion rights in Chile, attend the World Transplant Games and dance in the dark in Australia.

Censorship and spying have taken on a new dimension in the digital age. We meet the Venezuelan journalists boarding buses to avoid a digital crackdown and the Mexican reporters and activists being targeted by spyware.

On this week's show: a leading White House correspondent on the intersection between the media and Trump. The common denominator between a Zimbabwean satirist and a resilient investigative reporter in the Arab world. How big is the problem of anti-Semitism in Europe? Jumping the color line in Apartheid South Africa. And why Germans love garden houses in summer.

Millions of people around the world are deprived of basic rights because they don't have citizenship. We hear from a photographer who has spent a decade trying to document the problem, and meet a Kashmiri man living in limbo in Europe. Plus, life inside the Zaatari Refugee Camp, why displaced Iraqi minorities may never be able to return home, and the theater production exploring exile in Germany.

In this week's show: Britain's Muslim community responds to the terrorist threat and a growing stigma. Prejudices faced by Afro-Mexicans in Mexico and the US. A woman who was part of Australia's "Stolen Generations." A Polish political journalist producing spoof news. A young Ugandan who swapped dreams of flying planes for drone filmmaking. And a Japanese tattoo artist taking on the law.

We hear how crisis-stricken Venezuelans are seeking help in Colombia. The black South Korean teenage model battling racism and stereotypes. The long forgotten story of an Afro-Italian champion boxer from the 1920s, whose success in the ring infuriated Italy's then fascist government. And the Syrian wrestling champion turned refugee who is now inspiring a new generation of wrestlers in Canada.

We hear from a father who was caught up in the Manchester suicide bomb attack, and find out why some journalists in Mexico fear for their lives. Plus, the Turkish academic speaking out against the country's political crackdown, relatives of Franco's victims in Spain search for answers, hunting for treasure in South Africa, and all aboard for a magical carousel ride.