Our America with Lisa Ling - Season 5

Season 5
Episodes

Fighting Satan
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.

Transgender Lives: 3 Years Later
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.

The ADHD Explosion
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?

Criminal Informants
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?

Black America's Silent Epidemic
Lisa explores why the HIV rate is disproportionately high in black America by looking at the social and economic forces that drive the epidemic. She'll meet HIV-positive black men and women who are fighting both the stigma and the disease.

Children of the System
Los 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.

Under the Gun
Lisa Ling travels to Philadelphia, a city where 7 people are shot each day, to meet the crusaders who are determined to end gun violence on their streets. As these activists battle on, Philly's citizens hope and pray that together, they can find peace.

Labeled for Life: 18 Months Later
Lisa travels back to Texas to see how 18 months on the Sex Offender Registry has affected Travis Iosue, and finds him 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.

Teen Mom Nation: 2 Years Later
In Season 2 of Our America, Lisa Ling met four very different pregnant teens, all forced to grow up too fast. Two years later we revisit Latanya and Sophie to see how their youthful decisions on motherhood have changed their lives.

The Missing
Each year in America, more than 600,000 people are reported missing. Some are doggedly searched for by friends and family members; others seem to simply disappear, unfound and unlooked for. In this episode, Lisa Ling meets women on both sides of the search: A woman who disappeared for two months as the victim of a notorious kidnapping, and a mother still searching for her daughter who went missing three years ago.
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