| Sri Lanka - Human rights and the root of civil war |
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 Former Tamil Tiger
Jonathan talks to Nirmala Rajasingam, a Sri Lankan woman living in London. Nirmala joined the Tamil Tigers over 20 years ago to protect the rights of her Tamil community, but became disillusioned with the organisation and its brutal repression. She speaks about her life as a Tiger, the murder of her sister by Tamils, and her hopes for the future of Sri Lanka.
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| Theme: The right to health insurance |
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 Patient care, compromised
Dr. Neva Bartholomew was doing the job she loved, working as a primary care physician, serving families she knew personally - until the red tape of US health insurance companies forced her out of the field.
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 "Code Red"
Kairol Rosenthal from Chicago has a commentary about how going through a period of having no health insurance while suffering from cancer taught her to be an excellent liar in order to get the care she needed.
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 The Heart of Jenin
Jonathan speaks with Ismael Khatib, a Palestinian father from the West Bank City of Jenin. When his son was shot by Israeli soldiers, Ismael surprised everyone by donating his son's organs to Israeli children. His story is the subject of the documentary, The Heart of Jenin.
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 Returning Ganesh
When Kannan Arunasalam learnt his statue of the elephant-headed god, Ganesh, was likely taken from a temple in the war-ravaged north of Sri Lanka, he vowed to return it. But now that the war is over, conditions are still too fragile, so the statue sits in his apartment, for now.
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