Family Ties
A mother tells her son why she’s choosing not to vote this year.
Does voting make a difference? We speak to two immigrants to the US. One is planning to vote this year. The other is not. They both explain why.
Also, a writer with something to reveal about her father; a Liberian refugee who feels safer in Liberia than in the US, and a visit to an American summer camp where the campers speak Russian. Plus, a chestnut pastry recipe so good it changed one woman’s life.
With special guest, Marjolijn deJager, host Marco Werman’s mum.
(Photo: Daniel Gross with his mother in Singapore, courtesy of Daniel Gross)
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A song that connects a daughter to her father
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A refugee’s return
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A Russian summer camp in the middle of America
Duration: 03:26
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- Sat 23 Jul 201604:32GMTBBC World Service except News Internet
- Sat 23 Jul 201617:32GMTBBC World Service except News Internet
- Sun 24 Jul 201610:32GMTBBC World Service except Australasia & News Internet
- Sun 24 Jul 201613:32GMTBBC World Service Australasia
- Sun 24 Jul 201623:32GMTBBC World Service except News Internet
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