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    Prison, Princes and Playgrounds

    A woman sets off in search of transformation and ends up in a harem in Bandar Seri Begawan; a teacher discovers her playground has turned into a 3R.

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    Apr 30, 2017 • 1 min read

    Jillian Lauren (pictured) boards a plane for Brunei in search of a modern day fairy tale. Micaela Blei is an elementary school teacher trying to control a group of third-grade warmongers on the playground.Suzanne Vega's life is threatened hours before taking the stage at the Glastonbury Music Festival. Damien Echols, one of the West Memphis Three, talks about serving 18 years on death row for a crime he did not commit. Hosted by Meg Bowles.

    Learn more or listen again to this week's episode, which originally aired on April 21, 2013.

    Photo: Sarah Stacke

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