Australian Backpacker Rescues Family from North Korea (VIDEO)

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In 2009, Dick Stolp helped Hyeonseo Lee and her family escape from North Korea; watch Lee’s TED Talk and see their emotional reunion.

Exiting the Gene Pool

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THE VASECTOMY FILES: A Film by Jonathan Stack

Is American Hyphenated?

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An Aussie soldier challenges his Yank counterpart to drop the hyphen from his American identity.

Iris: The Story of a Polio Mother

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The story of a boy from Hardscrabble, Illinois, and his courageous mother.

What Is Meant to Be?

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Atalwin Pilon travels from the monasteries of Thailand to the Sydney gay scene, and finds we are all connected.

Halfway Around the World, A Tipping Point

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Brought low by heartbreak and as far from home as possible, Atalwin Pilon finds a tipping point, and gratitude.

The Hospitality Business

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Imagine hospitality extended to one’s self: to be able to welcome all aspects of the self, all emotions, sensations and phenomena as honorable guests.

Virgin Airlines Australia Thinks All Men Are Potential Pedophiles

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Men can’t sit next to unaccompanied children on Virgin Airlines Australia, according to the policy handed to firefighter Johnny McGirr.

Julian Assange’s Body Double Works For Free

Phil Keenan looks like fellow Australian Julian Assange

When people think they’ve seen me before, it’s because they think I’m Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.