Virginity, Fidelity and Fertility - Tina McElroy Ansa

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Virginity, Fidelity and Fertility

World renowned conservationist and field biologist Alan Rabinowitz ("Man and Beast", MRH episode 902) makes a life-changing friendship while studying the Taron tribe of the Himalayas; a woman describes how her father’s risky entrepreneurial endeavors kept her close-knit Southern family in flux; and a woman raised as a Mormon is terrified that her parents will disown her when she confesses that she has left the faith.

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14:23
Stars On The Ceiling

by Tina McElroy Ansa

A woman describes how her father’s risky entrepreneurial endeavors kept her close-knit Southern family in flux.

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13:27
To Russia With Love

by Elna Baker

A woman raised as a Mormon is terrified that her parents will disown her when she confesses that she has left the faith.

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18:30
The Last Taron

by Alan Rabinowitz

A man finds answers hidden in the canyons of the Himalayas.

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Alan Rabinowitz

While searching the Himalayas, Alan comes across the last of the mysterious Taron people.

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Alan Rabinowitz meets with locals while on his expedition to Myanmar. Photo courtesy of Steve Winter/National Geographic.

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Alan and his friend Dawi, the last Taron. Photo courtesy of Steve Winter/National Geographic.

You can learn more about Alan and his environmental activism by visiting Panthera.

Elna Baker

Elna heads to Siberia to let her Mormon parents know she lost her virginity.

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Elna Baker visits her father’s titanium factory in Siberia. Photos courtesy of Elna Baker.

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