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Season 14 · Episode 19

The Revolutionary Optimists

0.01h 0mJune 17, 2013

Amlan Ganguly, a lawyer-turned social entrepreneur, has sown hope in the poorest neighborhoods of Calcutta by empowering children to become leaders in improving health, health, transforming their communities for the better.

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Episode 2Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide (Part 2)
Episode 4Love Free or Die
Episode 5Solar Mamas
Episode 6Park Avenue: Money, Power & the American Dream
Episode 7Soul Food Junkies
Episode 8Beauty Is Embarrassing
Episode 9The Revisionaries
Episode 10The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights
Episode 11Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Episode 12The House I Live In; As I Am
Episode 13Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines
Episode 14The Island President
Episode 15The Undocumented
Episode 16Seeking Asian Female
Episode 17The Invisible War
Episode 18Detropia
Episode 19The Revolutionary Optimists
Episode 20Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman's Journey
Episode 21The Waiting Room
Episode 22The Graduates
Episode 24Young Lakota
Episode 25Playwright: From Page to Stage
Episode 26Jiro Dreams of Sushi