Lisa Ling Explains Her New Show, 'Our America,' on 'Oprah' (VIDEO)

Lisa Ling has been making the rounds on talk shows to discuss her new show, 'Our America,' which premiered last week on Oprah Winfrey's OWN. The show features stories about faith healers and those who feel people can be "cured" of being gay through prayer, among other things. Today, she went on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' (weekdays, syndicated) to give people a better understanding of what the show is about.

Winfrey asked Ling what she thought the common thread might be between the different stories. "The common thread really is that all of these people are Americans," Ling replied. "They're people who could be living right next door to you -- they're people who could be in your own home.

Ling said she thought the more people know about each other, the more involved they are as a society. "The reason why I wanted to call it 'Our America' is I really wanted to take ownership of what it means to be an American," she said. "So, yes, some of the issues and the people we cover have controversial lives, but at the end of the day, this really is our story."