VICE

1. S01E01Killer KidsApril 5, 2013—In the Philippines, election season is more like hunting season as rivals simply rub out their opponents instead of defeating them at the po
2. S01E02Bad BordersApril 12, 2013—North Koreans cross the border into China illegally every year--some via a modern-day underground railroad to freedom and eventual citizensh
3. S01E03Guns & AmmoApril 19, 2013—'Gun School' VICE visits the New Life Baptist Church & Academy in Albuquerque, NM, where Pastor Larry Allen preaches guns and teaches gu
4. S01E04Love & RocketsApril 26, 2013—'Chinese Cockblock' In China, where marrying-age men outnumber women by the millions, VICE looks at a lucrative business catered to matchmak
5. S01E05Winners & LosersMay 3, 2013—'Mormon Lost Boys' Young men have been thrown out of their homes because of an edict allowing polygamist church elders to monopolize young g
6. S01E06CorruptionMay 10, 2013—Fifteen years ago, China changed its policy so people could buy their own homes. Real-estate investments boomed, and new cities began poppin
7. S01E07AddictionMay 17, 2013—In Indonesia, VICE visits a clinic that promises cures to a plethora of modern ailments through tobacco and smoking. Ibogaine is a drug made
8. S01E08Fighting ChancesMay 31, 2013—The most popular sport in the West African country of Senegal isn't soccer--it's laamb, combining Greco-Roman wrestling moves with eclectic
9. S01E09Gangs & OilJune 7, 2013—The lethal combination of gangs and guns has turned Chicago into a war zone. VICE visits the city's most dangerous areas; oil theft has beco
10. S01E10The Hermit KingdomJune 14, 2013—VICE makes history on a trip to North Korea to play hoops and meet with supreme leader Kim Jong-un. With NBA great Dennis Rodman and a trio

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

1. S02E01Afghan Money Pit & The Pacification of RioMarch 14, 2014—'Afghan Money Pit' - The U.S. has spent nearly $100 billion on reconstruction projects in Afghanistan, but much of that money has been waste
2. S02E02Greenland Is Melting & Bonded LaborMarch 21, 2014—'Greenland Is Melting' - Shane Smith embarks on an expedition to Greenland with climate scientist Jason Box to investigate why Greenland is
3. S02E03American Scrap & Children of the DronesMarch 28, 2014—'American Scrap' - David Choe looks into the life cycle of scrap metal, from the people who risk their lives to find it, to the yards that b
4. S02E04A Syria of Their Own & White GoldApril 4, 2014—'A Syria of Their Own' - Thomas Morton goes to the frontline of the battle for a Kurdish state to follow the story of Syria's forgotten ethn
5. S02E05Terrorist University & Armageddon NowApril 11, 2014—'Terrorist University' - Dagestan is Russia's hotbed for Muslim extremism; Shane Smith heads there to follow in the footsteps of Boston Mara
6. S02E06Rocky Mountain High & North Korean DefectorsApril 25, 2014—'Rocky Mountain High' - The legalization of marijuana in the U.S. became a reality when Colorado lifted its prohibition on recreational mari
7. S02E07The Pink Gang Rebellion & Genetic PassportMay 2, 2014—'The Pink Gang Rebellion' - The details of a 2012 gang rape on a Delhi bus focused attention on India's rampant rape issue. One woman, Sampa
8. S02E08The Resource Curse & Deliver Us from DroughtMay 9, 2014—'The Resource Curse' - In Papua New Guinea, America's Exxon Mobil has staked its claim to a $19 billion liquid natural-gas project. 'Deliver
9. S02E09Crude Awakening & The Enemy of My EnemyMay 16, 2014—'Crude Awakening'- Shane Smith heads to Louisiana to report on the lasting effects of the BP oil spill. 'The Enemy of My Enemy' - Yemen is a
10. S02E10Playing with Nuclear Fire & No Man Left BehindMay 23, 2014—'Playing with Nuclear Fire' - Three years after the Tohoku earthquake in Japan, citizens and the international community are left wondering
11. S02E11Heroin Warfare & The Coldest WarJune 6, 2014—'Heroin Warfare' Since the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan, heroin production has skyrocketed and led neighboring Iran into the worst heroin
12. S02E12Surveillance City & The Forgotten WarJune 13, 2014—'Surveillance City' - Camden, New Jersey is one of the poorest and drug-ridden cities in the country, prompting the state to install an expe

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

1. S03E01Our Rising OceansMarch 6, 2015—VICE founder Shane Smith travels to the bottom of the world to investigate the instability of the West Antarctic ice sheet and see firsthand
2. S03E02To Serve and Protect & Coming to AmericaMarch 13, 2015—Thomas Morton goes to Ferguson, Mo--the scene of the Michael Brown shooting--for this look at how U.S. SWAT teams and police are being train
3. S03E03We the People & Countdown to ExtinctionMarch 20, 2015—VICE investigates the skyrocketing phenomenon of patriot groups in the U.S., training and taking up arms along the border. Plus, corresponde
4. S03E04Lines in the Sand & Outsourcing EmbryosMarch 27, 2015—Ben Anderson follows the cocaine highway from the streets of Venezuela, to drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean, to the ports of West Afric
5. S03E05Synthetic Drug Revolution & Transsexuals of IranApril 10, 2015—VICE correspondent Hamilton Morris meets the godfather of modern synthetic drugs at his remote lab in New Zealand in this look at the rise o
6. S03E06The Post-Antibiotic World & Indonesia's Palm BombApril 17, 2015—The more we use antibiotics, the more we help dangerous superbugs build up their resistance. Thomas Morton travels along as they search deep
7. S03E07Sweet Home Alabama & Haitian Money PitApril 24, 2015—In 2011, the state of Alabama passed one of the harshest anti-immigrant laws in U.S. history. Thomas Morton goes to Alabama to see what it w
8. S03E08Egyptian Tomb Raiders & Rent a White GuyMay 1, 2015—Correspondent Gianna Toboni goes to Egypt to meet some of the people behind the black-market trade of rare artifacts. Among China's growing
9. S03E09Savior Seeds & India's Water CrisisMay 8, 2015—Genetically modified seeds have been planted around the world and hailed as a solution to global hunger. But these crops have also sparked h
10. S03E10A Prayer for Uganda & KidneyvilleMay 15, 2015—Virulent homophobia is on the rise in Uganda. Isobel Yeung travels there to meet some of the anti-gay leaders teaching intolerance to Uganda
11. S03E11Evolution of a Plague & Campus CoverupJune 5, 2015—Tracing the worst Ebola outbreak in history; sexual assaults and cover-ups on American campuses.
12. S03E12Enemies at the Gates & Global JihadJune 12, 2015—Saudi Arabia's role as both U.S. ally and terrorist spawning ground; the global appeal of ISIS.
13. S03E13Afghanistan After Us & La HaineJune 19, 2015—Ben Anderson returns to Helmand, Afghanistan's most violent province, to investigate the security situation in the country as American invol
14. S03E14Cold War 2.0June 26, 2015—For 45 years, America was locked in the Cold War with the Soviet Union, and fear of global nuclear annihilation was constant. The end of the

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

1. S04E01Boko Haram & Unnatural SelectionFebruary 5, 2016—The terrorist group Boko Haram is responsible for thousands of deaths in Nigeria. Now, the government is determined to drive these militants
2. S04E02Escape to Europe & Cycle of TerrorFebruary 12, 2016—With the war in Syria now in its fifth bloody year, half the country's population has been displaced, and four million have fled. Many are h
3. S04E03Right to DieFebruary 19, 2016 8.0When California enacted the End of Life Option Act amid fierce debate last October, the number of terminally ill Americans with the right to
4. S04E04Beating Blindness & White Collar WeedFebruary 26, 2016—'Beating Blindness' - Doctors and researchers are making incredible strides in the fight against blindness. New assistive technologies and a
5. S04E05Season's bestMeathooked & End of WaterMarch 4, 2016 8.5Massive factory farms are springing up to meet the world's meat demand. But they also dish out enormous environmental harm. Isobel Yeung tra
6. S04E06Return to Yemen & Church and StatesMarch 11, 2016—Ben Anderson returns to Yemen, where Saudi Arabia continues a massive and ruthless bombing campaign against Yemen's Houthi rebels; While man
7. S04E07Palestine Now & Viva Cuba LibreMarch 25, 2016—Ahmed Shihab-Eldin reports from Bethlehem, Hebron, Ramallah and East Jerusalem to explore what life is like for young Palestinians in 2016;
8. S04E08Afghan Women's Rights & Floating ArmoriesApril 8, 2016—With the Taliban gaining ground again, Isobel Yeung reports from Kabul on the fight for dignity and rights for women in Afghanistan. VICE co
9. S04E09The Future of EnergyApril 15, 2016 7.0At the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris last December, world leaders agreed that climate change is an urgent threat, cementing green en
10. S04E10Trump in Dubai & China in AfricaApril 22, 2016—Ben Anderson investigates the plight of migrant workers in Dubai--many of them employed on a project bearing the name of a man who might be
11. S04E11The Deal & City of Lost ChildrenApril 29, 2016—Last year, the US reached an unprecedented agreement with Iran, lifting economic sanctions in exchange for Iran's agreement to limit its nuc
12. S04E12The End of Polio & Collateral DamageMay 6, 2016—Pakistan is the last battleground in the fight to eradicate polio. Ben Anderson travels to Karachi to meet with the health workers putting t
13. S04E13State of SurveillanceMay 27, 2016—NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden leaked details of massive government surveillance programs in 2013, igniting a raging debate over digital p
14. S04E14Heroin Crisis & New Age of NukesJune 3, 2016—Heroin Crisis - America is facing the worst drug epidemic this country has ever seen: more people are dying from overdoses than from car acc
15. S04E15Flint Water Crisis & Libya on the BrinkJune 10, 2016—When the Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi was killed during the 2011 revolution, it seemed like good news for democracy in the Muslim world.
16. S04E16Die TryingJune 17, 2016—The 2014 Ice Bucket Challenge raised millions of dollars for ALS, a fatal neurodegenerative disease, but while the social media wave gave ne
17. S04E17Student Debt & Fecal MedicineJune 24, 2016—'Student Debt' - Americans owe $1.3 trillion in student loans --second only to home mortgages. The rise in student loan borrowing is tied to
18. S04E18The New $pace Race & Closing GitmoJuly 1, 2016—'The New $pace Race' - Decades after the Apollo missions, a new era of manned spaceflight is dawning -- and this time, the destination is Ma

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

1. S05E01Assad's Syria & Cost of Climate ChangeFebruary 24, 2017—After six years of civil war, Bashar al-Assad, Syria's longtime dictator, is poised to re-take full control of his country; the economic sta
2. S05E02Trans YouthMarch 3, 2017—Families and doctors rewrite the rules as they decide when and how to start medical intervention before transgender youth hit puberty.
3. S05E03Season's bestWhen the Earth Melts & The DisplacedMarch 10, 2017 10.0When the Earth MeltsCorrespondent: Ben AndersonWith climate change warming the Arctic at an alarming rate, the frozen earth that covers almo
4. S05E04Kings of Cannabis & Into the DarknessMarch 17, 2017 6.5Two strain hunters scour the Democratic Republic of Congo searching for one of the rarest species of cannabis; nuclear physicist Taylor Wils
5. S05E05Black and Blue & Our Bionic FutureMarch 24, 2017 9.0In St. Louis, activists and police officers talk about race and policing; recent advancements in bioengineering bring about scientific break
6. S05E06End of AmateurismMarch 31, 2017—College athletics have seen explosive revenue growth in the last decade, fueled by media contracts and corporate sponsors. In order to enter
7. S05E07Life Under Sharia & Plastic OceansApril 7, 2017—"Life Under Sharia" - VICE co-founder Suroosh Alvi travels to Aceh and across Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, to experi
8. S05E08Fast Food of Arabia & NollywoodApril 21, 2017—"Fast Food of Arabia" - Gianna Toboni travels to Kuwait, now one of the most obese countries on the planet, to witness the health effects on
9. S05E09Medical Détente & BananasApril 28, 2017—There are thousands of types of bananas but Americans have eyes for only one kind - the very marketable yellow Cavendish, which accounts for
10. S05E10Taliban ResurgenceMay 5, 2017—The Taliban now control more territory than they have at any point since they were overthrown in 2001. Yet the war in Afghanistan barely get
11. S05E11Engineering Immortality & Robot RevolutionMay 12, 2017—Looming breakthroughs in genomics, pharmaceuticals and stem cell research bring humanity to a second longevity explosion; robotics and the c
12. S05E12Women Behind Bars & The Business of Making ArtMay 19, 2017—The number of women incarcerated in the U.S. has increased 700% since 1980, overwhelming prisons and jails originally designed for men. The
13. S05E13Taking Back Iraq & Lost GenerationJune 2, 2017—Taking Back IraqThe city of Mosul has been central in the war to defeat Islamic State. In 2014, Iraqi troops surrendered Iraq's second large
14. S05E14The Politics of Terror & End of the EU?June 9, 2017—The Politics of TerrorWhile Donald Trump's election in the U.S. came as a surprise to many, his victory is part of a global trend. In the wa
15. S05E15Future of Firearms & Russia "Wins" Climate ChangeJune 16, 2017—The firearms industry experienced unprecedented growth in the last decade. Fear of government regulation drove much of that growth as Presid
16. S05E16Cyber Supremacy & Japan RisingJune 23, 2017—"Cyber Supremacy" - Ben Ferguson travels to Tel Aviv to find out how Israel is on its way to becoming the world's top cyber superpower. "Jap
17. S05E17Last Line of Defense & El RostroJune 30, 2017—"Last Line of Defense" - With the Constitutional right to fair representation in a court of law in jeopardy, Cord Jefferson heads to one of
18. S05E18Power to the PresidentJuly 14, 2017—When factions of the Turkish military attempted to stage a coup last year, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government reacted with a forcef
19. S05E19Crude Reality & Between Oil and WaterJuly 28, 2017—Last year, thousands of Native Americans and environmental activists from across the country converged at Standing Rock in an effort to bloc
20. S05E20Autism Under the LensAugust 4, 2017—Today, one in 68 children will be diagnosed with the developmental condition autism, a number that has more than doubled in the last two dec
21. S05E21Show of Force & Return to SomaliaAugust 11, 2017—"Show of Force" - VICE travels to North Korea during the annual Day of the Sun celebrations as global tensions reached a fever pitch. As Nor
22. S05E22Controlling the Narrative & Power to CongoAugust 18, 2017—Press freedom around the world has reached its lowest point in more than a decade, with many authoritarian governments imprisoning journalis
23. S05E23Dawn of a DictatorAugust 25, 2017—In early 2017 Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced moves that would turn the world's most oil-rich nation from a democracy into a d
24. S05E24Dirty Oil & Rebuilding Our ReefsSeptember 8, 2017—Nigeria is Africa's largest oil producer, but the billions of dollars it generates have not trickled down to the majority of the population.
25. S05E25Dark Web & Future of AppalachiaSeptember 15, 2017—Nowhere in America can the coal industry's hurt be seen and felt more than in Appalachia. The region's economy revolves around coal, and mor
26. S05E26Divide and Conquer & Crackdown in HondurasSeptember 22, 2017—"Divide and Conquer" - The maps that place voters together for statehouse and Congressional races are the building blocks of a representativ
27. S05E27Russian Hacking & ContagionSeptember 29, 2017—The outbreak of an infectious disease sparks worldwide panic nearly every year, and as humans cluster themselves in denser cities and furthe
28. S05E28Post-Truth News & MicrobiomeOctober 6, 2017—"Post-Truth News" - The U.S. is more divided across party lines than ever before in recent American history, and nowhere are these divisions
29. S05E29After ISIS & Cubs of the CaliphateOctober 13, 2017—The fight to retake Mosul, the biggest city in ISIS' so-called caliphate, lasted more than ten months and was the biggest urban battle since

Season 5 ranked & reviewed

1. S06E01Raised in the SystemApril 6, 2018 10.0Having grown up in Brooklyn's Vanderveer projects, emmy-nominated actor Michael Kenneth Williams has seen first-hand how family and close fr
2. S06E02Battle for Jerusalem & A Face in the CrowdApril 13, 2018—Leaders and civilians on both sides of the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict discuss the United States' plan to move its embassy to Jerus
3. S06E03A Revolution in Ruins & New Kids on the BlockchainApril 20, 2018—Correspondent Isobel Yeung looks at how the Libyan revolution is failing; correspondent Michael Moynihan investigates blockchain technology
4. S06E04The Parkland EffectApril 27, 2018—Gianna Toboni sees how some teachers are taking up arms to protect school students, and explores the deep divisions in America that make it
5. S06E05Massacre In Myanmar & The Blue HelmetsMay 4, 2018—Gianna Toboni travels to the Myanmar-Bangladesh border to investigate what the future holds for the world's most persecuted minority; corres
6. S06E06Iran in Iraq & Dying on the VineMay 11, 2018—Iran exerts its growing influence over the war-torn country of Iraq ahead of parliamentary elections; the dangers facing viticulture, and wh
7. S06E07Russian Democracy & Global Gag RuleMay 18, 2018—Russian voters, political candidates and opposition figures reveal how democracy works in the country; the United States' elimination of fun
8. S06E08Printing Tomorrow & Are We Alone?June 1, 2018—The cutting-edge research behind 3D printing innovations; nuclear physicist Taylor Wilson explores one of civilization's most perplexing que
9. S06E09No Choice But to Choose & Rebel RepublicJune 8, 2018—Gianna Toboni travels to Betsy DeVos' home state of Michigan to investigate the charter school movement and understand what the future of pu
10. S06E10The Cost of Living & Paradise LostJune 15, 2018—An exploration of how big pharmaceuticals are impacting Americans. A visit to Puerto Rico, where many residents are still reeling from the d
11. S06E11Separated by BirthJune 22, 2018—Over four million U.S.-born children living in the United States have at least one undocumented immigrant parent
12. S06E12The Big Fix & Silicon Valley of IndiaJune 29, 2018—Thomas Morton explores how bad our infrastructure is crumbling—and if Trump is really keeping his promises. Then, Krishna Andavolu heads to
13. S06E13A Kurdish State & Out of SpaceJuly 6, 2018—In Iraqi Kurdistan, Vice's Ben Anderson met those involved in the fight from the frontline to the Kurd's former guerrilla president to ask w
14. S06E14Opioid Generation & HindustanJuly 13, 2018—Isobel Yeung examines a surge in West Virginia child welfare cases in light of the country's opioid epidemic. Krishna Andavolu travels acros
15. S06E15After the FallJuly 20, 2018—Isobel Yeung returns to Syria to tell the stories of those who were caught in the crossfire between the most feared terror group on Earth an
16. S06E16Waiting to Die & Women in WarAugust 3, 2018—Gianna Toboni looks at the use of capital punishment in America today as some states experiment with unconventional drug cocktails and other
17. S06E17Trump's Trade WarAugust 10, 2018—Donald Trump made bringing jobs back to America a central part of his campaign. Now, President Trump is trying to do just that, pushing stif
18. S06E18A New Leaf & Quantum SupremacyAugust 17, 2018—Charlet Duboc travels to Colombia where a 2016 peace agreement between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
19. S06E19Trans in Texas and Nicaragua Deja VuAugust 24, 2018—Gianna Toboni returns to Texas to see how the transgender community is fighting to win acceptance and protection. Vikram Gandhi travels to N
20. S06E20American Piety & Terror in CongoSeptember 7, 2018—Gianna Toboni travels to the Bible Belt where wide support for Donald Trump in 2016, against a backdrop of scandals, has brought heavy media
21. S06E21Engineering EarthSeptember 14, 2018—Greenhouse gas emissions are at unprecedented levels and still rising. As climate deniers and their allies in industry and government thwart
22. S06E22Brainhackers & Fall of RioSeptember 21, 2018—Thomas Morton takes a look at an emerging push to implant electronic devices inside the human body, hardwire them to our brains, and allow u
23. S06E23ConsentSeptember 28, 2018—One year after the explosive allegations against Harvey Weinstein, the #MeToo movement has impacted everything from Supreme Court nominees a
24. S06E24Voodoo Wrestling and Big PlaceboOctober 5, 2018—Mystical voodoo rituals and professional wrestling converge in Catch Fétiche, a popular, polarizing sport in the Democratic Republic of the
25. S06E25Death Inc. and Bannon's WorldNovember 9, 2018—With more than 20,000 homicides so far, 2018 is on track to be Mexico's deadliest year on record. In a country where over 90% of crimes go u
26. S06E26The Road To Asylum and Lab Rat NationNovember 16, 2018—Over the last year, the Trump administration has increased its efforts to crack down on asylum in America. Citing widespread abuse and fraud
27. S06E27A Living Hell and MDMA for PTSDNovember 23, 2018—After nearly four years of war in Yemen, at least 10,000 civilians have been killed, while millions more have fled their homes and now face
28. S06E28The War at Home & Putin's CrimeaNovember 30, 2018—Gianna Toboni investigates the role firearms play in domestic violence and meets the women working to fix the shortcomings of a legal system
29. S06E29Doom Boom & UnfairDecember 7, 2018—Throughout human history, doomsayers - people predicting the end of the world - have lived largely on the fringes of society. Today, however
30. S06E30Back in the DPRK & California BurningDecember 14, 2018—California is experiencing its worst wildfire season in a decade, and November's Camp Fire was the deadliest, most destructive fire in the s

Season 6 ranked & reviewed

1. S07E01Keepers of the Caliphate & Sim KidsMarch 29, 2020—VICE's team gained unique access at Camp al-Hol in Northeastern Syria, where tens of thousands of women and children who once lived under IS
2. S07E02India Burning & Russia's Fight FactoryApril 5, 2020 8.7With India's leaders ramping up Hindu nationalist rhetoric, there is growing fear among the nation's 200 million Muslims; the tiny Russian R
3. S07E03Battle for Idlib & Seeking SolitudeApril 12, 2020—Correspondent Isobel Yeung gains rare access inside Idlib, Syria's last rebel-held territory, as President Assad and his allies mount a brut
4. S07E04Warning from Wuhan & Cuban Hostage CrisisApril 19, 2020—Correspondent Krishna Andavolu presents the video diary of Chinese citizen journalist Chen Qiushi to illustrate the full impact of COVID-19
5. S07E05Quitting Wework & Losing Ground & Italy's Darkest HourApril 26, 2020—In this 1-hour episode, correspondent Seb Walker examines the spectacular rise and fall of WeWork, and delves into the world of venture capi
6. S07E06Three Borders, One War & Generation TiktokMay 3, 2020—Correspondent David Noriega reports from the border between Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina, a lawless place where criminal gangs are more p
7. S07E07Fighting Covid & Atomic AtollsMay 10, 2020—Following front-line healthcare workers as they take on the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis; the nuclear legacy of the United States' atomic w
8. S07E08Terror in the Sahel & Corona CrashMay 17, 2020—Ben Anderson goes to Burkina Faso, where a fast-growing humanitarian crisis spins out of control as the Sahel becomes the new epicenter of t
9. S07E09Maximum Pressure & the UnreachablesMay 24, 2020—A look at the role of sanctions and mismanagement in Iran's fate in the wake of COVID-19, including an interview with former Iranian Preside
10. S07E10Death at Parchman & UndocumentedMay 31, 2020—Correspondent Gianna Toboni examines how Mississippi's Department of Corrections neglected Parchman Prison for years until recent riots and
11. S07E11Viral Racism & Spring Break ForeverJune 7, 2020—As COVID-19 sweeps across the world, Senior Correspondent Isobel Yeung explores how Asian Americans are being discriminated against in their
12. S07E12Citizen's Unrest & Brazil's "Little Flu" & Know Your EnemyJune 14, 2020—Minneapolis is the center of the Black Lives Matter protest movement; the impact of COVID-19 on Brazil's most vulnerable populations; as the
13. S07E13Crackdown in Cambodia & The Last RespondersJune 21, 2020—How the COVID-19 pandemic is being used in Cambodia as a cover for political repression by one of the world's longest-serving leaders; New Y

Season 7 ranked & reviewed

1. S08E01Talibanistan & Armed and BlackMarch 7, 2021—What the future of Afghanistan may hold now that American troops are leaving after more than 19 years of war; The major players helping to a
2. S08E02Nigerian Uprising & The BrinkMarch 14, 2021—In 2020, Nigerian demonstrators were gunned down at one of the largest and deadliest protests in a generation. It was a deadly turning point
3. S08E03Evicted & Haiti's New StrongmanMarch 21, 2021—The US-backed President in Haiti has been accused of corruption and has reportedly used violent gangs to intimidate dissenting citizens. Jas
4. S08E04El Darién & Out of SightMarch 28, 2021—As thousands of migrants make their way toward the United States, many face a grueling 60-mile hike along the Columbia-Panama border through
5. S08E05Egypt's Silent War & Chain of CommandApril 4, 2021—Human rights abuses in Egypt; violence and impunity on US military bases.
6. S08E06Hong Kong's Resistance & Prison ProfiteersApril 11, 2021—VICE journalists continue their deep-dive worldwide mission to cover untold stories of social justice, civil rights and identity, going plac
7. S08E07Yemen's War Kids & Joint CustodyApril 18, 2021—Isobel Yeung gains rare access to the frontlines of Marib and explores how the escalation in Yemen's conflict is impacting its most vulnerab
8. S08E08Shadow War & God and CountryApril 25, 2021—With unprecedented access in Iran and Iraq, Suroosh Alvi investigates a sprawling shadow war for the heart of the Middle East; Alzo Slade tr
9. S08E09Cancer Alley & Cuba's New RevolutionNovember 14, 2021—VICE News' Alzo Slade travels to "Cancer Alley," an 85-mile stretch in Louisiana where nearly 150 petrochemical plants and oil refineries li
10. S08E10Land of the Free & Ethiopia's War WithinNovember 21, 2021—In the wake of the chaotic 2020 election, a region in northern Idaho called "American Redoubt" has burgeoned. Vegas Tenold reports on the tr
11. S08E11The Taliban's Terror Problem & Citizen's ArrestNovember 28, 2021—With the US out of Afghanistan, the Taliban are back in control. Despite the group's assurances that the war is over, ISIS-K have ramped up
12. S08E12State of Surveillance & Killing DissentDecember 5, 2021—Krishna Andavolu dives into how Big Tech's investment in ‘big brother' has allowed a surveillance state to slowly creep into American domest
13. S08E13Descent into Darkness & Merging with MachinesDecember 12, 2021—Matthew Cassel travels to Lebanon to examine the anatomy of a failed state — from sectarian violence to economic collapse — and the impact o
14. S08E14"Take Down The CCP" & World's Coolest DictatorDecember 19, 2021—Guo Wengui was one of China's richest real estate moguls until he found himself facing corruption charges. He fled the mainland and later re
15. S08E15But I Read It Online & No Safe HavenDecember 26, 2021—Alzo Slade explores how medical disinformation has proliferated and been politicized under the guise of "alternative health" during the COVI

Season 8 ranked & reviewed

1. S09E01Putin's Playbook & United States of VigilantesMay 1, 2022—Hind Hassan reports on the Russian invasion of Ukraine from Kharkiv, one of the cities worst-affected by Putin's tactic of brutal and indisc
2. S09E02Russian Mercenaries & Treat, Release, RepeatMay 8, 2022—Julia Steers gives viewers an unprecedented look at the global operations of the Kremlin-backed private military force, Wagner Group, as its
3. S09E03Freeing Brittney Griner & Conservative UtopiaMay 15, 2022—Alexis Johnson takes a look at the potential fate of WNBA star Brittney Griner, one of the last Americans in Russian prison at the onset of
4. S09E04The Price of Oil & Chasing GhostsMay 29, 2022—Hind Hassan travels to Somaliland to investigate the shadowy supply chain for frankincense, one of the world's oldest traded commodities use
5. S09E05Hack Back & This Is Not Your LandJune 5, 2022—Ben Ferguson gets an inside look at the cyberwar between Ukraine and Russia, and how it's changing the rules of war in real time; David Nori
6. S09E06Post-Roe America & Ready Player EarnJune 12, 2022—Gianna Toboni meets with politicians, abortion providers and women to understand how drastically the country could change in a post-Roe worl
7. S09E07Guyana for Sale & Moors RisingJune 19, 2022—Isobel Yeung goes undercover in Guyana to investigate corruption in large-scale development projects, as the small South American country be
8. S09E08The Russian Bubble & After the SiegeJune 26, 2022—Alec Luhn reports from Moscow and Dagestan on how propaganda has convinced a majority of Russians to support Putin's bloody and costly invas
9. S09E09Addiction in Afghanistan & Blurred Blue LineJuly 31, 2022—Isobel Yeung is in Afghanistan, exploring the Taliban's ban on drugs – and the issues with addiction; Vegas Tenold heads to the Midwest to s
10. S09E10Smugglers of the Caribbean & Felony MurderAugust 7, 2022—Dexter Thomas Jr. travels to Alabama to learn about the Felony Murder rule and speaks to those most affected by it; As the surge of migrants
11. S09E11Killing for Success & Marcos ReturnsAugust 14, 2022—Alzo Slade investigates the intersection of music and violence in Drill music, the most popular subgenre of rap today; Natashya Gutierrez tr
12. S09E12Sri Lanka Revolts & God Save BrazilAugust 21, 2022—Isobel Yeung goes to Brazil's Javari Valley, where evangelical missionaries and indigenous tribes are battling over the soul of the Amazon –
13. S09E13The Replaced & The MissingAugust 28, 2022—Vegas Tenold takes us to the heart of far-right America to understand the enduring power of the Great Replacement Theory, and its lethality;
14. S09E14False Positive & Taiwan Under ThreatSeptember 11, 2022—Alice Hines investigates how inaccurate drug tests could be determining hundreds of thousands of court cases and upending the lives of peopl
15. S09E15Uncensored & Battle for AfricaSeptember 18, 2022—Hanako Montgomery explores why Japan hasn't moved to ban sexual depictions of children in manga, despite international and domestic pressure
16. S09E16Isis Jailbreak & Right Wing StarsSeptember 18, 2022—Hind Hassan travels to Syria to find out how a resurgent Islamic State nearly managed to free thousands of its imprisoned militants from und

Season 9 ranked & reviewed

1. S10E01Syrian Aftershock & Almost IntelligentMay 7, 2023—Hind Hassan travels to northwest Syria to investigate a recent devastating earthquake and what prevented critical humanitarian aid from gett
2. S10E02Lynching for God & BackgroundedMay 14, 2023—Isobel Young meets with religious hardliners in Pakistan, where insulting The Prophet is constitutionally punishable by death, and reports o
3. S10E03The State of Israel & The Other Drug CrisisMay 21, 2023—Matthew Cassel covers Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's return to power by partnering with far-right political parties and their h
4. S10E04Detransitioners & Draining the DRCJune 4, 2023—Alyza Enriques unpacks the role of detransitioners, or formerly trans-identifying people who have stopped medical treatment, in legislative
5. S10E05Lone Star Justice & The Cost of WarJune 11, 2023—Paola Ramos travels to Texas to see how Republican Governor Greg Abbott's border enforcement initiative, Operation Lone Star, is potentially
6. S10E06Catfished By Captives & The DisappearedJune 18, 2023—Natashya Gutierrez travels to Southeast Asia to explore a dark new form of online scamming, known as "pig butchering", that is involuntarily
7. S10E07Charged With Terror & Ukraine's Stolen ChildrenJune 25, 2023—Vegas Tenold examines how new domestic terrorism laws in Georgia have alarmed some civil rights groups who worry that these efforts to comba

Season 10 ranked & reviewed