Episode 1
Aired Apr 6, 2018
Raised in the System
With more than 850,000 juvenile arrests annually, the U.S. has the highest incarceration rate of minors; Michael Kenneth Williams explores the young people affected and examines the solutions being enacted around the country.
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Episode 2
Aired Apr 13, 2018
Battle for Jerusalem; A Face in the Crowd
Leaders and civilians on both sides of the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict discuss the United States' plan to move its embassy to Jerusalem; investigating the blurry legal boundaries of facial recognition technology.
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Episode 3
Aired Apr 20, 2018
A Revolution in Ruins; New Kids on the Blockchain
Correspondent Isobel Yeung looks at how the Libyan revolution is failing; correspondent Michael Moynihan investigates blockchain technology and its ability to revolutionize how business is done on the internet and beyond.
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Episode 4
Aired Apr 27, 2018
The Parkland Effect
Gianna Toboni sees how some teachers are taking up arms to protect school students, and explores the deep divisions in America that make it seem nearly impossible to prevent events such as the Parkland, Fla., school shooting.
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Episode 5
Aired May 4, 2018
Massacre in Myanmar; The Blue Helmets
Gianna Toboni travels to the Myanmar-Bangladesh border to investigate what the future holds for the world's most persecuted minority; correspondent Aris Roussinos joins U.N. peacekeepers on a peacekeeping operation across the lawless Sahara desert.
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Episode 6
Aired May 11, 2018
Iran in Iraq; Dying on the Vine
Iran exerts its growing influence over the war-torn country of Iraq ahead of parliamentary elections; the dangers facing viticulture, and what they mean for agriculture everywhere.
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Episode 7
Aired May 18, 2018
Russian Democracy; Global Gag Rule
Russian voters, political candidates and opposition figures reveal how democracy works in the country; the United States' elimination of funding for any nongovernmental organization providing abortion-related services impacts women in Uganda.
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Episode 8
Aired Jun 1, 2018
Printing Tomorrow; Are We Alone?
The cutting-edge research behind 3D printing innovations; nuclear physicist Taylor Wilson explores one of civilization's most perplexing questions.
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Episode 9
Aired Jun 8, 2018
No Choice but to Choose; Rebel Republic
Visiting the state of Michigan to see school choice in action and what the future of public education might look like; the battle for the Central African Republic's many natural resources causes devastating harm to the country and its civilians.
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Episode 10
Aired Jun 15, 2018
The Cost of Living; Paradise Lost
Investigating if a more democratized medicinal future is possible in America; citizens of Puerto Rico struggle to rebuild in the wake of Hurricane Maria, one of the worst natural disasters in the territory's history.
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Episode 11
Aired Jun 22, 2018
Separated by Birth
VICE correspondent Krishna Andavolu embeds with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as it widens its target for enforcement and explores what it's like to be an American child with at least one undocumented immigrant parent.
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Episode 12
Aired Jun 29, 2018
The Big Fix; Silicon Valley of India
President Trump campaigns heavily on overhauling America's crumbling infrastructure; India's best and brightest tech talents put their entrepreneurial spirit and engineering skills to use in Bangalore.
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Episode 13
Aired Jul 6, 2018
A Kurdish State; Out of Space
Ben Anderson visits Iraqi Kurdistan and discusses why the Kurds recently voted for independence and what hopes they have for achieving their own state; nuclear physicist Taylor Wilson discusses space junk's threat to humanity's digital way of life.
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Episode 14
Aired Jul 13, 2018
Opioid Generation; Hindustan
Isobel Yeung goes to West Virginia to investigate a surge in child welfare cases, as opioid-addicted parents fight to keep their families together; Krishna Andavolu travels to India to see how Hindu nationalism affects India's religious minorities.
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Episode 15
Aired Jul 20, 2018
After the Fall
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 and the U.S.-backed coalition, whose collateral damage destroyed most of the city.
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Episode 16
Aired Aug 3, 2018
Waiting to Die; Women in War
Gianna Toboni follows one death row inmate on his arduous path to the execution chamber; resilient women find surprising ways to rise above the conflict in Yemen and transcend traditional roles in their country's conservative society.
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Episode 17
Aired Aug 10, 2018
Trump's Trade War
As President Trump pushes stiff tariffs on imports and works to renegotiate trade deals, some feel his actions may set off an international trade war that could decimate the global economy and actually cost more U.S. jobs.
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Episode 18
Aired Aug 17, 2018
A New Leaf; Quantum Supremacy
Colombia embarks on a unique experiment to try and end coca farming and production, but freeing the country from its cocaine problem proves difficult; computer giants race to build the first quantum computer.
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Episode 19
Aired Aug 24, 2018
Trans in Texas; Nicaragua Déjà Vu
Gianna Toboni returns to Texas to see how the transgender community is fighting to win acceptance and protection; Vikram Gandhi travels to Nicaragua to meet the new revolutionaries and find out what the future might hold for the nation.
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Episode 20
Aired Sep 7, 2018
American Piety; Terror in Congo
Some faith leaders strive to move evangelicalism away from political associations; Ben Anderson reports on the rebel group Allied Democratic Forces, one of the least-known but most violent organizations in the world.
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Episode 21
Aired Sep 14, 2018
Engineering Earth
As greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise at unprecedented levels, scientists work to develop a backup plan to use technology to "geoengineer" the Earth's atmosphere and reduce the effects of climate change.
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Episode 22
Aired Sep 21, 2018
Brainhackers; Fall of Rio
Investigating the emerging push to implant electronic devices inside the human body and hardwire them to the brain; after hosting the 2012 World Cup and 2016 Olympics, Brazil contends with a financial crisis and a rise in violence.
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Episode 23
Aired Sep 28, 2018
Consent
One year after the allegations against Harvey Weinstein, the MeToo movement impacts everything from workplace culture to sex and dating; correspondent Isobel Yeung explores the "gray area" of consent and seeks answers to uncomfortable questions.
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Episode 24
Aired Oct 5, 2018
Voodoo Wrestling; Big Placebo
Mystical voodoo rituals and professional wrestling converge in a popular, polarizing sport in the Democratic Republic of Congo; Charlet Duboc meets devotees and skeptics of alternative medicine to explore the country's wellness obsession.
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Episode 25
Aired Nov 9, 2018
Death Inc.; Bannon's World
Gianna Toboni investigates the roots of Mexico's spiraling murder rate and meets the people who refuse to be silenced; political strategist Steve Bannon heads up new projects to support right-wing populist parties that are surging across Europe.
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Episode 26
Aired Nov 16, 2018
The Road to Asylum; Lab Rat Nation
The effect of the Trump administration's policy changes on the fates of thousands of asylum seekers; healthy human beings are often paid thousands of dollars for trying unapproved drugs in clinical trials and reporting their side effects.
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Episode 27
Aired Nov 23, 2018
A Living Hell; MDMA for PTSD
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates create a humanitarian disaster in Yemen; a new set of trials using MDMA-assisted therapy achieves remarkable results in treating post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Episode 28
Aired Nov 30, 2018
The War at Home; Putin's Crimea
Women work to fix the shortcomings of a legal system that often fails to protect them in cases of domestic violence; Crimeans discuss how they are faring under Russian control, and how Ukrainians are clinging to the hope of reunification.
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Episode 29
Aired Dec 7, 2018
Doom Boom; Unfair
The apocalypse industry is thriving due to shows, movies, the media, and hyper-partisan politics; the Bollywood film system has given rise to a skin-lightening industry worth almost $500 million.
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Episode 30
Aired Dec 14, 2018
Back in the Dark; California Burning
VICE Media founder Shane Smith returns to the Korean peninsula to see how Seoul and Pyongyang are reacting to the new detente; Gianna Toboni travels to the scorched town of Paradise to learn how California can survive a future of deadlier wildfires.
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