Seasons & episodes
S3 · E2To Serve and Protect & Coming to America 2015-03-13 · 30 min
“To Serve and Protect” – Thomas Morton reports from Ferguson, Mo., in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, and interviews journalist Radley Balko about the militarization of police in the U.S.. “Coming to America” – Suroosh Alvi visits El Salvador to observe the reasons behind mass migration north, and chronicles a journey through Central America on top of trains that leads to the U.S.
S3 · E3We The People & Countdown to Extinction 2015-03-20 · 30 min
“We the People” – A recent study funded by the Department of Homeland Security listed domestic right-wing groups as two of the top three greatest terrorist threats in America. Host Gianna Toboni investigates these so-called patriots, training and taking up arms along the border. “Countdown to Extinction” – Correspondent Isobel Yeung visits the Mozambique Channel and the Gulf of Mexico to get an idea of how much we've overfished our oceans, and what we can now do to reverse that trend.
S3 · E4Lines in the Sand & Outsourcing Embryos 2015-03-27 · 30 min
Drug trafficking in Africa. Indian women who are paid to carry babies for wealthy foreigners.
S3 · E5Synthetic Drug Revolution & Transsexuals of Iran 2015-04-10 · 30 min
The future of recreational drugs. Sex-change surgeries in Iran.
S3 · E6The Post-Antibiotic World & Indonesia's Palm Bomb 2015-04-17 · 30 min
The palm oil industry in Indonesia and the search for new antibiotics.
S3 · E7Sweet Home Alabama & Haitian Money Pit 2015-04-24 · 30 min
Thomas Morton reports on the fallout from anti-immigration legislation in Alabama. Vikram Gandhi visits Haiti to examine what happened to billions of dollars in relief and reconstruction aid following the 2010 earthquake.
S3 · E8Egyptian Tomb Raiders & Rent a White Guy 2015-05-01 · 30 min
Gianna Toboni investigates who's behind the looting of antiquities in the Middle East in the aftermath of the Arab Spring. Thomas Morton reports on the popularity of Western white males in China.
S3 · E9Savior Seeds & India's Water Crisis 2015-05-08 · 30 min
The future of food and genetically modified organisms. India's shortage of clean water.
S3 · E10A Prayer for Uganda & Kidneyville 2015-05-15 · 30 min
Anti-gay leaders teach intolerance to Uganda's youth. The illegal market for kidneys in Bangladesh.
S3 · E11Evolution of a Plague & Campus Coverup 2015-06-05 · 30 min
An investigation of sexual assault on college campuses and why schools try to keep it off the record includes remarks by Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.). Also: a report on the Ebola outbreak in Africa.
S3 · E12Enemies at the Gates & Global Jihad 2015-06-12 · 30 min
Suroosh Alvi travels to Saudi Arabia to see how America's staunchest Arab ally is defending itself - and how it may be fanning the flames of global militancy. Gianna Toboni travels to Europe to meet some of the young men drawn to ISIS's call, and visits with American Navy strike pilots working to roll back the Islamic State's gains.
S3 · E13Afghanistan After Us & La Haine 2015-06-19 · 30 min
Ben Anderson returns to Helmand, the country'smost violent province, to investigate the security situation in Afghanistan as American involvement winds down. Vikram Gandhi goes to Paris to gauge the causes of the growing hate in the City of Lights.
S3 · E14Cold War 2.0 2015-06-26 · 30 min
The increasingly strained relationship between Russia and NATO is examined in the Season 3 finale, which includes remarks by U.S. president Barack Obama and vice president Joe Biden.
S4 · E1Boko Haram & Unnatural Selection 2016-02-05 · 30 min
Former Navy SEAL and new VICE correspondent Kaj Larsen travels to Nigeria to see what the cat-and-mouse game between the terrorist group Boko Haram and the Nigerian government means for the people caught in the middle of the fight. Isobel Yeung reports from Brazil, Scotland, China, and the United States on the technological advances that could reshape evolution as we know it.
S4 · E2Escape to Europe & Cycle of Terror 2016-02-12 · 30 min
New VICE correspondent Ahmed Shihab-Eldin follows the Syrian refugee trail from the Syrian border to Europe, meeting Syrians determined to find a better life. Gianna Toboni travels to France and around the U.S. to see how the global reaction to the bloody ISIS attacks in Paris is affecting the fight against terrorism.
S4 · E3Right to Die 2016-02-19 · 30 min
VICE explores the moral, political and personal questions raised by how and when we end our lives.
S4 · E4Beating Blindness & White Collar Weed 2016-02-26 · 30 min
Isobel Yeung reports on the doctors and researchers who are making incredible strides in the fight against blindness. Hamilton Morris travels to California's infamous Emerald Triangle to meet struggling mom-and-pop growers, and visits with the investors and entrepreneurs eager to cash in on the next big consumer market--even if it could put the small guys out of business.
S4 · E5Meathooked & End of Water 2016-03-04 · 30 min
Isobel Yeung travels to the feedlots, farms and slaughterhouses where our meat is made, to see the true costs of our burger habit. Vikram Gandhi reports from California's once-abundant farmland and the heart of Sao Paulo's reservoir system to assess the depths of the water shortage crisis, and what can be done to reverse it.
S4 · E6Return to Yemen & Church and States 2016-03-11 · 30 min
Ben Anderson returns to Yemen, where he reported 'The Enemy of My Enemy' for VICE S2, to witness one of the worlds most bloody and underreported conflicts - the Yemen's Houthi rebels insurrection in Saudi Arabia. Gianna Toboni meets some of the families who are navigating the new landscape of legalized same-sex marriage, and hears from supporters of religious freedom laws, as VICE explores where the battle for equal rights heads from here.
S4 · E7Palestine Now & Viva Cuba Libre 2016-03-25 · 30 min
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin reports from Bethlehem, Hebron, Ramallah and East Jerusalem to explore what life is like for young Palestinians in 2016. Shane Smith visits the 2015 Summit of the Americas to see the political thawing of relationships between Cuba and the United States, and then Havana, Cuba to speak to Cubans about how music and culture are helping bridge the divide between two former enemies.
S4 · E8Afghan Women's Rights & Floating Armories 2016-04-08 · 30 min
With the Taliban gaining ground again, Isobel Yeung reports from Kabul on the fight for dignity and rights of women in Afghanistan. VICE co-founder Suroosh Alvi reports from a private military contractors' floating armories in the Gulf of Aden to take a closer look who's protecting global commerce today.
S4 · E9The Future of Energy 2016-04-15 · 30 min
VICE founder Shane Smith takes an in-depth look at the future of how we make and use energy, and how we can meet growing demand as we cut carbon emissions.
S4 · E10Trump in Dubai & China in Africa 2016-04-22 · 30 min
VICE Correspondent Ben Anderson investigates the 5 million migrant workers in The United Arab Emirates, many of whom are employed on a project bearing the name of a man who might be our next president, Donald Trump. VICE Correspondent Isobel Yeung heads to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya and South Africa to meet the characters behind the China-Africa business deals and explores what this increasingly prominent relationship could mean for the future of global politics.
S4 · E11The Deal & City of Lost Children 2016-04-29 · 30 min
VICE founder Shane Smith travels to Tehran to gauge attitudes about America and see the reactor that started Iran's nuclear program, and meets with key dealmakers--and critics--in Washington, DC. VICE correspondent Thomas Morton reports from Kolkata, where entire tribes of homeless children run rampant along the tracks of Howrah Station.