Season 6
30 episodes · Apr 6, 2018
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S6E1Raised in the System
Apr 6, 201830mEmmy-nominated actor Michael Kenneth Williams embarks on a personal journey to expose the root of the American mass incarceration crisis: the juvenile justice system.
S6E2Battle for Jerusalem/A Face In The Crowd
Apr 13, 201830mA look at the aftermath of President Trump's announcement to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem and a report from China on advances in facial recognition technology.
S6E3A Revolution in Ruins/New Kids on the Blockchain
Apr 20, 201830mAn inside look at how the Libyan revolution is failing and a front-row seat to the geopolitical tug of war over Internet 3.0.
S6E4The Parkland Effect
Apr 27, 201830mGianna Toboni sees firsthand how some teachers are taking up arms to be the “good guy with a gun that stops a bad guy with a gun” and explores the deep divisions in America that make it seem nearly impossible to stop these mass shootings.
S6E5Massacre in Myanmar/The Blue Helmets
May 4, 201830mGianna 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.
S6E6Iran in Iraq/Dying on the Vine
May 11, 201830mIsobel Yeung travels to Iraq to see how Iran is exerting its growing influence over the war-torn country ahead of parliamentary elections. Gianna Toboni heads to the vineyards of Napa during historic wildfires and the wine laboratories of Bordeaux to explore the dangers facing viticulture, and what they mean for agriculture everywhere.
S6E7Russian Democracy/Global Gag Rule
May 18, 201830mBen Ferguson speaks with Russian voters and politicians to understand how democracy works in their country. Gianna Tobini examines how President Trump's Global Gag Rule impacts women's health in Uganda.
S6E8Printing Tomorrow/Are We Alone?
Jun 1, 201830mKrishna Andavolu delves into the cutting-edge world of 3D-printing, meeting the scientists and entrepreneurs pushing the boundaries of manufacturing, material science, and even space exploration. Scientists are closer than ever to finding life beyond Earth so VICE sent Nuclear physicist Taylor Wilson to explore one of our civilization's most haunting questions: Are we alone?
S6E9No Choice But to Choose/Rebel Republic
Jun 8, 201830mGianna Toboni goes to Michigan to see school choice in action and understand what the future of public education might look like. Ben Anderson reports on the crisis in the Central African Republic, where the government barely controls the capital city, and 75% of the country is in the hands of at least 14 armed groups.
S6E10The Cost of Living/Paradise Lost
Jun 15, 201830mInvestigating 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.
S6E11Separated By Birth
Jun 22, 201830mKrishna Andavolu embeds with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to explore what it’s like to be an American kid growing up in the shadow of deportation.
S6E12The Big Fix/Silicon Valley of India
Jun 29, 201830mThe state of America’s infrastructure; and India’s tech talents, who once emigrated to the U.S. for job opportunities but are now putting their entrepreneurial spirit and engineering skills to use at home.
S6E13A Kurdish State/Out of Space
Jul 6, 201830mIn Iraqi Kurdistan, Vice's Ben Anderson met those involved in the fight from the frontline to the Kurd's former guerrilla president to ask why the group recently voted for independence and what hopes they have for achieving a state of their own. Nuclear physicist Taylor Wilson joined the Air Force Space Command to see how a growing military and commercial space presence threatens the ubiquitous satellites, which are essential to humanity's digital way of life.
S6E14Opioid Generation/Hindustan
Jul 13, 201830mIsobel Yeung examines a surge in West Virginia child welfare cases in light of the country's opioid epidemic. Krishna Andavolu travels across India to investigate the nation's increase in religious nationalism.
S6E15After the Fall
Jul 20, 201830mIsobel 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.
S6E16Waiting to Die/Women in War
Aug 3, 201830mGianna Toboni reports on capital punishment in the U.S. and follows one death-row inmate on his path to the execution chamber; Isobel Yeung travels to Yemen to interview women who are finding surprising ways to rise above terrorism, civil war and famine, and transcend their traditional roles in the country's conservative society.
S6E17Trump's Trade War
Aug 10, 201830mMichael Moynihan examines President Trump's claim that trade wars are easy to win, and what effect his policies could have on the global economy and the number of U.S. jobs.
S6E18A New Leaf/Quantum Supremacy
Aug 17, 201830mCharlet Duboc visits remote towns in Colombia where coca farming is a way of life to examine the struggle to make the nation cocaine-free. Taylor Wilson talks to scientists about the race to build the first quantum computer.
S6E19Trans in Texas/Nicaragua Deja Vu
Aug 24, 201830mGianna 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 seeking to oust President Daniel Ortega and find out what the future may hold.
S6E20American Piety/Terror in Congo
Sep 7, 201830mGianna Toboni travels to America's Bible Belt to see how evangelicals are navigating today's volatile political environment. Ben Anderson reports on the Allied Democratic Forces and their actions inside the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
S6E21Engineering Earth
Sep 14, 201830mAs 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.
S6E22Brainhackers/Fall of Rio
Sep 21, 201830mThomas Morton reports on advances in neurotechnology that could open up new avenues of human experience. Ben Anderson returns to Rio de Janeiro to check on social, economic and political conditions since Brazil hosted the 2016 Olympics and 2012 World Cup.
S6E23Consent
Sep 28, 201830mOne year after the explosive allegations against Harvey Weinstein, the #MeToo movement has impacted everything from Supreme Court nominees and workplace culture to sex and dating. Isobel Yeung takes a searing, personal look at how we define consent, hold assailants accountable and start to move forward.
S6E24Voodoo Wrestling/Big Placebo
Oct 5, 201830mDexter Thomas visits the Democratic Republic of the Congo to explore the sport of catch fétiche and the emergence of women as its new champions. Charlet Duboc reports on alternative medicine in the U.S. and the country's wellness obsession.
S6E25Death Inc./Bannon's World
Nov 9, 201830mGianna Toboni travels to Mexico to investigate the roots of a spiraling murder rate and meets the people who refuse to be silenced. Michael Moynihan visits Sweden, Italy and Belgium to follow former Trump strategist Steve Bannon and witness the rise of Europe's right-wing populist movement.
S6E26The Road to Asylum/Lab Rat Nation
Nov 16, 201830mKrishna Andavolu reports from Central America and the southern U.S. border on the effects of Trump administration policies on thousands of asylum seekers. Vikram Gandhi interviews people who were paid by pharmaceutical companies to try drugs not yet approved by the FDA and report their side effects.
S6E27A Living Hell in Yemen/MDMA for PTSD
Nov 23, 201830mBen Anderson returns to Yemen to witness the devastating effects of four years of war and indiscriminate bombing of civilians. Anderson investigates trials using MDMA-assisted therapy for veterans and first responders suffering from PTSD.
S6E28The War at Home/Putin's Crimea
Nov 30, 201830mGianna Toboni reports on domestic violence in the U.S. and meets women working to fix the shortcomings of a legal system that often fails to protect them. Isobel Yeung investigates how Crimeans are faring under Russian control, and how Ukrainians are clinging to the hope of reunification.
S6E29Doom Boom/Unfair
Dec 7, 201830mExploring the U.S.'s booming doomsday industry; the cultural bias towards lighter skin in India.
S6E30Back in the DPRK/California Burning
Dec 14, 201830mRevisiting the Korean peninsula in the wake of the new detente; the state of California's future in the wake of increasingly deadly fires.