VICE: Season 2
Episodes
The Afghan Money Pit & the Pacification of Rio
Mar 14, 2014 · 30 min
The U.S. has spent nearly $100 billion on reconstruction projects in Afghanistan, the most spent on any country in history. But John Sopko, special inspector general for Afghanista
Greenland Is Melting & Bonded Labor
Mar 21, 2014 · 30 min
Greenland recorded its highest temperatures ever in 2013. Though some say that's not cause for concern, the equivalent of three Chesapeake Bays'-worth of water melts off the island
American Scrap & Children of the Drones
Mar 28, 2014 · 30 min
David Choe examines the scrap metal trade in America and Suroosh Alvi explores the effects of drone strikes in Afghanistan.
A Syria of Their Own & White Gold
Apr 4, 2014 · 30 min
'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 ethnic group, the Kurds. 'White Gold' - Rhin
Terrorist University & Armageddon Now
Apr 11, 2014 · 30 min
'Terrorist University' - Dagestan is Russia's hotbed for Muslim extremism; Shane Smith heads there to follow in the footsteps of Boston Marathon Bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev who spent
Rocky Mountain High & North Korean Defectors
Apr 25, 2014 · 30 min
Rocky Mountain High: Impact of legalized marijuana in Colorado; North Korean Defectors: The struggles of North Korean defectors relocating to South Korea.
The Pink Gang Rebellion & Genetic Passport
May 2, 2014 · 30 min
“The Pink Gang Rebellion” - The brutal details of a 2012 gang rape on a Delhi bus focused international attention on India’s rampant rape issue. Inept law enforcement, the social s
The Resource Curse & Deliver Us from Drought
May 9, 2014 · 30 min
As humanity’s appetite for energy grows exponentially, the extraction industry scrambles to the most remote regions on Earth to satisfy demand. In the undeveloped Melanesian countr
Crude Awakening & The Enemy of My Enemy
May 16, 2014 · 30 min
Shane Smith heads to Louisiana to report on the lasting effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Then, Ben Anderson goes deep into Houthi-controlled territory to learn about the
Playing with Nuclear Fire & No Man Left Behind
May 23, 2014 · 30 min
Investigating the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan; veterans struggling with mental illness and addiction.
Heroin Warfare & The Coldest War
Jun 6, 2014 · 30 min
"Heroin Warfare" (correspondent: Suroosh Alvi) - Since the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan, heroin production in the region has skyrocketed, making the country the number-one produc
Surveillance City & The Forgotten War
Jun 13, 2014 · 30 min
"Surveillance City" (correspondent: Vikram Gandhi) - Camden, New Jersey is one of the poorest and drug-ridden cities in the country, and its murder rate is 12 times the national av