Episode 1
Assassination Nation/The Killer Kids of the Taliban
Apr 5, 2013
Assassination Nation: Political assassinations in the Philippines; The Killer Kids of the Taliban: Taliban-supported child suicide bombers in Afghanistan.
Episode 2
Escape from North Korea/World's Most Dangerous Border
Apr 12, 2013
Escape from North Korea: Desperate defectors flee North Korea; The World's Most Dangerous Border: Kashmir’s line of control – the world’s most dangerous place.
Episode 3
Gun School/Toxic Iraq
Apr 19, 2013
Gun School: Armed preparedness in a New Mexico school; Toxic Iraq: the human toll of post-war toxic waste in Iraq.
Episode 4
Chinese Cockblock/European Meltdown
Apr 26, 2013
Chinese Cockblock: The plight of desperate bachelors in China; European Meltdown: ultra-extreme reactions to the economic crisis in Europe.
Episode 5
Mormon Lost Boys/The Fat Farms of Mauritania/Mumbai Slumscraper
May 3, 2013
Mormon Lost Boys: Exiled sons of polygamists; The Fat Farms of Mauritania: fat farms for Mauritanian women; Mumbai Slumscraper: have and have-nots in Mumbai.
Episode 6
Corruption
May 10, 2013
China's Ghost Towns: How China’s appetite for housing created huge ghost cities; Egypt On The Brink: the violent aftermath of Arab Spring in Egypt.
Episode 7
Addiction
May 17, 2013
Tobaccoland: Tobacco obsession in Indonesia; Underground Heroin Clinic: treating heroin addiction with hallucinogens in Mexico.
Episode 8
Fighting Chances
May 31, 2013
Senegalese Laamb Wrestling: Laamb wrestling in Senegal; The World is Sinking: the rising tide of climate change.
Episode 9
Gangs & Oil
Jun 7, 2013
Chiraq: Failed state on the south side of Chicago; Nigeria's Oil Pirates: oil drilling in the Niger River Delta.
Episode 10
The Hermit Kingdom
Jun 14, 2013
Basketball Diplomacy: VICE makes history on a trip to North Korea to play hoops and meet with "supreme leader" Kim Jong-un.
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