VICE - Season 8

VICE - Season 8

Season 8

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Episodes15
DatesMar 7, 2021 - Dec 26, 2021
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Episodes

Talibanistan & Armed and Black
Season 8Episode 130 min

Talibanistan & Armed and Black

What the future of Afghanistan may hold now that American troops are leaving after more than 19 years of war; The major players helping to arm and train Black Americans with guns and why arming up as a Black person can carry unique and deadly risks.

Mar 7, 2021
Nigerian Uprising & The Brink
Season 8Episode 230 min

Nigerian Uprising & The Brink

In 2020, Nigerian demonstrators were gunned down at one of the largest and deadliest protests in a generation. It was a deadly turning point of the #EndSARS movement. Alzo Slade meets the young Nigerians at the center of the movement, and those involved in the crackdown against them; The events of Jan. 6th have been described by many government officials as the closest America has come in centuries to a military coup. Seb Walker sits down with top Trump administration officials to understand what was really going on in those chaotic days.

Mar 14, 2021
Evicted & Haiti's New Strongman
Season 8Episode 330 min

Evicted & Haiti's New Strongman

The US-backed President in Haiti has been accused of corruption and has reportedly used violent gangs to intimidate dissenting citizens. Jason Motlagh embeds with the leader of the gangs to uncover the relationship between the government and recent violence; The housing crisis in America has grown for decades. When eviction moratoriums are lifted, 30 million Americans could face the prospect of having no place to live. Ben Solomon meets those pulled into the cycle of homelessness: from eviction to living on the fringes of society.

Mar 21, 2021
El Darién & Out of Sight
Season 8Episode 430 min

El Darién & Out of Sight

As thousands of migrants make their way toward the United States, many face a grueling 60-mile hike along the Columbia-Panama border through one of the world's most dangerous jungles. Paola Ramos travels to El Darién to meet with migrants facing robbery, rape, and death on the road north; The police-worn body camera is a potent weapon against police brutality, but while sales have skyrocketed, it has yet to fulfill its promise as a silver bullet. Krishna Andavolu investigates body camera functionality, usage, legislation, and impact.

Mar 28, 2021
Egypt's Silent War & Chain of Command
Season 8Episode 530 min

Egypt's Silent War & Chain of Command

Human rights abuses in Egypt; violence and impunity on US military bases.

Apr 4, 2021
Hong Kong's Resistance & Prison Profiteers
Season 8Episode 630 min

Hong Kong's Resistance & Prison Profiteers

VICE journalists continue their deep-dive worldwide mission to cover untold stories of social justice, civil rights and identity, going places most media outlets ignore and finding the stories that matter most. Get ready for another powerful mix of adrenaline and top-quality reportage as we go behind the headlines and off the map to tell the dangerous truth about the world we live in.

Apr 11, 2021
Yemen's War Kids & Joint Custody
Season 8Episode 730 min

Yemen's War Kids & Joint Custody

Isobel Yeung gains rare access to the frontlines of Marib and explores how the escalation in Yemen's conflict is impacting its most vulnerable citizens— children; Krishna Andavolu reports on how parents across the country who use pot can face losing custody of their kids even in states where it has been legalized.

Apr 18, 2021
Shadow War & God and Country
Season 8Episode 830 min

Shadow War & God and Country

With unprecedented access in Iran and Iraq, Suroosh Alvi investigates a sprawling shadow war for the heart of the Middle East; Alzo Slade travels throughout the Bible Belt to see how the evangelical community is grappling with a post-Trump world and shaping the next chapter of the conservative religious landscape.

Apr 25, 2021
Cancer Alley & Cuba's New Revolution
Season 8Episode 930 min

Cancer Alley & Cuba's New Revolution

VICE News' Alzo Slade travels to "Cancer Alley," an 85-mile stretch in Louisiana where nearly 150 petrochemical plants and oil refineries line the Mississippi river, to speak with residents about how this industrial corridor has impacted their health; VICE News' Paola Ramos travels to Cuba to find out if the 62-year-old Communist dictatorship is losing a grip on its people.

Nov 14, 2021
Land of the Free & Ethiopia's War Within
Season 8Episode 1030 min

Land of the Free & Ethiopia's War Within

In the wake of the chaotic 2020 election, a region in northern Idaho called "American Redoubt" has burgeoned. Vegas Tenold reports on the trend of conservatives flocking there to escape liberal cities and put their stamp on local politics; Ethiopia is steeped in the second year of a civil war between Prime Minister Ahmed Abiy's government and the TPLF. Julia Steers covers the conflict, delving into the allegations that former Nobel Peace Prize-winner Abiy is behind an ethnic cleansing operation.

Nov 21, 2021
The Taliban's Terror Problem & Citizen's Arrest
Season 8Episode 1130 min

The Taliban's Terror Problem & Citizen's Arrest

With the US out of Afghanistan, the Taliban are back in control. Despite the group's assurances that the war is over, ISIS-K have ramped up suicide bombings. Isobel Yeung questions the Taliban leadership about their ability to control a terrorist group; In February 2020, Ahmaud Arbery was chased and gunned down by three white men. The men argue that they had every right to pursue Arbery under Georgia's citizens arrest law. Alexis Johnson investigates this Civil War era law and how it's still being used to justify racially-motivated vigilantism.

Nov 28, 2021
State of Surveillance & Killing Dissent
Season 8Episode 1230 min

State of Surveillance & Killing Dissent

Krishna Andavolu dives into how Big Tech's investment in ‘big brother' has allowed a surveillance state to slowly creep into American domestic policy; Ben C. Solomon investigates the poets of Myanmar and their push to rally protests against the military takeover even as they become targeted for death.

Dec 5, 2021
Descent into Darkness & Merging with Machines
Season 8Episode 1330 min

Descent into Darkness & Merging with Machines

Matthew Cassel travels to Lebanon to examine the anatomy of a failed state — from sectarian violence to economic collapse — and the impact of that failure on ordinary people and the region; Alice Hines meets cyborgs, neuroscientists and tech pioneers to explore the rapidly blurring line between biology and technology and what it all means for humanity 2.0.

Dec 12, 2021
'Take Down The CCP' & World's Coolest Dictator
Season 8Episode 1430 min

"Take Down The CCP" & World's Coolest Dictator

Guo Wengui was one of China's richest real estate moguls until he found himself facing corruption charges. He fled the mainland and later reappeared on American soil. Isobel Yeung meets Wengui and explores his web of disinformation spreading throughout the US; El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, owes his popularity to a decline in gang violence. But true to Bukele's persona, the achievement appears to be all public relations. David Noriega travels to El Salvador to find the truth behind the supposed achievements of its millennial president.

Dec 19, 2021
But I Read It Online & No Safe Haven
Season 8Episode 1530 min

But I Read It Online & No Safe Haven

Alzo Slade explores how medical disinformation has proliferated and been politicized under the guise of "alternative health" during the COVID-19 pandemic; Hind Hassan travels to the frontiers of Turkey and Europe, documenting a new migrant crisis and witnessing Greece's abuse of international law as part of Europe's response to the humanitarian crisis they helped create.

Dec 26, 2021

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