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Episode 1: What is VICE? (Extended)
2013-03-2530 min
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25 episodes · first aired 2013-03-25
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Episode 2: Assassination Nation: Backyard Gunshop (Extended)
2013-04-2930 min
Vice correspondent Ryan Duffy visits an illegal backyard gun shop in Danao, Philippines, where an underground gunmaker teaches him just how guns in the Philippines get made.
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Episode 3: World's Most Dangerous Border: Bajaur Raid (Extended)
2013-04-1930 min
While in Bajaur, Pakistan - considered the main refuge and supply-route for Taliban insurgents - Shane gets a first-hand look at what a raid operation with Bajaur Scouts looks like.
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Episode 4: World's Most Dangerous Border: Pakistani Dress Up (Extended)
2013-04-1930 min
Before heading out to the Line of Control that divides India and Pakistan, Shane decides to buy the local garb -- shalwar kameez - to fit in.
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Episode 5: Escape from North Korea: Hanawon Resettlement Center (Extended)
2013-04-2230 min
Before a defector can officially become a member of South Korean society, he or she must complete a program at the Hanawon Resettlement Center. Thomas sits down with the Director of Education to get a glimpse into the crash course that transforms defector into denizen.
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Episode 6: European Meltdown: Germany's Far Right (Extended)
2013-04-2630 min
At a rally held by the National Democratic Party (NDP), the largest far right party in Germany, we see the NDP and their oppositionists face off.
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Episode 7: European Meltdown: The New Face of French Nationalism (Extended)
2013-04-2630 min
Amidst the economic strain in France, the far right Front National has experienced a resurgence in popularity. Shane meets the new face of French nationalism and the successors of the Le Pen lineage, Marine Le Pen and Marion Marechal-Le Pen.
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Episode 8: Mormon Lost Boys: Lorin's Story (Extended)
2013-05-0330 min
Lorin Holm, who has been excommunicated from the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints since 2011, invited us to his home to give us a first-hand look of the house he once shared with his three wives and 25 children.
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Episode 9: China's Ghost Towns: Strolling the Thames (Extended)
2013-05-1030 min
Vice correspondent, Ryan Duffy takes a stroll with some tour guides through Thames Town in Songjiang, China and learns about the English 'Copy Cat City', its value, uses and the 'One City, Nine Towns' plan China has established for the outskirts of Shanghai.
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Episode 10: Egypt on the Brink: Women Under Assault (Extended)
2013-05-1030 min
Vice Founder Suroosh Alvi meets with some local activists around Tahrir Square to learn about the horrible conditions Egyptian women have been put in while their country has been turned upside down.
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Episode 11: Underground Heroin Clinic: Bwiti Naming Ceremony (Extended)
2013-05-1830 min
Vice Founder, Shane Smith heads to Harlem to meet up with Matt, a heroin user who recently kicked his habit through a ritual ceremony involving the psychedelic drug, ibogaine
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Episode 12: Tobaccoland: Anti-Smoking Rally (Extended)
2013-05-1830 min
Vice Correspondent Thomas Morton attends an anti-tobacco Human Rights Day in Jakarta, Indonesia where he tries to kick his addiction.
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Episode 13: The World is Sinking: Preventative Measures: (Extended)
2013-06-0730 min
Vice Founder, Shane Smith, explores global warming by talking to leading experts about what can be done to save the impending disasters that are caused by rising water levels around the world.
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Episode 14: Senegalese Laamb Wrestling: Marabout Ritual (Extended)
2013-06-0730 min
Vice Correspondent Thomas Morton trains for an upcoming laamb wrestling match and meets a Senegalese shaman who bathes him in a series of potions to give him an edge over his opponent.
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Episode 15: Chiraq: Global Gangsters (Extended)
2013-06-1430 min
Vice Correspondent Thomas Morton meets some young Chicago rappers to gauge the impact of street violence on their lives and music.
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Episode 16: Nigeria's Oil Pirates: The Curse of Oil (Extended)
2013-06-1430 min
Vice Founder Suroosh Alvi hangs out with some Nigerian locals who explain how oil spills affect their community and land.
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Episode 17: Basketball Diplomacy: Lunch with the North Korean Team (Extended)
2013-06-1430 min
After making basketball history playing alongside the North Korean National Team, Vice Correspondent, Ryan Duffy and the Harlem Globetrotters sit down for a meal with the North Korean players, sharing highlights from the game and reactions to the surprise appearance of the Grand Marshall, Kim Jong Un.
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Episode 18: The Hosts Extended Featurette
2014-02-1830 min
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Episode 19: VICE Special Report: Killing Cancer
2015-02-2730 min
An hour-long in-depth documentary that focuses on therapies that go far, far beyond chemo. We'll be taking a look at how doctors use HIV, measles, and genetically-engineered cold viruses to strengthen patients' immune systems and wipe out cancer cells without damaging their bodies the way chemo normally does.
Episode 20: VICE Special Report: Fixing The System
2015-09-2730 min
The special offers a panoramic perspective on crime and punishment, and will follow all the key characters in America’s sprawling justice system, including prisoners and their families, members of the judiciary, and community reformers.
Episode 21: VICE Special Report: Countdown to Zero
2015-12-0130 min
In honor of World AIDS day, Vice dives deep into the revolutionary breakthroughs happening in AIDS/HIV prevention and treatment.
Episode 22: VICE Special Report: Fighting ISIS
2016-01-3130 min
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Episode 25: VICE Special Report: A House Divided
2016-12-0930 min
In first post-election look at the political climate that gave rise to Donald Trump, president Obama speaks to VICE’s Shane Smith about the fierce partisan fighting that dominated his presidency and divided the country.
Episode 30: VICE Special Report: A World in Disarray
2017-07-2130 min
In the decades following World War II, the United States led the way in shaping the world order. Since the end of the Cold War, old alliances have fractured and new rivalries have arisen, resulting in a world increasingly in disarray, where weak states threaten global stability just as much as strong ones do. VICE founder Suroosh Alvi and other VICE correspondents (Producers) examine the foreign policies that have shaped the modern world and meet people living through today's major conflicts in this exclusive HBO presentation that features interviews with Condoleezza Rice, Tony Blair, Samantha Power, Ash Carter and others.
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Episode 31: Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis
2018-12-1030 min
A decade after the 2008 financial crisis, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Henry Paulson, Ben Bernanke, Timothy Geithner and more speak out as they never have before.
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