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  E1Syrian Aftershock & Almost Intelligent

  May 7, 2023· 28m

  Hind Hassan travels to northwest Syria to investigate a recent devastating earthquake and what prevented critical humanitarian aid from getting to survivors in the region who needed it the most. Krishna Andavolu reports on rapid developments in artificial intelligence and learns why many in the tech industry worry that time is running out to uncover how these new AI systems really work - before they become too powerful to control.

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  E2Lynching For God & Backgrounded

  May 14, 2023· 30m

  Isobel Young meets with religious hardliners in Pakistan, where insulting The Prophet is constitutionally punishable by death, and reports on how they encourage the extrajudicial killing of blasphemers without mercy. Alzo Slade explores the systemic issues behind housing inequality, from landlord concerns over the safety of their renters to how an unregulated background check industry can complicate housing access for formerly incarcerated people.

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  E3The State of Israel & The Other Drug Crisis

  May 21, 2023· 30m

  Matthew Cassel covers Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s return to power by partnering with far-right political parties and their historic and controversial attempt to overhaul the Israeli supreme court. Paola Ramos travels from drug labs in Mexico to Oregon, the state with the highest percentage of meth addiction in the U.S., to understand how the cartels’ newest, cheapest and most potent form of meth, known as “Supermeth”, is fueling an overwhelming national mental health crisis.

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  E4Detransitioners & Draining the DRC

  Jun 4, 2023· 30m

  Alyza Enriques unpacks the role of detransitioners, or formerly trans-identifying people who have stopped medical treatment, in legislative efforts across the country to ban gender-affirming care, as well as those who oppose these polarizing bans. Alzo Slade travels to the Democratic Republic of Congo, which sits on top of more than half the world’s known cobalt supply, to investigate the country’s dangerous, yet highly profitable mining industry.

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  E5Lone Star Justice & The Cost of War

  Jun 11, 2023· 30m

  Paola Ramos travels to Texas to see how Republican Governor Greg Abbott’s border enforcement initiative, Operation Lone Star, is potentially circumventing the federal government’s authority over immigration. One year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and an estimated 300,000 casualties, Ben C. Solomon treks to the war-torn frontlines to reveal the grim reality of the ongoing conflict.

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  E6Catfished by Captives & The Disappeared

  Jun 18, 2023· 30m

  Natashya Gutierrez travels to Southeast Asia to explore a dark new form of online scamming, known as “pig butchering”, that is involuntarily perpetuated by victims of human trafficking forced to steal for the Chinese mafia who run these manipulative scams. David Noriega investigates the deaths and disappearances of Moroccan migrants as they attempt to cross the Spanish border at Melilla and examines how outsourced European immigration policies may ultimately be responsible for these tragedies.

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  E7Charged With Terror & Ukraine's Stolen Children

  Jun 25, 2023· 30m

  Vegas Tenold examines how new domestic terrorism laws in Georgia have alarmed some civil rights groups who worry that these efforts to combat homegrown extremism may infringe on the rights to free speech and assembly. Isobel Young investigates accusations that the Russian government is systematically deporting thousands of children from occupied areas of Ukraine, an illegal act that could be one of the most egregious war crimes of Russia’s invasion so far.

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  E1Putin's Playbook & United States of Vigilantes

  May 1, 2022· 27m

  Hind Hassan reports on the Russian invasion of Ukraine from Kharkiv, one of the cities worst-affected by Putin's tactic of brutal and indiscriminate bombing; Paola Ramos travels the United States to understand how a new political tool is altering democracy.

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  E2Russian Mercenaries & Treat, Release, Repeat

  May 8, 2022· 28m

  Julia Steers gives viewers an unprecedented look at the global operations of the Kremlin-backed private military force, Wagner Group, as its reach spreads from Ukraine to Central Africa; Seb Walker examines the implications of shuttering state psychiatric hospitals and talks to those on the front lines of America's mental health crisis, some of whom are asking whether it's time to revisit and rethink the concept of asylums.

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  E3Freeing Brittney Griner & Hungary for America

  May 15, 2022· 25m

  Alexis Johnson takes a look at the potential fate of WNBA star Brittney Griner, one of the last Americans in Russian prison at the onset of a possible new Cold War; Matthew Cassel travels to Budapest during Viktor Orban’s reelection to explore why so many right-wing Americans are traveling to Hungary, and what they hope to learn from Central Europe’s most autocratic ruler.

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  E4The Price of Oil & Chasing Ghosts

  May 29, 2022· 29m

  Hind Hassan travels to Somaliland to investigate the shadowy supply chain for frankincense, one of the world's oldest traded commodities used in the growing market for essential oils; Keegan Hamilton investigates the rise of "ghost guns," homemade firearms built from parts without serial numbers that are proliferating in the United States despite efforts to crack down.

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  E5Hack Back & This Is Not Your Land

  Jun 5, 2022· 27m

  Ben Ferguson gets an inside look at the cyberwar between Ukraine and Russia, and how it’s changing the rules of war in real time; David Noriega visits Oklahoma to see the aftermath of a Supreme Court decision that returned half the state to five Native American Nations.

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  E6Post-Roe America & Ready Player Earn

  Jun 12, 2022· 25m

  Gianna Toboni meets with politicians, abortion providers and women to understand how drastically the country could change in a post-Roe world; Krishna Andavolu travels to the Philippines to learn more about the play-to-earn gaming phenomenon that has taken the country by storm, and which critics claim resembles a Ponzi scheme.

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  E7Guyana for Sale & Moors Rising

  Jun 19, 2022· 28m

  Isobel Yeung goes undercover in Guyana to investigate corruption in large-scale development projects, as the small South American country becomes an attractive target for investment from China; Alzo Slade meets with Moors in America to learn more about their origin story, heritage and ultimately, why the current social and political landscape is making Moorish Nationalism more appealing.

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  E8The Russian Bubble & After the Siege

  Jun 26, 2022

  Alec Luhn reports from Moscow and Dagestan on how propaganda has convinced a majority of Russians to support Putin's bloody and costly invasion of Ukraine; Ben C. Solomon travels to Kharkiv and Donbas to explore how the frontline has evolved since the start of the war in Ukraine.

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  E9Addiction in Afghanistan & Blurred Blue Line

  Jul 31, 2022· 27m

  Isobel Yeung is in Afghanistan, exploring the Taliban’s ban on drugs – and the issues with addiction; Vegas Tenold heads to the Midwest to see whether police officers can actually be trained to intervene in cases of police misconduct.

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  E10Smugglers of the Caribbean & Felony Murder

  Aug 7, 2022· 26m

  Dexter Thomas Jr. travels to Alabama to learn about the Felony Murder rule and speaks to those most affected by it; As the surge of migrants at sea continues, Paola Ramos meets a smuggler trafficking people into the U.S. by boat.

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  E11Killing for Success & Marcos Returns

  Aug 14, 2022· 29m

  Alzo Slade investigates the intersection of music and violence in Drill music, the most popular subgenre of rap today; Natashya Gutierrez travels to the Philippines to dig into the historic comeback of the Marcos family to the country’s highest office, 36 years after dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. was ousted by the People Power revolution.

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  E12Sri Lanka Revolts & God Save Brazil

  Aug 21, 2022· 28m

  Isobel Yeung goes to Brazil's Javari Valley, where evangelical missionaries and indigenous tribes are battling over the soul of the Amazon – and the future of Brazil; Matthew Cassel reports on the financial collapse that united Sri Lankans against the country’s ruling dynasty.

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  E13The Replaced & The Missing

  Aug 28, 2022· 27m

  Vegas Tenold takes us to the heart of far-right America to understand the enduring power of the Great Replacement Theory, and its lethality; Paola Ramos travels to Mexico to meet with mothers searching for their missing daughters in a country plagued by violent crime, human trafficking and government impunity.

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  E14False Positive & Taiwan Under Threat

  Sep 11, 2022· 25m

  Alice Hines investigates how inaccurate drug tests could be determining hundreds of thousands of court cases and upending the lives of people around the country; Melissa Chan travels to Taiwan to find out how residents on the island are preparing against mounting threats of an invasion by China.

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  E15Uncensored & Battle for Africa

  Sep 18, 2022· 29m

  Hanako Montgomery explores why Japan hasn’t moved to ban sexual depictions of children in manga, despite international and domestic pressure to outlaw the comics; Suroosh Alvi visits an epic show of American force in Morocco, the frontline of a political battle in Guinea, and a retail supercenter in suburban Georgia to find out if US-Russian rivalry is linked to the unrest in Africa.

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  E16Isis Jailbreak & Right Wing StarsFinale

  Sep 18, 2022· 29m

  Hind Hassan travels to Syria to find out how a resurgent Islamic State nearly managed to free thousands of its imprisoned militants from under the nose of the Syrian Democratic Forces – one of America’s closest allies in the fight against ISIS; Gianna Toboni meets young conservatives to see how their ideology is changing, and what it takes to become a right wing star in the U.S. today.

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  E1Talibanistan & Armed and Black

  Mar 7, 2021· 28m

  In 2020, the US signed a peace deal with the Taliban. Hind Hassan travels inside Taliban-controlled Afghanistan to speak with civilians and fighters and see what the future of Afghanistan could look like now that American troops are leaving after more than 19 years of war; In 2020, Black Americans purchased guns at a rate 60% higher than in 2019. Alzo Slade meets the major players arming up the Black community and talks with those who’ve seen first-hand how arming oneself as a Black person can carry unique and deadly risks.

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  E2Nigerian Uprising & The Brink

  Mar 14, 2021· 28m

  Alzo Slade meets the young Nigerians at the center of #EndSARS, and those involved in the deadly crackdown against them; Seb Walker sits with Trump's Acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller to discuss his controversial days in office.

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  E3Evicted & Haiti's New Strongman

  Mar 21, 2021· 28m

  Jason Motlagh travels to Haiti to uncover the relationship between the government of the US-backed President, a local gang leader, and the recent violence; Ben Solomon meets those pulled into homelessness during the pandemic.

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  E4El Darién & Out of Sight

  Mar 28, 2021· 28m

  Migrants to the US face a grueling 60-mile hike along the Columbia-Panama border through one of the world's most dangerous jungles; The police-worn body camera has yet to fulfill its promise as a silver bullet against police brutality.

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  E5Egypt's Silent War & Chain of Command

  Apr 4, 2021· 27m

  US armed forces are trained and readied to face violence anywhere in the world, but today alarm is growing as enlisted personnel are falling victim to violence in a most unexpected place – on stateside military bases. Gianna Toboni meets with victims and insiders to explore stories of violence and impunity across the US military; Hind Hassan travels to Egypt to investigate systematic human rights abuses under a regime propped up by the US government, only to have an interview with a whistleblower brought to a forcible end.

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  E6Hong Kong's Resistance & Prison Profiteers

  Apr 11, 2021· 28m

  Laurel Chor reports from inside Hong Kong and meets the lawmakers and activists risking their lives to maintain the freedoms and civil liberties that Beijing is targeting; David Noriega investigates how the private prison industry pushes back against its critics to protect profits and what prison companies are doing to survive.

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  E7Yemen's War Kids & Joint Custody

  Apr 18, 2021· 28m

  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.

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  E8Shadow War & God and Country

  Apr 25, 2021· 28m

  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.

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  E9Cancer Alley & Cuba's New Revolution

  Nov 14, 2021· 28m

  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.

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  E10Land of the Free & Ethiopia’s War Within

  Nov 21, 2021· 28m

  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.

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  E11The Taliban’s Terror Problem & Citizen’s Arrest

  Nov 28, 2021· 28m

  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.

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  E12State of Surveillance & Killing Dissent

  Dec 5, 2021· 27m

  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.

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  E13Descent into Darkness & Merging With Machines

  Dec 12, 2021· 28m

  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.

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  E14Take Down the CCP & World’s Coolest Dictator

  Dec 19, 2021· 28m

  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.

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  E15But I Read It Online & No Safe HavenFinale

  Dec 26, 2021· 28m

  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.

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