Season 1

episodes

1. 1. Assassination Nation/The Killer Kids of the Taliban 2013-04-05 30 min 9.5 Assassination Nation: Political assassinations in the Philippines; The Killer Kids of the Taliban: Taliban-supported child suicide bombers in Afghanistan.
2. 2. Escape from North Korea/World's Most Dangerous Border 2013-04-12 30 min 9.0 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.
3. 3. Gun School/Toxic Iraq 2013-04-19 30 min 9.0 Gun School: Armed preparedness in a New Mexico school; Toxic Iraq: the human toll of post-war toxic waste in Iraq.
4. 4. Chinese Cockblock/European Meltdown 2013-04-26 30 min 6.8 Chinese Cockblock: The plight of desperate bachelors in China; European Meltdown: ultra-extreme reactions to the economic crisis in Europe.
5. 5. Mormon Lost Boys/The Fat Farms of Mauritania/Mumbai Slumscraper 2013-05-03 30 min 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.
6. 6. Corruption 2013-05-10 30 min 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.
7. 7. Addiction 2013-05-17 30 min 9.0 Tobaccoland: Tobacco obsession in Indonesia; Underground Heroin Clinic: treating heroin addiction with hallucinogens in Mexico.
8. 8. Fighting Chances 2013-05-31 30 min Senegalese Laamb Wrestling: Laamb wrestling in Senegal; The World is Sinking: the rising tide of climate change.
9. 9. Gangs & Oil 2013-06-07 30 min Chiraq: Failed state on the south side of Chicago; Nigeria's Oil Pirates: oil drilling in the Niger River Delta.
10. 10. The Hermit Kingdom 2013-06-14 30 min 6.0 Basketball Diplomacy: VICE makes history on a trip to North Korea to play hoops and meet with "supreme leader" Kim Jong-un.