
VICE — Season 5

**Assad's Syria** - Isobel Yeung journeys through the heart of regime-controlled Syria, seeking to understand the forces that secured Bashar al-Assad’s power and to assess the uncertain future of his fractured nation. **Cost of Climate C…

Families and physicians are reshaping established practices, grappling with the timing and approach to medical interventions for transgender youth before they reach puberty. Gianna Toboni delves into this deeply felt and swiftly changing la…

In “When the Earth Melts,” VICE Correspondent Ben Anderson journeys into the Arctic to investigate the profound consequences of thawing permafrost, and the remarkable possibility for preserving it. “Displaced,” by VICE Correspondent Gian…

**Kings of Cannabis:** VICE correspondent Hamilton Morris joins two trackers on an ambitious expedition through the Democratic Republic of Congo in pursuit of a highly uncommon strain of Cannabis, the distinctive genetics of which hold the …

**Black and Blue:** VICE correspondent Cord Jefferson reports from St. Louis, a city frequently cited as one of America’s most perilous, gathering perspectives from both activists and law enforcement on the complex issues of race and polici…

Toboni navigates the world of collegiate athletics, engaging with athletic directors, coaches, sports marketing experts, and the student-athletes themselves to examine the influence of money on amateur sports in the present day.

**Life Under Sharia** - VICE co-founder Suroosh Alvi journeys to Aceh and throughout Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, to witness Sharia law firsthand. He explores its complex connection to terrorism and encounters those w…

In "Fast Food of Arabia," Gianna Toboni journeys to Kuwait, a nation grappling with a high rate of obesity, to examine the health consequences of its fervent embrace of American fast food. "Nollywood," by Thomas Morton, charts the remark…

**Medical Détente** - VICE correspondent Gianna Toboni journeys to Cuba, observing promising treatments and cures that have emerged from the nation's biotechnology sector, even amidst decades of the American embargo. **Bananas** - VICE v…

After a decade of reporting from the front lines, Ben Anderson returns to a landscape familiar with conflict. He finds himself once again among Afghans he has encountered before: an Army Major, a policeman who disarms improvised explosive d…

**Engineering Immortality:** Isobel Yeung journeys to meet the scientists and physicians at the forefront of genomics, pharmaceuticals, and stem cell research – fields poised to fundamentally reshape the aging process in the decades ahead. …

**Women Behind Bars** - VICE correspondent Isobel Yeung journeys into prisons and jails nationwide, illuminating the realities of being an American woman incarcerated. **The Business of Making Art** - As Andy Warhol's works command aston…

Aris Roussinos, embedded with Iraqi forces, reports from the road to Mosul as they commenced their offensive against the Islamic State's final bastion in Iraq. Isobel Yeung journeys to Iraq in "Lost Generation," examining the prospects f…

VICE’s “The Politics of Terror” explores the ascendance of Europe's far-right movements, and the intensely charged atmosphere fostering nationalist beliefs throughout the continent. In “End of the EU?”, Shane Smith journeys to the reside…

**Future of Firearms** - The shifting political climate has spurred the firearms industry and gun rights advocates to seek novel avenues for bolstering Second Amendment protections – and, naturally, their financial interests – with some une…

**Cyber Supremacy** - Ben Ferguson journeys to Tel Aviv to investigate Israel's ascent toward global dominance in the realm of cybersecurity. **Japan Rising** - VICE dispatches Gianna Toboni to Tokyo to explore the ramifications of Japan…

**Last Line of Defense:** The fundamental right to fair legal representation faces a crisis. Cord Jefferson journeys to one of the states most severely affected, examining the strain on public defenders who are battling an overburdened and …

Isobel Yeung journeys to Turkey at a pivotal moment, as the nation prepares for a referendum poised to grant President Erdogan extraordinary authority.

Isobel Yeung, writing for VICE, examines in "Crude Reality" the corrosive impact of corruption within South Sudan's leadership, and the danger it poses to the stability of the nation. In "Between Oil and Water," VICE documents the events…

In a report for VICE, Gianna Toboni delves into the cutting edge of autism research, encountering families navigating experimental therapies and witnessing the rise of a powerful self-advocacy movement originating within the autistic commun…

**Show of Force** As global tensions soared, VICE journeyed to North Korea during the annual Day of the Sun celebrations. While the nation commemorated the 105th birthday of its founder, Kim Il-sung, correspondent Charlet Duboc sought to…

In the Philippines, journalists face grave danger as they report on the president’s harsh campaign against drugs. Meanwhile, journalist Carl Bernstein addresses the vital issue of press freedom. And in the Democratic Republic of Congo, rang…

President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela is consolidating power, shifting the nation away from democratic principles and toward authoritarian rule, a development that has fueled increasing resistance to his leadership.

Across Nigeria, communities are striving to persuade their government to grant them a share in the economic rewards of oil industry work and urban expansion. Meanwhile, scientists race against time to preserve the fragile remnants of the wo…

Across the nation, law enforcement agencies are engaged in a relentless struggle against the exploitation of children through the internet, combating the distribution of child sexual abuse material and pornography. Meanwhile, the economic p…

From North Carolina, Gianna Toboni examines the consequences of manipulated congressional districts, probing the state of representative democracy in the United States. This report also includes an investigation into violent crime in Hondur…

Within Russia, the community of hackers expands, its activities increasingly intertwined with considerations of human vulnerability in the face of emerging pandemics and potential preventative measures.

Isobel Yeung explores the forces fueling the media’s struggle with truth and the deepening divisions within the American public that characterized the Trump years. Meanwhile, Thomas Morton reports from the Central African Republic on the bu…

The fifth season draws to a close with a report from Iraq, examining the consequences of the brutal and expensive battle to reclaim Mosul from ISIS. Additionally, Isobel Yeung encounters young Iraqis who once trained with the terrorist grou…

