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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Naked Truth Season 1 Episode 6 - ISIS Fighters
    7.6/10(10 votes)

    #1 - ISIS Fighters

    S1:E6

    Westerners are joining the fight against ISIS, “They just want to kill Daesh,” a former Marine says. As part of its latest Naked Truth documentary, Fusion’s Vytenis Didziulis travels to northern Syria to embed with the unpaid western volunteers signing up to fight the Islamic State.

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  2. The Naked Truth Season 1 Episode 1 - Death by Fentanyl
    7.2/10(19 votes)

    #2 - Death by Fentanyl

    S1:E1

    A dangerous drug called fentanyl is turning the worst drug epidemic in U.S. history even deadlier. Fusion correspondent Mariana van Zeller tracks down the drug’s two sources: pharmaceutical companies and Mexican drug lords.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. The Naked Truth Season 1 Episode 3 - Radicals Rising
    7.0/10(12 votes)

    #3 - Radicals Rising

    S1:E3

    Correspondent Mariana van Zeller gets up close and personal with extremists on all sides, to see how otherwise open-minded people are finding purpose in hatred and how that hatred is infecting even mainstream politics.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. The Naked Truth Season 1 Episode 4 - Dirty Little Secrets
    7.0/10(12 votes)

    #4 - Dirty Little Secrets

    S1:E4

    What do illegal arms traffickers, human traffickers, terrorists and some billionaires have in common? They all have to hide their money. Fusion uncovers the dark world of the owners of these secrets.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. The Naked Truth Season 1 Episode 2 - Mugged
    6.7/10(13 votes)

    #5 - Mugged

    S1:E2

    An investigation into web pages, which publish online police photos and charge money to eliminate them, reveals who is behind these operations.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Naked Truth Season 1 Episode 8 - Rigged
    6.6/10(13 votes)

    #6 - Rigged

    S1:E8

    The arrangement exposes a toxic fermentation of partisan politics, voter repression and traps that make it almost impossible to have free and fair elections. Natasha del Toro investigates how democracy came to this and how we can repair it.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. The Naked Truth Season 1 Episode 11 - Frat Power
    6.2/10(14 votes)

    #7 - Frat Power

    S1:E11

    Fusion spent nearly a year investigating college fraternities and their influence on and off campus. It turns out that one of the real paths to power may lie in whether you pledge a fraternity or not.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Naked Truth Season 1 Episode 9 - Trumpland
    6.1/10(98 votes)

    #8 - Trumpland

    S1:E9

    They’ve been mocked as “The Deplorables” but they’ve changed the face of presidential politicals in 2016. Fusion profiles the real people fueling the Trump candidacy.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. The Naked Truth Season 1 Episode 7 - Shadow Town
    5.1/10(12 votes)

    #9 - Shadow Town

    S1:E7

    Fusion’s Investigative team, in collaboration with a group of young aspiring journalists, looks at Police Relations, Water Quality and Healthcare problems for the people living life in the shadows of California’s Central Valley.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Naked Truth Season 1 Episode 12 - Standing Rock
    4.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Standing Rock

    S1:E12

    Protesters won a major victory over the Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL) project. Braving water cannons, dogs, police brutality, and extreme weather, #NoDAPL activists captured the world’s attention and convinced President Obama the pipeline needed to be rerouted away from sacred land. But as Donald Trump, who has said he supports the project, prepares to take office, many in the movement realize the struggle has just begun.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. The Naked Truth Season 1 Episode 5 - District of Cannabis
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - District of Cannabis

    S1:E5

    Ryan Nerz circulates in the US capital to follow a man and his Cannabis crusade to the White House. There he discovers some of the weirdest laws about marijuana in the US, and who is really funding their legalization.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. The Naked Truth Season 1 Episode 10 - The Numbers Game
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - The Numbers Game

    S1:E10

    Fusion examines the inadequate and outdated collection of crime statistics and how this practice skews policing and public policy. We wrangled raw FBI data to develop key insights into policing in the U.S. Plus, how gaming the numbers can lead to further inequality, discrimination, and in some cases, neglect. Stats may not be sexy, but this data affects how we live our lives every single day, especially if you are black in America. This episode of The Naked Truth won the prestigious 2017 NABJ Al Neuharth Award for Innovation in Investigative Journalism.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. The Naked Truth Season 2 Episode 1 - Women's March on D.C.
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - Women's March on D.C.

    S2:E1

    Women have the been the driving force behind some of the biggest mass demonstrations in history. Now Fusion's "The Naked Truth" reports from The Women's March on Washington.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. The Naked Truth Season 2 Episode 2 - Death by Delivery
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - Death by Delivery

    S2:E2

    Nelufar Hedayat investigates a crisis in maternal care, exploring why African American women are up to four times more likely to die of pregnancy-related causes than their white counterparts.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Naked Truth Season 2 Episode 3 - Undocumented on Campus
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Undocumented on Campus

    S2:E3

    Undocumented students face an uncertain future in Donald Trump's America. Fusion explores the obstacles young DREAMers face on college campuses, told through the experience of an undocumented student from Mexico, studying in Kansas.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. The Naked Truth Season 2 Episode 4 - China Queer
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - China Queer

    S2:E4

    It takes a certain kind of courage to promote gay rights in the world's most populous country, China. Fusion investigates what roadblocks the Chinese government puts up when several activists challenge the traditionally anti-gay culture.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. The Naked Truth Season 2 Episode 5 - Debt Trap
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - Debt Trap

    S2:E5

    The country's student loan system is convoluted, confusing and sometimes criminal. We meet desperate debtors who face a daily struggle and investigate who is responsible for the mess.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. The Naked Truth Season 2 Episode 6 - Trick Shots
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - Trick Shots

    S2:E6

    Foreign high school athletes are being exploited for profit by a disparate network of coaches and middlemen. The Naked Truth investigates how young basketball players get to the US and wind up abandoned and broken.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. The Naked Truth Season 2 Episode 7 - Wasteland
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - Wasteland

    S2:E7

    It's been almost a year since Scott Pruitt took over the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Fusion's Investigative team went to Oklahoma to see what mark he left on the environment there. Here's a glimpse of what we found.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. The Naked Truth Season 2 Episode 8 - Episode 8
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - Episode 8

    S2:E8

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    Director:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"ISIS Fighters" is the best rated episode of "The Naked Truth". It scored 7.6/10 based on 10 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 6/26/2016. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "Death by Fentanyl".