6.7/1021 votesLoading...#1 - Voodoo Wrestling/Big Placebo
Season 6 Episode 24 - Aired 10/5/2018
Dexter Thomas visits the Democratic Republic of the Congo to explore the sport of catch fétiche and the emergence of women as its new champions. Charlet Duboc reports on alternative medicine in the U.S. and the country's wellness obsession.
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7.0/1023 votesLoading...#2 - Dawn of a Dictator
Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 8/25/2017
Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro makes moves toward turning the country from a democracy into a dictatorship, creating a growing opposition to his rule.
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7.0/1019 votesLoading...#3 - Divide and Conquer & Crackdown in Honduras
Season 5 Episode 26 - Aired 9/22/2017
Gianna Toboni reports from North Carolina to witness the effects of gerrymandered congressional districts and examine the future of America's representative democracy. Also: a look at violent crime in Honduras and how the government has approached gang activity.
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7.0/1030 votesLoading...#4 - Trump's Trade War
Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 8/10/2018
Michael Moynihan examines President Trump's claim that trade wars are easy to win, and what effect his policies could have on the global economy and the number of U.S. jobs.
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7.0/1017 votesLoading...#5 - American Piety/Terror in Congo
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 9/7/2018
Gianna Toboni travels to America's Bible Belt to see how evangelicals are navigating today's volatile political environment. Ben Anderson reports on the Allied Democratic Forces and their actions inside the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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7.1/1044 votesLoading...#6 - Evolution of a Plague & Campus Coverup
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 6/5/2015
An investigation of sexual assault on college campuses and why schools try to keep it off the record includes remarks by Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.). Also: a report on the Ebola outbreak in Africa.
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7.2/1032 votesLoading...#7 - The Politics of Terror & End of the EU?
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 6/9/2017
“The Politics of Terror” - VICE examines the rise of Europe’s far right, and the hyper-charged climate fueling nationalist ideologies across the continent. “End of the EU?” - Shane Smith travels to the home of former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to discuss why the populist message resonates across the continent, how the left fails to grasp populist anger, and the need for a unified response to rebuild Syria.
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7.3/1045 votesLoading...#8 - Savior Seeds & India's Water Crisis
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 5/8/2015
The future of food and genetically modified organisms. India's shortage of clean water.
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7.3/1033 votesLoading...#9 - Return to Yemen & Church and States
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 3/11/2016
Ben Anderson returns to Yemen, where he reported 'The Enemy of My Enemy' for VICE S2, to witness one of the worlds most bloody and underreported conflicts - the Yemen's Houthi rebels insurrection in Saudi Arabia. Gianna Toboni meets some of the families who are navigating the new landscape of legalized same-sex marriage, and hears from supporters of religious freedom laws, as VICE explores where the battle for equal rights heads from here.
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7.3/1033 votesLoading...#10 - The End of Polio & Collateral Damage
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 5/6/2016
VICE's Ben Anderson travels to Karachi Pakistan to meet with the health workers putting their lives on the line to finally eradicate Polio. Kaj Larsen travels to Myanmar and Laos to see the devastating effects of unexploded ordnance and to meet the trained disposal teams working to clean up these weapons before they claim more lives.
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7.3/1029 votesLoading...#11 - Flint Water Crisis & Libya on the Brink
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 6/10/2016
'Flint Water Crisis' - The water crisis in Flint, Michigan horrified the nation: a once-thriving industrial city had fallen on such hard times that residents couldn't even trust the water from their own taps. More shocking still were revelations that city and state officials knew about the problems with the water, but failed to take action or warn the public. VICE reports from Flint on the realities of life in a city poisoned by its own government. 'Libya on the Brink' - When the Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi was killed during the revolution of 2011, it seemed like good news for democracy in the Muslim world. But in 2012, the American ambassador and three other Americans were killed in a bloody attack in Benghazi. Today, a split between government factions has ceded large portions of the country to ISIS fighters and other extremists. VICE reports from the front lines as rival militias fight to save Libya as we know it.
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7.3/1032 votesLoading...#12 - Die Trying
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 6/17/2016
Battling ALS herself, VICE editor Angelina Fanous meets with patients and top researchers across the U.S. to find out what's being done to tackle this devastating disease and the regulatory hurdles faced by ALS patients and drugmakers alike.
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7.3/1028 votesLoading...#13 - Russian Democracy/Global Gag Rule
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 5/18/2018
Ben Ferguson speaks with Russian voters and politicians to understand how democracy works in their country. Gianna Tobini examines how President Trump's Global Gag Rule impacts women's health in Uganda.
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7.3/1027 votesLoading...#14 - No Choice But to Choose/Rebel Republic
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 6/8/2018
Gianna Toboni goes to Michigan to see school choice in action and understand what the future of public education might look like. Ben Anderson reports on the crisis in the Central African Republic, where the government barely controls the capital city, and 75% of the country is in the hands of at least 14 armed groups.
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7.4/1056 votesLoading...#15 - To Serve and Protect & Coming to America
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 3/13/2015
“To Serve and Protect” – Thomas Morton reports from Ferguson, Mo., in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, and interviews journalist Radley Balko about the militarization of police in the U.S.. “Coming to America” – Suroosh Alvi visits El Salvador to observe the reasons behind mass migration north, and chronicles a journey through Central America on top of trains that leads to the U.S.
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7.4/1049 votesLoading...#16 - Sweet Home Alabama & Haitian Money Pit
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 4/24/2015
Thomas Morton reports on the fallout from anti-immigration legislation in Alabama. Vikram Gandhi visits Haiti to examine what happened to billions of dollars in relief and reconstruction aid following the 2010 earthquake.
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7.4/1048 votesLoading...#17 - Egyptian Tomb Raiders & Rent a White Guy
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 5/1/2015
Gianna Toboni investigates who's behind the looting of antiquities in the Middle East in the aftermath of the Arab Spring. Thomas Morton reports on the popularity of Western white males in China.
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7.4/1043 votesLoading...#18 - A Prayer for Uganda & Kidneyville
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 5/15/2015
Anti-gay leaders teach intolerance to Uganda's youth. The illegal market for kidneys in Bangladesh.
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7.4/1042 votesLoading...#19 - Trump in Dubai & China in Africa
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 4/22/2016
VICE Correspondent Ben Anderson investigates the 5 million migrant workers in The United Arab Emirates, many of whom are employed on a project bearing the name of a man who might be our next president, Donald Trump. VICE Correspondent Isobel Yeung heads to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya and South Africa to meet the characters behind the China-Africa business deals and explores what this increasingly prominent relationship could mean for the future of global politics.
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7.4/1030 votesLoading...#20 - The Deal & City of Lost Children
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 4/29/2016
VICE founder Shane Smith travels to Tehran to gauge attitudes about America and see the reactor that started Iran's nuclear program, and meets with key dealmakers--and critics--in Washington, DC. VICE correspondent Thomas Morton reports from Kolkata, where entire tribes of homeless children run rampant along the tracks of Howrah Station.
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7.4/1030 votesLoading...#21 - Women Behind Bars & The Business of Making Art
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 5/19/2017
“Women Behind Bars” - VICE correspondent Isobel Yeung spends time in prisons and jails across the country, discovering what it means to be an American woman behind bars. “The Business of Making Art” - With Warhol's art now fetching tremendous sums in the booming modern art marketplace, Ben Anderson embarks on a journey through the art world with some of Warhol's master printers to explore not just the question "What is art?" but "What is a Warhol?"
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7.4/1027 votesLoading...#22 - Autism Under the Lens
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 8/4/2017
VICE’s Gianna Toboni explores the transformative work being done at the forefront of autism research, meets families trying out some of the newest treatments, and discovers a growing self-advocacy movement out of the autistic community that wants to refocus the science.
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7.4/1021 votesLoading...#23 - Waiting to Die/Women in War
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 8/3/2018
Gianna Toboni reports on capital punishment in the U.S. and follows one death-row inmate on his path to the execution chamber; Isobel Yeung travels to Yemen to interview women who are finding surprising ways to rise above terrorism, civil war and famine, and transcend their traditional roles in the country's conservative society.
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7.5/1053 votesLoading...#24 - The Resource Curse & Deliver Us from Drought
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 5/9/2014
As humanity’s appetite for energy grows exponentially, the extraction industry scrambles to the most remote regions on Earth to satisfy demand. In the undeveloped Melanesian country of Papua New Guinea, America’s Exxon Mobil has staked its claim to a $19 billion dollar liquid natural-gas project expected to start production in late 2014. Vikram Gandhi heads to Papua New Guinea to investigate. Over in Texas, Thomas Morton investigates the climate catastrophe, and discovers firsthand the local responses, which often involve reaching out for divine intervention.
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7.5/1052 votesLoading...#25 - Synthetic Drug Revolution & Transsexuals of Iran
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 4/10/2015
The future of recreational drugs. Sex-change surgeries in Iran.
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The Worst Episodes of VICE
Every episode of VICE ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of VICE!
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Worst Episodes Summary
"Voodoo Wrestling/Big Placebo" is the worst rated episode of "VICE". It scored 6.7/10 based on 21 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/5/2018. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Dawn of a Dictator".