The BEST episodes of VICE season 7
Every episode of VICE season 7, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of VICE season 7!
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#1 - Keepers of the Caliphate & SIM Kids
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/29/2020
VICE correspondent Hind Hassan explores the resurgence of ISIS, as brigades of radicalized ISIS women have started to regroup within al-Hol camp, where tens of thousands of women and children who once lived under The Islamic State and are now held; VICE correspondent Krishna Andavolu examines the unlikely origins of what some call the perfect crime, and explores the urgent implications for personal security, digital identity, and the persistent industry inaction on SIM swapping.
#2 - India Burning & Russia's Fight Factory
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/5/2020
With India's leaders ramping up Hindu nationalist rhetoric, there is growing fear among the nation's 200 million Muslims; the tiny Russian Republic of Dagestan is a modern-day fight factory.
#3 - Battle for Idlib & Seeking Solitude
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/12/2020
Correspondent Isobel Yeung gains rare access inside Idlib, Syria's last rebel-held territory, as President Assad and his allies mount a brutal bombing offensive that has civilians paying the highest price; Correspondent Dexter Thomas goes on lockdown in South Korea to search for the benefits of isolation -- ironically, just weeks before the rest of the world would join him in their COVID-19 quarantines.
#4 - Warning from Wuhan & Cuban Hostage Crisis
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/19/2020
Correspondent Krishna Andavolu presents the video diary of Chinese citizen journalist Chen Qiushi to illustrate the full impact of COVID-19 in Wuhan; Correspondent Paola Ramos exposes how the Trump Administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy is strengthening cartels as they kidnap Cuban migrants held at the border and target their American families waiting for them at home.
#5 - Quitting WeWork & Losing Ground & Italy's Darkest Hour
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/26/2020
In this 1-hour episode, correspondent Seb Walker examines the spectacular rise and fall of WeWork, and delves into the world of venture capitalists willing to gamble billions on the next big startup; as the U.S. continues to grapple with its history of racial discrimination, correspondent Alzo Slade explores the vulnerability of black land owners in the South; correspondent Isobel Yeung reports from the heart of Italy's COVID-19 crisis, gaining rare access to an ICU in a hospital overwhelmed by the virus.
#6 - Three Borders, One War & Generation TikTok
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/3/2020
Correspondent David Noriega reports from the border between Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina, a lawless place where criminal gangs are more powerful than nation-states; TikTok is one of the most popular apps -- but it's not exactly the first place someone runs to when they want to find thoughtful, deliberate dialogue. Dexter Thomas examines how that's changing.
#7 - Fighting COVID & Atomic Atolls
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/10/2020
Following front-line healthcare workers as they take on the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis; the nuclear legacy of the United States' atomic weapons testing in the Marshall Islands and the negative impacts on its people.
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#8 - Terror in the Sahel & Corona Crash
Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/17/2020
Ben Anderson goes to Burkina Faso, where a fast-growing humanitarian crisis spins out of control as the Sahel becomes the new epicenter of terrorism and violence; Michael Moynihan surveys the long-term economic devastation wrought by COVID-19.
#9 - Maximum Pressure & The Unreachables
Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/24/2020
A look at the role of sanctions and mismanagement in Iran's fate in the wake of COVID-19, including an interview with former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; the ACLU works across borders to reunite families that were torn apart.
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#10 - Death at Parchman & Undocumented
Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/31/2020
Correspondent Gianna Toboni examines how Mississippi’s Department of Corrections neglected Parchman Prison for years until recent riots and smuggled out images exposed its grim and deadly conditions; Correspondent Paola Ramos explores what it’s like to survive as an undocumented immigrant in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak.
#11 - Viral Racism & Spring Break Forever
Season 7 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/7/2020
As COVID-19 sweeps across the world, Senior Correspondent Isobel Yeung explores how Asian Americans are being discriminated against in their own country; when the coronavirus pandemic hit, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis left it to local counties and municipalities to decide on safety measures in their towns. Alzo Slade visits one small town to find out how local government officials are handling a global pandemic.
#12 - Citizen's Unrest & Brazil's Little Flu & Know Your Enemy
Season 7 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/14/2020
Minneapolis is the center of the Black Lives Matter protest movement; the impact of COVID-19 on Brazil's most vulnerable populations; as the world races to find a COVID-19 vaccine, "virus hunters" are on a mission to prevent the next pandemic.
#13 - Crackdown in Cambodia & The Last Responders
Season 7 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/21/2020
How the COVID-19 pandemic is being used in Cambodia as a cover for political repression by one of the world's longest-serving leaders; New York City's so-called "last responders" battle against a pandemic to maintain dignity for the dead.