The BEST episodes of VICE season 8
Every episode of VICE season 8, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of VICE season 8!
The Emmy®-winning documentary series is now on SHOWTIME, delivering immersive reporting from the frontlines of global conflicts, civil uprisings and beyond, and tackling untold and complex geopolitical stories from all corners of the globe.
#1 - Talibanistan & Armed and Black
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/7/2021
What the future of Afghanistan may hold now that American troops are leaving after more than 19 years of war; Major players helping to arm and train Black Americans with guns and why arming up as a Black person can carry deadly risks.
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#2 - Nigerian Uprising & The Brink
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/14/2021
Alzo Slade meets the young Nigerians at the center of #EndSARS, and those involved in the deadly crackdown against them; Seb Walker sits with Trump's Acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller to discuss his controversial days in office.
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#3 - Evicted & Haiti's New Strongman
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/21/2021
Jason Motlagh travels to Haiti to uncover the relationship between the government of the US-backed President, a local gang leader, and the recent violence; Ben Solomon meets those pulled into homelessness during the pandemic.
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#4 - El Darién & Out of Sight
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/28/2021
As thousands of migrants make their way toward the United States, many face a grueling 60-mile hike along the Columbia-Panama border through one of the world’s most dangerous jungles. Paola Ramos travels to El Darién to meet with migrants facing robbery, rape and death on the road north; The police-worn body camera is a potent weapon against police brutality, but while sales have skyrocketed, it has yet to fulfill its promise as a silver bullet. Krishna Andavolu investigates body camera functionality, usage, legislation and impact.
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#5 - Egypt's Silent War & Chain of Command
Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/4/2021
US armed forces are trained and readied to face violence anywhere in the world, but today alarm is growing as enlisted personnel are falling victim to violence in a most unexpected place – on stateside military bases. Gianna Toboni meets with victims and insiders to explore stories of violence and impunity across the US military; Hind Hassan travels to Egypt to investigate systematic human rights abuses under a regime propped up by the US government, only to have an interview with a whistleblower brought to a forcible end.
#6 - Hong Kong's Resistance & Prison Profiteers
Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/11/2021
Immersive reporting from the frontlines of global conflicts, civil uprisings and beyond, as correspondents tackle complex geopolitical stories from all corners of the globe.
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#7 - Yemen's War Kids & Joint Custody
Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/18/2021
Isobel Yeung gains rare access to the frontlines of Marib and explores how the escalation in Yemen's conflict is impacting its most vulnerable citizens— children; Krishna Andavolu reports on how parents across the country who use pot can face losing custody of their kids even in states where it has been legalized.
#8 - Shadow War & God and Country
Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/25/2021
With unprecedented access in Iran and Iraq, Suroosh Alvi investigates a sprawling shadow war for the heart of the Middle East; Alzo Slade travels throughout the Bible Belt to see how the evangelical community is grappling with a post-Trump world and shaping the next chapter of the conservative religious landscape.
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#9 - Cancer Alley & Cuba's New Revolution
Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/14/2021
VICE News' Alzo Slade travels to “Cancer Alley,” an 85-mile stretch in Louisiana where nearly 150 petrochemical plants and oil refineries line the Mississippi river, to speak with residents about how this industrial corridor has impacted their health; VICE News' Paola Ramos travels to Cuba to find out if the 62-year-old Communist dictatorship is losing a grip on its people.
#10 - Land Of The Free & Ethiopia’s War Within
Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/21/2021
Vegas Tenold reports on the trend of conservatives flocking there to escape liberal cities and put their stamp on local politics.
#11 - The Taliban’s Terror Problem & Citizen’s Arrest
Season 8 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/28/2021
VICE journalists continue their deep-dive worldwide mission to cover untold stories of social justice, civil rights and identity.
#12 - State of Surveillance & Killing Dissent
Season 8 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/5/2021
Krishna Andavolu dives into how Big Tech's investment in ‘big brother' has allowed a surveillance state to slowly creep into American domestic policy; Ben C. Solomon investigates the poets of Myanmar and their push to rally protests against the military takeover even as they become targeted for death.
#13 - Descent into Darkness & Merging with Machines
Season 8 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/12/2021
Matthew Cassel travels to Lebanon to examine the anatomy of a failed state — from sectarian violence to economic collapse — and the impact of that failure on ordinary people and the region; Alice Hines meets cyborgs, neuroscientists and tech pioneers to explore the rapidly blurring line between biology and technology and what it all means for humanity 2.0.
#14 - Take Down the CCP & World’s Coolest Dictator
Season 8 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/19/2021
Guo Wengui was one of China's richest real estate moguls until he found himself facing corruption charges. He fled the mainland and later reappeared on American soil. Isobel Yeung meets Wengui and explores his web of disinformation spreading throughout the US; El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, owes his popularity to a decline in gang violence. But true to Bukele's persona, the achievement appears to be all public relations. David Noriega travels to El Salvador to find the truth behind the supposed achievements of its millennial president.
#15 - But I Read It Online & No Safe Haven
Season 8 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/26/2021
VICE journalists continue their deep-dive worldwide mission to cover untold stories of social justice, civil rights and identity, going places most media outlets ignore and finding the stories that matter most. Get ready for another powerful mix of adrenaline and top-quality reportage as we go behind the headlines and off the map to tell the dangerous truth about the world we live in.