The WORST episodes of VICE
Every episode of VICE ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of VICE!
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#1 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#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 - 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.
#9 - 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.
#10 - 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.
#11 - 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.
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - Charged With Terror & Ukraine's Stolen Children
Season 10 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/25/2023
Vegas Tenold examines how new domestic terrorism laws in Georgia have alarmed some civil rights groups who worry that these efforts to combat homegrown extremism may infringe on the rights to free speech and assembly. Isobel Young investigates accusations that the Russian government is systematically deporting thousands of children from occupied areas of Ukraine, an illegal act that could be one of the most egregious war crimes of Russia’s invasion so far.
#15 - 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.
#16 - 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.
#17 - 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.
#18 - 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.
#19 - 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.
#20 - 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.
#21 - 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.
#22 - 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.
#23 - 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.
#24 - 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.
#25 - 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.