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Vice Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
12 Episodes 2014 - 2014
Episode 1
Afghan Money Pit and the Pacification of Rio
Fri, Mar 14, 2014 30 mins
In the Season 2 premiere, Shane Smith travels to Afghanistan to find out what's become of U.S. aid to fund reconstruction projects. Also: Ben Anderson visits Rio de Janeiro to observe missions by Brazilian police to stop gang violence in the city's favelas before the nation hosts soccer's World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Episode 2
Greenland Is Melting and Bonded Labor
Fri, Mar 21, 2014 30 mins
Shane Smith goes to Greenland with climatologist Jason Box to investigate the island's melting ice and its effect on sea levels; Fazeelat Aslam reports on the brick-kiln industry in Pakistan and the conditions under which men, women and children work.
Episode 3
American Scrap and Children of the Drones
Fri, Mar 28, 2014 30 mins
David Choe examines the market for scrap metal in the U.S. and China and the entrepreneurs who go to extremes to harvest it; Suroosh Alvi reports on the effects of drone strikes in Pakistan and how they can foster extremism and militancy.
Episode 4
A Syria of Their Own and White Gold
Fri, Apr 4, 2014 30 mins
Thomas Morton reports on the struggle for a Kurdish state by communities in Syria, Turkey, Iran and Iraq; Vikram Gandhi investigates the illegal trade in rhinoceros horns from southern Africa to Vietnam.
Episode 5
Terrorist University and Armageddon Now
Fri, Apr 11, 2014 30 mins
Shane Smith visits Dagestan to investigate the Russian republic's alleged ties to terrorism and the time spent there by suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev; Thomas Morton examines U.S. evangelical Christians' support for Israel.
Episode 6
Rocky Mountain High and North Korean Defectors
Fri, Apr 25, 2014 30 mins
A look at marijuana legalization; profiles of North Korean defectors.
Episode 7
The Pink Gang Rebellion and Genetic Passport
Fri, May 2, 2014 30 mins
A report on rape in India and what activists are doing to combat sexual assault; a visit to Kazakhstan to observe the effects of decades of nuclear testing by the Soviet Union.
Episode 8
The Resource Curse and Deliver Us From Drought
Fri, May 9, 2014 30 mins
Vikram Gandhi reports on a natural gas extraction project in Papua New Guinea and what it means for the future of the country and its people; Thomas Morton examines drought conditions in Texas and the solutions proposed by legislators, community leaders and citizens.
Episode 9
Crude Awakening and The Enemy of My Enemy
Fri, May 16, 2014 30 mins
Shane Smith reports on the lasting effects of the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico; Ben Anderson visits Yemen to examine the rise of the Houthi rebel movement.
Episode 10
Playing With Nuclear Fire and No Man Left Behind
Fri, May 23, 2014 30 mins
A visit to Japan to monitor the damage caused by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant; a report on the treatment needed by U.S. veterans returning from foreign wars.
Episode 11
Heroin Warfare and The Coldest War
Fri, Jun 6, 2014 30 mins
A report on heroin use in Iran; a look at how climate change may be reigniting the Cold War.
Episode 12
Surveillance City and The Forgotten War
Fri, Jun 13, 2014 30 mins
In the Season 2 finale, Vikram Gandhi examines new crime-fighting technology in Camden, N.J.; and Ben Anderson reports on the ongoing conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan.