2020

S2.E1 ∙ Talibanistan & Armed and Black

Sat, Mar 06, 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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S2.E2 ∙ Nigerian Uprising & The Brink

Sat, Mar 13, 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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S2.E3 ∙ Evicted & Haiti's New Strongman

Sat, Mar 20, 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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S2.E4 ∙ El Darién & Out of Sight

Sat, Mar 27, 2021

Migrants to the US face a grueling 60-mile hike along the Colombia-Panama border through one of the world's most dangerous jungles; The police-worn body camera has yet to fulfill its promise as a silver bullet against police brutality.

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S2.E5 ∙ Egypt's Silent War & Chain of Command

Sat, Apr 03, 2021

Enlisted personnel are falling victim to violence in an unexpected place - on stateside military bases. Gianna Toboni explores violence and impunity across the US military; Hind Hassan travels to Egypt to investigate human rights abuses.

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S2.E6 ∙ Hong Kong's Resistance & Prison Profiteers

Sat, Apr 10, 2021

Laurel Chor reports from Hong Kong, meets those who are risking their lives to maintain the freedoms that Beijing is targeting; David Noriega investigates how the private prison industry pushes back against its critics to protect profits.

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S2.E7 ∙ Yemen's War Kids & Joint Custody

Sat, Apr 17, 2021

Isobel Yeung explores how the escalation in Yemen's conflict is impacting 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.

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S2.E8 ∙ Shadow War & God and Country

Sat, Apr 24, 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 through the Bible Belt to see how the evangelical community grapples with a post-Trump world.

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S2.E9 ∙ Cancer Alley & Cuba's New Revolution

Sat, Nov 13, 2021

Alzo Slade travels to "Cancer Alley". 85-mile stretch in Louisiana where nearly 150 petrochemical plants and oil refineries line the Mississippi river; Paola Ramos travels to Cuba to find out if the Communist dictatorship is losing grip.

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S2.E10 ∙ Land of the Free & Ethiopia's War Within

Sat, Nov 20, 2021

Vegas Tenold is at "American Redoubt," a conservative enclave in Northern Idaho that has burgeoned in the wake of the 2020 election; Julia Steers reports on Ethiopia's ongoing civil war, where PM Ahmed Abiy is accused of ethnic cleansing.

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S2.E11 ∙ The Taliban's Terror Problem & Citizen's Arrest

Sat, Nov 27, 2021

Isobel Yeung is in Afghanistan to explore the security challenges for the new Taliban regime; Alexis Johnson looks at the history of citizen's arrest laws, which the three men charged with Ahmaud Arbery's murder are using as their defense.

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S2.E12 ∙ State of Surveillance & Killing Dissent

Sat, Dec 04, 2021

Krishna Andavolu investigates how a surveillance state has crept into American domestic policy; Ben C. Solomon tells the story of how the poets of Myanmar inspired protests against the military even as they became targeted for death.

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S2.E13 ∙ Descent into Darkness & Merging With Machines

Sat, Dec 11, 2021

Matthew Cassel is in Lebanon to examine the anatomy of a failed state and the impact on ordinary people; Alice Hines meets cyborgs, neuroscientists and tech pioneers to explore the rapidly blurring line between biology and technology.

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S2.E14 ∙ Take Down the CCP & World's Coolest Dictator

Sat, Dec 18, 2021

Isobel Yeung meets ex-Chinese real estate tycoon Guo Wengui and explores his web of disinformation spreading throughout the US. David Noriega goes to El Salvador to investigate the supposed achievements of its millennial president.

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S2.E15 ∙ But I Read It Online & No Safe Haven

Sat, Dec 25, 2021

Alzo Slade investigates medical disinformation under the guise of "alternative health" during the COVID-19 pandemic; Hind Hassan travels to Turkey and Europe to document a new migrant crisis and abuses of international law.

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