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Assassination Nation/The Killer Kids of the Taliban

Episode number: 1

Overview: Assassination Nation: Political assassinations in the Philippines; The Killer Kids of the Taliban: Taliban-supported child suicide bombers in Afghanistan.

Escape from North Korea/World's Most Dangerous Border

Episode number: 2

Overview: Escape from North Korea: Desperate defectors flee North Korea; The World's Most Dangerous Border: Kashmir’s line of control – the world’s most dangerous place.

Gun School/Toxic Iraq

Episode number: 3

Overview: Gun School: Armed preparedness in a New Mexico school; Toxic Iraq: the human toll of post-war toxic waste in Iraq.

Chinese Cockblock/European Meltdown

Episode number: 4

Overview: Chinese Cockblock: The plight of desperate bachelors in China; European Meltdown: ultra-extreme reactions to the economic crisis in Europe.

Mormon Lost Boys/The Fat Farms of Mauritania/Mumbai Slumscraper

Episode number: 5

Overview: Mormon Lost Boys: Exiled sons of polygamists; The Fat Farms of Mauritania: fat farms for Mauritanian women; Mumbai Slumscraper: have and have-nots in Mumbai.

Corruption

Episode number: 6

Overview: China's Ghost Towns: How China’s appetite for housing created huge ghost cities; Egypt On The Brink: the violent aftermath of Arab Spring in Egypt.

Addiction

Episode number: 7

Overview: Tobaccoland: Tobacco obsession in Indonesia; Underground Heroin Clinic: treating heroin addiction with hallucinogens in Mexico.

Fighting Chances

Episode number: 8

Overview: Senegalese Laamb Wrestling: Laamb wrestling in Senegal; The World is Sinking: the rising tide of climate change.

Gangs & Oil

Episode number: 9

Overview: Chiraq: Failed state on the south side of Chicago; Nigeria's Oil Pirates: oil drilling in the Niger River Delta.

The Hermit Kingdom

Episode number: 10

Overview: Basketball Diplomacy: VICE makes history on a trip to North Korea to play hoops and meet with "supreme leader" Kim Jong-un.