Season 5
1 // Gateway to Heroin
Mariana van Zeller investigates how and why OxyContin has fueled a new heroin epidemic in and around Boston.
2 // Sex, Lies & Cigarettes
Christof Putzel goes to Indonesia in search of the “Smoking Baby,” only to discover a problem much bigger than one viral video star as Big Tobacco targets developing markets.
3 // Sushi to the Slaughter
Adam Yamaguchi, a ravenous sushi consumer since childhood, examines the cost of the world's insatiable appetite for raw fish, namely the Bluefin tuna.
4 // City of God, Guns & Gangs
Mariana van Zeller investigates Brazil's bold new offensive to transform Rio de Janeiro's dangerous slums (called favelas) as the country readies itself to host both the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics.
5 // Tiger Farms
Adam Yamaguchi investigates China's lucrative black market for tigers and tiger parts, including conservation centers that some fear are little more than exotic animal factories.
6 // This (Illegal) American Life
Mariana van Zeller explores the personal stories of just some of the more than 2 million college students who are also illegal immigrants and facing uncertain futures as they prepare to graduate.
7 // Recovery High
Students attend a public high school outside Boston dedicated to serving drug-addicted teenagers.
8 // Arming the Mexican Cartels
Christof Putzel reports from Juarez, Mexico, where US guns are fueling deadly drug wars.
9 // Islamophobia
Adam Yamaguchi examines the rise of Islamophobia across the US and UK, and a new, aggressive network of anti-Muslim alarmists.
10 // Under the Knife Abroad
Americans increasingly seek medical care overseas, because they can’t afford it at home. Adam Yamaguchi investigates medical tourism.
11 // The War on Weed
Christof compares how US cities deal with weed. It’s high times in LA, while NYC cracks down on low-level pot offenses.
12 //Two Americas
Vanguard surveys the growing economic disparity in America, profiling a month in the lives of two families in very different tax brackets.
13 //The 99 Percent
Christof Putzel moves into Zuccotti Park to explore the Occupy Wall Street movement from the inside. Produced by Brent and Craig Renaud.
14 //Cage Fighting in the USA
Mariana van Zeller explores the sometimes violent world of Mixed Martial Arts, the fastest growing sport in America.
Season 4
1 // Missionaries of Hate
Mariana van Zeller investigates the influence of American evangelicals on proposed anti-gay legislation in Uganda.
2 // Rape on the Reservation
Mariana Van Zeller uncovers the culture of silence around sexual abuse on Native American reservations.
3 // World's Toilet Crisis
Vanguard investigates one of the world's biggest public health crises: the 2.6 billion people living without sanitary plumbing.
4 // Soccer's Lost Boys
Mariana van Zeller investigates the so-called "soccer slave trade" displacing thousands of West African athletes hoping to make it in the pros.
5 // War Crimes
Kaj Larsen investigates how war-related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is affecting returning soldiers, veterans and civilians in towns across America.
6 // American Jihadi
Christof Putzel investigates what led an Alabama man to cut ties with his family and join an Al-Qaeda affiliated terrorist group in Somalia.
7 // Life and Death on the Border
Christof Putzel attempts to cross into the U.S. alongside illegal immigrants and the Mexican “coyote” helping to smuggle them across the border.
8 // Marijuana Wars, Part 1
Adam Yamaguchi embeds with U.S. agents are working to dismantle Mexican drug trafficking organizations producing marijuana on American soil.
9 // Marijuana Wars, Part 2
Adam Yamaguchi follows an elite task force on a mission to take down marijuana growers from Mexico, including low-level planters and high-level financiers.
Special // Captive in North Korea
Former Vanguard correspondent Laura Ling provides harrowing details of how she and producer Euna Lee were apprehended and held in North Korea while on assignment in Asia.
Season 3
1 // The OxyContin Express
Mariana van Zeller follows the pain pill pipeline from Florida, the “Colombia of prescription drugs," to Appalachia, where Oxy from the Sunshine State is in high demand.
2 // Cuba: Waiting for a Revolution
Adrian Baschuk travels to the last western Communist state to see whether or not there exists any possibility of regime change.
3 // Forest of Ecstasy
Adam Yamaguchi investigates oil distilleries operating deep inside Cambodia's forest where safrole oil is extracted from a rare tree.
4 // Notes from a War on Terror
Mariana van Zeller travels to Sri Lanka to see how the Tamil Tigers, one of the world’s most lethal and influential terrorist organizations, were finally defeated.
5 // Porn 2.0
Christof Putzel visits struggling "traditional" porn production studios and innovative web producers.
6 // Prison Contraband
Janet Choi goes inside a California state prison to investigate contraband smuggled inside the cells, and how cellphones are the new security threat.
7 // Remote Control War
Criss-crossing America to uncover some of the trend lines in war-fighting technology, Kaj Larsen investigates the issue of remote control warfare.
8 // Cocaine Mafia
Christof Putzel investigates how cocaine demand in the Europe has created a Nigerian mafia challenging the Italians on their own turf.
Season 2
1 // America's Secret War With Iran
Mariana van Zeller travels to the Iraq-Iran border to investigate claims that the United States is supporting militant groups that are attacking Iran.
2 // The Great American Detour
Lauren Cerre zigzags from Los Angeles to New York on bus, stopping to talk to young Americans about national issues affecting them.
3 // Modern Day Pirates
Kaj Larsen goes on a search for modern day pirates in the straits of Malacca, one of the most trafficked seaborne trading routes in the world.
4 // I Heart Global Warming
Adam Yamaguchi travels to the Artic to see how global warming is having a greater impact there than anywhere else in the world.
6 // Maxed Out
The 18-34 year-old demo is one that grew up on great wealth and what we're facing could be the first real financial jolt we've seen.
5 // Chinatown, Africa
Mariana van Zeller travels to Angola to investigate China's rapidly growing presence in Africa.
7 // Getting Out Of Prison
Laura Ling follows several young inmates out of prison and into the often losing battle to keep from going back in.
8 // Japan: Robot Nation
Japan is facing a demographic crisis that will shrink the population dramatically. Adam Yamaguchi learns about Japans unique solution --- Robots!
9 // Fully Automatic America
The debate on gun control rages on in the U.S. Kaj Larsen investigates the issues of guns and crime in America.
10 // The Most Controversial Jail
Guantanamo Bay is seen as a necessity and a failure of the American government. Adrian Baschuk reports from the controversial detention center in Cuba.
11 // Hot SexXxy Young
Cerissa Tanner takes us to the streets of Oakland, CA, where teen prostitution is on the rise as drug dealers shift from selling dope to selling young women.
12 // Battle Of Saipan
Adam Yamaguchi visits the island of Saipan to document the rise and sudden collapse of a tiny piece of America.
13 // Narco War Next Door Jail
Laura Ling travels to the border towns of Juarez and Tijuana, Mexico where drugs gangs are fighting for control of the drug routes into the United States.
14 // The Beach of Death
Kaj Larsen and Christof Putzel return to the Horn of Africa to investigate one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world.
15 // Lost Vegas
No place in America boomed more than Las Vegas. But when the economy collapsed, Vegas fell hard. Laura Ling tours the wreckage of Sin City.
16 // Outsourcing Unemployment
With the economy going sour, Adam Yamaguchi travels to China, where tens of millions have lost their jobs.
17 // Thank You, Recession
Lauren Cerre and Tracey Chang travel to Argentina to learn a thing or two on surviving a recession.
