VICE News Tonight Season 6, Episode 5: Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Shrooms could soon be legal in more places, and billions of dollars are in play. VICE News reports on whether psilocybin is doomed to become a therapy by and for the elite.

45 min

Thursday, January 6, 2022

VICE News Tonight cuts through the spin, disinformation, and punditry to bring you in-depth coverage of the day's top stories, and fearless on-the-ground reporting on the people, places and voices you won't see anywhere else.

44 min

Wednesday, January 12, 2022

California's illicit marijuana economy is booming despite legalization. VICE News explores why.

44 min

Thursday, January 13, 2022

Kazakhstan's president crushed recent protests with a shoot-to-kill order. VICE News breaks down what's next for the country and how Moscow's influence is growing.

44 min

Thursday, January 20, 2022

One pastor is on a mission to create what he calls "sanctuary cities for the unborn"—outlawing abortions town by town. VICE News follows him as he works with communities in Texas.

44 min

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Russia isn't backing down on Ukraine, and the U.S. is now sending thousands more troops to Europe. VICE News is on the frontline of eastern Ukraine with soldiers preparing for war.

44 min

Thursday, February 3, 2022

The leader of ISIS has died in a special forces operation in Syria. VICE News breaks down what it means for ISIS and the U.S. strategy in the region.

44 min

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

VICE News is inside Afghanistan to see how women are coping under the Taliban.

44 min

Thursday, February 10, 2022

Teachers are resigning and retiring in droves as the pandemic strains schools that were already struggling. VICE News visits Oklahoma to see consequences of the staffing shortage.

44 min

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

The "Freedom Convoy" is growing and continues to disrupt the U.S.-Canada border. Vice News is in Ottawa with anti-mandate protesters to follow the money behind their mission.

44 min

Thursday, February 17, 2022

In the nineties, voodoo was officially recognized as a religion in Benin. VICE News goes to an annual voodoo festival to explore the religion's past and present.

44 min

Wednesday, March 9, 2022

VICE News travels to the border of Poland and Ukraine to speak with refugees who are escaping the Russian invasion and men from the EU who are volunteering to fight.

43 min

Thursday, March 10, 2022

VICE News speaks exclusively with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv.

44 min

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

VICE News is in Mexico at the border with Ukrainian and Russian refugees seeking asylum in the US.

44 min

Thursday, March 17, 2022

There's a superbug found in some chicken that you may not know about. VICE News investigates how it gets on your plate.

44 min

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

VICE News reports from inside Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-biggest city, which has been under constant attack since the beginning of the war.

44 min

Thursday, March 24, 2022

VICE News covers the battle for South Ukraine and the Black Sea and its devastating impact on families in the region.

44 min

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

VICE News is in Georgia as many Russians flee their government for the neighboring republic, but they aren't getting an entirely warm welcome.

44 min

Thursday, April 14, 2022

VICE News returns to the Sahel region in Africa to uncover the anatomy of the latest coup in Burkina Faso and spotlight the foreign failures that made it possible.

44 min

Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Families in India are being forced to raze their homes. The Hindu nationalist government says they are reclaiming state land, but those impacted say it's because they are Muslim.

44 min

Thursday, April 21, 2022

VICE News investigates a jet fuel leak into the Navy's water system on Oahu, impacting 93,000 people as military and civilian families deal with nightmare health issues.

45 min

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

In the latest installment of “American Grift” VICE News’ Michael Moynihan takes a look inside the world of TikTok houses and if going viral is a viable way to make money.

44 min

Thursday, April 28, 2022

In Mexico anonymous social media pages once praised for information on cartel violence, a beat reporters have been killed for, are now part of disinformation targeting journalists.

44 min

Wednesday, May 11, 2022

The war in Ukraine has entered a new stage. VICE News traveled to Donbass to witness the evacuation of civilians and police hunting down enemy collaborators.

44 min

Thursday, May 12, 2022

The opioid crisis is at another turning point with drugs even more potent than fentanyl. VICE News gets an intimate glimpse at the impact this new poly-drug wave is having.

45 min

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

VICE News investigates multiple sexual assault allegations against the Louisville Metro Police Department. PART 1

44 min

Thursday, May 19, 2022

VICE News investigates more allegations of abuse of power in the Louisville Metro Police Department. PART 2

44 min

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

In Baltimore, advocates say a steady increase to police funding has done nothing to alleviate crime. Alexis Johnson reports on what comes next in the fight for police reform.

44 min

Thursday, May 26, 2022

VICE News is in Texas, where those divided over what to do about gun laws agree on one thing... the shootings have to stop.

44 min

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

VICE News’ Gianna Toboni talks to teens in Mississippi to discuss abortion rights ahead of the Supreme Court ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health.

44 min

Thursday, June 9, 2022

In the wake of the school mass shooting in Texas, VICE News visits an active shooter training center to see how police are taught to respond.

44 min

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

VICE News investigates the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School system in North Carolina, where current and former students say the district is suppressing reports of sexual assault.

44 min

Thursday, June 16, 2022

VICE News is in Colorado, where 2020 election deniers are running for office at every level, including the county coroner.

44 min

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

VICE News is with East Buffalo students, teachers, and counselors as they talk about how to move forward after a racist attack.

44 min

Thursday, June 23, 2022

In a VICE News one-hour special Hind Hassan investigates allegations of exploitation in the US essential oils industry and the supply chain in Somaliland.

44 min

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

VICE News reports from a burned-out abortion clinic in Wyoming on the state of abortion access in a post-Roe America.

44 min

Thursday, June 30, 2022

In an hour-long special VICE News’ Gianna Toboni investigates the pro-life right playbook, how they got the country here, and what’s next on their agenda in Post-Roe America.

44 min

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

VICE News embeds with Ukrainian troops as they enter a new phase in Russia's ongoing bombing campaign.

44 min

Thursday, July 21, 2022

Vice News goes inside the world of the latest true crime wave, following two amateur detectives who solve cold cases.

44 min

Wednesday, July 27, 2022

VICE News is at the US-Mexico border to investigate the debate over the influx of migrants and the 'Great Replacement Theory' in Latino border communities.

44 min

Thursday, July 28, 2022

VICE News is in Paradise, California, four years after the town was destroyed by fire. But that's not stopping people from wanting to move in or rebuild what was lost.

44 min

Wednesday, August 3, 2022

In Fresno, California, a private company called Harmony Communities is attempting to purchase one 60-unit trailer park named Trails End, and residents fear the worst.

44 min

Thursday, August 4, 2022

VICE News is at Diablo Canyon, California's last nuclear power plant. Nuclear power advocates are pushing to keep it open despite a scheduled decommission in the coming years.

44 min

Wednesday, August 24, 2022

VICE News is in Somalia as the country goes through its worst drought on record and millions of people face famine.

42 min

Thursday, August 25, 2022

VICE News is with a group of tech-savvy environmental crusaders, using everything from drones to thermal cameras to locate, document, and stop polluters.

43 min

Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Less than 1% of commercial airline pilots are Black women. VICE News explores how the industry is finally making changes for the better.

44 min

Thursday, September 1, 2022

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Wednesday, September 14, 2022

VICE News is with high school football players in Jackson, Mississippi, as that city navigates an ongoing lack of safe drinking water.

44 min

Thursday, September 15, 2022

Dead time is serving time in prison beyond your sentence — something that pretty much only happens if you’re on the sex offense registry. VICE News’ Alice Hines investigates.

44 min

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

A VICE News EXCLUSIVE interview with Vice President, Kamala Harris.

44 min

Thursday, September 22, 2022

VICE News’ Alexis Johnson looks at what undocumented migrants from the southern border face in their arrival to Washington, D.C.

44 min

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

VICE News is in Brazil, where indigenous communities are seeking to block Christian missionaries from entering their land.

44 min

Thursday, September 29, 2022

VICE News investigates why Japan still allows sexual illustrations of children.

44 min

Wednesday, October 5, 2022

VICE News is in Iraq where climate change and negligence are poisoning the land and water and pushing people out of their homes.

44 min

Thursday, October 6, 2022

Post-pandemic, schools in the U.S. are now largely back to normal, but some students aren’t going back. VICE News investigates what’s driving homeschool families to opt out.

44 min

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

VICE News investigates extremism in the ranks of the U.S. military; the rise of veterans and active-duty servicemen who play a key role in the DNA of white extremist groups.

44 min

Thursday, October 20, 2022

In Russia, students, pensioners, and people with no army training have been called to serve. VICE News investigates if Russia's 'special operation' has finally become a real war.

44 min

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

LaKeith Smith is in prison for murder because a cop killed his friend. VICE News’ Dexter Thomas investigates the felony murder rule, and what it takes to get justice in Alabama.

44 min

Thursday, October 27, 2022

VICE News is in Ukraine looking at what it means to live inside a war zone.

44 min

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

In 2022, the state of Alabama has denied more than 90 percent of state prison parole requests. VICE News investigates why and what's at stake.

44 min

Thursday, November 3, 2022

A crowd crush in Seoul's Itaewon district left more than 150 people dead. Vice News looks at what happened.

44 min

Wednesday, November 9, 2022

VICE News is on the ground across the U.S. looking at what the election results mean for democracy.

44 min

Thursday, November 10, 2022

VICE News investigates how Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro pushed the world’s fourth-largest democracy to the brink of crisis -- and built a lasting right-wing movement.

44 min

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

VICE News Tonight investigates one of the deadliest police departments in the country.

44 min

Thursday, November 17, 2022

Vice News is in Egypt as a major climate change conference welcomes global leaders and the world demands the release of a long-held political prisoner.

44 min

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

From farm to fork, the Mafia has infiltrated Italy’s food industry. VICE News’ Michael Anthony Adams investigates this $26B money maker for the infamous crime organization.

44 min

Thursday, December 1, 2022

VICE News’ Hind Hassan takes us inside a bank raid in Lebanon as a man tries to access his own money with a gun and a Molotov cocktail.

44 min

Wednesday, December 7, 2022

VICE News investigates a school surveillance company that combs through student activity on email, chat, and other school-issued tools for “concerning” content.

44 min

Thursday, December 8, 2022

VICE News is in Florida as more people question whether it’s smart to live and rebuild in coastal areas that are extremely vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

44 min

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

It’s been ten years since the Sandy Hook mass shooting and not much has changed when it comes to gun control in America, VICE News investigates.

44 min

Thursday, December 15, 2022

VICE News Tonight investigates the state of American housing.

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