Vanguard - Season 5

Season 5
Network
DatesJun 20, 2011 - Aug 8, 2011
Episodes

Season 5Episode 160 min
Gateway to Heroin
Correspondent Mariana van Zeller investigates how and why OxyContin has fueled a new heroin epidemic in and around Boston.
Jun 20, 2011

Season 5Episode 260 min
Sex, Lies & Cigarettes
Vanguard correspondent Christof Putzel heads to Indonesia, where he exposes Big Tobacco's successful and deadly expansion into that country, and observes the stage being set for a David vs. Goliath battle, as a small, underfunded group of concerned advocates battle Big Tobacco and a government drunk on profits and denial.
Jun 28, 2011

Season 5Episode 360 min
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.
Jul 12, 2011

Season 5Episode 460 min
City of God, Guns & Gangs
Vanguard correspondent Mariana van Zeller investigates Brazil's bold new initiative to transform Rio de Janeiro's dangerous slums (called favelas) before the country hosts the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics.
Jul 19, 2011

Season 5Episode 560 min
Tiger Farms
Vanguard correspondent Adam Yamaguchi goes undercover to investigate China's lucrative black market for tigers and tiger parts, including the business of Asian zoos and breeding centers.
Jul 26, 2011

Season 5Episode 660 min
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.
Aug 1, 2011

Season 5Episode 760 min
Recovery High
Students attend a public high school outside Boston dedicated to serving drug-addicted teenagers.
Aug 8, 2011
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