# Is anybody else digging "Vice"? (A new investigative series on HBO.) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 27, 2013, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-digging-vice-a-new-investigative-series-on-hbo/656842 "2013-04-27T14:37:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-digging-vice-a-new-investigative-series-on-hbo/656842/1 "2013-04-27T14:37:33Z")
[Here](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/03/vice-hbo-series_n_3007537.html) Basically, a series about investigative reporters who happen to have balls the size of cantaloupes who report on things about how fucked up stuff is over seas. I’m really enjoying this show so far. I hope they get signed up for another season. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-digging-vice-a-new-investigative-series-on-hbo/656842/2 "2013-04-27T16:25:33Z")
We watched last night and thought it was great. The one guy with the beard did a remarkable job of asking pointed questions in the most offhand way possible, though I would have liked to see him push the Nationalist lady a little harder. On a side note, it was funny to see Kenneth Rogoff, the recently debunked patron saint of austerity, opining on the European dilemma. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-digging-vice-a-new-investigative-series-on-hbo/656842/3 "2013-04-28T00:02:41Z")
sounds good. i’ll check it out. thanks. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-digging-vice-a-new-investigative-series-on-hbo/656842/4 "2013-04-28T00:18:33Z")
I follow their website. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-digging-vice-a-new-investigative-series-on-hbo/656842/5 "2013-04-28T01:40:29Z")
Are these the idiots who went to North Korea and proceeded to get drunk and act like jackasses? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-digging-vice-a-new-investigative-series-on-hbo/656842/6 "2013-04-28T01:52:23Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > Are these the idiots who went to North Korea and proceeded to get drunk and act like jackasses? Well, they’ve been to North Korea, but that is not the main impression I got from their video series. They did drink with their “guides”, though. They also visited Liberia and even visited N. Korean workcamps up in southeastern Russia. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-digging-vice-a-new-investigative-series-on-hbo/656842/7 "2013-04-28T02:02:35Z")
I just watched the one with political assassinations in the Phillipines and kid suicide bombers. Holy crap that was disturbing. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-digging-vice-a-new-investigative-series-on-hbo/656842/8 "2013-04-28T02:05:01Z")
[Here is Shane going to Russia to interview N. Koreans living there in work camps. It’s a great series and worth watching the whole thing.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awQDLoOnkdI) ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-digging-vice-a-new-investigative-series-on-hbo/656842/9 "2013-04-28T02:05:45Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > Are these the idiots who went to North Korea and proceeded to get drunk and act like jackasses? Define “drunk” and “jackass” please ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-digging-vice-a-new-investigative-series-on-hbo/656842/10 "2013-04-28T02:31:27Z")
And now we’ve watched the people being smuggled out of N Korea, and the current state of the Kashmiri conflict. Great Scott the world is fucked up. Great show! ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-digging-vice-a-new-investigative-series-on-hbo/656842/11 "2013-04-28T23:16:30Z")
I love this show. I am in awe of the reckless positions they put themselves in, and the stories are fascinating. ---
**Author:** ![stoplight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@stoplight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stoplight)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-digging-vice-a-new-investigative-series-on-hbo/656842/12 "2013-04-28T23:55:19Z")
great show, part of my uncomfortableness with the show is in part due to how uncomfortable they must be putting themselves in view of some serious jacked up knuckleheads with bad intentions. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2013, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-digging-vice-a-new-investigative-series-on-hbo/656842/13 "2013-04-29T01:31:48Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > I love this show. I am in awe of the reckless positions they put themselves in, and the stories are fascinating. Well said. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![tomcar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tomcar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomcar)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-digging-vice-a-new-investigative-series-on-hbo/656842/14 "2013-04-29T02:16:01Z")
Yeah, I’ve been watching the web episodes for years. They deserve some real tv viewing. Check out the Liberia film. I think it was mentioned on this board at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-digging-vice-a-new-investigative-series-on-hbo/656842/15 "2013-04-30T02:42:29Z")
> [@tomcar](#): > > Yeah, I’ve been watching the web episodes for years. They deserve some real tv viewing. > > Check out the Liberia film. I think it was mentioned on this board at the time. Times a million. [Watch the Liberia episode now and your jaw will drop. Cancel your evening plans and watch it.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRuSS0iiFyo) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-digging-vice-a-new-investigative-series-on-hbo/656842/16 "2013-04-30T03:17:05Z")
Oh my God. I’m re-watching that Liberia episode and seriously, you have to stop now an watch it. It needs to re-air as a HBO episode. One of the best 45 minutes of documentary TV I’ve seen. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2013, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-digging-vice-a-new-investigative-series-on-hbo/656842/17 "2013-05-06T01:55:25Z")
By the way, am I the only one who remembers Vice’s first show on MTV a few years ago? I haven’t seen them since they aired, but this is not the first time Vice has existed on tv. [Vice guide to Everything](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1794624/reference) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-digging-vice-a-new-investigative-series-on-hbo/656842/18 "2013-05-29T22:18:55Z")
The Vice episode where Rodman goes to N. Korea airs June 14.[Apparently, they did not realize they would meet Kim Jong Un until it happened.](http://tv.yahoo.com/news/hbos-vice-crew-surprised-north-korean-leader-183943215.html) ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-digging-vice-a-new-investigative-series-on-hbo/656842/19 "2013-05-30T01:42:08Z")
Anyone catch the one with ghost cities in China? I’m wondering if I can move there and telecommute from Versailles. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-digging-vice-a-new-investigative-series-on-hbo/656842/20 "2013-05-30T02:01:29Z")
I’ve seen some of the Vice documentaries online at their website. Fascinating stuff! I really liked the visit to North Korea (probably their first visit–they visit the tea room, see the DMZ from the north side, visit the mass games, and yes, sing karaoke with their guide). I’ll look forward to seeing the Rodman episode. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-digging-vice-a-new-investigative-series-on-hbo/656842.md?page=2)