Medical Détente & Bananas (S05E09)
S05E09
VICE correspondent Gianna Toboni journeys to Cuba to explore the innovative treatments and cures emerging from the nation’s biotech sector, which have thrived amid the long-standing US embargo. In another segment, VICE travels to the core of banana production in Latin America and the Philippines to examine the severe impacts of a spreading disease. The report delves into the broader implications of potentially losing bananas, highlighting that it’s not just about missing out on a vibrant lunchbox.
Show
VICE
Episode
S05E09
Air Date
Apr 28, 2017
Season 5 Episodes
S05E01
Assad's Syria & Cost of Climate Change
S05E02
Trans Youth
S05E03
When the Earth Melts & The Displaced
S05E04
Kings of Cannabis & Into the Darkness
S05E05
Black and Blue & Our Bionic Future
S05E06
End of Amateurism
S05E07
Life Under Sharia & Plastic Oceans
S05E08
Fast Food of Arabia & Nollywood
S05E09
Medical Détente & Bananas
S05E10
Taliban Resurgence
S05E11
Engineering Immortality & Robot Revolution
S05E12
Women Behind Bars & The Business of Making Art
S05E13
Taking Back Iraq & Lost Generation
S05E14
The Politics of Terror & End of the EU?
S05E15
Future of Firearms & Russia “Wins” Climate Change
S05E16
Cyber Supremacy & Japan Rising
S05E17
Last Line of Defense & El Rostro
S05E18
Power to the President
S05E19
Crude Reality & Between Oil and Water
S05E20
Autism Under the Lens
S05E21
Show of Force & Return to Somalia
S05E22
Controlling the Narrative & Power to Congo
S05E23
Dawn of a Dictator
S05E24
Dirty Oil & Rebuilding Our Reefs
S05E25
Dark Web & Future of Appalachia
S05E26
Divide and Conquer & Crackdown in Honduras
S05E27
Russian Hacking & Contagion
S05E28
'Post-Truth' News & Microbiome
S05E29
After ISIS & Cubs of the Caliphate