Vanguard
Vanguard
Vanguard is Current TV's award-winning documentary series. Whether it's half a world away or in our own backyard, Vanguard goes there to bring you stories about the most important issues of our time. Led by reporters Laura Ling, Christof Putzel, Mariana van Zeller, Adam Yamaguchi and Kaj Larsen.
Prison Contraband (Full Episode) Season 3, Episode 6
Contributor Janet Choi goes inside a California state prison to investigate contraband smuggled inside the cells, and how cellphones are the new security threat.
Drug Sniffing Dog (Clip) Season 3, Episode 6
Vanguard contributor Janet Choi explores how a drug sniffing dog is trained to find contraband at high security prisons.
Porn 2.0 (Full Episode) Season 3, Episode 5
Vanguard correspondent Christof Putzel takes a behind the scenes look at the porn industry, examining its history and impact on the ever-changing face of new media.
Vanguard Web Extra: Sex Machines (Clip) Season 3, Episode 5
Tomkat talks about her unique job at Kink.com and shows off a few interesting machines to Vanguard correspondent Christof Putzel.
Terrorist Expert Discusses the Tamil Tigers (Clip) Season 3, Episode 4
Rohan Gunaratna is a leading expert on international terrorism and head of the International Center for Political Violence and Terrorism Research at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
Child Soldier Rehabilitation Center (Clip) Season 3, Episode 4
The Tamil Tigers maintained a policy that every Tamil family should give at least one child to the struggle of independence. Children were recruited and sometimes forced against their will to join the ranks.
Extended Interview With Navin Dissanayake (Clip) Season 3, Episode 4
Navin Dissanayake is Minister of Investment Promotion in the Sri Lankan Parliament. His father, Gavin Dissanayake, was a prominent politician who was killed by an Tamil Tiger suicide bomber while campaigning for president.
Sri Lanka Photo Diary (Clip) Season 3, Episode 4
While in Sri Lanka, Vanguard correspondent Mariana van Zeller took in some of the beautiful sites. So sit back, relax and enjoy this picture slideshow of Mariana's adventure through Sri Lanka.
Sri Lankan Refugee Camp (Clip) Season 3, Episode 4
Correspondent Mariana van Zeller visits one of many refugee camps in the Tamil-dominated east of Sri Lanka.
Notes from a War On Terror (Full Episode) Season 3, Episode 4
Vanguard correspondent Mariana van Zeller travels to Sri Lanka during the final days of the country's civil war to see how one of the world's most powerful insurgencies, the Tamil Tigers, was finally defeated.
Meth Labs in Cambodia (Clip) Season 3, Episode 3
Cambodian anti- drug authorities are now concerned that international drug syndicates are targeting their country to produce meth. Adam visits a government store room filled with confiscated chemicals and equipment, seized recently from meth labs.
Forest of Ecstasy (Full Episode) Season 3, Episode 3
In "Forest Of Ecstasy," Vanguard correspondent Adam Yamaguchi travels to Cambodia to see how demand for the popular party drug is destroying the country's ancient rain forest.
Cambodia's Threatened Forests (Clip) Season 3, Episode 3
Oliver Nelson from Fauna and Flora International discusses why safrole oil production opens up the forests to a host of other environmental threats
Rehab in Cambodia (Clip) Season 3, Episode 3
There are still very few treatment centers or outreach services for addicts in Cambodia. Adam visits a harm-reduction center, run by NGO Korsang, where users can have a hot meal and place to sleep
Animals Rescued from Illegal Wildlife Trade (Clip) Season 3, Episode 3
Animal poaching is a growing problem inside Cambodia's forests. Tigers, bears and gibbons are some of the endangered species caught up in the illegal wildlife trade.
Elephant Porn (Clip) Season 3, Episode 3
While visiting an animal sanctuary, Adam spots what appears to be elephant hanky-panky.
Cambodian Meth Addicts (Clip) Season 3, Episode 3
Meth addiction is on the rise in Cambodia, particularly amongst street kids. Adam talks to some users and visits a drug treatment center for youth.
Cuba: Waiting for a Revolution (Full Episode) Season 3, Episode 2
Vanguard Correspondent Adrian Baschuk travels to the last remaining Communist state in the western hemisphere to see how hard life really is there and investigates whether or not there exists any possibility of regime change.
Extra: Looking Around Cuba (Clip) Season 3, Episode 2
Not very many people get to actually see what Cuba looks like. They only get to read about it in the news.
Well, with this simple montage, please sit back, relax and take a look around Cuba.