Black Market With Michael K. Williams
Michael shares his own experiences about addiction, crime and poverty with people he meets who are living with the same problems.
Scam Likely
S2 E1
Young street genius entrepreneurs evolve from selling drugs to stealing identities and printing credit cards.
The Art of Boosting
S2 E2
Designer clothes are on sale for unbelievably low prices because the only cost is the risk of getting caught boosting.
Cannabiz
S2 E4
The wave of cannabis legalizations has deepened divides and complicated the marijuana industry; corporate weed is thriving, but the black market for cannabis still looms large.
Inside Job: Skin Deep
S2 E5
Black market beauty enhancement has become a game of Russian roulette for people looking to get big, but in the trans community, the black market might be a life saver.
Thirst Trap
S2 E6
Drinking water is so poorly managed that this basic resource has emerged as a terrifying black market; the stakes are critical, yet it's barely on most people's radar.
New Jersey Drive
S1 E1
The tradition of joy riding stolen cars gives rise to an international criminal operation in Newark, N.J.
Illicit Abalone
S1 E2
Fishermen in Hout Bay, South Africa turn to poaching to survive as a result of less of opportunity in the post-apartheid years.
The Lean Scene
S1 E4
A dangerous opioid-based cough syrup becomes a pop culture sensation across the Unites States.
Higher Stakes
S1 E5
An illegal gambling underworld flourishes in New York City; the largest losers are sometimes the ones running the games.
Lifted in London
S1 E6
Drug addicts in the UK shoplift meat and other everyday items to sell to the impoverished.