We travel to Japan to find out how the next generation of illegal street racers are dodging police and keeping their counterculture alive. Watch Away Days documentaries at youtube.com/@awaydaystvSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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To Live and Die in a Rio Gang War
Our final episode of the Favela Government chapter shows first hand the cycle of never-ending-violence in Rio's favelas. People we met are dead, sewers are wide open, and the gang war continues to keep civilians living in fear. Watch Away Days documentaries at youtube.com/@awaydaystvSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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On Patrol With Favela Security
Security in the favelas is impoverish young men with guns, who’re untrained and unscrupulous. We went on patrol with these armed foot-soldiers at the higher, more impoverished levels of the shanty town. There we saw a different side to the favela, one of precarious living and environmental degradation. Watch Away Days documentaries at youtube.com/@awaydaystvSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Luta Livre in the Heart of the Favela
We want to see what life is like for the civilians of the favela. So far we've only been around armed foot-soldiers and serious gang members. What we find in the heart of the favela is more incredible than we ever expected. Watch Away Days documentaries at youtube.com/@awaydaystvSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Inside Rio’s Gang Controlled Favelas
Red Command is Brazil’s oldest gang. Inside the shanty towns they control, there’s no police, no government, no rule of law. Street justice only. We spent a week with Red Command to see how a gang takes on the role of a government. Welcome to the favelas… Watch Away Days documentaries at youtube.com/@awaydaystvSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
About Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly
Away Days Podcast is an episodic documentary series focused on unreported stories from the fringes of society. We’re compassionately documenting the underground without watering it down or editorially obscuring it. This is independent journalism with no filter. Real, raw, and ugly. Journalist Jake Hanrahan, the host and creator of Away Days has spent the last 10 years embedded in places he’s not meant to be. With unique access and a straightforward style of on-the-ground reporting, the listener will be taken deep into the places they didn’t know existed.
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