Episode 18

Overview

When the Boy Scouts of America announced it would soon allow girls to join as Cub Scouts, concerns were raised about the plan potentially posing an existential threat to the Girl Scouts. VICE News investigated whether that is the case. VICE News takes a look at the history of sexual assault litigation in the wake of workplace sexual harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein and other powerful men. Over the past year, the art world has convulsed with disputes over cultural appropriation and whether urban art galleries are a tool of gentrification. VICE News looks at how that conflict flared up this fall in New York City, with the opening of an installation whose subject was the gallery itself. Plus, YouTube star Filthy Frank is releasing an album under his real name and an insider look at the strategy making Nigeria the world’s Scrabble powerhouse.