The Outlaw Ocean

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Where the law of the land ends, the story begins. Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Ian Urbina returns with a new season of his riveting podcast anthology, The Outlaw Ocean, which explores the most lawless place on earth — the vast unpoliceable ocean. New episodes starting June 4, 2025.  In season two, Urbina sheds light on the secretive Libyan prisons swallowing up sea-faring migrants; flagrant human rights abuses in China’s massive off-shore fleet; the horrors of a shrimp processing plant in India; and the wild story of a modern-day James Bond — if he were a repo man.  Urbina and his team repeatedly risk their safety to...

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Recent episodes

  • The Outlaw Ocean Introduces: The Jaclyn Ferland-Smith CaseMar 16, 2026 · 38 min
  • Introducing | Fiasco: Benghazi — The DictatorSep 8, 2025 · 49 min
  • S2 Bonus: Let’s go below the surface with host Ian UrbinaJul 30, 2025 · 46 min
  • S2 E8: The untold plight of North Korean workers (China Pt. 3)Jul 23, 2025 · 30 min
  • S2 E7: The unspoken cost of seafood (China Pt. 2)Jul 16, 2025 · 43 min
  • S2 E6: The undisputed superpower of the seas (China Pt. 1)Jul 9, 2025 · 56 min
  • S2 E5: The shrimp factory whistleblowerJul 2, 2025 · 40 min
  • S2 E4: The repo man of the seasJun 25, 2025 · 49 min
  • S2 E3: A team of journalists at gunpoint (Libya Pt. 3)Jun 18, 2025 · 38 min
  • S2 E2: A place “worse than hell” (Libya Pt.2)Jun 11, 2025 · 49 min

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