Episode
VICE: A New Leaf/Quantum Supremacy
Overview
Charlet Duboc visits remote towns in Colombia where coca farming is a way of life to examine the struggle to make the nation cocaine-free. Taylor Wilson talks to scientists about the race to build the first quantum computer.
Details
- Series
- VICE
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 18
- Air date
- 2018-08-17
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
A New Leaf/Quantum Supremacy is Episode 18 in Season 6 of VICE. It aired on 2018-08-17. The runtime is 30 min.
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