Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly

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Lil Noisy Loves Civics Aug 18, 2025

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Today is the finale of the Away Days podcast. We hear from one of the mountain pass street racers about why he’ll only race a Honda Civic, and talk to the Away Days co-founder about the terror of Kanjo.

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Racing Down a Secret Mountain Aug 11, 2025

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Today we discover the Across Racing team, who take us all the way up a secret mountain pass for a race. Usually they'd ride the Kanjo, but the police are after them...

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Organized Crime on the Hanshin Expressway Aug 04, 2025

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We go to meet the head of one of Osaka's best known underground racing crews. What we didn't know, is that he's allegedly involved in a notorious organized crime thing. This makes things tricky, and we see access slip through our fingers... for now.

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Illegal Racing on Japan’s Kanjo Loop Jul 28, 2025

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We travel to Japan to find out how the next generation of illegal street racers are dodging police and keeping their counterculture alive.

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To Live and Die in a Rio Gang War Jul 14, 2025

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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.

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On Patrol With Favela Security Jul 07, 2025

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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.

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Luta Livre in the Heart of the Favela Jun 30, 2025

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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.

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Inside Rio’s Gang Controlled Favelas Jun 23, 2025

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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…

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All Roads Lead to King of the Streets Jun 17, 2025

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After almost two years of working on access and devolving our project on the underground scene of No Rules fighting, an entryway into King of the Streets finally opens up.

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The Criminal Connection Jun 09, 2025

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We travel to a German border town to attend a hidden underground fight club in the heart of the underworld. Biker gangs, drug dealers, and hooligans all brush shoulders to watch the first ever female No Rules fight…

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