
The Outlaw Ocean
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 tell stories powerful people don’t want you to know. As podcast reviewer Lauren Passell notes, “Ian’s not relying on research, he was there [...] Outlaw Ocean makes you feel like you’re there, too.”
This immersive audio documentary series brings together more than eight years of reporting at sea on all seven oceans and more than three dozen countries.
Episodes (18)

S2 Bonus: Let’s go below the surface with host Ian Urbina

S2 E8: The untold plight of North Korean workers (China Pt. 3)

S2 E7: The unspoken cost of seafood (China Pt. 2)

S2 E6: The undisputed superpower of the seas (China Pt. 1)

S2 E5: The shrimp factory whistleblower

S2 E4: The repo man of the seas

S2 E3: A team of journalists at gunpoint (Libya Pt. 3)

S2 E2: A place “worse than hell” (Libya Pt.2)
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S2 E1: A war on migration, funded by the EU (Libya Pt. 1)
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Welcome to The Outlaw Ocean (S2)

S1 E7: Epilogue — The Spell of The Sea

S1 E6: The Magic Pipe

S1 E5: Waves of Extraction

S1 E4: From The Sea, Freedom

S1 E3: Slavery At Sea

S1 E2: The Dark Fleet

S1 E1: The Murder Video
