The podcast episodes examine the ongoing 'war on drugs' in the Philippines, where hundreds of people continue to be killed extrajudicially each year despite the new President's promises to end the violence and focus on rehabilitation.

The episodes highlight the challenges of shifting from a culture of punishment to one of rehabilitation, and the personal stories of victims' families. They also detail the dehumanizing language used to justify the mass killings under Duterte's violent drug policies.

The episodes provide a harrowing look at the human rights abuses and trauma experienced by journalists and others who have borne witness to the extrajudicial killings in the Philippines.