1. Manila and the South China Sea
Aired: 9/22/2026
Palin arrives in the capital and finds a country in an odd political moment, with Bongbong Marcos as President despite his family's exile 40 years ago, and former president Duterte under arrest at the ICC accused over the deaths of 30,000 Filipinos. He then flies to the militarised island of Pagasa in the contested South China Sea, where he ends up in the middle of a standoff between Philippine and Chinese coastguard ships.