Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte makes his own rules. His war on drugs has led to the deaths of thousands of alleged drug users and dealers. His violent rhetoric and rape jokes have shocked people around the world. Yet he’s hugely popular. Reporter Aurora Almendral delves into what made him the leader he is today. Her investigation starts in his hometown in the Philippines.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte makes his own rules. His war on drugs has led to the deaths of thousands of alleged drug users and dealers. His violent rhetoric and rape jokes have shocked people around the world. Yet he’s hugely popular. Reporter Aurora Almendral delves into what made him the leader he is today. Her investigation starts in his hometown in the Philippines.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte makes his own rules. His war on drugs has led to the deaths of thousands of alleged drug users and dealers.&nbsp;His violent rhetoric and rape jokes have shocked people around the world. Yet he’s hugely popular. Reporter Aurora Almendral delves into what made him the leader he is today. Her investigation starts in his hometown in the Philippines.

Blood and Power in the Philippines

FRONTLINE Editor-in-Chief and Executive Producer Raney Aronson-Rath sits down with journalists and filmmakers for probing conversations about the investigative journalism that drives each FRONTLINE documentary and the stories that shape our time.Produced at FRONTLINE’s headquarters at GBH in Boston and powered by PRX.The FRONTLINE Dispatch is made possible by the Abrams Foundation Journalism Initiative.

News

FRONTLINE Editor-in-Chief and Executive Producer Raney Aronson-Rath sits down with journalists and filmmakers for probing conversations about the investigative journalism that drives each FRONTLINE documentary and the stories that shape our time. Produced at FRONTLINE’s headquarters at GBH in Boston and powered by PRX. The FRONTLINE Dispatch is made possible by the Abrams Foundation Journalism Initiative.

Share Blood and Power in the Philippines

Sign up to save your podcasts

Blood and Power in the Philippines

Blood and Power in the Philippines

More shows like The FRONTLINE Dispatch

Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly

PBS Washington Week with The Atlantic - Full Show

Radiolab

This American Life

The War | PBS

Global Health – PBS NewsHour

FRONTLINE: Film Audio Track | PBS

Freakonomics Radio

99% Invisible

Podcast | Wide Angle | PBS

Reveal

The New Yorker Radio Hour

MASTERPIECE Studio

Embedded

Revisionist History

American Masters: Creative Spark

The Daily

Inside NATURE on PBS

Slow Burn

Post Reports

Throughline

The Ezra Klein Show