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VICE News Reports
We bring you to the news, week by week. VICE News Reports takes you to the story as it unfolds, giving you the unfiltered sounds of the world today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Goodbye, For Now
Thank you for listening, and thank you to the team who made this show possible.
VICE News Reports is produced by Steph Brown, Sam Eagan, Sophie...
Motherboard Money: A New Podcast from VICE
When it comes to the AI revolution, you’ll hear a lot of fear around the robots taking our jobs. In this episode of Vice News Reports, we’re airing a...
What’s Next for Soca?
This year, Soca is turning 50 years old. The music genre was born in Trinidad and Tobago in the 70s in the hands of Lord Shorty, and has become the he...
The Anti-Trans Bills Sweeping Across the US
In the last four months, roughly 500 anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced across the United States. The bills range from barring trans kids from play...
The Dangerous History of Andrew Tate
Andrew Tate has become one of the most famous internet celebrities in the world by making incendiary, meme-friendly videos promoting misogyny. But lon...
In Memphis, Police Reform Falls Short
In February, Tyre Nichols’ friends and family filled a Sacramento skate shop to remember their fellow skateboarder, friend, and brother. 29-year-old N...
What Happens When We Work Less?
You’ve seen the headlines about quiet quitting, the four-day workweek, and The Great Resignation. In recent years the millions of Americans who work o...
Party Crews: The Untold Story - A New Podcast from VICE
For many Latinx kids in the ‘00s, the party crew scene was a safe space to express themselves as they came of age in the grit and glitter of Los Angel...
A Nazi-Infused Education
Earlier this year, VICE News Senior Reporter David Gilbert infiltrated a Neo-Nazi homeschool network on Telegram. The group boasted a following of ove...
When a California Town Stole a Black-Owned Resort
In 1912, a Black couple named Charles and Willa Bruce bought a parcel of land in Manhattan Beach, CA and turned it into a successful seaside resort fo...
Still in Search of a Black Utopia
A couple years ago, executive producer Adizah Eghan noticed an interesting trend on social media: everyone seemed to be living it up in Tulum, Mexico....
Joshimath Is Cracking
In early January, the holy Himalayan town of Joshimath, India woke up to grinding noises of homes cracking apart as the land sank further into the gro...
Can AI Make Us Feel Better?
Last month, a therapy app called Koko came under fire on social media after it revealed it had done an experiment using AI. Specifically, the AI text...
Behind The Anti-Semite Advising Kanye's Campaign
When Kanye West, now known as “Ye,” engaged in a series of anti-semitic tirades last year, one person showed up next to him; an influencer named Nick...
Why DRC’s Rebel Group M23 is Back
The rebel group M23 has resumed fighting in the Eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo after nearly a decade of laying dormant. M23 has...
Havana Syndrome: A New Podcast from VICE
Today we are sharing an episode from one of our newest series – Havana Syndrome. In 2016, a mysterious, debilitating illness begins to afflict America...
The Realities of a Post-Roe America
When Roe was overturned in the summer of 2022, at least 13 states had laws put in place that were meant to be triggered by the fall of Roe and ban abo...
The End of Pain
For over 30 years, Danny Elliot suffered from severe chronic pain, the aftermath of nearly getting electrocuted to death in a home accident. The only...
A Crypto-Utopia Unravels
Last year, Motherboard Reporter Edward Ongweso Jr. spoke with Arielle Duhaime-Ross about Cryptoland: the moonshot project trying to turn a private Fij...
How Shein Used Big Tech to Change the Way We Shop
Earlier this year, Arielle Duhaime-Ross spoke with reporters Louise Matsakis and Meaghan Tobin, who investigated Shein for the online magazine Rest of...
‘Give Him a Civil Death’: The Fleeing Judges of Guatemala
Miguel Angel Galvez lived a double life: at work, he was one of Guatemala’s most influential and famous jurists, presiding over cases that sent former...
The QAnon Queen’s Road Trip From Hell
For years Romana Didulo, better known to her followers as Queen Romana, has built a following of tens of thousands of people online behind a blend of...
The Other Border
Before Trump campaigned on building a wall along the Mexico border, in 2014 President Danilo Medina wanted to build one across the Dominican Republic...
How A Book Gets Banned in America
Local libraries across the US are facing pressure for having books related to racial justice and LGBTQ+ themes. In this week’s episode, journalist Cla...
The Dark Side of Fiji
When people think about Fiji, they picture a postcard paradise with white sand beaches and crystal clear blue water – but away from the luxury resorts...
How Election Conspiracies Disrupted the Midterms
MAGA Republican candidates in Arizona have been pushing conspiracies from 2020 even after Tuesday’s midterm election. The conspiracies have led to thr...
Under the Knife for the Buchona Body
Earlier this year, Paulina Ramirez - a 26-year old woman from Sinaloa, Mexico - died from complications after getting a plastic surgery procedure. Wha...
The Rent is Too Damn High
Housing costs have skyrocketed beyond pre-pandemic levels this year. Experts are saying that the market is beginning to cool down in the U.S., but are...
Infiltrating a Neo-Nazi Terror Group
Almost three years ago, an informant invited extremism and national security correspondent Ben Makuch into a secret phone call where members of a neo-...
“Mr. President, It Is Time”: Inside the Fall of Kabul
Ever since he can remember, Hamdullah Mohib has just wanted to go home. As a child, he and his family were forced to flee Afghanistan after the Soviet...
A Threat to Tribal Sovereignty
Tensions rise as the Indian Child Welfare Act heads to the Supreme Court this fall. Opponents of the law say that it discriminates against non-Native...
Deaths Per Kilowatt-Hour
In 2012 California shut down the San Onofre nuclear power plant after decades of anti-nuclear activism, leaving the state with only one remaining nucl...
‘They’re Playing Games’: An Exclusive Interview with VP Kamala Harris
Last Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris agreed to a sit down interview with VICE News chief political correspondent Liz Landers.
But the day...
Undercover in Guyana
Last year, VICE News Correspondent Isobel Yeung went undercover to understand how international business deals were being brokered in Guyana.
T...
Dating In A Warzone
Six months after Russia launched a full-scale invasion on Ukraine, we check in with Katia, a Ukrainian woman who we first spoke with back in February....
The Rise of the Moors: ‘We Want Our Own Nation’
Moors in America believe that they – and many Black Americans – are descendents of the Moroccan Empire, which they claim once extended all the way fro...
Roe Was Never Enough
After Roe v. Wade was overturned, many wondered what living in a post-Roe America would look like. But for a lot of Native people, Roe has never been...
A Summer of Love
After a bad breakup, our producer Steph Brown was on a mission to reflect, recover and get back out there. And what better time to jump into the datin...
Still Waiting for JFK
Earlier this year, VICE News reporter David Gilbert took us behind the “JFK cult” headlines, and into the lives of those who were swept up by the QAno...
Violence against Election Workers
A Department of Justice task force — who has been reviewing threats of violence against election workers— announced their findings on Monday.
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