The VICE Guide to Right Now

On this episode, we talk to Broadly's Diana Tourjée and Sarah Burke about The Gender Spectrum Collection, a stock photo library featuring trans and non-binary models that aims to help media better represent members of these communities. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, we talk VICE producer Lydia Randall about her new short documentary "Growing Up Off-The-Grid" about a 17-year old young woman who was raised off-the-grid in the foothold of the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, VICE Podcast Producer Sophie Kazis speaks with Broadly writers Marie Solis and Leila Ettachfini about the true timeline of male birth control. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, we talk to Broadly reporter Diana Tourjée about the Congressional Trans Equality Task Force, which is currently chaired by Massachusetts Representative Joe Kennedy III. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, VICE Podcast Producer Sophie Kazis speaks to TONIC reporter Shayla Love about the fraught history of the condition formerly known as “multiple personality disorder,” and how the medical field is still in disagreement on whether it is real. But does ‘real’ matter when a diagnosis can help? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, we deep-dive into a story from VICE Magazine's Truth and Lies issue about an internet theory called “The Mandela Effect" that has taken the internet by storm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, VICE Podcast Producer Sophie Kazis talks with author and professor Jonathan Metzl about his new book, Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment is Killing America's Heartland , which examines how Trump’s agenda depends on policies that render his own supporters – the white working-class – expendable. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, VICE Podcast Producer Sophie Kazis asks reporter Ankita Rao 'Is it possible for a ride hailing app to be ethical?' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we talk to VICE writer Anna Iovine about what vanilla sex means in 2019. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, VICE Podcast Producer Sophie Kazis welcomes back Paola Ramos, the host of the VICE series LATIN-X, which just launched 4 noteworthy new episodes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we’re peeking behind the curtain to look at the darker aspects of being a brand influencer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, VICE podcast producer Sophie Kazis speaks with writer Caroline Lewis about how, in a post-Ghost Ship and rapidly gentrifying America, many DIY spaces are trying to pivot from the underground to the mainstream in order to survive. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we talk to HIV and LGBTQ activist George Johnson about what he learned from his STI-prevention work in gay bathhouses. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we talk to VICE reporter Ankita Rao about the ripple effects of Amazon’s decision to cancel their second headquarters in New York. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, VICE podcast producer Sophie Kazis speaks with Broadly reporter Marie Solis about the fight in New York to decriminalize sex work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we talk to historian and journalist Cynthia Greenlee about food, power, and how a particular breakfast staple in southern black cuisine has been used as a weapon against cheating or abusive men. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we talk to cyber security reporter Joseph Cox about 'stalkerware' used to spy on romantic partners, and the role tech giants like PayPal play in this malicious and booming industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we talk to TONIC reporter Shayla Love about why scientists are so interested in near-death experiences, or NDEs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we’re talking about the mounting problem of student debt, and why this issue is rarely discussed by policymakers who, instead, tend to fixate on national debt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, VICE Podcast Producer Sophie Kazis sits down with Motherboard reporter Caroline Haskins to discuss how the structure and model of YouTube as a platform incentivizes conspiratorial content. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, VICE’s News Editor Matt Taylor talks to reporter Ankita Rao about what it means for Amazon to infiltrate America’s school system, and whether or not it will put even a dent in the inequality that plagues it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, we’ve got NOISEY in the studio to talk about the spectacular rise and fall of America’s first - and maybe last - rock n’ roll themed amusement park: Hard Rock Park. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, VICE Podcast Producer Sophie Kazis talks to Motherboard reporter Caroline Haskins about the predictive policing company PredPol. Using public information requests, Haskins verified dozens of previously unconfirmed police department contracts with this new policing technology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, VICE Podcast Producer Sophie Kazis speaks to reporter Will Greenberg about how, as federal employees sue to get damages from the longest government shutdown in history, the victims of the last shutdown are still waiting on their own payout. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we're talking about how unions see opportunity in the cannabis industry, especially with it's long history of sexual harassment, workers getting paid with drugs, and other rough conditions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.