The VICE Magazine Podcast

VICE is back with a new podcast exploring the subcultures and fringes that we are best known for. If you thought we were gone, looks like we have more to say. Each week we are sitting down with the internets most fascinating characters and getting to the bottom of cultural trends. Oscar award winners, internet oddities, and viral sensations. There has never been more culture to consume, so let us...

VICE is back with a new podcast exploring the subcultures and fringes that we are best known for. If you thought we were gone, looks like we have more to say. Each week we are sitting down with the internets most fascinating characters and getting to the bottom of cultural trends. Oscar award winners, internet oddities, and viral sensations. There has never been more culture to consume, so let us...

If you like The VICE Guide To Right Now , we think you'll also really enjoy VICE News' first ever podcast, "Chapo." As Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán goes on trial, VICE News explores his high-stakes case through the stories of people caught up in the drug war in the U.S. and Mexico. The first episode comes out on Nov. 1 exclusively on Spotify in both English and Spanish. Hosted o...

Hello VICE Magazine Podcast listeners! It's true we've gone dark for a while, but we're really excited to introduce you to our newest VICE podcast, Queerly Beloved. Queerly Beloved ​is a new podcast series from Broadly. Co-hosted by Broadly editor Sarah Burke and Fran Tirado of the popular queer podcast Food 4 Thot, it’s a multifaceted portrait of LGBTQ chosen family—the people who help us figure...

The VICE Magazine Podcast  is your definitive guide to enlightening information. We’re in the middle of celebrating the release of our 11th annual Fiction Issue. Inside the magazine, we curated a special subsection of personal stories about losing your temper. Akhil Sharma wrote about a bully, Walter Kirn wrote about a rooster, and David Shields and Allen Pearl also participated. But today we...

The VICE Magazine Podcast  is your definitive guide to enlightening information. Our 11th annual Fiction Issue, which went live last week, is a celebration of the art of fiction. Inside, we showcase the exclusive works of 16 authors—including Tim Parks, Ottessa Moshfegh, Joyce Carol Oates, Alexia Arthurs, David Shields, and many more—alongside beautiful original photography made especial...

The VICE Magazine Podcast  is your definitive guide to enlightening information. Our 11th annual Fiction Issue went live earlier this week—see more here —but we’ll be focusing on that next week. Today, I want to highlight a recent long-form profile from VICE.com titled “Everybody Hates Jill.”   Eve Peyser, our politics staff writer, got great access to Jill Stein, who was the Green...

The VICE Magazine Podcast  is your definitive guide to enlightening information. Since this is the last episode on our Music Issue, I wanted to tackle questions about how changes in technology have affected the state of the music industry today—for better or worse.   In the age of streaming, with access to millions of songs, how do you figure out what to listen to? And how is that p...

The VICE Magazine Podcast  is your definitive guide to enlightening information. Our second annual Music Issue, a collaboration with our music site, Noisey, came out earlier this month, so we’re highlighting stories from the issue on our podcast. This week, Jason Leopold talks about his latest installment of Classified, a column where he breaks down the files he’s received from Freedom of Inf...

The VICE Magazine Podcast is your definitive guide to enlightening information. Our second annual Music Issue, a collaboration with our music site, Noisey, came out last week. In the issue, Lawrence Burney, a staff writer at Noisey, writes about his trip to Louisiana to hang out with members of Pink Room Project, a young collective pushing the musical legacy of New Orleans into the future.  ...

Welcome to The VICE Magazine Podcast, your definitive guide to enlightening information. Our second annual music issue, a collaboration with our music site Noisey, came out yesterday: Go to Noisey.com for the full issue or get a rundown of what’s inside first.   For the rest of November, we’ll be highlighting some of these stories. First up, photo editor Elizabeth Renstrom explains the extrem...

The VICE Magazine Podcast is your definitive guide to enlightening information. In this week’s episode, we highlight a recent documentary from VICE about America’s largest right-wing militia. James Burns, an award-winning director and producer, recently traveled to rural Georgia to meet with a controversial “anti-terror” group called the Georgia III% Security Force as it conducted field-training e...

Welcome to the VICE Magazine Podcast, your definitive guide to enlightening information. Our monthly podcast is now a weekly podcast. We kicked off our new format last week with a discussion on race and toxic masculinity, and this time around, we have a lighter (and much) beloved topic: The Simpsons. Noisey, VICE’s music site, recently ran a theme week on the intersection of music and TV. It cover...

The VICE Magazine Podcast is your definitive guide to enlightening information. We’ve rolled the October and November issue into one—for our second annual music issue—which will come out November 7. So this month we’re trying out a new format: For the rest of October, we’ll be highlighting one important story from across the VICE digital network every week. First up, VICE.com’s news editor Matt Ta...

The VICE Magazine Podcast is your definitive monthly guide to enlightening information. Each episode brings in-depth interviews, sonically rich cultural insights, and a rare glimpse into how we make the issue. Since September is smack dab in the middle of two of our favorite themed issues—August’s annual Photo Issue and our upcoming second annual Music Issue in October—we took it a bit easier on o...

August marks the release of our 16th annual photo issue. This year, for our Idols Issue, we paired 16 up-and-coming photographers with the veterans who inspired them, creating unique conversations between generations of talent. Here’s our table of contents: - Throughout the episode, we hear from four young photographers in the issue on the artists who inspire them: Tommy Kha on William Eggleston;...

The VICE Magazine Podcast is your definitive monthly guide to enlightening information. Each episode brings in-depth interviews, sonically rich cultural insights, and a rare glimpse into how we make the issue. Since we don’t put out an issue in July, this month we’re revisiting some of our favorite magazine stories, from Tinder hacks to psychedelic honey. Here’s our table of contents:1) Abdullah S...

This month, we present the Salute Your Shorts Issue. It’s themeless, but in putting it together, we found a common thread: Many of the stories here focus on heated domestic problems—from Trump’s first 100 days in office, to US deportation policy, to the creation of special units for trans women detained in jails and ICE facilities across the country. Here’s our table of contents:   Photo editor El...

Our theme for May 2017 is  “Restless Youth.” With Donald Trump in the Oval Office and resistance in the air across the globe, we have a lot to cover. Here's Our Table Of Contents: Photo-editor Elizabeth Renstrom describes how our Restless Youth cover image gives an old protest photograph new meaning. Haisam Hussein  highlights the history of youth activism and protests throughout the globe. Jason...

Welcome to the April edition of The VICE Magazine Podcast, your definitive monthly guide to enlightening information. While many editions of our magazine are themed, this one is not, but if you stare long enough into the looking glass on this month’s cover maybe you’ll find one.   Here's Our Table Of Contents: Photo-editor Elizabeth Renstrom explains our trippy cover image and the photographer res...

Unlike last month’s episode that focused on the future of tech, our March issue is objectively themeless. However, in the process of creating this podcast… we found a few through lines. In many ways, this episode is about identity. From the frog on our cover, to a rapper dealing with his perception in our media landscape, to the refugee crisis in Greece, this episode deals with people striving to...

The VICE Magazine Podcast is your definitive monthly guide to enlightening information. Hosted by Ellis Jones, Editor-in-Chief of VICE Magazine, each episode brings in-depth interviews, sonically rich cultural insights, and offers a rare glimpse into how the magazine is made. This episode features: Behind The Cover: VICE Magazine’s photo-editor Elizabeth Renstrom details the significance of the la...