The Vice Guide To Right Now

We look at the satellite communications company undertaking what is arguably one of the most ambitious space projects in history.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We hear from VICE IMPACT on their recent advocacy campaign for voting rights, essential during the midterm elections this year, called Vote Now.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We honor the late science fiction writer and literary icon Ursula K. Le Guin, who died last week at age 88.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We look at Philadelphia's plan to establish the first official supervised drug injection site in the U.S.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

David Joyner played Barney, the beloved purple dinosaur, from 1991 to 2001 on the hit PBS children's show Barney & Friends. But today, you can find David running a tantric sex business that offers ritual baths, chakra balancing, massage, and yes...cosmic orgasms. In this episode, VICE.com Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Smith speaks with Special Projects Editor Brian McManus on the story.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We take a look at sexual harassment in nightclubs, and zooming-in on the forward-thinking New York venues that are taking a stand to make safer, consent-focused party spaces.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We take a closer look at the famously disastrous Fyre Festival, and how the scamming and scandal haven’t stopped.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, we're going a little deeper than usual into a story that is well worth our attention. We look at how the Nisenan tribe of the California Central Valley are fighting to regain recognition from the federal government.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We honor the one year anniversary of the Women’s March by highlighting an initiative to put some of the country’s most progressive female candidates on the 2018 ballot.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We discuss the inventive ways doctors treat patients who, for religious reasons, refuse blood transfusions.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We sit down with VICE in-house astrologer Annabel Gat for a forward-looking conversation on what the planets can tell us about 2018.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We talk about a new, online game designed to illustrate the numerous, compounding obstacles that many abortion seekers face in America.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We talk with Austin Walker and Rob Zacny about how video games will handle the toxic politics of 2018.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We talk about the last two remaining pinball doctors in New York, and the growing 'Right to Repair' movement.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We examine the implications of and assumptions involved in what could be the first male sex robot, set to launch this year.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We talk about depictions of masculinity in the golden age of TV, and how even so-called “good guy” characters fall short.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We look into the world’s largest biometric ID system - India’s Aadhaar - and how it keeps getting hacked, putting millions of people at risk.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We revisit the FCC’s net neutrality repeal, and taking a look at how states are fighting back.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We hear from Noisey on the music industry’s favorite outsider, Jeff Rosenstock.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, we go into the archives to bring you one of our favorite VICE interviews.Molly Crabapple is a relentlessly prolific artist, writer and activist. Her murals adorn the walls of famous night clubs in New York and London, and her writing has been published in Vanity Fair, the Paris Review, VICE and the New York Times. Through illustration, Molly has documented some of the most pivotal political moments of the last decade, from the 2008 recession to Occupy Wall Street, to life inside Guantanamo Bay, the Syria’s civil war. Molly also published a memoir, “Drawing Blood,” that tells the story of her eclectic life and career. In this episode, we hear from Molly about her art, practice and career.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.