The Vice Guide To Right Now

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

In this episode, we talk to Broadly writer Marie Solis about how startup brands are trying to convince a generation of tired, anxious, financially unstable young people that they can buy a good night's sleep.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, we talk with reporter and author Maia Szalavitz about new findings on the pressure to sell OxyContin, and what this reveals about the opioid crisis.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, we talk to Afro-Latinx artists Fannie Sosa and niv Acosta about their art project "Black Power Naps," which appears as a series of "devices" that invite Black people to rest and heal. Broadly has partnered with the artists on a magazine about sleep equity, rejuvenation, and resilience.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, VICE Podcast Producer Sophie Kazis sits down with TONIC's Senior Editor Susan Rinkunas to discuss how after 46 years, New York State just gave women the legal protections of Roe v. Wade - an effort that had been at least a decade in the making.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, VICE Podcast Producer Sophie Kazis talks with Broadly reporter Jessica Furseth about how women are often denied pain management during invasive medical procedures - and how this is all too common.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this podcast episode, we talk to Minority Reports host Lee Adams about his recent documentary on why latinos are one of the fastest growing groups within Islam in America.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, we talk to Broadly writer Marie Solis about how some women say they won't be attending the 2019 Women's March because the first one delivered on its promise: It inspired them to get involved in activism that has made the march itself redundant.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, we talk to VICE writer Harry Cheadle about why right-wing politicians can get away with ignoring media criticism, while Democrats have to pay attention to the fact-checkers.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, we talk about Lifetime’s new documentary series, “Surviving R. Kelly.” In the series, survivors from R. Kelly’s inner circle come forward with stories and allegations about his sexual, mental and physical abuse.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this episode, VICE Podcast Producer Sophie Kazis sits down with reporter Ben Makuch to discuss how rural communities in the U.S. and Canada are grappling with how to provide vital emergency services to citizens amid rapid population migration into cities.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, we talk to TONIC's Wellness Editor Raj Punjabi about how to better manage stress and anxiety in 2019.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, Motherboard Editor-in-Chief argues that personal websites and email can replace most of what people like about Facebook—namely the urge to post about their lives online.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.