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- India's "Cockroach Party" is freaking politicians out · 27 min. · Episode 30First, it was a meme with weird AI-generated cockroach pictures. Then, it became a youth movement that is genuinely freaking out the Indian political establishment. So how far…
- chatGPT wants to "catch" Chinese people · 30 min. · Episode 29If you're Chinese, ChatGPT has probably offered to 'steadily catch' you at least once. But what why does it keep saying that? And why is 我会稳稳地接住你 a meme (instead of making people…
- the canvas hack isn't over · 32 min. · Episode 28has your school told you how bad this hack really was? My guest Ian Linkletter called this the 'Biggest Privacy Disaster in History', and he stands by that. He's been warning…
- the nation's largest employer of trans people wants to fire them all. · 32 min. · Episode 27I'm talking about the US military here (which is also the nation's largest employer, period). Dan Ming has been covering our military for a while, and he's got some insight here…
- Why Trump's 'crypto reserve' is kinda un-American · 40 min. · Episode 26David Z Morris has been covering cryptocurrency for over a decade. And now that Trump has announced a ‘crypto reserve’, you’d think he’d be excited. But a lot of crypto experts…
- 'My daughter doesn't work for DEI' and why DOGE is still here · 34 min. · Episode 25NOTE: at 31:30 we're talking about an AI-generated video of Trump sucking Elon's toes. Someone was playing it on TVs at HUD. Greg Walters, News Editor at Crooked Media, joined…
- are we just bullying Canada over (pretend) drug problems? · 44 min. · Episode 24three quick facts: 1. Canada *does* have a fentanyl problem. 2. But less than 1% of the fent coming into the U.S. is from there. 3. And Mexican migrants aren't bringing it in…
- Canada to 4.9 million people: 'go home'? · 16 min. · Episode 23Angad Singh interviewed one of the 4.9 million people who Canada might now be asking to 'go home', now that Trudeau is out. His piece is on YouTube, and you can watch it here…
- Arshad Nadeem: Pakistan will never be the same (with Mustafa Mirza) · 30 min. · Episode 22This one was recorded just after the Olympics. I was talking about having b-boys and b-girls in the Olympics and how that was kiinida complicated now and then our guest…
- $250M from Google ain’t gonna cut it: can journalists get paid? w/ Matt Pearce · 38 min. · Episode 21warning: you’re about to listen to two journalists talk about the news. But the news sucks! you say — so why should we care? Well, this $250 million deal might have just made it…
- About Portland's '$4 MILLION graffiti war' (Chaos Town interview) · 59 min. · Episode 20Chaos Town has been documenting the wildest parts of Portland for a year now. From stripper yoga to the 'penis bush lady' to sideshows – and now, the best look at what is truly…
- buying Android tablets in prison w/ Gaby Caplan · 41 min. · Episode 19Prisons are constantly going on lockdown because of staff shortages, which means that prisoners can't use the phones. This makes tablet computers sold to incarcerated people are…
- Whatsapp calls from Gaza + Kendrick v Drake + a documentary w/ Seb Walker · 1 t. 4 min. · Episode 18How do you make a documentary about Gaza … when they won't let you into Gaza? A mix of OSINT, protests, and Whatsapp calls with a journalist trapped in Rafah. Seb Walker (former…
- the chemical attack(?) at Columbia University ft Anna Kook and Mustafa Mirza · 50 min. · Episode 17The campus protests are a recent news obsession in the US. But did you hear when a couple students (and former Israel Defense Force members) allegedly sprayed a chemical that…
- Are athletes killing sports journalism? with Joshua Hersh · 29 min. · Episode 16As respected sports shows like HBO’s Real Sports die, and ESPN and Sports Illustrated are continually gutted, a new form of sports coverage is rising: shows run by the athletes…
- Weediquette's Krishna Andavolu on Biden, interviewing cops, and pot journalism · 1 t. 7 min. · Episode 15Krishna Andavolu and his show Weediquette on VICE helped pioneer not only a new generation of weed reporting, but also helped shift attitudes toward marijuana policy…
- pornhub vs Texas, tiktok ban, the library cop, and Shrimp Jesus · 1 t. 59 min. · Episode 14It's been a weird few weeks on the Internet. I brought on Jason Koebler, cofounder of 404 Media (and former EIC of Motherboard, VICE's tech vertical), to talk about it. The…
- does Biden have a Palestine problem? (w Evan McMorris-Santoro) · 60 min. · Episode 13the 'uncommitted' vote in Michigan is starting to surprise people, including the organizers of the movement itself. I brought on Evan (former VICE News, CNN, and other places)…
- the 'killmonger cut', Nintendo lawsuits, & game layoffs w Trone Dowd · 1 t. 17 min. · Episode 12There's a lot going on in videogames. People upset about about the 'black guy haircut', 8000+ layoffs, and Nintendo is suing people with potentially awful repercussions. So let's…
- 'un-woke church' + Proud Boy Baptisms with Tess Owen · 1 t. 19 min. · Episode 11Some context: first, this was recorded the day after the official collapse of VICE News. My guest, Tess, had just been laid off, along with just about everyone else. And in a…
