VICE News Reports
147 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 536 ratingsWe bring you to the news, week by week. VICE News Reports takes you to the story as it unfolds, giving you the unfiltered sounds of the world today.
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Teachers Are Already Armed
May 27, 2022 04:01 - 32 minutes - 75.3 MBIn the aftermath of the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, some are calling for stronger gun control laws, while others are calling for more guns on campus. So for the next week, we bring you a three-part-series from our archives that delves into what having more guns on campuses looks like. ARMED PART 1: Soft Targets – For the past two years producer Jen Kinney has been looking into the movement to arm teachers in schools -- and what it means for students, teachers, staff...
The VICE Guide to Spotting Union Busting
May 26, 2022 11:27 - 31 minutes - 72.6 MBUnion campaigns are way up this year. Workers at places like Amazon, Starbucks, and the Apple Store are fighting to unionize. But management is fighting back, trying to tamp down on labor organizing. They’re union busting. You might even be seeing some of these anti-union tactics at your own job. So we made you a guide and a game! Now, if union busting shows up in your workplace, you’ll be ready to see through the bullshit – with the help of our bingo card. Get your bingo card and play alon...
Brittney Griner’s Path Home
May 19, 2022 04:01 - 26 minutes - 36.3 MBBrittney Griner is one of the most well known WNBA players of all time – but for the last three months she has been sitting in a detention cell in Russia facing drug charges that are punishable for up to 10 years. On the heels of the prisoner exchange that released former marine Trevor Reed, the US government is accelerating the process to bring Brittney home. VICE News correspondent Alexis Johnson meets with Trevor’s parents and Kimberly St Julian Varnon, a researcher at the University...
Inside Russia’s Notorious Mercenary Group
May 12, 2022 04:01 - 35 minutes - 81.9 MBIn the wake of the Ukrainian War, a private military company called the Wagner group has come into the spotlight. A wave of early reporting alleged that Wagner contractors were part of a hit squad tasked with taking out President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. But Wagner, which has close ties to Vladmir Putin and his allies, has been covertly spreading Russian influence by serving in proxy wars for years now. VICE News’ Julia Steers takes us inside the notorious private military company that technical...
Kai & Kimberly: A Texas Family’s Fight
May 05, 2022 04:01 - 28 minutes - 64.4 MBEleven year-old Kai Shappley has had a tough time just being a kid. Her whole life, the state of Texas, where she lives, has been policing what bathrooms she can use, what name she can go by—and a myriad of other basic personal freedoms afforded to kids who are not transgender, like Kai. Last April, a new directive from Texas Governor Greg Abbott asserts that gender-affirming care provided to minors is tantamount to child abuse. And now Kai—and countless other trans kids in Texas—is in dan...
“Unfit for a Sick Society”: Living With Climate Anxiety
April 28, 2022 04:01 - 25 minutes - 59.4 MBOpening your eyes to the immensity of the climate crisis can be incredibly frightening. So it’s no coincidence that climate-related anxiety and distress are on the rise. Turns out there’s a term for these feelings: eco-anxiety. In this episode, Arielle explores how naming, accepting, and understanding our eco-anxiety – and all sorts of eco-emotions for that matter – may be a critical component of making it through ecological catastrophe. They speak with Britt Wray, author of the forthcoming...
“I Will Not Leave:” A Crackdown on Journalists in India
April 21, 2022 04:01 - 20 minutes - 48 MBLast fall, many journalists across India found themselves cornered by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s latest crackdown on the media. The government had tightened restrictions on India’s Foreign Direct Investment Laws and forced the shutdown of entire news websites, like the India Huffington Post and Yahoo India. Senior Staff Writer for VICE World News, Pallavi Pundir, speaks with one of the most targeted journalists in India, Rana Ayyub. Together they grapple with the question at the forefron...
“I Will Not Leave”: A Crackdown on Journalists in India
April 21, 2022 04:01 - 20 minutes - 48 MBLast fall, many journalists across India found themselves cornered by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s latest crackdown on the media. The government had tightened restrictions on India’s Foreign Direct Investment Laws and forced the shutdown of entire news websites, like the India Huffington Post and Yahoo India. Senior Staff Writer for VICE World News, Pallavi Pundir, speaks with one of the most targeted journalists in India, Rana Ayyub. Together they grapple with the question at the forefron...
When Ghana’s Renaissance Got Controversial
April 14, 2022 12:10 - 20 minutes - 46.6 MBGhana has become one of the latest tourism hot spots. And yet recently a string of celebrity visits has sparked debate about the Ghanaian government’s ongoing campaign encouraging Black people around the world to “return” to the motherland. This story was reported by Gameli Hamelo for OkayAfrica and produced by Sayre Quevedo and Adizah Eghan. You can read Gameli’s article here. Special thanks to Ama Ofeibea Amponsah and Nadia Neophytou. VICE News Reports is hosted by Arielle Duhaime-Ross...
The Perfect Recruits: How US Marines led a Massive Human Smuggling Ring
April 07, 2022 17:37 - 21 minutes - 48.8 MBWith their closely trimmed hair, clean-cut look, and Marine Corps stickers on their cars, young Marines made the perfect smugglers precisely because no one would ever suspect them. It’s a billion dollar business that many Americans are a part of. Emily Green takes us inside a Marine-led smuggling ring, and how it fell apart. This episode was reported by Vice News senior reporter Emily Green and produced by Jen Kinney and Ashley Cleek. Check out Emily’s article here. Special thanks to repor...
From Musician to Explosives Expert: Myanmar’s Jungle Warriors
March 31, 2022 04:01 - 28 minutes - 66.3 MBA little over a year ago, Ko Aung (not his real name) was living the life of a typical thirty-something musician in Yangon, Myanmar. Today, he is a self taught explosives expert taking shelter in a safe house with other pro-democracy dissidents and resistance fighters. In 2021, a military coup toppled Myanmar’s democratically-elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, millions of Burmese people began protesting—and then, many became resistance fighters. This is Ko Aung’s story. This episode was repor...
Update from Kiev
March 25, 2022 14:25 - 2 minutes - 5.3 MBThis month we have brought you audio diaries from people who are living in Ukraine. While we are planning to continue to cover the war in Ukraine, many of you have gotten in touch to ask how they are doing. We’ve recently heard from Katia, a 31 year old in Kyiv. She sent us this update on Wednesday, March 23. For more reporting from the war in Ukraine follow VICE World News on Youtube, Instagram or Tiktok. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Update from Kyiv
March 25, 2022 14:25 - 2 minutes - 3.15 MBThis month we have brought you audio diaries from people who are living in Ukraine. While we are planning to continue to cover the war in Ukraine, many of you have gotten in touch to ask how they are doing. We’ve recently heard from Katia, a 31 year old in Kyiv. She sent us this update on Wednesday, March 23. For more reporting from the war in Ukraine follow VICE World News on Youtube, Instagram or Tiktok. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Has the US Nabbed Honduras' Narco-presidente?
March 24, 2022 13:50 - 21 minutes - 354 MBJust shy of two months since leaving office, former President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernandez will soon be extradited to the United States to face drug trafficking and weapons charges in federal court. Hernandez is accused of helping traffic drugs in order to, as one witness alleges, “shove the drugs right up the noses of gringos.” Once a US ally in the war on drugs, now stands accused of overseeing a narco-state. VICE World News’ Deborah Bonello digs into what the arrest of this powerful...
Has the US Nabbed Honduras' Narco-Presidente?
March 24, 2022 13:50 - 21 minutes - 354 MBJust shy of two months since leaving office, former President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernandez will soon be extradited to the United States to face drug trafficking and weapons charges in federal court. Hernandez is accused of helping traffic drugs in order to, as one witness alleges, “shove the drugs right up the noses of gringos.” Once a US ally in the war on drugs, now stands accused of overseeing a narco-state. VICE World News’ Deborah Bonello digs into what the arrest of this powerful...
Is a Crypto-Utopia Possible?
March 17, 2022 04:01 - 26 minutes - 59.8 MBThe dream of a crypto-powered utopia is nearly as old as Bitcoin itself. Motherboard reporter Edward Ongweso Jr. takes us through the wild visions for Cryptoland, pitched as the world’s first crypto-society, supposedly bound for an island in the Pacific. And explains why some are calling it colonialism 3.0. This episode was reported by Motherboard’s Edward Ongweso Jr. and produced by Jen Kinney VICE News Reports is hosted by Arielle Duhaime-Ross and produced by Sophie Kazis, Jen Kinney, St...
Life During War
March 10, 2022 19:16 - 40 minutes - 93.6 MBA 31-year old woman named Katia in Kyiv—who we met last week—continues her audio dispatches from a city bracing for an onslaught. We also hear from those on the other side of the war - Russian citizens dealing with the fallout. Plus: continued on-the-ground coverage from VICE correspondent Alec Luhn. VICE News Reports is hosted by Arielle Duhaime-Ross and produced by Sophie Kazis, Jen Kinney, Steph Brown, Sam Eagan, Adreanna Rodriguez. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek, Adizah Eghan, a...
On the Ground in Ukraine
March 03, 2022 19:26 - 37 minutes - 85.2 MBAs Russian forces advance further into Ukraine, we hear from those in the midst of the unfolding war. Reporting from VICE News correspondent Matthew Cassel in Kyiv, with VICE News’s Sean Stephens. Audio diaries from Katia in Kyiv, Saya Kadyan and Patel Saharsh in Sumy. Reporting help from Dipo Faloyin, Festus lyorah and Maya Rostowska. Special thanks to Erik Herron and Olha Vorozhbyt. This episode was reported and produced by our entire VNR team. VICE News Reports is hosted by Ariell...
Introducing: Authentic: The Story of Tablo
February 24, 2022 05:01 - 39 minutes - 89.3 MBKorean hip hop star, Tablo, was at the height of his career in 2010. His group, Epik High, was beating out Jay-Z and Kanye on the international charts while rapping mostly in Korean. Then, his whole life came to a screeching halt when a viral rumor ballooned out of control. Host Dexter Thomas Jr. and the team reported this story for a year, traveling to the US and Korea to investigate these allegations. And what they found is this wild story about the internet, disinformation, music and ...
He Asked a 9/11 Plotter About Flight Lessons. What Now?
February 17, 2022 05:01 - 27 minutes - 63.2 MBTwenty-five year old Arkeuntrez Washington was recently released from federal prison for arms trafficking. His re-entry comes with a lot of supervision including tracking his activity online, in part because when he was arrested, authorities found evidence that he wrote a letter to an imprisoned 9/11 plotter. VICE News’ Keegan Hamilton spends time with Washington, to figure out how he fits into the bigger picture of extremism and deradicalization, trying to answer the questions: What shoul...
Will Russia Invade?
February 10, 2022 05:01 - 29 minutes - 67.6 MBThe whole world holds its breath, wondering: will Russia invade Ukraine? In some regards, they already have. Over the past eight years, despite numerous cease-fire agreements,Russia and Ukraine have been locked in an on-going conflict. But now, Russia is moving even more military equipment and personnel to its border with Ukraine, ramping up tensions in an already tenuous—and complex—situation. VICE News’ Hind Hassan was on the ground in Ukraine, and helps unpack what’s at stake in Eastern...
Will Russia Invade?
February 10, 2022 05:01 - 29 minutes - 67.6 MBThe whole world holds its breath, wondering: will Russia invade Ukraine? In some regards, they already have. Over the past eight years, despite numerous cease-fire agreements,Russia and Ukraine have been locked in an on-going conflict. But now, Russia is moving even more military equipment and personnel to its border with Ukraine, ramping up tensions in an already tenuous—and complex—situation. VICE News’ Hind Hassan was on the ground in Ukraine, and helps unpack what’s at stake in Eastern...
Waiting for JFK
February 03, 2022 05:01 - 38 minutes - 87.1 MBThe QAnon conspiracy theory has long been fixated on certain dates, most recently on the anniversary of President John F Kennedy’s assination. In November, hundreds of followers of a QAnon offshoot movement traveled to the fateful grassy knoll in downtown Dallas to witness one man’s prediction: the return of the assassinated president. VICE News reporter David Gilbert brings us behind the “JFK cult” headlines and into the lives of those who have been swept up by the movement, including those...
Gangs, Disappearances, and the ‘World’s Coolest Dictator’
January 27, 2022 05:01 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBPresident Nayib Bukele of El Salvador, came to power as a millennial anti-politician in 2019. Riding high on what is billed as his single handed success at cracking down on crime, he recently gave himself the title of the “world's coolest dictator.” Reporter David Noriega investigates the real story behind the reduction of the homicide rate in El Salvador and what it tells us about the relationship between the gangs, the police, and Bukele’s government. This episode was produced by Sayre Q...
Gangs, Disappearances, and the ‘World’s Coolest Dictator’
January 27, 2022 05:01 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBPresident Nayib Bukele of El Salvador, came to power as a millennial anti-politician in 2019. Riding high on what is billed as his single handed success at cracking down on crime, he recently gave himself the title of the “world's coolest dictator.” Reporter David Noriega investigates the real story behind the reduction of the homicide rate in El Salvador and what it tells us about the relationship between the gangs, the police, and Bukele’s government. This episode was produced by Sayre Q...
“Where Does This End?”: The Rise of Ultra-Fast Fashion
January 20, 2022 05:01 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBE-commerce clothing hub Shein is now one of the world’s biggest fashion companies, beating out Amazon as the most popular shopping app. Connecting Chinese clothing manufacturers directly to shoppers on the other side of the globe, Shein has nearly single handedly invented “ultra-fast” fashion. But where did they come from? And where is this all going? Reporters Louise Matsakis and Meaghan Tobin, for the website Rest of World, have been investigating how this company is transforming a gener...
Election Workers Under Threat
January 13, 2022 05:01 - 27 minutes - 62.5 MBThe seemingly unstoppable conspiracy theory that the 2020 election was stolen from President Trump, “The Big Lie,” has led to direct threats on the lives of U.S. elections workers. VICE News politics reporter Madeleine May investigates who is behind it and how the threat of violence has become a form of protest in the lead up to the 2022 elections. This episode was reported by Madeleine May and produced by Steph Brown, Sam Greenspan and Sophie Kazis. Special thanks to Alexis Johnson, Bri...
Election Workers Under Threat
January 13, 2022 05:01 - 27 minutes - 62.5 MBThe seemingly unstoppable conspiracy theory that the 2020 election was stolen from President Trump, “The Big Lie,” has led to direct threats on the lives of U.S. elections workers. VICE News politics reporter Madeleine May investigates who is behind it and how the threat of violence has become a form of protest in the lead up to the 2022 elections. This episode was reported by Madeleine May and produced by Steph Brown, Sam Greenspan and Sophie Kazis. Special thanks to Alexis Johnson, Bri...
God, Guns, and January 6
January 06, 2022 05:01 - 30 minutes - 70.1 MBAmong the thousands of people who participated in the riots at the U.S. Capitol on January 6 2021 was Pastor Hyung Jin “Sean” Moon and some of his followers: members of the Rod of Iron Ministries. It’s a fringe church that worships guns, believes Jesus was an assault weapons manufacturer, and loves former president Donald Trump. A year after the insurrection, reporter Tess Owen explains the little known history and political ambitions of this church, and what they can tell us about the traje...
Weekend World (ReAir)
December 30, 2021 05:01 - 40 minutes - 92.7 MBFor the holidays we’re re-airing some of our favorite episodes from this year. Weekend World is an audio portrait of one weekend across planet Earth. An audio portrait of one weekend across planet Earth. Experience the last weekend in July through the eyes of young people from around the world: a rodeo cowgirl, a South Korean soldier, a group of rappers in Kabul seeking refuge in their studio, a British radio host, and many others. Welcome to Weekend World. This episode was produced by Say...
Monaea, a 2020 Diary (ReAir)
December 23, 2021 05:01 - 47 minutes - 108 MBThis week we’re re-airing our award-winning episode, Monaea, a 2020 Diary. 2020 was a YEAR. To try and make sense of it, we handed over the mic to Monaea Upton in North Minneapolis. At the time, she was 17 years old, and she kept audio diary of her senior year of high school -- during online learning, the aftermath of the George Floyd protests, and a spike in neighborhood gun violence. We take you inside her world. Reporting from Monaea Upton. Produced by Jen Kinney. VICE News Reports is...
Bloody and Broke: Fighting the UFC
December 16, 2021 12:47 - 31 minutes - 73.1 MBOnce considered a sideshow, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is now one of the world’s most popular sporting organizations. Today, the UFC rakes in hundreds of millions yearly and hosts events at some of the largest venues in the world. But former and current fighters allege they have been vastly underpaid for years, held to predatory contracts, and trapped in a monopoly controlled by the UFC. A labor battle is now brewing in one of the least likely arenas. This episode was reported...
Boys’ Love, Censored
December 09, 2021 13:33 - 28 minutes - 66.2 MBOne of the most popular shows in China was, Word of Honor, a supernatural martial arts epic that most fans watched not for the fighting, but for the heavily implied, homoerotic relationship between the two young, male leads. This is a boys’ love drama, a genre that has swept East Asia and managed to flourish even under China’s strict censorship against LGBT content. Somehow, for years, boys’ love skirted the censors. But then, Word of Honor disappeared off the Chinese internet. Reporter V...
Boys’ Love, Censored
December 09, 2021 13:33 - 28 minutes - 66.2 MBOne of the most popular shows in China was, Word of Honor, a supernatural martial arts epic that most fans watched not for the fighting, but for the heavily implied, homoerotic relationship between the two young, male leads. This is a boys’ love drama, a genre that has swept East Asia and managed to flourish even under China’s strict censorship against LGBT content. Somehow, for years, boys’ love skirted the censors. But then, Word of Honor disappeared off the Chinese internet. Reporter V...
No End in Sight
December 02, 2021 05:01 - 30 minutes - 70.7 MBAfter a year of violent conflict, an intensifying civil war in Ethiopia has no end in sight. Now the conflict threatens to destabilize the entire Horn of Africa. Few international journalists have been granted permission to travel into Ethiopia, but VICE News’ Julia Steers bring us to the frontlines. This episode was reported by Julia Steers and Amel Guettatfi and produced by Sophie Kazis. VICE News Reports is hosted by Arielle Duhaime-Ross and produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Sophie ...
No End in Sight
December 02, 2021 05:01 - 30 minutes - 70.7 MBAfter a year of violent conflict, an intensifying civil war in Ethiopia has no end in sight. Now the conflict threatens to destabilize the entire Horn of Africa. Few international journalists have been granted permission to travel into Ethiopia, but VICE News’ Julia Steers bring us to the frontlines. This episode was reported by Julia Steers and Amel Guettatfi and produced by Sophie Kazis. VICE News Reports is hosted by Arielle Duhaime-Ross and produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Sophie ...
Lessons from a Supertaster
November 25, 2021 05:01 - 22 minutes - 51.7 MBSmell is flavor. And getting any pleasure out of eating can be pretty hard without a sense of smell. For many, COVID19 has radically altered their senses. Italian sommelier, food critic and professor Michelle Crippa is trying to do something about that - using his lifetime of gastronomic expertise to coach people into regaining their smell. This episode was produced by Steph Brown. VICE News Reports is hosted by Arielle Duhaime-Ross and produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Sophie Kazis, J...
White Nationalists on Trial
November 17, 2021 22:01 - 18 minutes - 43.2 MBThe leaders of the deadly 2017 ‘Unite the Right’ rally are on trial in Charlottesville, Virginia this month for allegedly conspiring to incite racially motivated violence. VICE News’ Senior reporter Tess Owen brings us inside the federal court and explains how this unique lawsuit is hoping to hold the broader white nationalist movement accountable. This episode was produced by Sam Eagan. VICE News Reports is hosted by Arielle Duhaime-Ross and produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Sophie K...
White Nationalists on Trial
November 17, 2021 22:01 - 18 minutes - 43.2 MBThe leaders of the deadly 2017 ‘Unite the Right’ rally are on trial in Charlottesville, Virginia this month for allegedly conspiring to incite racially motivated violence. VICE News’ Senior reporter Tess Owen brings us inside the federal court and explains how this unique lawsuit is hoping to hold the broader white nationalist movement accountable. This episode was produced by Sam Eagan. VICE News Reports is hosted by Arielle Duhaime-Ross and produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Sophie K...
Introducing: A Show About Animals
November 11, 2021 05:01 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBToday we are sharing an episode from one of our newest series -- A Show About Animals. This season, we tell the strange and wonderful story of the wildly famous Koko the “talking” Gorilla. In the early 1970s, a grad student named Penny Patterson set out to investigate a big question: is language unique to humans? So she begins an ambitious experiment -- with the help of a young gorilla named Koko. Pretty soon, Penny says Koko is learning sign language. But, of course, that’s not the whole st...
Introducing: A Show About Animals
November 11, 2021 05:01 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBToday we are sharing an episode from one of our newest series -- A Show About Animals. This season, we tell the strange and wonderful story of the wildly famous Koko the “talking” Gorilla. In the early 1970s, a grad student named Penny Patterson set out to investigate a big question: is language unique to humans? So she begins an ambitious experiment -- with the help of a young gorilla named Koko. Pretty soon, Penny says Koko is learning sign language. But, of course, that’s not the whole st...
‘It’s Rough Out Here’: A VICE Guide to Making Friends
November 04, 2021 04:01 - 38 minutes - 87.2 MBAfter an emotional break up, our producer Sam Eagan discovers that his circle of friends has pretty much disappeared. Eager to prevent another weekend from going by with no plans, Sam sets out to find a best friend. In this episode, Sam and fellow producer Sophie Kazis answer the question that many of us fail to think about until we reach adulthood: how the hell do you make friends as a grown-up? And along the way, Sam begins to question what his approach to making friends actually reveals...
‘It’s Rough Out Here’: A VICE Guide to Making Friends
November 04, 2021 04:01 - 38 minutes - 87.2 MBAfter an emotional break up, our producer Sam Eagan discovers that his circle of friends has pretty much disappeared. Eager to prevent another weekend from going by with no plans, Sam sets out to find a best friend. In this episode, Sam and fellow producer Sophie Kazis answer the question that many of us fail to think about until we reach adulthood: how the hell do you make friends as a grown-up? And along the way, Sam begins to question what his approach to making friends actually reveals...
‘He’s Gonna Die With Us’: Sovereign Citizen Globalizes
October 28, 2021 04:01 - 28 minutes - 65.9 MBRecently, in Ireland, a video emerged of an elderly COVID patient caught in the middle of a tug of war between a man coaxing him to leave the hospital, and a doctor pleading with him to stay. The video was the latest surfacing of the Sovereign Citizen movement’s force outside the U.S. VICE News’ David Gilbert reports on how Sovereign Citizen plus local anti-vax movements equals deadly consequences. This episode was hosted by Jen Kinney, and produced by Adreanna Rodriguez and Ashley Cleek, w...
‘He’s Gonna Die With Us’: Sovereign Citizen Globalizes
October 28, 2021 04:01 - 28 minutes - 65.9 MBRecently, in Ireland, a video emerged of an elderly COVID patient caught in the middle of a tug of war between a man coaxing him to leave the hospital, and a doctor pleading with him to stay. The video was the latest surfacing of the Sovereign Citizen movement’s force outside the U.S. VICE News’ David Gilbert reports on how Sovereign Citizen plus local anti-vax movements equals deadly consequences. This episode was hosted by Jen Kinney, and produced by Adreanna Rodriguez and Ashley Cleek, w...
How to Botch a Coup (in Venezuela)
October 21, 2021 04:01 - 32 minutes - 75.1 MBBack in May of 2020, a few ex-Green Berets and about 60 Venezuelans tried to overthrow the government of President Nicolas Maduro. The plan was a mess from the beginning, and it ended in a spectacular failure. VICE News reporter Ben Makuch and producer Miguel Fernández Flores investigate who was behind the plan and how it ended so disastrously. 10.25.2022: This episode was reuploaded to include comment that we received from Jordan Goudreau’s lawyer following publication. This episode was...
How to Botch a Coup (in Venezuela)
October 21, 2021 04:01 - 32 minutes - 75.1 MBBack in May of 2020, a few ex-Green Berets and about 60 Venezuelans tried to overthrow the government of President Nicolas Maduro. The plan was a mess from the beginning, and it ended in a spectacular failure. VICE News reporter Ben Makuch and producer Miguel Fernández Flores investigate who was behind the plan and how it ended so disastrously. 10.25.2022: This episode was reuploaded to include comment that we received from Jordan Goudreau’s lawyer following publication. This episode was...
South Africa v. Jacob Zuma
October 14, 2021 04:00 - 26 minutes - 61.7 MBThis month, South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma may finally go to trial after decades of alleged corruption. For South Africans this trial is divisive. Zuma’s supporters say it's all a campaign to destroy the legacy of a great Black liberator. His critics maintain a conviction could indicate a new day for those seeking to curb corruption. The recent unrest this summer also looms in South Africa's mind, and so regardless of the outcome people worry could there be more violence? VICE...
The 25-Year-Old Who Negotiates with Boko Haram
October 07, 2021 04:01 - 37 minutes - 85.4 MBNigeria continues to grapple with a kidnapping crisis. Thousands have been abducted over the past decade, making kidnapping for ransom an underground economy. At the center of all of this is Ummi Kalthum, just 25 years old, who negotiates directly with Boko Haram, delivering ransoms for terrified families. But paying ransom is deeply controversial, since it funds the same terrorists who are kidnapping in the first place. In this episode, correspondent Chika Oduah follows Ummi as she attempt...
My Cousin Baptized my Dead Relatives
September 30, 2021 04:01 - 40 minutes - 93.4 MBOur host Arielle Duhaime-Ross recently learned that their cousin had been baptizing dead family members into the Mormon Church — and Arielle might be next. This controversial practice is called “baptism by proxy” or “baptism for the dead,” For people who belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, it’s a way to get dead family members who weren’t Mormon before their death into the Kingdom of Heaven. But Arielle, who is an atheist, doesn’t want admission into Mormon heaven -- s...