Thank you for listening, and thank you to the team who made this show possible. VICE News Reports is produced by Steph Brown, Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, Adreanna Rodriguez, Adriana Tapia, and Sheena Ozaki. Our senior producers are Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our supervising producer is Ashley Cleek. Sound design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi, and Kyle Murdock.  Our Executive Producers are Adizah Eghan and Stephanie Kariuki.For Vice Audio, Annie Aviles is our Exec Editor and Janet Lee is our Senior Prod Manager.Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka.Our theme music is by Steve Bone.Our VP of Audio is Charles Raggio.Thank you to the others who helped build this show from the ground up- including Kate Osborn, Jen Kinney, Sayre Quevedo, Sam Greenspan, Ben Kruse, Evan Sutton, Natasha Jacobs, Mangesh Hattikudur, Nikki Ettore and Yoni Berkovits.I’m your host, Arielle Duhaime-Ross.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When it comes to the AI revolution, you’ll hear a lot of fear around the robots taking our jobs. In this episode of Vice News Reports, we’re airing a new show called Motherboard Money where editor-in-chief Jason Koebler and senior reporter Maxwell Strachan talk about how ‘overemployed’ workers  are using artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT to juggle  multiple, full-time, salaried jobs and rake in the cash.Motherboard Money is hosted by Jason Koebler. It’s produced by Sophie Kazis, Sheena Ozaki, and Julia Nutter, and edited by Ashley Cleek. Fact checking by Sophie Hurwitz.Music and sound design by Pran Bandi.Emanuel Maiberg is Motherboard’s executive editor. Janet Lee is senior production manager for VICE Audio. Charles Raggio is the head of VICE Audio.You can find more stories like this at motherboard.vice.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This year, Soca is turning 50 years old. The music genre was born in Trinidad and Tobago in the 70s in the hands of Lord Shorty, and has become the heart of Trinidadian Carnival. So when the stages closed because of the pandemic, what did Soca artists do? On today’s episode of VICE News Reports we explore how Soca has captivated a global audience and ask, what’s next for the genre? Here’s a playlist featuring some of the songs we discuss in the episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3718jV7TlTZRvj5Fumlyk1This episode was produced by Adriana Tapia and edited by Adizah Eghan and Stephanie Kariuki. VICE News Reports is produced by Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, Adreanna Rodriguez, and Adriana Tapia. Our senior producers is Jesse Alejandro Cottrell,. Our supervising producer is Ashley Cleek. Our associate producer is Steph Brown. Sound design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi, and Kyle Murdock. Our Executive Producers are Adizah Eghan and Stephanie Kariuki. For VICE Audio, Annie Avilés is our Executive Editor and Janet Lee is our Senior Production Manager. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Our theme music is by Steve Bone. Our host is Arielle Duhaime-Ross. Charles Raggio is the head of VICE Audio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the last four months, roughly 500 anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced across the United States. The bills range from barring trans kids from playing sports in their gender category to banning LGBTQ books and drag in public spaces. One of the latest waves of attacks is focused on banning gender-affirming healthcare for children and teens. On today’s episode of VICE News Reports, VICE News’ Senior Reporter Anya Zoledziowski explains who is behind this legislation and what these bills mean for trans people and their families. Warning: This episode includes references to suicidal ideation. This episode was produced by Steph Brown and edited by Adizah Eghan.VICE News Reports is produced by Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, Adreanna Rodriguez, and Adriana Tapia. Our senior producers is Jesse Alejandro Cottrell,. Our supervising producer is Ashley Cleek. Our associate producer is Steph Brown. Sound design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi, and Kyle Murdock. Our Executive Producers are Adizah Eghan and Stephanie Kariuki. For VICE Audio, Annie Avilés is our Executive Editor and Janet Lee is our Senior Production Manager. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Our theme music is by Steve Bone. Our host is Arielle Duhaime-Ross. Charles Raggio is the head of VICE Audio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrew Tate has become one of the most famous internet celebrities in the world by making incendiary, meme-friendly videos promoting misogyny. But long before he was famous, Tate was accused of rape by multiple women in the U.K.. He was never prosecuted. Now, years later, Tate is under arrest on charges of human trafficking and rape in Romania. So what happened to the Tate rape case in the U.K.? Why wasn’t he ever formally charged?On this episode of VICE News Reports, documentarian Matt Shea talks to one of the women who accused Andrew Tate of rape years ago and investigates why the U.K.’s justice system is prosecuting so few rape cases. Warning: This episode includes references to sexual assault and descriptions of rape and intimate partner violence.This story was hosted and reported by Matt Shea. It was produced and reported by Jesse Alejandro-Cottrell and Steph Brown. And it was edited by Ashley Cleek and Stephanie Kariuki with help from Adizah Eghan. VICE News Reports is produced by Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, Adreanna Rodriguez, and Adriana Tapia. Our senior producers are Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our supervising producer is Ashley Cleek. Our associate producer is Steph Brown. Sound design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi, and Kyle Murdock. Our Executive Producers are Adizah Eghan and Stephanie Kariuki. For VICE Audio, Annie Avilés is our Executive Editor and Janet Lee is our Senior Production Manager. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Our theme music is by Steve Bone. Our host is Arielle Duhaime-Ross. Charles Raggio is the head of VICE Audio.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In February, Tyre Nichols’ friends and family filled a Sacramento skate shop to remember their fellow skateboarder, friend, and brother. 29-year-old Nichols died on January 10th, 2023, three days after being brutally beaten by the Memphis police at a traffic stop. In the aftermath of Nichols’ death, VICE News’ Alexis Johnson heads to Memphis, Tennessee to understand how a city focused on police reform failed to prevent such a violent encounter and how some citizens are re-imagining public safety.Special thanks to Dave Meyers, Scott Mulligan, David Mora, Jego Armstrong and the Sentencing Project. This story was produced by Steph Brown and edited by Adizah Eghan and Stephanie Kariuki. VICE News Reports is produced by Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, Adreanna Rodriguez, and Adriana Tapia. Our senior producers are Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our supervising producer is Ashley Cleek. Our associate producer is Steph Brown. Sound design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi, and Kyle Murdock. Our Executive Producers are Adizah Eghan and Stephanie Kariuki. For VICE Audio, Annie Avilés is our Executive Editor and Janet Lee is our Senior Production Manager. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Our theme music is by Steve Bone. Our host is Arielle Duhaime-Ross. Charles Raggio is the head of VICE Audio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You’ve seen the headlines about quiet quitting, the four-day workweek, and The Great Resignation. In recent years the millions of Americans who work office jobs have been inundated with commentary and buzzwords that all point to one central theme, many of us are dissatisfied with the old ways of working. But if we only worked the hours we absolutely had to, what would we do with our free time? Who would we be? In this episode, VICE producer Sam Eagan sets up an experiment where he slips under the radar while working as little as he possibly can, all while interrogating his own relationship to work and productivity along the way. Special thanks to Anne Helen Petersen. This story was produced and reported by Sam Eagan and edited by Jesse Alejandro-Cottrell and Stephanie Kariuki with help from Ashley Cleek. VICE News Reports is produced by Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, Adreanna Rodriguez, and Adriana Tapia. Our senior producers are Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our supervising producer is Ashley Cleek. Our associate producer is Steph Brown. Sound design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi, and Kyle Murdock. Our Executive Producers are Adizah Eghan and Stephanie Kariuki. For VICE Audio, Annie Avilés is our Executive Editor and Janet Lee is our Senior Production Manager. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Our theme music is by Steve Bone. Our host is Arielle Duhaime-Ross. Charles Raggio is the head of VICE Audio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For many Latinx kids in the ‘00s, the party crew scene was a safe space to express themselves as they came of age in the grit and glitter of Los Angeles. A space to make friends, forget about your problems and dancethe night away. But the scene wasn’t always physically safe. There were shootings and police raids. Many adults saw the scene as gang-adjacent and the media fueled negative stereotypes of kids who were out of control. One of the teens who got caught in that narrative was Emmery Muñoz, after she was murdered in 2006.In a new VICE series – Party Crews: The Untold Story, host Janice Llamoca goes on a Y2K-filled journey back in time to her own party crew days to find out what this scene meant for teens like her and Emmery, and why – to this day – Emmery’s case remains unsolved. From VICE and LAist Studios as part of the My Cultura Podcast Network. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.  Party Crews: The Untold Story is written, reported and hosted by Janice Llamoca, and produced and reported by Sophia Paliza-Carre, Victoria Alejandro and Kyle Chang. Edited by Antonia Cereijido. Additional editing by Annie Aviles. Fact-checking by Nidia Bautista.Sound design and original music composition by Kyle Murdock. Art by Julie Ruiz and Victoire Coyon.Our Executive Producer from VICE Audio is Kate Osborn. Our Executive Producers from LAist Studios are Antonia Cereijido and Leo G. Vice President of Podcasts from LAist Studios is Shana Naomi Krochmal.Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Charles Raggio is the head of VICE Audio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Earlier this year, VICE News Senior Reporter David Gilbert infiltrated a Neo-Nazi homeschool network on Telegram. The group boasted a following of over 2,500 members committed to teaching their children Nazi ideology and promoting white supremacy. In this week’s episode, David reveals what the group is teaching kids and how a homeschool network like this is able to exist –  calling into question where to draw the line between freedom and indoctrination in homeschooling.This episode was produced by Sheena Ozaki and edited by Adizah Eghan and Ashley Cleek.VICE News Reports is produced by Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, Adreanna Rodriguez, Adriana Tapia and Sheena Ozaki. Our senior producers are Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our supervising producer is Ashley Cleek. Our associate producer is Steph Brown. Sound design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi, and Kyle Murdock. Our Executive Producers are Adizah Eghan and Stephanie Kariuki. For VICE Audio, Annie Avilés is our Executive Editor and Janet Lee is our Senior Production Manager. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Our theme music is by Steve Bone. Our host is Arielle Duhaime-Ross. Charles Raggio is the head of VICE Audio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 1912, a Black couple named Charles and Willa Bruce bought a parcel of land in Manhattan Beach, CA and turned it into a successful seaside resort for Black Californians. They were driven out of town -- by white city officials who didn’t want Black neighbors. A hundred years later, a state law allowed for the return of the property to the Bruces' descendants. But the city of Manhattan Beach has yet to apologize for its actions. In 2021, VICE producer Julia Nutter headed to Manhattan Beach to explore the tensions that played out in what many were calling a test case of land reparations for African Americans. Listen through to the end for the latest updates on the sale of Bruce’s Beach. This episode was produced by Julia Nutter and edited by Adizah Eghan and Kate Osborn. VICE News Reports is produced by Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, Adreanna Rodriguez, Adriana Tapia and Sheena Ozaki. Our senior producers are Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our supervising producer is Ashley Cleek. Our associate producer is Steph Brown. Sound design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi, and Kyle Murdock. Our Executive Producers are Adizah Eghan and Stephanie Kariuki. For VICE Audio, Annie Avilés is our Executive Editor and Janet Lee is our Senior Production Manager. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Our theme music is by Steve Bone. Our host is Arielle Duhaime-Ross. Charles Raggio is the head of VICE Audio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A couple years ago, executive producer Adizah Eghan noticed an interesting trend on social media: everyone seemed to be living it up in Tulum, Mexico. Some were flocking there to have a good time, while others were seeking something much deeper; they wanted to escape racism and seek refuge with like-minded people. Adizah traveled to Mexico to experience the vibes of Tulum for herself — and also dig into why Black people are seeking refuge in a small fishing town south of Cancún.This story was produced by Adizah Eghan, with editorial support from Kate Osborn, James T. Green, Annie Avilés and Stephanie Kariuki. VICE News Reports is produced by Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, Adreanna Rodriguez, Adriana Tapia and Sheena Ozaki. Our senior producers are Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our supervising producer is Ashley Cleek. Our associate producer is Steph Brown. Sound design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi, and Kyle Murdock. Our Executive Producers are Adizah Eghan and Stephanie Kariuki. For VICE Audio, Annie Avilés is our Executive Editor and Janet Lee is our Senior Production Manager. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Our theme music is by Steve Bone. Our host is Arielle Duhaime-Ross. Charles Raggio is the head of VICE Audio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In early January, the holy Himalayan town of Joshimath, India woke up to grinding noises of homes cracking apart as the land sank further into the ground. Earthquakes and cracks on walls are common in the region, but this was different. In this week's episode of VICE News Reports, reporter Pallavi Pundir explains the disaster in Joshimath and how the town has come to symbolize a deeper struggle in India where tourism profits can take precedence over people.Special thanks to photojournalist Vijay Pandey and the people of Joshimath and Chaein, who shared their stories. This story was reported by Pallavi Pundir and produced by Adreanna Rodriguez and Sheena Ozaki. It was edited by Stephanie Kariuki. VICE News Reports is produced by Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, Sheena Ozaki, Adreanna Rodriguez and Adriana Tapia. Our senior producers are Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our supervising producer is Ashley Cleek. Our associate producer is Steph Brown. Sound design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi, and Kyle Murdock. Annie Aviles is our Executive Editor and Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Our theme music is by Steve Bone. Our host is Arielle Duhaime-Ross. Charles Raggio is the head of VICE Audio.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Last month, a therapy app called Koko came under fire on social media after it revealed it had done an experiment using AI. Specifically, the AI text generator Chat GPT, which has become widely popular this winter. The controversy opened up a discussion on the role of AI tools in mental health — what can they do? And should they? On this episode, VICE Motherboard reporter Chloe Xiang guides us through these questions. This story was produced by Adriana Tapia and edited by Stephanie Kariuki. Reporting by Chloe Xiang and Adriana Tapia. VICE News Reports is produced by Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, Adreanna Rodriguez and Adriana Tapia. Our senior producers are Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our supervising producer is  Ashley Cleek. Our associate producer is Steph Brown. Sound design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi, and Kyle Murdock. Annie Aviles is our Executive Editor and Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Our theme music is by Steve Bone. Our host is Arielle Duhaime-Ross.  Charles Raggio is the head of VICE Audio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When Kanye West, now known as “Ye,” engaged in a series of anti-semitic tirades last year, one person showed up next to him; an influencer named Nick Fuentes. On this episode, VICE News Senior Reporter Tess Owen explains how Fuentes is weaponizing Ye’s platform to drive his most racist, anti-semitic beliefs into the mainstream. This story was produced by Sam Eagan and edited by Stephanie Kariuki and Sophie Kazis. VICE News Reports is produced by Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, Adreanna Rodriguez and Adriana Tapia. Our senior producers are Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our supervising producer is  Ashley Cleek. Our associate producer is Steph Brown. Sound design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi, and Kyle Murdock. Annie Aviles is our Executive Editor and Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Our theme music is by Steve Bone. Our host is Arielle Duhaime-Ross.  Charles Raggio is the head of VICE Audio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The rebel group M23 has resumed fighting in the Eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo after nearly a decade of laying dormant. M23 has overrun army military bases, looted weapons, captured large territories north of the city of Goma while leaving hundreds dead and thousands displaced from their homes. Now, the president is asking everyday civilians to join the fight. VICE News’ Evelyn Kahungu travels to the DRC to meet a civilian picking up arms and reports from the frontlines of M23’s resurgence.Special thanks to our translator Aquelina Mawadza with Bayville Languages, VICE News Nairobi Bureau Chief Julia Steers, and our production crew Adolphe Basengezi and Srdjan Stojiljkovic.This story was produced by Stephanie Brown and edited by Stephanie Kariuki.VICE News Reports is produced by Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, Adreanna Rodriguez and Adriana Tapia. Our senior producers are Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our supervising producer is Ashley Cleek. Our associate producer is Steph Brown. Sound design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi, and Kyle Murdock. Annie Aviles is our Executive Editor and Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Our theme music is by Steve Bone. Our host is Arielle Duhaime-Ross. Charles Raggio is the head of VICE Audio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we are sharing an episode from one of our newest series – Havana Syndrome. In 2016, a mysterious, debilitating illness begins to afflict American diplomats and spies working abroad – first in Cuba, and then around the world. Victims report crippling neurological symptoms. Some describe the feeling of being hit by an invisible, directed pressure while they were stationed on government property, or sometimes standing in their own homes or hotel rooms. Is this bizarre illness the result of a weapon? Is it mass psychosis? Or something else entirely?Award-winning journalists Jon Lee Anderson and Adam Entous take listeners to the heart of this saga in Havana Syndrome, a new podcast from VICE World News. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Havana Syndrome is hosted and reported by Jon Lee Anderson and Adam Entous, and produced and reported by Julia Nutter, Jesse Alejandro Cotrell and Ramon Campos Iriarte. Edited and executive produced by Annie Aviles and Kate Osborn. Original composition and sound design by Steve Bone. Production support from Pran Bandi.Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Charles Raggio is the head of VICE Audio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When Roe was overturned in the summer of 2022, at least 13 states had laws put in place that were meant to be triggered by the fall of Roe and ban abortion in all but the most extreme cases. But what happened to the people who qualified for these abortion exceptions? Today, VICE reporter Carter Sherman dissects the impacts these trigger laws had on states, abortion providers and those who were unable to receive immediate care. Special thanks to Leah Feiger and Michael Learmonth. This story was reported by Carter Sherman and produced by Adreanna Rodriguez and edited by Stephanie Kariuki.VICE News Reports is produced by Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, Adreanna Rodriguez and Adriana Tapia. Our senior producers are Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our supervising producer is  Ashley Cleek. Our associate producer is Steph Brown. Sound design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi, and Kyle Murdock. Annie Aviles is our Executive Editor and Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Our theme music is by Steve Bone. Our host is Arielle Duhaime-Ross.  Charles Raggio is the head of VICE Audio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For over 30 years, Danny Elliot suffered from severe chronic pain, the aftermath of nearly getting electrocuted to death in a home accident. The only thing that eased his pain was the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl, which was prescribed to him by a doctor. But in recent years, it had become almost impossible for Danny to obtain fentanyl—even with a prescription. With illicit fentanyl made by Mexican cartels causing thousands of overdose deaths, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has been cracking down on all sources of supply—including doctors suspected of operating illegally and over-prescribing. A week after the DEA’s visit to Danny’s third  doctor in four years, he killed himself. His wife of 25 years, Gretchen Elliott, also took her own life at the same time. VICE News correspondent Keegan Hamilton first spoke to Danny two years ago for an episode of the podcast series “PAINKILLER: America’s Fentanyl Crisis”. This week, he went to Danny’s funeral and talked with friends and family who told a story of a tragedy that was as predictable as it was avoidable.This story was reported and produced by Keegan Hamilton and Jesse Alejandro Cottrell. It was edited by Stephanie Kariuki and Annie Aviles.VICE News Reports is produced by Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, Adreanna Rodriguez and Adriana Tapia. Our senior producers are Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our supervising producer is  Ashley Cleek. Our associate producer is Steph Brown. Sound design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi, and Kyle Murdock. Annie Aviles is our Executive Editor and Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Our theme music is by Steve Bone. Our host is Arielle Duhaime-Ross. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Last year, Motherboard Reporter Edward Ongweso Jr. spoke with Arielle Duhaime-Ross about Cryptoland: the moonshot project trying to turn a private Fijan island into a crypto-utopia and the world’s first crypto-society. With the rise, and fall, of crypto billionaires there is seemingly always this question of what is next in the crypto-space? So, this week we are revisiting our episode about the latest on the grand promises made by Cryptoland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Earlier this year, Arielle Duhaime-Ross spoke with reporters Louise Matsakis and Meaghan Tobin, who investigated Shein for the online magazine Rest of World. Matsakis and Tobin explored how Shein is reinventing fast fashion—and transforming a generation’s consumption habits in the process. Ahead of the holidays, we revisit this conversation to examine the human impact behind one of the world’s most popular online shopping destinations. VICE News Reports is produced by Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, Adreanna Rodriguez and Adriana Tapia. Our senior producers are Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our supervising producer is  Ashley Cleek. Our associate producer is Steph Brown. Sound design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi, and Kyle Murdock. Annie Aviles is our Executive Editor and Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Our theme music is by Steve Bone. Our host is Arielle Duhaime-Ross. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.