VICE News Reports

The Citizen app is advertised as a public safety tool: a place where people can connect, inform, and “protect one another” from local crime. But VICE News’ Motherboard got a hold of internal documents and messages that show how Citizen is pushing the boundaries of what an app-enabled vigilante force may be capable of. This episode was reported by Joseph Cox and Jason Koebler of VICE News’ Motherboard, and produced by Adreanna Rodriguez. Read more of their reporting here. VICE News Reports is hosted by Arielle Duhaime-Ross and produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Sophie Kazis, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca, Julia Nutter, and Sayre Quevedo. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi and Kyle Murdock.  Our executive producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 25th marked a year since the world watched the killing of George Floyd. His name and the video of his death reignited a reckoning with systemic racism. But that video doesn’t represent the man that his family knew. VICE News Correspondent Dexter Thomas traveled to Houston to speak with George Floyd’s brother Philonise about the last year, who his big brother really was and what’s next.This interview is part of the STILL HERE x 8:46 project which VICE launched to memorialize George Floyd one year after his murder and to acknowledge the on-going work his death has inspired. Watch the video version of the interview here now. This episode was reported by Dexter Thomas, Sarah Svoboda and Myles Andrews-Duve. VICE News Reports is produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Sophie Kazis, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca, Julia Nutter, and Sayre Quevedo. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi and Kyle Murdock.Our executive producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The hottest investment right now isn’t cryptocurrency or NFTs, it’s Pokémon cards. The pandemic collectibles boom has skyrocketed Pokemon card prices, with individual cards selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars and people swarming retail stores to get their hands on new cards. Editor-in-Chief of Motherboard and Pokemon aficionado Jason Koebler takes us through a deep dive of the resurgence of everyone’s favorite cuddly pocket monsters. Everyone is looking to catch’em all one more time, and Jason is no exception. This episode was produced by Sam Eagan. VICE News Reports is produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Sophie Kazis, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca, Julia Nutter, and Sayre Quevedo. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi and Kyle Murdock.  Our executive producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown. Special thanks to Jason Koebler, Jeffrey Mercado and Jon Stern Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

VICE News Correspondent Hind Hassan reports from on the ground in Jerusalem amidst the ongoing military offensive on the Gaza Strip. Hind unpacks one of the main sources of tension that has led to the deadliest violence the region has seen in years. She explains how the fight over who owns a few dozen homes in East Jerusalem is at the very heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This episode was produced by Sophie Kazis and Julia Nutter. Reporting from VICE News’ Hind Hassan and Lama Al Arian. Check out their report, “Crisis In Jerusalem.” VICE News Reports is produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Sophie Kazis, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca, Julia Nutter and Sayre Quevedo. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi and Kyle Murdock. Our executive Producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Thanks to Daniel Bateman, Ayman Abu Ramouz and Oren Rosenfeld. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Over the past year, there have been numerous incidents of anti-Asian violence across the country. And after back-to-back videos of assaults on elderly people in the Bay Area went viral earlier this year, VICE News correspondent Dexter Thomas noticed a recurring theme — many comments on social media fixated on the fact that the attackers were Black. This is following a summer of protests against police brutality where many — including Asian Americans — showed solidarity with Black people on those same platforms. Here, Dexter digs into the legacy and current state of Black and Asian solidarity.This episode was reported by Dexter Thomas and Janice Llamoca. Produced by Janice Llamoca. VICE News Reports is produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Sophie Kazis, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi and Kyle Murdock. Our executive Producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Episode art by our host, Arielle Duhaime-Ross. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As a teenager, VICE journalist Adreanna Rodriguez was given a choice that would alter the course of her life. It's a choice she has considered and reconsidered again and again. In this collaboration with Snap Judgment, Adreanna travels to the Standing Rock Sioux’s Reservation in North Dakota, to find out what could have been. This story was produced by Adreanna Rodriguez and Shaina Shealy with additional editing by Anna Sussman and Mark Ristich.This story was supported by the USC Center for Health Journalism, which helps journalists investigate health challenges and solutions in their communities – reporting that serves as a catalyst for change.VICE News Reports is produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Sophie Kazis, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi and Kyle Murdock.  Our executive Producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Episode art by Teo Ducot Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Museums the world over are filled with stolen works of art and artifacts. One man named Mnyaka Sururu Mboro has spent most of his life on a mission to return these sacred objects, including the remains of the Tanzanian war hero Mangi Meli, home. Mboro shares his emotional journey with reporter Tarisai Ngangura.This episode was reported by Tarisai Ngangura and produced by Julia Nutter. This story was originally reported for VICE Magazine’s Unthinkable Ideas issue. Reported by Tarisai Ngangura and edited by Leah Feiger. Kate Dries is VICE’s Editorial Director, Features.VICE News Reports is produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Sophie Kazis, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi and Kyle Murdock.  Our executive Producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we are sharing an episode from one of our newest series -- Strongman. It’s a show that takes on the rise of authoritarianism in a new way, by telling intimate stories about power and control at every level of society, all over the world. This episode, host Hind Hassan takes us to Egypt, where sexual violence has often been used to silence women and limit their political power. But some women in the country have started to speak up about their experiences of sexual harassment and assault -- including about an infamous case of rape at Cairo’s Fairmont hotel.You can go listen to the entire series of Strongman right now in all the places you get your podcasts. For resources on sexual harassment and assault go to https://www.rainn.org/ in the U.S. and http://ecwronline.org/ in Egypt.Strongman is a production of VICE News, It’s hosted and reported by Hind Hassan. And each episode has additional amazing reporters from around the world.Stephanie Kariuki is the Senior Producer. Field Producer on this episode is Lama Al Arian.Strongman is produced by Pete Lang Stanton and Pallavi Kottamasu. Sam Eagan is the associate producer.Sound Design and original score by Pran Bandi. Annie Aviles is the Executive Producer. Kate Osborn is the VP of Vice Audio.Our Senior Production Manager is Janet Lee. Production coordination from Stephanie Brown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A surge of migrants from around the world has begun arriving at the US’s southern border, some having traveled thousands of miles to get there. For many, the most dangerous part of their journey is a 60-mile stretch of lawless jungle connecting Colombia and Panama called the Darien Gap. We take you along as VICE on Showtime correspondent Paola Ramos follows the journey of migrants traveling through the Darien. This episode was produced by Adreanna Rodriguez. VICE News Reports is produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone and Kyle Murdock.  Our executive Producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. This story was originally reported for VICE on Showtime -- you can see the documentary version on Showtime now. New episodes of VICE on Showtime air on Sundays at 8pm EST. Reporting and producing from Paola Ramos and Miguel Fernandez-Flores with production assistance from Juan Arturo Gómez Tobón and Sofía Villamil. Srdjan Stojiljkovic was the camera operator. Editing from Chris Iversen and Kelly Kendrick. Greg Wright is supervising producer. Co-Executive producer Craig Thomson. And executive producers Beverly Chase and Subrata De. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With countries competing to land on the moon again, private companies launching rockets into space, and plans for Mars colonization becoming less like science fiction every day, we’re in the midst of a new space race. And that means, aliens and UFO sightings are also having a heyday. Reporter MJ Banias takes us on a ride through the new space race and what our alien obsession reveals about our hopes and fears for humanity itself. This episode was produced by Jen Kinney. VICE News Reports is produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone and Kyle Murdock.  Our executive Producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Episode art by our host, Arielle Duhaime-Ross. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we are sharing the first two episodes of one of our newest series -- The Crisis. An investigation into the deadly fight over the environment and who controls it. In Season 1 we delve into the murders of three Colombian coal miners who were working for an Alabama coal company, and unravel a decades-long saga of bribery, scandal, civil war, and death.You can go listen to the entire series of The Crisis right now in English or our Spanish language version, Contra Natura in all the places you get your podcasts. The Crisis is hosted by Sayre Quevedo, Ramon Campos and Agnes Walton. It’s produced by Sayre Quevedo and Ashley Cleek, who is our senior producer. Reporting by Ramon Campos, Agnes Walton, Sayre Quevedo, and Ashley Cleek. Adriana Tapia is also our producer. Adreanna Rodriguez is our Associate Producer. And thanks to Jesse Alejandro Cottrel for additional production support.Sound design and original scoring by Ben Kruse Calla. Translation and editorial consulting by Diego Salazar. Annie Aviles is our Executive Producer. Kate Osborn is the VP of Vice Audio. Janet Lee is our Senior Production Manager. Production coordination from Stephanie Brown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the final week of the most-watched union drive in recent history, we take you to an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama. Workers here will vote this week on whether to form Amazon’s first-ever union in the US, which could deal a blow to one of the world’s richest men and challenge the future of work as we know it. We meet with one of the workers leading that fight.UPDATE: After this episode was published, Amazon responded to several of our questions and requests for comment. In part they told us that the company ensures every associate has easy access to toilet facilities. In addition to expressing concerns in the online portal, Amazon says employees can also call Amazon Ethics hotline or contact their manager or any member of the HR team. They also told us "it’s our business objective to ensure long-term career development opportunities for our employees."This episode was reported by Lauren Kaori Gurley and Julia Nutter. Check out all of Lauren’s reporting on Amazon at VICE.com. Sound design and composition for this episode by Pran Bandi. VICE News Reports is produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone and Kyle Murdock.  Our executive Producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Episode art by our host, Arielle Duhaime-Ross. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Brazil’s Pantanal is the world’s largest tropical wetland, home to an impressive concentration of wildlife like hyacinth macaws, giant otters, piranhas and jaguars. And last year, the wetland was on fire. Our host Arielle Duhaime-Ross travels to the vast region to see first hand how last year’s megafires changed this unique ecosystem and to meet the scientists who have had to take drastic measures to help it heal. Along the way she meets some of the Pantanal’s rare (and adorable) wildlife.Watch a video report from Arielle’s journey here. And read more about last year’s megafires here. This episode was reported by Arielle Duhaime-Ross. Produced by Sophie Kazis. VICE News Reports is produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone and Kyle Murdock.  Our Executive Producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Episode art by our host, Arielle Duhaime-Ross. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For nearly two years since the Trump administration enacted the “Remain in Mexico” policy, tens of thousands have been sent back to wait. Most asylum seekers have been in a holding pattern akin to immigration purgatory. We spent time with migrants in Ciudad Juarez just as things have started to change. This episode was reported by Lisette Poole. Produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell. VICE News Reports is produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone and Kyle Murdock.  Our executive Producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Episode art by our host, Arielle Duhaime-Ross. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A QAnon promoting mayor. Armed vigilantes looking to scare off antifa. And a heated fight over... an opioid treatment center? Reporter Jen Kinney takes us to one small town in Washington State, where the paranoid style of American politics is turning even the most everyday, local issues into conspiracy theories.For more on this story, check out VICE Senior Staff Writer Anna Merlan's reporting.VICE News Reports is produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone and Kyle Murdock.  Our executive Producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka.Episode art by our host, Arielle Duhaime-Ross. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The U.S. Army needs recruits, and they're looking to Twitch to find them. With the Army’s new e-sports team, they hope to attract young, tech-savvy enlistees by streaming video games online. But they haven’t found a fully receptive audience. And this isn’t the first time the military has slid into our gaming consoles. VICE News Correspondent Dexter Thomas Jr. digs back in military gaming history to explain how we got here. Reporting from Dexter Thomas Jr. and Michelle R. Carney. Produced by Sophie Kazis. VICE News Reports is produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone and Kyle Murdock. Our executive Producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka.Episode art by our host, Arielle Duhaime-Ross. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

VICE News Senior Reporter Keegan Hamilton travels to Michoacán where Mexico’s modern drug war began and continues to rage. To understand the effects of a seemingly endless cycle of crackdown, cartel re-alignment and civilians being displaced, Keegan tells the story of the right now in this region with unprecedented access to various sides of the war -- including the dominant Jalisco New Generation Cartel led by the DEA’s Most Wanted cartel boss El Mencho. Produced by VICE News’ Miguel Fernandez and Janice Llamoca.  To watch a short film of this reporting check out VICE News on YouTube. VICE News Reports is produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone and Kyle Murdock.  Our executive Producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UPDATE: On February 28th, 2021, the young politician we profiled in this episode, Fergus Leung, and 46 other pro-Democracy activists and lawmakers were charged with “conspiracy to commit subversion,” a violation of Hong Kong’s new National Security Law. As of this update (March 3, 2021) they are all still incarcerated awaiting trial. If convicted, Leung faces a multiple-year prison sentence.In a pre-dawn raid on January 6th, hundreds of Hong Kong police fanned out across the city in a coordinated operation to arrest dozens of pro-democracy activists and lawmakers in a single sweep. It was the biggest crackdown on the city’s democracy movement and the latest Chinese government effort to curb dissent. We go to Hong Kong to spend time with one of the people rounded up -- a 23-year old local politician -- and hear from VICE correspondent Laurel Chor about what led up to that day. Is this the end of Hong Kong’s nascent democracy? Reporting from Viola Zhou in Hong Kong. Produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell.VICE News Reports is produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone and Kyle Murdock. Our executive Producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2020 has been a YEAR, and it’s not done yet. This episode, we hand over the mic to Monaea Upton in North Minneapolis. She’s 17 years old, and she’s been keeping an 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 produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone and Kyle Murdock.  Our executive Producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Introducing VICE News podcast, Source Material. This innovative new show takes you straight to the source -- using recordings gathered by everyday people living through extraordinary events, all without a host. This episode takes you inside an uprising that happened at Ware State Prison in Georgia in August 2020 and gives a sense of what it was like to experience it in real time.  Source Material is a multimedia project that is also a video series. Watch on VICE.com for original episodes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the US accelerates troop withdrawals from Afghanistan, we examine a fatal attack on a maternity ward and what it says about the current state of peace in America’s longest war. VICE News correspondent Hind Hassan and producer Adam Desiderio travel to Kabul to tell the story of one midwife who was present during the attack that happened on the heels of the peace deal. Field produced and directed by Ana Sebescen. Special thanks to producers Khwaga Ghani and Aleem Agha for their work on the ground.VICE News Reports is produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone and Kyle Murdock.  Our executive Producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After the mass shooting at Parkland, a new law required that every school in the state of Florida had to have someone armed on campus at all times. The cheapest way to fill that requirement? For schools to let their teachers or other staff carry a gun. We take you to two schools in neighboring districts in the first week of school in the midst of new COVID protocols — one that embraces arming staff as the only solution, and one that resists arming staff, only to find themselves boxed into a corner. This is the third episode of a three part series about arming teachers.Reported and produced by Jen Kinney. VICE News Reports is produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi and Kyle Murdock.  Our executive Producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We take you inside a training that transforms school teachers into armed educators. This is the second episode of a three part series about arming teachers and what exactly it means to be safe in school. In this episode producer Jen Kinney follows Angie, an Ohio elementary school teacher with almost no firearm experience, as she learns to use a gun and roleplays shootings in a real school. If she passes, Angie will be able to carry a gun in her classroom.Reported and produced by Jen Kinney. VICE News Reports is produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi and Kyle Murdock.  Our executive Producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 and parents when teachers start to carry guns in the classroom. Part 1 of this three-part series follows Cooper Caffrey, who was shot by a classmate in eighth grade. A few years later, his Ohio school decided to arm its teachers. Cooper’s school is one of many in 19 states that have armed staff. We take you inside the fight that divided the school.Reported and produced by Jen Kinney. VICE News Reports is produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi and Kyle Murdock.  Our executive Producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the U.S. watches for the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, we turn to a surprising comparison. Last year a contested presidential election led to President Evo Morales leaving Bolivia--and pitched Bolivians into a state of conflict and uncertainty. We tell the story of what Bolivians lived through a year ago, and why it might help us understand what’s happening right now in the U.S.This episode was produced by Janice Llamoca.VICE News Reports is produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone and Kyle Murdock.  Our executive Producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is Antifa even a thing? Ahead of an election positioned as “us” versus “them,” the specter of “Antifa” has become an easy boogeyman to either accept or reject out of hand. VICE News takes a serious look at what it is and what it is not. VICE News Correspondent Alzo Slade reports from across the country. Watch Alzo Slade’s documentary on Antifa here.This episode was produced by Julia Nutter and Jen Kinney.VICE News Reports is produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone and Kyle Murdock.  Our executive Producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

VICE News embeds with an elite crew of firefighters -- the Forest Service Hotshot crew out of Eldorado National Forest in California -- as they battle wildfires during one of the worst fire seasons on record, with short staffing in the middle of a pandemic. Think of them as the Navy SEALS of firefighters.VICE News correspondent Michael Anthony Adams reports. Want to see what the frontline of wildfire looks like? Check out Michael’s segment here. This episode was produced by Julia Nutter.VICE News Reports is produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone and Kyle Murdock.  Our executive Producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We take you inside the NBA/WNBA bubble told through exclusive recordings.To salvage their 2020 seasons amid the pandemic, the WNBA and NBA create a “bubble” where players and staff are walled off from the rest of the world. We follow two players, Monique Billings, a starting forward for the Atlanta Dream, and Udonis Haslem, captain of the Miami Heat, during their first months inside the Bubble.This episode was produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell.VICE News Reports is produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone and Kyle Murdock.  Our executive Producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As India’s health professionals battle the spread of COVID-19, some political leaders claim traditional medicine systems can cure the coronavirus. VICE’s Senior Staff Writer Pallavi Pundir reports on how nationalistic fervor for traditional medicine, fake credentialed doctors, and misinformation are gaining momentum in India and making matters worse.All the views, ideas, comments, opinions and statements expressed in this program are solely those of the guest(s), speaker(s) and the host(s) and VICE Media Group does not subscribe to or endorse the same. None of the comments, dialogues etc. in the podcast are intended to offend anybody’s sentiments or derogate any profession, political party or person, institute, religion, caste, community, section(s) of society or belief of any nature whatsoever. VICE makes no warranty, guarantee, or representation as to the accuracy or sufficiency of the information featured in this podcast and any reliance on the information provided in this podcast is done at listeners’ own risk. The third-party materials or content of any third-party sources referenced in this podcast do not necessarily reflect the opinions, standards or policies of VICE. VICE assumes no responsibility or liability for the accuracy or completeness of the content contained in third party materials referenced in this podcast or the compliance with applicable laws of such materials and shall not be liable and/or responsible for the same in any manner whatsoever.This episode was produced by Adizah Eghan.VICE News Reports is produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone and Kyle Murdock.  Our executive Producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

VICE News Reports launches October 15, 2020. We bring you to the news so you can hear it for yourself. VICE News reporters and producers take you along as we travel across the globe to where life is happening, right up to the frontline as a story is unfolding. Hosted by Arielle Duhaime-Ross.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.