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If you like The VICE Guide To Right Now, we think you'll also really enjoy VICE News' first ever podcast, "Chapo." As Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán goes on trial, VICE News explores his high-stakes case through the stories of people caught up in the drug war in the U.S. and Mexico. The first episode dropped on Nov. 1 exclusively on Spotify in both English and Spanish.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hello VICE Meets listeners! It's true we've gone dark for a while, but we're really excited to introduce you to our newest VICE podcast, Queerly Beloved.Queerly Beloved ​is a new podcast series from Broadly. Co-hosted by Broadly editor Sarah Burke and Fran Tirado of the popular queer podcast Food 4 Thot, it’s a multifaceted portrait of LGBTQ chosen family—the people who help us figure out who we are and inspire us to live as our most authentic selves. In a world obsessed with significant others, Queerly Beloved focuses on the unconventional, seemingly insignificant relationships that actually end up shaping us most.Here's the first episode, "The Past Lovers." For the full season, sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If you like VICE Meets, make sure to also check out our second season of Science Solved It, Motherboard's show about the greatest mysteries that were solved by science.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

VICE founder Shane Smith interviews President Barack Obama, discussing a host of issues important to Americans, from foreign policy and marijuana legalization to global warming and political gridlock. A Roundtable with President Barack Obama: The Cost of Education: http://bit.ly/1MW3pWa  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Director Bennett Miller spent seven years making his third feature film, Foxcatcher—a retelling of the true story of millionaire heir John du Pont's fateful relationship with a pair of Olympic wrestlers, Mark and Dave Schultz. Bizarre and haunting, Foxcatcher has an intensity that has come to be expected from the director of Moneyball and Capote. We sat down with Miller to talk about the film.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In 1989, a millionaire eccentric John du Pont opened an athletics facility on his 800-acre, Pennsylvania estate. For seven years, the estate housed and trained a team of pentathletes, swimmers and wrestlers including Olympic champions, the brothers Mark and Dave Schultz. The strange and haunting story is retold in director Bennett Miller's haunting film "Foxcatcher". VICE sat down with cast to discuss the movie.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Richard Linklater is the filmmaker behind some of indie film's preeminent classics. His early break throughs, Slacker (1991) and Dazed and Confused (1993), captured and defined our generation more genuinely than had been done before, and perhaps since. Boyhood, out in theaters July 11, is true to Linklater form in its exploration of the nuances of youth and life. It was ambitiously shot over 12 years, following the upbringing of a boy from the age of six until his high school graduation. In this episode of VICE Meets, Reihan Salam and Linklater discuss the inspiration behind the film and his career. It also includes behind-the-scenes footage from throughout the film's production.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The following interview with the cast and creators of The Interview—Seth Rogen, James Franco, and Evan Goldberg—was conducted by VICE on December 9, two days before the world premiere of the film in Los Angeles. At that time, hackers calling themselves the "Guardians of Peace" had compromised SONY servers and leaked a trove of sensitive emails that exposed and embarrassed senior company officials. Nonetheless, the film was still on track to be released on Christmas Day. On December 16, a new threat from the hackers promised a 9/11-style attack if the film was released as planned, and within hours the major theater chains across the country withdrew their support of the film. With no distribution, SONY announced that they had no plan to release the film. Over the course of the following days, as SONY was pilloried in the media by high profile celebrities and politicians, including President Obama, for having caved in to the hackers, senior company officials were working behind-the-scenes to create an... &

This week on the VICE podcast Reihan Salam sits down with filmmaker Errol Morris to discuss his latest film The Unknown Known, a portrait of one of the leading architects of the Iraq War, Donald Rumsfeld. Watch more VICE Podcasts here: bit.ly/VICE-Podcasts Check out the VICE podcast on iTunes here: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/vice-…id634513189?mt=2  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on the VICE podcast Reihan Salam sits down with Michael German, a 16-year veteran of the FBI, who recently joined the Brennan Center where he'll focus on law enforcement and intelligence oversight and reform, in the center's fight to advance effective national security policies that respect constitutional values and the rule of law. Today we chat with German about the way in which the FBI has changed since 9/11. Check out the Best of VICE here: http://bit.ly/VICE-Best-Of Check out the VICE podcast on iTunes here: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/vice-…id634513189?mt=2  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on the VICE Podcast Reihan Salam sits down Nigerian-American journalist Dayo Olopade, to discuss her new book, The Bright Continent: Breaking Rules and Making Change in Modern Africa. Watch more VICE Podcasts here: bit.ly/VICE-Podcasts  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on the VICE Podcast Reihan Salam sits down with the founders of Upworthy, Peter Koechley and Eli Pariser. Koechley has been making important ideas irresistible for more than a decade -- as an Onion editor, a viral video producer, and now, as a co-founder of Upworthy; Pariser has dedicated his career to figuring out how technology can elevate important topics in the world -- as an author, an online organizer, and most recently, as a co-founder of Upworthy. Today, these two chat with us about Upworthy, it's creation and where they see it heading in the future, as well as the ever-expanding media landscape. Watch more VICE Podcasts here: bit.ly/VICE-Podcasts Check out the VICE podcast on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/vice-media/id634513189?mt=2  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on the VICE podcast Reihan Salam sits down with Melissa Gira Grant, an independent journalist who has been writing and reporting on the sex industry for the past ten years. Grant recently authored a book, Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work, in which she calls for an overhaul in the way we think about sex work. Today, she chats with us about the history, the myths, and the criticisms of the sex industry and shares her perspective on how sex work is primarily about economic activity, and those who perform sexual labor shouldn't be criminalized or treated any differently than any other laborers trying to survive in our treacherous economic system. Watch more VICE Podcasts here: bit.ly/VICE-Podcasts Check out the VICE podcast on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/vice-media/id634513189?mt=2  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on the VICE podcast Reihan Salam sits down with filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer to discuss his academy award nominated documentary, The Act of Killing. Watch more VICE Podcasts here: http://bit.ly/VICE-Podcasts Check out the VICE podcast on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/vice-media/id634513189?mt=2  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Robyn Doolittle is the author of Crazy Town--a new book chronicling the absurd political messiness that the city of Toronto has endured at the hands of their crack smoking mayor: Rob Ford. As one of three journalists to have seen the infamous crack video, Robyn has covered the Rob Ford story extensively for the Toronto Star; so we had our VICE Canada Managing Editor Patrick McGuire sit down with her to review the past few years of Toronto politics. From Rob's nearly constant gaffes and presumably drug-addled soundbites, to whether or not he can win the 2014 election, to Canada's restrictive freedom of information laws... it's a comprehensive chat. Watch more VICE Podcasts here: http://bit.ly/VICE-Podcasts Check out the VICE podcast on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/vice-media/id634513189?mt=2  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on the VICE Podcast, Reihan Salam sits down with David Epstein, former senior writer at "Sports Illustrated," reporter at ProPublica and author of "The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance." David and Reihan chat about the ways that human biological diversity impacts athletic ability, and how this understanding could affect the future of elite sports. Watch more VICE Podcasts here: http://bit.ly/VICE-Podcasts Check out the VICE podcast on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/vice-media/id634513189?mt=2  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on the VICE Podcast, Reihan Salam sits down with Anya Kamenetz, a Schwartz fellow at New America, journalist, and author of Generation Debt, DIY U, and the forthcoming The Test. Reihan has an in-depth discussion with Anya about the current state of higher education in America. Watch more VICE Podcasts here: http://bit.ly/VICE-Podcasts Check out the VICE podcast on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/vice-media/id634513189?mt=2  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on the VICE podcast, authors Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy discuss their new book about the attack on Mumbai's Taj Hotel with journalist Ben Anderson. More from Ben Anderson here: http://www.vice.com/tag/Ben+Anderson Watch more VICE Podcasts here: http://bit.ly/VICE-Podcasts Check out the VICE podcast on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/vice-media/id634513189?mt=2  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on the VICE Podcast, Reihan Salam sits down with Anya Kamenetz, a Schwartz fellow at New America, journalist, and author of Generation Debt, DIY U, and the forthcoming The Test. Reihan has an in-depth discussion with Anya about the current state of higher education in America. Watch more VICE Podcasts here: http://bit.ly/VICE-Podcasts Check out the VICE podcast on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/vice-media/id634513189?mt=2  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on the VICE podcast, authors Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy discuss their new book about the attack on Mumbai's Taj Hotel with journalist Ben Anderson. More from Ben Anderson here: http://www.vice.com/tag/Ben+Anderson Watch more VICE Podcasts here: http://bit.ly/VICE-Podcasts Check out the VICE podcast on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/vice-media/id634513189?mt=2  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.