God, Guns, and January 6
Among 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’...
6 Jan 202230min
Weekend World (ReAir)
For 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 Eart...
30 Des 202140min
Monaea, a 2020 Diary (ReAir)
This 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 wa...
23 Des 202147min
Bloody and Broke: Fighting the UFC
Once 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...
16 Des 202131min
Boys’ Love, Censored
One 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 th...
9 Des 202128min
No End in Sight
After 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 bee...
2 Des 202130min
Lessons from a Supertaster
Smell 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 ...
25 Nov 202122min
White Nationalists on Trial
The 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 T...
17 Nov 202118min
