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Update from Kyiv Mar 25, 2022

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This 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.

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Has the US Nabbed Honduras' Narco-Presidente? Mar 24, 2022

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Just 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 player could tell us about drug trafficking in Central America.

This episode was reported by Deborah Bonello and produced by Sayre Quevedo and Stephanie Kariuki.

VICE News Reports is hosted by Arielle Duhaime-Ross and produced by Sophie Kazis, Jen Kinney, Adriana Tapia, Steph Brown, Sam Eagan, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek, Adizah Eghan, and Sam Greenspan. Sound design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi, Natasha Jacobs and Kyle Murdock.

Our executive producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio.

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Is a Crypto-Utopia Possible? Mar 17, 2022

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The 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, Steph Brown, Sam Eagan, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek, Adizah Eghan, and Sam Greenspan. Sound design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi, Natasha Jacobs and Kyle Murdock.

Our executive producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio.

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Life During War Mar 10, 2022

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A 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, and Sam Greenspan. Sound design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi, Natasha Jacobs and Kyle Murdock.

Our executive producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio.

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On the Ground in Ukraine Mar 03, 2022

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As 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.

Our executive producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio.

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Introducing: Authentic: The Story of Tablo Feb 24, 2022

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Korean 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 what happens when a whole country tells you that you aren’t who you say you are.

We’re so excited to share with you Authentic: The Story of Tablo. Be sure to click over to the feed, here, to subscribe to the rest of the series.

Authentic: The Story of Tablo is a production of VICE Audio and iHeart Podcast Network.

Produced and reported by Stephanie Kariuki, Min Ji Koo, Kate Osborn and Dexter Thomas with Janet Lee, Stephanie Brown, and Sam Eagan.

Sound design and original music composition by Kyle Murdock with additional support from Natasha Jacobs. Our Supervising Producer is Janet Lee. Editing from Lacy Roberts. Fact-checking by Min Ji Koo and Nicole Pasulka.

Our Executive Producer and VP of VICE Audio is Kate Osborn. From iHeart Podcast Network, Executive Producers Nikki Ettore and Lindsay Hoffman.

Episode 1 features Epik High music from their albums Swan Songs, High Society, and Pieces Part One- distributed by CJ Music. There’s also epik high music from the album 99, distributed by YG Entertainment. Music also from Kim Gun Mo, Bobby McFerrin.

Special thanks to Isne Bobo Nuyent for Epik High’s original concert footage.

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He Asked a 9/11 Plotter About Flight Lessons. What Now? Feb 17, 2022

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Twenty-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 should happen to you if you’re fascinated by terrorists, curious about them to the point that you even reach out to them, but have never commited a single act of terror? And what’s the appropriate punishment for that and how do we decide what happens after?

This episode was reported by Keegan Hamilton. It was produced by Sayre Quevedo and edited by Adizah Eghan.

VICE News Reports is hosted by Arielle Duhaime-Ross and produced by Sophie Kazis, Jen Kinney, and Sayre Quevedo. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek, Adizah Eghan, and Sam Greenspan. Our associate producers are Steph Brown, Sam Eagan, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi, Natasha Jacobs and Kyle Murdock.

Our executive producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio.

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Will Russia Invade? Feb 10, 2022

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The 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 Europe.

This episode was reported by Hind Hassan and Maya Rowstowska, with additional reporting by Ruby Lott-Lavigna, and was produced by Jen Kinney, Ashley Cleek, and Sam Greenspan. Special thanks to Erik Herron at the University of West Virginia.

Our executive producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio.

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Waiting for JFK Feb 03, 2022

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The 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 still in Dallas awaiting JFK.

This episode was reported by David Gilbert and produced by Adreanna Rodriguez, Jen Kinney and Sam Greenspan.

Special thanks to Karma, who helped with research for this report.

Our executive producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio.

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Gangs, Disappearances, and the ‘World’s Coolest Dictator’ Jan 27, 2022

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President 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 Quevedo

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