Shane Smith
Fixing the System: An Interview with President Obama on Prison Reform
VICE accompanied President Obama to a federal prison in Oklahoma to film a special episode about the US criminal justice system for our show on HBO. Read an excerpt from a sit-down interview conducted during the visit.
Thank You All For Your Support
Though two VICE News journalists are being released from prison in Turkey, one of our colleagues is still detained. The episode, VICE founder Shane Smith says, is a reminder of the importance to stand up for free expression.
Shane Smith on the Need to Protect the Earth from Environmental Catastrophe
It's increasingly clear to me that the environment touches every single human on Earth—perhaps in different ways, but when the environment is hurting we all suffer.
VICE Meets President Obama
To make VICE's first interview with the commander-in-chief a success, we want to hear what you would ask Barack Obama.
Watch Our HBO Report on the Lasting Effects of the BP Oil Spill
VICE co-founder Shane Smith heads down to Louisiana to see what sort of damage the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill is still doing to the Gulf of Mexico.
Watch Our HBO Report on Greenland's Melting Glaciers
The second episode of our show's second season is now online.
Watch the First Episode of the Second Season of 'VICE' on HBO
Shane Smith travels to Kabul to follow the trail of American money disappearing into the Afghan reconstruction, and Ben Anderson heads to Rio de Janeiro, where Brazil has taken extreme measures to clean up the city.
North Korean Film Madness
VICE founder Shane Smith visits North Korea to try to penetrate the Korean Feature Film Studio, a state-run film production facility west of Pyongyang.
How Much Climate-Change Denial Can the Market Bear?
Shane Smith responds to an unscientific “analysis” of the VICE on HBO segment, “Greenland is Melting.”
Welcome to the VICE News Private Beta
Behold, dear reader: a message from VICE founder and CEO Shane Smith about our new news website, VICE News, which is now in beta.
Welcome to the VICE News Beta
We couldn’t be more excited to launch this site, and we hope that you'll help us make it as good as we can make it. We are in this together.
Kicking Heroin with an Ibogaine Ceremony
Enter ibogaine, a drug made out of the African iboga root, whose intense, hallucinogenic properties make it a class-A felony drug. But many swear it's the most effective way to kick heroin addiction.