VICE News Reports

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.

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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.

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For the last two months Colombia has been swept up by nation-wide protests, with clashes between police and protestors, hundreds injured or disappeared across the country. VICE correspondent, David Noriega traveled there to spend time with frontline protesters. He explains how over a century of history brought Colombia to this moment and what it might tell us about the future of politics in the country.

This episode was reported by David Noriega and produced by Sayre Quevedo. Watch more of the reporting from Colombia here produced by Juanita Ceballos and Ramon Iriarte.

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.

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Six months after Russia launched a full-scale invasion on Ukraine, we check in with Katia, a Ukrainian woman who we first spoke with back in February. Like many Ukranians who stayed in the country, Katia has had to find ways to live life in the midst of chaos—which includes dating. Katia tells us about fostering a new relationship in a warzone, and we also check in with VICE News Correspondent Ben C. Solomon about how life and war in Ukraine have been developing.

This episode was produced by Adriana Tapia and Sam Greenspan. Edited by Julia Nutter and Annie Avilés.

VICE News Reports is produced by Sophie Kazis (Kay-ziss), Jen Kinney, and Adriana Tapia. Our senior producers are Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Julia Nutter and Sam Greenspan. Our supervising producer is Ashley Cleek. Our associate producers are Steph Brown, Sam Eagan, and Adreanna (A-Dree-Anna) Rodriguez. Sound design and music composition by Steve Bone, Evan Sutton, Pran Bandi, and Kyle Murdock. Mixing by Evan Sutton.

Our Executive Producers are Adizah Eghan and Stephanie Kariuki.

For VICE Audio, Annie Avilés is our Executive Editor and Janet Lee is our Senior Production Manager. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Our theme music is by Steve Bone. Our host is Arielle Duhaime-Ross.

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Gas prices are high right now and people are feeling the squeeze. What does our relationship with the pump reveal about us? And can we do things differently? We spoke with Aaron Gordon, senior writer for VICE’s Motherboard to break down the dead-end politics around gas prices and if electric vehicles really are the solution.

This episode was produced by Adriana Tapia and edited by Stephanie Kariuki.

VICE News Reports is hosted by Arielle Duhaime-Ross and produced by Sophie Kazis, Jen Kinney, and Adriana Tapia. Our senior producer is Sam Greenspan. Our supervising producers are Ashley Cleek and Stephanie Kariuki. Our associate producers are Steph Brown, Sam Eagan, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound design and music composition by Steve Bone, Evan Sutton, Pran Bandi, and Kyle Murdock. Mixing by Evan Sutton.

Our executive producer is Adizah Eghan. And the VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Our theme music is by Steve Bone.

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