Extraterrestrial

04/08/21 • 42 min

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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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This episode was produced by Jen Kinney.

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.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Previous Episode

Introducing: The Crisis

Today we are sharing the first two episodes of one of our newest series -- The Crisis. An investigation into the deadly fight over the environment and who controls it. In Season 1 we delve into the murders of three Colombian coal miners who were working for an Alabama coal company, and unravel a decades-long saga of bribery, scandal, civil war, and death.

You can go listen to the entire series of The Crisis right now in English or our Spanish language version, Contra Natura in all the places you get your podcasts.

The Crisis is hosted by Sayre Quevedo, Ramon Campos and Agnes Walton. It’s produced by Sayre Quevedo and Ashley Cleek, who is our senior producer. Reporting by Ramon Campos, Agnes Walton, Sayre Quevedo, and Ashley Cleek.

Adriana Tapia is also our producer. Adreanna Rodriguez is our Associate Producer. And thanks to Jesse Alejandro Cottrel for additional production support.

Sound design and original scoring by Ben Kruse Calla. Translation and editorial consulting by Diego Salazar.

Annie Aviles is our Executive Producer. Kate Osborn is the VP of Vice Audio.

Janet Lee is our Senior Production Manager. Production coordination from Stephanie Brown.

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A Perilous Journey

A surge of migrants from around the world has begun arriving at the US’s southern border, some having traveled thousands of miles to get there. For many, the most dangerous part of their journey is a 60-mile stretch of lawless jungle connecting Colombia and Panama called the Darien Gap. We take you along as VICE on Showtime correspondent Paola Ramos follows the journey of migrants traveling through the Darien.

This episode was produced by Adreanna Rodriguez.

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.

This story was originally reported for VICE on Showtime -- you can see the documentary version on Showtime now. New episodes of VICE on Showtime air on Sundays at 8pm EST. Reporting and producing from Paola Ramos and Miguel Fernandez-Flores with production assistance from Juan Arturo Gómez Tobón and Sofía Villamil. Srdjan Stojiljkovic was the camera operator. Editing from Chris Iversen and Kelly Kendrick. Greg Wright is supervising producer. Co-Executive producer Craig Thomson. And executive producers Beverly Chase and Subrata De.

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