Source Material Podcast
1) Introducing: A Show About Animals
Today we are sharing an episode from one of our newest series -- A Show About Animals. This season, we tell the strange and wonderful story of the wildly famous Koko the “talking” Gorilla. In the...Show More
2) Vlogging the Syrian War
AJ (Abdullah Jabbar) grew up in East London hanging out in barber shops. But when he was thirteen, he and his family moved to Syria, right into the middle of a civil war. AJ started vlogging his daily...Show More
3) The Storm
Hurricane Maria touched down in Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017. It knocked out power for months and killed nearly 3,000. Years later, the island still bears the storm’s scars. Laura Marrero, a coll...Show More
4) Escaping The Las Vegas Shooting
Cori Langdon was driving a taxi on the Vegas Strip the night of the deadliest mass shooting in American history. When she heard gunfire, she turned on her video and drove towards the massacre, filming...Show More
5) Introducing The Distance: Protesting Mandatory Masks
Source Material will be back on Friday, December 18th with a brand new episode. In the meantime, we are presenting an episode of VICE News' The Distance: Coronavirus Dispatches. During the pandem...Show More
6) Ware State Prison Riot
On August 1st, Riley Brown, a teenager in Georgia saw three Facebook and Tik Tok videos from inside the prison near her house. The live streamed videos, taken on inmates’ contraband cell phones, showe...Show More
7) Wildfires
On September 8, 2020, a fire ignited on Almeda Drive, a quiet street in Ashland, Oregon. Dry air and fierce winds sent the fire ripping up the valley towards the towns of Talent and Phoenix. Thousands...Show More
8) Trapped Inside Grenfell
On June 14, 2017, an emergency call from London council housing Grenfell Tower reported a small fire on the fourth floor of the building. Hours later, all 24 stories of the building were on fire and 7...Show More
9) AFTER 8:46 Louisville: The Shooting at Yaya’s BBQ
The death of George Floyd ignited protests and riots across the U.S. In Louisville, Kris Smith joined protestors who took to the streets to say George Floyd’s name, and livestream the public uproar. W...Show More
10) Covid Cruise
When a global pandemic forced most of the world into lockdown, Cass and Riley were working onboard cruise ships. Then ports closed to tourists and they were trapped at sea. Cass was stuck in the Carib...Show More