Krishna Andavolu
The VICE Podcast - Akhil Sharma and His New Novel, 'Family Life'
This week on the VICE Podcast, VICE editor Krishna Andavolu sits down with novelist Akhil Sharma. Akhil's first novel, An Obedient Father, won the PEN/Hemingway Award. He was also a recipient of the Whiting prize and was one of the New Yorker...
The Make-A-Kush Foundation
We went down to Portland, Oregon to sample something called Absolute Amber, a potent concentrate concocted by soaking a batch of medical marijuana in butane and isopropyl alcohol, boiling those liquids away, then freezing and double-filtering the oily...
Stoned Kids
We went to the small town of Pendleton, Oregon, to visit Mykayla Comstock, an eight-year-old leukemia patient who takes massive amounts of weed to treat her illness.
Hunting for Colombia's Rarest Weed Strains
You might not know who Arjan Roskam is, but you've probably smoked his weed.
Permanently Temporary
One morning this October, I listened as the roar of a Ford Econoline 15-person van shattered the predawn silence of Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, the largest Mexican community in the Midwest. I had come there at an ungodly hour to witness the...
Consciousness Is Just Your Brain Making a Model of Itself
Professor Graziano explains Attention Schema Theory, which in turn explains why you happen to be aware of yourself.
Sorry Religions, Human Consciousness Is Just a Consequence of Evolution
Are we ordained by our creator or are we just delusional lumps of carbon and guts? Neuroscientist Michael Graziano concludes something closer to latter. But it’s not delusion that makes our brains aware. It’s a highly functional adaptive strategy.
Metal Church
Outside Bogotá, Colombia, the Communidad Pantokrator meets every Saturday to rock out in the name Jesus Christ. We spent an enthralling evening in Pantakrator's mosh pit of raw emotion and got a glimpse of how some cast off rockers have found...
Kings of Cannabis
You might not know who Arjan Roskam is, but you've probably smoked his weed. Arjan's been breeding some of the most famous marijuana strains in the world for over 20 years.
It’s Good to Be the King
I was traveling with Arjan Roskam, self-described “King of Cannabis,” through the mountains and jungles of Colombia, along with a crew of international pot growers he calls the “Strain Hunters.” We were searching for three exceptional but elusive...
Kings of Cannabis
You might not know who Arjan Roskam is, but you've probably smoked his weed. Arjan's been breeding some of the most famous marijuana strains in the world for over 20 years.
Kings of Cannabis
You might not know who Arjan Roskam is, but you've probably smoked his weed. Arjan's been breeding some of the most famous marijuana strains in the world for over 20 years.