Check Out the Third Episode of 'The VICE Magazine Podcast'

The VICE Magazine Podcast is your definitive monthly guide to enlightening information. Each episode brings in-depth interviews, sonically rich cultural insights, and a rare glimpse into how we make the issue.

Our April issue was themeless, but it's a strong issue, and if you stare at the looking glass on the cover long enough, maybe a theme will reveal itself to you. In this episode, we talk about this trippy cover, shot by one of our favorite photographers, Michael Northrup; discuss a three-day trip to the Hasidic Burning Man, and hear what it's like to profile the "poet laureate of Twitter." And of course there's much more.

Here's our table of contents:

• Photo editor Elizabeth Renstrom explains why the cover resembles what it might look like if you tripped on ayahuasca with your parents.
• Infographic virtuoso Haisam Hussein breaks down international trade by the numbers.
• Our Freedom of Information Act expert Jason Leopold reveals new information on the US Postal Service's investigation into the DC Madam.
• Writer Ross Ufberg talks about his trip to Uman, Ukraine, for what's been called the Hasidic Burning Man.
• Lauren Oyler discusses her time in a graveyard interviewing rising poet Patricia Lockwood.
• And Roberto Ferdman, a correspondent at VICE News Tonight, takes us through the journey that led to the discovery of his artifact.

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