#333 - What Destroyed VICE Media: The Story They NEVER Told | Thomas Morton

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Thomas Morton is a writer, documentarian & former editor for VICE magazine who began working at Vice following a summer internship in 2004. After several years helping edit the print edition of the magazine, he became Vice.com's online editor.

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OUTLINE

00:00 - Unsung heroes of Vice Media

05:44 - The mastermind behind Vice

14:53 - Morton's first day at Vice

21:42 - Vice's "immersionism" approach

32:18 - Beginning of Vice video

34:41 - The decline of clubs

42:16 - Joining Scientology

56:41 - What happened to Gavin McInnes?

01:01:58 - The trans agenda

01:11:51 - Independent media landscape

01:18:26 - The story of Noisey & Chiraq

01:22:04 - Women who marry death row inmates

01:39:50 - antisemitism & r@cism

01:46:22 - IQ is bullsh*t

01:52:54 - Thomas' view on media in 2025

01:59:05 - The internet killed democratization of media

02:00:54 - Open AI & Palantir defense contracts

02:05:59 - Thomas' war on the word 'Content'

02:10:46 - Shame over nostalgiac music

02:19:16 - Are we turning into China?

02:31:15 - Vice's trip to North Korea

02:38:23 - Morton's writing process & future plans

02:44:42 - Why they call Morton "baby balls"

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