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

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Danny Jones

Society & Culture, Documentary, Comedy

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🗓️ 19 September 2025

⏱️ 176 minutes

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Watch every episode ad-free & uncensored on Patreon: https://patreon.com/dannyjones 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. SPONSORS https://shopmando.com - Use code DANNY for 20% off + free shipping. https://bruntworkwear.com/danny - Use code DANNY for $10 BRUNT. https://shopify.com/dannyjones - Sign up for your $1 per month trial & start selling today. https://whiterabbitenergy.com/?ref=DJP - Use code DJP for 20% off EPISODE LINKS https://x.com/Babyballs69 FOLLOW DANNY JONES https://www.instagram.com/dannyjones https://twitter.com/jonesdanny 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" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm happy to be able to finally have you on the show.
0:09.3	Yeah, sorry for dicking around for like five years.
0:11.6	Yeah.
0:11.8	Jeez.
0:12.3	That's on me.
0:13.3	No, it's all good.
0:15.9	You've been busy.
0:16.9	No, no.
0:17.9	I was the opposite of busy.
0:18.8	Oh, you were?
0:19.9	Like scooting around, not doing much. Yeah.
0:22.0	And you just finished that amazing document. You just won an award for your documentary on Gavin.
0:26.0	We got the Canadian Oscar. The Canadian Oscar. The Canadian Oscar. So I'm told, yeah. But I think it's
0:31.6	also the Canadian Emmy. So one-stop shop. Yeah. I'm like, no, I didn't go to the ceremony. I don't think anybody on the crew expected to win. We-stop shop. Okay. I didn't go to the ceremony.
0:37.9	I don't think anybody on the crew expected to win.
0:41.1	We were up against, like, I think a doc about a guy from Gaza, a doc about someone from the Ukraine.
0:46.6	So.
0:47.3	So what made you want to make that documentary?
0:50.4	I remember because we talked on the phone about a year ago when we spoke on the phone.
0:54.4	Did it?
0:54.7	And you mentioned that you were working on this.
0:58.0	And then I'm happy to see that it finally came to fruition.
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