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🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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VICE is back with a new podcast exploring the subcultures and fringes that we are best known for. If you thought we were gone, looks like we have more to say. Each week we are sitting down with the internets most fascinating characters and getting to the bottom of cultural trends. Oscar award winners, internet oddities, and viral sensations. There has never been more culture to consume, so let us figure out what's worth checking out. Subscribe to VICE Culture Club.

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0:00.0	This week on Vice Culture Club, we have on Ben McKenzie.
0:09.2	You might know him from the O.C., Southland, and Gotham, but he's quickly becoming known for something new.
0:16.4	While many celebrities made money shilling for crypto schemes,
0:20.3	Ben McKinsey started investigating and has
0:22.7	become one of crypto's biggest critics.
0:26.6	He has testified before the Senate Banking Committee, written a book, and now has a new
0:31.5	documentary out called Everyone is Lying to You for Money.
0:36.0	We talk about his interviews with now jailed crypto CEOs, Sam Begman-Fried and Alex
0:41.1	Machinsky.
0:41.9	We also talk about the creator of Bitcoin being potentially unmasked and his trip to El Salvador
0:49.0	to investigate the first country to make Bitcoin a legal tender.
0:54.3	If you're subscribed to this feed,
0:56.6	that means you've been a fan of Vice for a long time.
0:59.4	If you liked what we were doing before,
1:01.2	you're going to love what we're doing now.
1:03.6	Subscribe to Vice Culture Club
1:05.3	to hear more about how we are bouncing back.
1:08.8	Here's a preview of Vice Culture Club with Ben McKenzie.
1:13.4	The most like physical format of crypto or like place you can go would be El Salvador, right?
1:21.7	Tell me about going to El Salvador.
1:23.3	What did you find there?
1:24.3	Why is it such a big deal on crypto?
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