Hi everyone. Before I start, I wanted to tell you about literally one of the coolest true crime

podcasts I've ever listened to. It's called Cool Mules and it's a new Canadian investigative

journalism podcast that explores a story that's almost too bizarre to be real. When Vice Canada's

music editor Slava P reached out to young journalists

asking if they'd like a job, they thought he meant a freelance writing gig. Instead, they

were solicited to act as drug meals, smuggling over 15 million US dollars of cocaine into Australia.

From my friends at Canada Land Media, who brought you the acclaimed investigative podcast, Thunder Bay,

comes Cool Mules, a six-part investigation, with firsthand accounts from Slava P himself as he awaited

sentencing, along with two former Vice employees,

Coolmules is not just the definitive account of how a music editor became an international drug runner.

It also reveals how Vice's unique corporate culture saw it turn into a multi-billion dollar media company and a major

cultural force. What are people willing to do when they pay you in coolness? The first two episodes

launch March the second. Here's a short trailer, but while you're listening, press pause and

subscribe to Cool Mules, now on

Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you're listening right now.

I genuinely thought you had an opportunity for me, like journalism.

I thought this sounds cool. This sounds like my ticket to a huge vice show.

It sounded like a multi-level marketing scheme, but for drug trafficking.

Oh, this is like vice.

Like, why am I being like a snitch about this?

This is absolutely a story about an important and growing and powerful media entity.

There are no villains in this story.

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