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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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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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This dude wants to be Joe Rogan so bad…
I thought he joined Scientology and I was like WTF, that dude was so smart. Haha
VICE WAS THE SHIT AND WAS GREAT. Gavin is a racist twat. Facts
The "normal, everyday gays"? Danny
yo Danny is trying so hard to be JRE…has all of Joes talking points and pov on lock.
was a little alarmed seeing "the trans agenda" in the preview section, but Thomas was great in that segment…Danny saying "if you're wiping out all the tom-boys, you're making it way more difficult for…the development of young heterosexual men" feels like a feminist satire of the pathological "centering" of masculinity.
I easily can tell a scientologist every time I come from saint pete I can see soulllllesss flight attendants buzzing around with no personality or path. There is NOTHING in their eyes. It is horrendous and really sad. They make you take a personality test and next thing you know they have your card number and phone
I lived in Williamsburg, Southside before and after 2004 and this was hands down the golden age. VICE Magazine was laid out for free at the cool and hip coffee shops. Can´t turn back time: Galapagos, Kokie´s, Mike´s Hookup, Read Café, Spoonbill and Sugartown, Black Betties, Planet Thailand, Luyxx Bar, Relish Diner, Monkey Bar, Main Drag Music……
The Rogan Christian grift if all from Peter Thiel. Thiel absolutely hates hippies the most so he's going after the space and getting everyone to convert. If you suddenly start seeing everywhere online with these podcasters or celebrities, its most likely from this.
Three minutes in and Ican't listen to this clown. This episode has an intriguing title and wanted to hear it. But nope, I can't listen to this liberal twerp
Vice became woke, then went broke.
He looks exactly like what I imagined a VICE reporter would look like. Skinny, weak, frail, and pathetic.
…uhhh did he just say “it wouldnt be bad for the us to turn into China”!? Wtf!? Welp… that is a no beuno… 2:19:44
The goal of the mystery adepts is to in fact infiltrate and subvert ALL religions most definitely Christianity – so this also must be taken into consideration when talking about the mass adoption of Christianity right now. 1:41:47
I couldn’t last. 15 minutes I’m out.
F the masons and Knights Templar. Listen to Bill Cooper’s 1990’s radio broadcast series called “Mystery Babylon” and you will understand the history of secret societies in the world better than you ever have. Most masons never get past the 3rd degree, and it’s said that Harry Truman was awarded his 33rd degree only after he dropped the atom bomb on Japan… 39:30
I noticed a lot of people were posting about clickbait titles including me. I left the room and turn the TV on in another room and noticed the title change within the last 10 minutes. Lol.
Yeah the king of France owed too much money to the Templars, so that's how the first Inquisition happened… Didn't know about all the gay stuff though.. I always thought that was just Freemasons.
These major news agencies have intelligence officials with departments in their headquarters heard this on Julian Dorey
Democrats destroyed Vice.
I laughed so hard at you saying you wear boots and work outside lol
I got into VICE because of Shane Smith and his trip to N. Korea, My son had just moved to S, K in 2011 so it was fascinating.
I loved this dudes videos on vice back in the day. The sakawa boys episode i still watch at least once a year.
Woody Allen and Beavis cutting it up about dah cultah
i hope this episode lives up to the title😂
Holy shit he is a dabbler.
Wow! It turns out they were all racist but ironically. Cool bro.
One minute in and you know this'll be soul sucking to watch.
Worst episode by far.
This guest is a joke. Couldn't watch
Thomas is a f**king shill
Vice was so cool… then it went to shit. 😂😢
Both sidesism is dead. Rogan is attracted to the right which happens when you get rich and have meathead rich friends
Dude wtf, dont put this vague idea that trans people are forcing operations on kids and then not present the source of this idea. So unintelligent and brainless to repeat joe rogan on this. Its a weird subject but just try to look up some position research to present as well when saying something so crazy.
Zohran is dope. Don't trash him. Seriously dude if you're going to talk politics study the issues and figure out where you stand and why instead of sounding like a naive Joe Rogan wannabe. Love the pod btw, but if you're gonna talk politics at least educate yourself to make sure you aren't just repeating Joe, and be able to talk issue by issue.
Danny, go to college bro. Take science classes. You'll get a taste about the rigor involved. Not that conspiracies aren't cool, thats why I come here, to hear new ideas from educated people with interesting ideas
I can't get over that the creator of vice (I loved vice early on), and also the creator of the proudboys, whose existence turned out pretty misguidedly hateful and a force for misguided negativity as I see it for which provocateur perfectly describes it.
"Forcing amputees into prostitution" 1:37:13 is NOT "pretty metal", but smiling about it is. You're so cool and well read. Keep up the work. You're emotional intelligence is improving.
That got sorta awkward when discussing joe rogan lol
Danny channel stock tanking after too many shitty adds and after pulling Gavin.
Right….right, ish.
Cheers to Gavin. 🍻 Leaving Vice was the best thing to happen for Gavin. You can’t censor a wild (and drunk) Scotsman.
Limp Bizkit rules
Ads must not be paying you squat if you have to run this many, come on man we aren’t even an hour in
00:01:16 Jan 6 made doc bankable
00:01:56 Insider-led Vice era capture
00:07:11 No single Vice mastermind
00:09:32 Gavin buyout rumor corrected
00:11:02 Vice survives bankruptcy, retools
00:16:48 Cockroaches, chaos first day
00:19:58 Provocation versus real extremism
00:22:43 Immersionism over armchair takes
00:24:25 Iraq issue by Iraqis
00:27:06 Google journalism cautionary tales
00:32:28 Spike jump-started Vice video
00:33:39 Balls Deep roots and range
00:37:20 Bowling Alone civic decline
00:42:03 Joined three cults to report
00:47:07 Auditing felt like therapy
00:49:03 Scientology’s hidden everyday footprint
00:58:05 Friends fell away in waves
01:00:01 Creed versus later trans stance
01:05:03 Confirmation bias distorts research
01:07:04 Politics is team sports
01:09:56 Screens crushed teen sex
01:13:13 YouTubers cosplay as news
01:14:49 Niche monetization warps identity
01:19:04 Noisey Shyrack origin story
01:21:05 Atlanta deep-dive, BMF lore
01:22:54 Death row wives project
01:23:43 Hank Skinner’s limbo explained
01:30:27 Execution day field surreal
01:33:55 Why marry the condemned
01:35:46 Guillotine’s chilling last use
01:39:01 Mr. Death denial pitfalls
01:40:59 Performative faith for clout
01:43:00 Prefer overt to covert hate
01:44:47 Friendship deradicalizes extremists
01:46:53 Race IQ claims debunked
01:51:01 We’re genetically very close
01:54:03 Intelligence shaping news narratives
01:59:06 Tech, CIA, Pentagon entwined
02:03:40 The medium remakes society
02:06:29 Content mindset cheapens art
02:08:27 Pre-scripted docs betray truth
02:16:52 Everything app social-credit fears
02:20:21 China’s blunt, funny modernity
02:26:54 Iraqis are urban, witty
02:28:59 Editing around China red lines
02:31:59 Rodman’s wild NK diplomacy
02:44:47 Baby Balls nickname explained
02:49:50 New shows, Substack, book push
02:53:04 Vice’s brutal media satire
This guy is so annoying. Worst guest ever