Episode #430
Shane Smith, Eddie Huang
Books mentioned
Brave New World
Mentioned by Shane Smith, Eddie Huang · at 02:04:38
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Shane Smith, VICE’s co-founder and CEO, and Eddie Huang, a restaurateur and former lawyer, discuss global politics, China’s economy, environmental issues, technology, and inequality. They also explore food, fermentation, survival concerns, their reporting trips, and experiences in North Korea, Russia, and Mongolia, alongside lighter discussion of film and popular culture.
What they talked about
- Shane Smith's Vice world tour destinations
- Greenland ice sheet melting measurements
- Fracking documentary Gasland debate
- Government corruption and political complacency
- China's replica cities and economic rise
- Drone strikes and Taliban recruitment
- Nuclear waste recycling technology
- Fukushima radiation and genetic passports
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