Source Material
VICEThe media is powered by primary sources. People who were there. People who saw it. People who lived it. Now with a camera in every pocket, phone footage is powering the press. From warzones to wildfires, every person is a cameraman filming one angle of a worldwide documentary. Source Material presents world events through the recordings of those who lived it. Cut out the host, cut out the reporter... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 11 | Founded | 4 years ago |
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| Categories | DocumentaryNewsNews CommentarySociety & Culture | ||||
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Latest Episodes
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AJ (Abdullah Jabbar) grew up in East London hanging out in barber shops. But when he was thirteen, he and his family moved to Syria, right into the middle of a civil war. AJ started vlogging his daily life growing up in a warzone. Now after seven yea... more
Hurricane Maria touched down in Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017. It knocked out power for months and killed nearly 3,000. Years later, the island still bears the storm’s scars. Laura Marrero, a college student in San Juan, vlogged the storm and its... more
Cori Langdon was driving a taxi on the Vegas Strip the night of the deadliest mass shooting in American history. When she heard gunfire, she turned on her video and drove towards the massacre, filming her rescue of victims fleeing the scene. more
Source Material will be back on Friday, December 18th with a brand new episode. In the meantime, we are presenting an episode of VICE News' The Distance: Coronavirus Dispatches. more
On August 1st, Riley Brown, a teenager in Georgia saw three Facebook and Tik Tok videos from inside the prison near her house. The live streamed videos, taken on inmates’ contraband cell phones, showed an uprising which left several inmates and corre... more
On September 8, 2020, a fire ignited on Almeda Drive, a quiet street in Ashland, Oregon. Dry air and fierce winds sent the fire ripping up the valley towards the towns of Talent and Phoenix. Thousands were evacuated including Bow DeBey, who lives in ... more
On June 14, 2017, an emergency call from London council housing Grenfell Tower reported a small fire on the fourth floor of the building. Hours later, all 24 stories of the building were on fire and 72 residents were stuck inside. While residents cal... more
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Apple Podcasts51111112392
United States2 years ago - Very Real
To have insiders and regular citizens tell how they felt and went through natural disasters, traumatic experience or imposed changes and regulations following traumatic events is the real deal. I appreciate the long interviews and follow-ups over the months to show the evolution. more
Apple Podcasts5Nanapovic
Canada3 years ago - Keep going
Keep up the good work everyone
Apple Podcasts5D.Adams4657
United Kingdom3 years ago - Where’s the new episodes?!
Help! I NEED these and I’m going into withdrawal!
Apple Podcasts5TravmaanUnited States3 years ago - Great first hand perspective
Letting the filmographer narrate his/her own footage grips the listener and gives such richness to each episode. Because there are no embellishments, the rawness of the experience comes through beautifully.
Apple Podcasts5PattimartinbaxterUnited States3 years ago - Ware State Prison Riot
I was enjoying the other episode enough but this one that focuses on a teenager activist’s thoughts that don’t have any merit to them just killed the entire podcast for me. Don’t get terrible quality interview audio from some girl who who doesn’t have an agenda of finding the truth, but instead wants to protest for the sake of protesting. Report Real Stuff! That’s what this podcast and Vice News is supposed to be about! Not some girl’s thoughts on what she saw in a Facebook video.
Apple Podcasts1Fillydubs12United States3 years ago - Good stories, misleading concept
The so-called source material is mostly responses to unaired interview questions. Love & Radio has been doing this for years. The amount of source material is declining each episode, which while the stories are compelling, seems a little disingenuous.
Apple Podcasts3idonteanttoenteradamnnicknameUnited States3 years ago - Thankful
Fantastic job reimagining the podcast format. News I can believe in. Great job.
Apple Podcasts5tarro IVLUnited States3 years ago
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Apple Podcasts | #195 |  South Korea/Society & Culture/Documentary |
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