VICE News is for the first time getting into the podcast space. The news outlet, whose target audience are millennials and Gen Z, announced “Chapo” on Friday, a bilingual podcast that uncovers the story of Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán’s rise and fall. The series — which will stream on Spotify starting Nov. 1 — will feature interviews with journalists, Guzmán’s family, government officials, cartel hitmen and citizens living through the drug war’s real-life consequences.
Hosting the series is VICENews reporter Keegan Hamilton and Miguel Angel Vega, one of Mexico’s top narco-journalists, who will offer new perspectives on relations between the U.S. and Mexico. The podcast is part of the news company’s latest effort to reach Latinx audiences by developing original audio journalism in both English and Spanish.
Vice News has partnered with Spotify to distribute the podcast series. While the first three episodes will be available in English on all major podcast platforms, the remainder of the series will stream exclusively on Spotify, as well as all episodes in Spanish.
Though VICE News is famous for its docuseries and growing slate of video content, like the Emmy award-winning “VICENews Tonight,” editor-in-chief Ryan McCarthy said the podcast format offers a type of storytelling that is only possible with audio.
“VICE News is obviously very invested in documentaries and visual journalism. But we were really excited to bring VICE News’ immersive documentary journalism to the audio space. The story we’re trying to tell here is really the kind of expansive and sweeping,” said McCarthy. “The series is built around a really unique conversation between a U.S. journalist and a Mexican journalist about the cost and consequences of the drug war, told in two languages and from two very different perspectives. That’s the kind of thing that you can only do in audio.”
7 Stars Who Had to Remove Tattoos of Their Exes, From Johnny Depp to Pete Davidson (Photos)
Alas, romance can fleeing, but ink is forever -- Or used to be anyway before laser removal became possible. And if you got matching tattoos with your now-ex, it might be something of an annoyance having to be constantly reminded of them. We bet that's especially true when your ex is also super famous, which means you have to see them on your body and in the news. With that in mind, read on for stories about celebrities who erased tattoos after erasing their relationships.
Johnny Depp
We all know about how he turned his "Winona Forever" tattoo into "Wino Forever" after his breakup from Winona Ryder, but Depp ended up having to do the same thing 20 years later, after his bitter divorce from Amber Heard. He turned the ink on his fingers that said "slim" -- his nickname for her -- into "scum." Later, he changed that to "scam." Classy. We're pretty sure the feeling's mutual.
Kaley Cuoco
When the "The Big Bang Theory" star married tennis player Ryan Sweeting, she tattooed their wedding date on her back. After their divorce, she covered it up with this elegant moth, which her tattoo artist shared with the world.
Melanie Griffith
In the early '90s, the "Working Girl" star got a tattoo of longtime hubby Antonio Banderas' name in a heart on her right arm. But after the couple split in 2015, but the name was erased.
Melanie Brown
After her divorce from her ex, Stephen Belafonte, the Spice Girl turned reality competition judge had the tattoo she got in tribute to him removed. Surgically. As in, she literally had a surgeon cut her ex's name off her body. Ouch.
Following their very short engagement, Davidson had the tattoo he got for ex-fiancée Ariana Grande covered up in a delightfully petty way: With the word "Cursed." He had practice of course -- a few years back, after he and writer-actress Cazzie David broke up, he covered up the tattoo he got for her with this sick black forest.
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Alas, romance can fleeing, but ink is forever -- Or used to be anyway before laser removal became possible. And if you got matching tattoos with your now-ex, it might be something of an annoyance having to be constantly reminded of them. We bet that's especially true when your ex is also super famous, which means you have to see them on your body and in the news. With that in mind, read on for stories about celebrities who erased tattoos after erasing their relationships.
