Shane Smith: Vice Magazine

If you haven't heard of Shane Smith, you should definitely check him out. Put it simply, he's a wild guy that is an amazing story teller, two things that are rarely found running alongside each other in the world today. He got on my radar when my buddy Marcus told me about his Vice Guide to Travel on Netflix (not sure if it is still up on streaming). If it is still up on streaming I would definitely check out his Liberia visit. It's pretty eye-opening.

There is a great article in the New York Times about him dealing with aging and it gives a quick snapshot into his world. He's like the evil twin of Richard Branson, instead of doing wild stuff for himself, he does video journalism on wild things that mainstream media can't touch (or doesn't want to). Great journalist that brings absolutely shocking stories to the surface in a really unique and raw way.

Here's the article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/19/fashion/19upclose.html

Also, he was recently on Joe Rogan's podcast. Rogan really enjoyed his talk with him and if you follow Joe Rogan's podcasts, you know its good when Joe Rogan is totally engrossed with the guest (I was too).

Podcast download found here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/joeroganexp/podcast164.mp3