Tim Jesudason

Stuff

We Asked Sri Lankans What They Think of Australia’s Anti-Refugee Billboards

The Australian government is running grim-looking billboards across Sri Lanka in order to discourage potential asylum-seekers from making the journey by boat.
Tim Jesudason
6.4.15
Music

Science Has Discovered Why Your Parents Hate Your Music

Two university researchers have released a study confirming that people can't distinguish between some chords as they get older.
Tim Jesudason
4.8.15
Food

Malaysia’s Market for Bull Dick Soup is Bigger than Yours

Dick soups are fairly widespread through Asia, but particularly popular in Malaysia. I gave in and had a bowl.
Tim Jesudason
3.19.15
Vice Blog

New Zealanders Are Stealing the Car Keys of Tourists Who Drive Badly

The upswing in vigilante justice may be latent nationalism bubbling to the surface.
Tim Jesudason
3.6.15
News

The Last of New Zealand’s Beached Whales Died Last Night

In the country's largest stranding this century, 198 whales were beached, 67 survived, and 131 were left for the birds.
Tim Jesudason
2.17.15
Stuff

How Is New Zealand Doing in the Terror Stakes?

Last year, New Zealand's terror alert was upgraded from very low, all the way up to low. We spoke to an security expert from Massey University about what that means.
Tim Jesudason
1.27.15
News

A Guy Found a Severed Finger That Turned Out to be Coral

We spoke to a marine biologist to understand how some coral provoked a police investigation.
Tim Jesudason
1.8.15
NEW ZEALAND

Gang Members Are Feeding New Zealand’s Hungry Children

One in four children live below the poverty line in New Zealand. The Tribal Huks, a gang that's made headlines for violent assaults and robberies in the country's North Island, is trying to help feed 70,000 hungry kids.
Tim Jesudason
11.12.14
beer

It Takes Submarines, Hashish, and Volcanic Rocks to Make a Good Beer

Garage Project is a New Zealand company that pushes the envelope with every batch of beer—counting superheated volcanic rocks, submarines, and hashish made from hops among their brew-making toolkit.
Tim Jesudason
10.1.14
Stuff

A Software Developer Created an App to Spam Employment Ministers with Job Applications

The new Work for the Dole program stipulates that people apply for forty jobs per month. We spoke to the guy behind an app that sends your job applications to forty politicians.
Tim Jesudason
9.2.14
drugs and crime

Crimea's Heroin Addicts Are Dying Under Russian Drug Laws

Before annexation by Russia, Crimea was known for progressive drug policy. But Moscow has now banned methadone and addicts are suffering.
Tim Jesudason
8.5.14
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