Our guest is Simon Doherty: @_simon_doherty_

Our first chat of the day we are joined by Simon who is a Writer and Social Editor for the iconic @VICE

We’ll be finding out among many things how they decide on content and what stands VICE out from the rest

In this chat we cover:

+ His duel love for both Lancashire and Yorkshire, especially Leeds

+ How he started writing articles

+ He reveals his role as a Welfare Officer at Leeds Beckett's University and how it inspired his first ever first VICE article

+ How he managed to strike deals with Leeds Club night promoters

+ The way he psyches himself up before carrying out his schemes

+ Burning Man

+ How this current lockdown will impact the way people will consider the new society to stem from this

+ The dangers of giving up too much data

+ The calmness of the Planet during this situation

+ Are the government looking after the homeless and vulnerable during this time

+ Outlaw from Manchester and his maverick ways and gifts to the homeless

+ The way he finds angles and niche social groups to write articles about

+ His experiment with Royal Mail and posting an egg

+ How to decide which ideas should be written and which are best as a video

+ The Optimising Jacket

+ How VICE from coming up from the underground manages to maintain that essence while in the mainstream spotlight

+ His future ideas for an article

Be sure to tune in and tap into the good vibes that are gonna be oozing throughout each chat

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