Episode 79

3:20 VICE News breaks down some of expenditures on the Hill's budget deal and examines why this long-term boost in funding is helpful for agencies to function. 6:39 Although child marriage has long been an issue in the U.S., legislators are having a tough time tightening existing laws. VICE News meets with survivors and lawmakers in Florida, which could become the first state to ban child marriage, and their counterparts in California, where legislation was derailed. 12:30 There’s a history of defections at the Olympics, but never from North Korea. What’s unique about North Korean situation that keeps athletes from using the games as an opportunity? 16:00 Pashtuns are the ethnic majority in Afghanistan. But in neighboring Pakistan, they’re a minority ... and activists are speaking up, to say that they’re being badly mistreated. 18:35 MGMT describes the influence that the theme song from the cartoon David the Gnome had on their new single.