Shane Smith, the bombastic founder and CEO of Vice, thinks the current political climate is “crazy” and that the level of dysfunction in Washington is at a whole new level never seen before in history.

But, “in a perverse way,” Smith said in an interview, "this turmoil and the generational conflict are helping us grow as a brand and so we’re going to try to make the most of it.”

Smith explores that turmoil in a new feature for Vice called "Special Report: A House Divided”. Debuting Friday on HBO, the feature examines the fierce partisan fighting and political climate that gave rise to Donald Trump and features interviews with President Obama, Vice President Biden, Sen. Harry Reid, former Speaker John Boehner, Sen. Lindsey Graham, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, former Rep. Eric Cantor and others.

"My favorite interview and most surprising and enlightening was probably with Boehner,” Smith said. "He is a hyper partisan guy, or portrayed as such, and I think he’s a classic Washington politician the likes of which will not be seen in the near future. He’s sort of a Washington mechanic, sort of a non-psychopathic Frank Underwood, he just wants to fix things, to get things done. I think he was the stand out of the doc.”

Vice gets "painted with a brush” as some sort of “millennial agenda”, Smith said, and are therefore seen as biased. But this election, Smith said they are reassessing their objectivity.

"We try to be centrist and show both sides, that said, not only in America but globally the world is taking one giant leap to the right and therefore if you’re in the center you’re pushed to the left,” Smith said. "We’re trying to figure out how we maintain objectivity in the political sense and represent both sides when one or more sides will shut you out. I don’t know the answer, we’re going to do our damnedest not to become a propaganda machine for Democrats or the left wing or whatever and just do our stories and do what we think we do best."

In June Smith said he was going to make a decision on an IPO for Vice by the end of the year. Asked about the self imposed deadline and what the future may hold for Vice, Smith chuckled and said it wouldn’t be decided until a board meeting in January.

"I’m looking at all the options right now. The good news is we had a great year and we’re going to have a better year next year, so we decided to hold off until we could post our results,” Smith said.

But, Smith did acknowledge they made certain clear moves toward an IPO, such as moving to audited monthly financial reports, "getting us ready for the big leagues essentially.”

"We’re in a good position, and we’re definitely going to make some moves in '17 that will be interesting,” Smith said.