Question Everything with Brian Reed
Propagandist? Truth teller? Influencer? Question Everything unravels the contested work of journalists and the moral complexities surrounding the stories that impact us all.
Hosted by Brian Reed (S-Town, This American Life, The Trojan Horse Affair).
For outtakes and an inside peek inside the editorial conundrums that confront journalists every day, sign up for our newsletter at www.kcrw.com/questioneverything.
Question Everything is a production of KCRW and Placement Theory.
1
Who’s Behind the Raids? A Mystery in Marion (Pa...
A sleuth strolls into town.
38 min
2
Who's Behind the Raids? A Mystery in Marion (P...
A small-town newspaper is attacked.
26 min
3
The Fight for Your Attention with MSNBC’s Chris...
71 min
4
The Hunt for a Journalist’s Killer
How a team of dogged reporters discovered who killed Shireen Abu Akleh.
34 min
5
From the Fringe Web to Real Life: How Seriously...
What AI is seeing in the far corners of the internet and why it matters.
25 min
6
Rümeysa Öztürk is Locked Up for an Op-ed: An Ur...
A co-hosted event at Tufts University, where Rümeysa attended, by Brian and 2 of the Tufts Daily journalists.
76 min
7
Pounding Beers in a Shed, and Other Dispatches ...
And…QE’s first pirate metaphor?!
24 min
8
Freedom of the press is great, until you're the...
The people trying to gut the first amendment.
38 min
9
The masterpiece Prince documentary Netflix won’...
Director Ezra Edelman finally speaks.
45 min
10
He quit journalism to fight authoritarianism. H...
Barton Gellman’s war games become reality.
22 min
11
A Rant or a Slant: When Should Reporters Speak ...
A reporter questions whether to drop the veneer of neutrality.
38 min
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1 min
13
A Teen, a Reporter, and a Grand Jury Leak (Over...
A heart-to-heart at a bbq restaurant in Alabama.
31 min
14
The News is Coming from Under the Desk… on TikT...
A live conversation with a top TikTok creator about how they deliver the news.
49 min
15
Not Like Us: How Billionaires Think
Unpacking the worldviews of the ultra-wealthy.
36 min
16
And The Award Goes To...The Circuit Court of Th...
A strange controversy over a journalism award.
34 min
17
A reporter? A spy? Or something else? Israel ar...
Israel accuses an American reporter of espionage.
55 min
18
Blindfolded And Arrested On Assignment In Israel
The story of the first American journalist arrested by Israel.
54 min
19
When Hollywood Tells The Truth: with Tom McCart...
Four Hollywood directors explore the perils and power that come when you’re straddling fact and fiction.
46 min
20
Can AI tell us what stories to look out for? A ...
Brian uses a new AI platform to figure out what ideas are forming in the shadows of the internet.
28 min
21
Getting Ready to Interview Trump: An Exercise
A journalist tries to get his wrestling buddy to trust in journalism.
37 min
22
Special Election-Eve Episode: The Story of a St...
A late night conversation with a source who backed away.
17 min
23
When To Call A Thing What It Is
Brian stops doomscrolling and starts doom-living. He brings two journalists he saw duking it out on Twitter into a studio – where they can duke it out in person.
36 min
24
Can Journalism Save a Marriage? (featured on Th...
A politically divided couple searches for a news source they both can trust.
29 min
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The Journalist and the Firefighter: How Predict...
How one of the most accomplished reporters of our time lost his confidence in journalism.
38 min