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).
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Question Everything is a production of KCRW and Placement Theory.
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Pounding Beers in a Shed, and Other Dispatches ...
And…QE’s first pirate metaphor?!
24 min
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Freedom of the press is great, until you're the...
The people trying to gut the first amendment.
38 min
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The masterpiece Prince documentary Netflix won’...
Director Ezra Edelman finally speaks.
45 min
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He quit journalism to fight authoritarianism. H...
Barton Gellman’s war games become reality.
22 min
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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
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A Teen, a Reporter, and a Grand Jury Leak (Over...
A heart-to-heart at a bbq restaurant in Alabama.
31 min
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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
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Not Like Us: How Billionaires Think
Unpacking the worldviews of the ultra-wealthy.
36 min
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And The Award Goes To...The Circuit Court of Th...
A strange controversy over a journalism award.
34 min
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A reporter? A spy? Or something else? Israel ar...
Israel accuses an American reporter of espionage.
55 min
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Blindfolded And Arrested On Assignment In Israel
The story of the first American journalist arrested by Israel.
54 min
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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
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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
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Getting Ready to Interview Trump: An Exercise
A journalist tries to get his wrestling buddy to trust in journalism.
37 min
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Special Election-Eve Episode: The Story of a St...
A late night conversation with a source who backed away.
17 min
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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
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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
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Journalists Question Everything: Ira Glass, Zoe...
Brian puts four journalists together in a room, gives them drinks, and starts rolling tape. Foremost on their minds: Why do people even share their stories with journalists in the first place?
48 min
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S-Town Host Brian Reed Meets His Harshest Critic
Brian Reed talks to a fellow journalist who called his most well-known work “morally indefensible.”
46 min
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Question Everything is out now!
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