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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Question Everything Returns, Raring for a Fight
2 min
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A Listener Named Steve on What Journalists Shou...
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17 min
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Brian Can't Stop Fact-checking His Mother-In-La...
50 min
4
Badass Local Journalists on How to Fight Corrup...
Four local reporters get together and talk shop
52 min
5
Who’s Behind the Raids? A Mystery in Marion (Pa...
A sleuth strolls into town.
38 min
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Who's Behind the Raids? A Mystery in Marion (P...
A small-town newspaper is attacked.
26 min
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The Fight for Your Attention with MSNBC’s Chris...
71 min
8
The Hunt for a Journalist’s Killer
How a team of dogged reporters discovered who killed Shireen Abu Akleh.
34 min
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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
10
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
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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
18
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
23
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