Question Everything

Brian Reed

Question Everything is a weekly investigation into how the truth gets buried, distorted, and denied -- and the ways people are fighting to make it matter again.

Hosted by Brian Reed, of S-Town and This American Life.

Winner of the Webby Award, Ambie Award, and a Signal Special Achievement Award for pushing "the boundaries of the medium."

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20 episodes
Updated Thursday

Episodes20

Newest first

Thursday · 34 min
Is A Billionaire Bromance Capturing Our Media?
Inside the special relationship between Donald Trump and billionaire Larry Ellison that has quickly reshaped American media.
July 16 · 22 min
The Sunscreen Paradox
At the height of summer, a prominent medical misinformation purveyor is stoking fear about sunscreen usage.
July 9 · 49 min
The Sting That Exposed How Meta Endangers Kids
The story of a small team of investigators in New Mexico who beat Mark Zuckerberg in the first winning case over child safety.
June 25 · 1 hr 11 min
Ashley St. Clair is Fighting X – And Tried To Stop This Episode
A live interview with Elon Musk’s ex.
June 11 · 47 min
How a Tiny Newsroom Helped Bring Down Hungary’s Authoritarian Leader
A shadowy figure named “Henry” texts someone known as “Gundalf”. Political intrigue ensues.
June 4 · 31 min
From Drilled: Carbon Cowboys
While we’re heads down working on a bunch of great new episodes, we’re sharing the first episode of the new season of Drilled. In it, award-winning climate journalist Amy Westervelt exposes how Republican corn ethanol mogul Bruce Rastetter sold "sustainable aviation fuel" to world leaders from North Dakota to Brazil. The problem is, his “clean energy” project does nothing to help climate change. Drilled: Carbon Cowboys follows the land grabs, pipelines, and political power stopping real progress from being made. Find Drilled wherever you get podcasts, or at pushkin.fm/plus. Please support the organizations that support this show: Go to https://zbiotics.com/QUESTION and use QUESTION at checkout for 15% off any first-time orders of ZBiotics probiotics. Ground News is a platform that makes it easy to compare news sources, read between the lines of media bias, and break free from algorithms. Go to GroundNews.com/QUESTION to get 40% off the unlimited Vantage plan. DeleteMe makes it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online. Get 20% off DeleteMe consumer plans when you go to joindeleteme.com/QUESTION and use promo code QUESTION at checkout.
May 28 · 39 min
‘Kick Him Off The Bench.’ A Judge in Trump’s Pulitzer Case Gets a Prize
A new scandal surrounding Trump’s lawsuit against the Pulitzer Prize Board.
May 21 · 26 min
Can a Chatbot Convince Conspiracy Theorists of the Truth?
A psychologist whose brother believes in conspiracies runs an experiment.
May 14 · 31 min
Claude’s Russian Propaganda Problem
Why the most reliable AI Chatbot has started spreading Russian disinformation.
May 7 · 51 min
Did FEMA Really Build a Secret Lair in a Mountain?
A new series from On The Media about how the secretive origins of FEMA led to conspiracies about the agency today.
April 30 · 1 hr 23 min
ICE Jailed a Student for an Op-Ed, Now She’s Left America
An award-winning look back at a disturbing sign of what was to come.
April 23 · 48 min
You Can Bet on Everything Now. What Could Go Wrong?
Three reporters on how gambling is transforming sports media, mainstream news, and just about everything else.
April 16 · 39 min
The Story She Reported, the View She Buried
A reporter questions whether she should drop the veneer of neutrality.
April 9 · 42 min
I Was 11 When Instagram Took Over My Life
When Taylor Little got on Instagram at 11 years old, they had no idea it would pull them into a dark world of self harm and suicide that would consume their childhood.
April 2 · 32 min
Meta Knew They Were Addicting Kids. Now They’re Paying for It.
Internal documents and a novel legal strategy helped a 20-year-old young woman beat Meta and YouTube in the social media addiction trial.
March 26 · 28 min
A Video So Real It Looks Fake
What one single lie can tell us about today’s information warfare.
March 19 · 57 min
The Case Against Jeremy Loffredo (Ambie Award-winner for Best Reporting of the Year)
Israel accuses an American reporter of espionage.
March 12 · 58 min
Blindfolded and Arrested on Assignment in Israel (Ambie Award-winner for Best Reporting of the Year)
The story of the first American journalist ever arrested by Israel.
March 10 · 39 min
Are We Captured Yet? Now Trump’s Pals Are Taking Over CNN
What it means that the American media is being gobbled up by friends of the president.
March 5 · 28 min
The Talented Ms. Goldiee
An editor’s quest to uncover the truth about a freelance writer.

Question Everything

Is A Billionaire Bromance Capturing Our Media?

The Sunscreen Paradox

The Sting That Exposed How Meta Endangers Kids

Ashley St. Clair is Fighting X – And Tried To Stop This Episode

How a Tiny Newsroom Helped Bring Down Hungary’s Authoritarian Leader

From Drilled: Carbon Cowboys

‘Kick Him Off The Bench.’ A Judge in Trump’s Pulitzer Case Gets a Prize

Can a Chatbot Convince Conspiracy Theorists of the Truth?

Claude’s Russian Propaganda Problem

Did FEMA Really Build a Secret Lair in a Mountain?

ICE Jailed a Student for an Op-Ed, Now She’s Left America

You Can Bet on Everything Now. What Could Go Wrong?

The Story She Reported, the View She Buried

I Was 11 When Instagram Took Over My Life

Meta Knew They Were Addicting Kids. Now They’re Paying for It.

A Video So Real It Looks Fake

The Case Against Jeremy Loffredo (Ambie Award-winner for Best Reporting of the Year)

Blindfolded and Arrested on Assignment in Israel (Ambie Award-winner for Best Reporting of the Year)

Are We Captured Yet? Now Trump’s Pals Are Taking Over CNN

The Talented Ms. Goldiee