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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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Yesterday · 45 min
The Curious Case of the Fake Florida Newsroom
An investigation into a local news site that appears to be staffed by reporters that aren’t real people.
September 10 · 47 min
A Pitch for Why Journalists Need to Fight
A small-town publisher and a media scholar map out how journalism survives, and what it would take to create a truly democratic press.
September 3 · 53 min
Badass Local Journalists on How to Fight Corruption
Including the longest pause ever heard in an interview.
August 27 · 40 min
The Journalist and the Firefighter
How one of the most accomplished reporters of our time lost his confidence in journalism.
August 20 · 1 hr 4 min
A Gen Z Reporter Questions Jonathan Haidt, author of ‘The Anxious Generation’
An interview from the podcast Left To Their Own Devices.
August 13 · 37 min
Judge Compares Meta to a Factory Emitting ‘Noxious Pollution’ in a Landmark Ruling
Judge Bryan Biedscheid of New Mexico issued a ruling that imposes unprecedented restrictions on Meta. We get into what the judge did—and didn’t—order the social media giant to change.
August 6 · 51 min
We Went to the Trial That Could Force Meta to Change its Ways
New Mexico is asking a judge – for the first time in the US – to force Meta to better protect kids on social media. We went to the trial to see how this showdown played out.
July 30 · 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.

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