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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76 episodes
Updated Thursday

Episodes76

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Mar 20, 2025 · 33 min
A Teen, a Reporter, and a Grand Jury Leak (Over BBQ)
A heart-to-heart at a bbq restaurant in Alabama.
Mar 6, 2025 · 51 min
The News is Coming from Under the Desk… on TikTok (live from On Air Fest)
A live conversation with a top TikTok creator about how they deliver the news.
Feb 27, 2025 · 38 min
Not Like Us: How Billionaires Think
Unpacking the worldviews of the ultra-wealthy.
Feb 13, 2025 · 36 min
And The Award Goes To...The Circuit Court Of The Nineteenth Judicial Circuit In and For Okeechobee County, Florida
A weird controversy over a journalism award.
Jan 31, 2025 · 57 min
A reporter? A spy? Or something else? Israel arrests its first American journalist.
Israel accuses an American reporter of espionage.
Jan 16, 2025 · 56 min
Blindfolded and Arrested on Assignment in Israel
The story of the first American journalist ever arrested by Israel.
Dec 19, 2024 · 48 min
When Hollywood Tells The Truth: with Tom McCarthy, Antonio Campos, Tina Satter, and Tobias Lindholm.
Four filmmakers explore the perils and power that come when you’re straddling fact and fiction.
Dec 5, 2024 · 29 min
Can AI tell us what stories to look out for? A live experiment.
Brian uses a new AI platform to figure out what ideas are forming in the shadows of the internet.
Nov 21, 2024 · 39 min
Getting Ready to Interview Trump: An Exercise
A journalist tries to get his wrestling buddy to trust in journalism.
Nov 4, 2024 · 18 min
Special Election-Eve Episode: The Story of a Story Untold
A late night conversation with a source who backed away.
Oct 24, 2024 · 37 min
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.
Oct 10, 2024 · 31 min
Can Journalism Save a Marriage?
A politically divided couple searches for a news source they both can trust.
Sep 26, 2024 · 40 min
The Journalist and the Firefighter
How one of the most accomplished reporters of our time lost his confidence in journalism.
Sep 12, 2024 · 50 min
Drinks for Five: Ira Glass, Zoe Chace, Jonathan Eig, Astead Herndon
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?
Sep 12, 2024 · 48 min
The Critic
Brian Reed talks to a fellow journalist who called his most well-known work “morally indefensible.”
Aug 30, 2024 · 2 min
Question Everything is out now!
Journalist Brian Reed of S-Town is questioning everything, even his own work. Season premiere Sept 12.

Question Everything

A Teen, a Reporter, and a Grand Jury Leak (Over BBQ)

The News is Coming from Under the Desk… on TikTok (live from On Air Fest)

Not Like Us: How Billionaires Think

And The Award Goes To...The Circuit Court Of The Nineteenth Judicial Circuit In and For Okeechobee County, Florida

A reporter? A spy? Or something else? Israel arrests its first American journalist.

Blindfolded and Arrested on Assignment in Israel

When Hollywood Tells The Truth: with Tom McCarthy, Antonio Campos, Tina Satter, and Tobias Lindholm.

Can AI tell us what stories to look out for? A live experiment.

Getting Ready to Interview Trump: An Exercise

Special Election-Eve Episode: The Story of a Story Untold

When To Call A Thing What It Is

Can Journalism Save a Marriage?

The Journalist and the Firefighter

Drinks for Five: Ira Glass, Zoe Chace, Jonathan Eig, Astead Herndon

The Critic

Question Everything is out now!