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Question Everything
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."
Episodes
Question EverythingThe Lying Mouth Slays the Soul
Lying is the force that is most diametrically opposed to journalism. So why has it been so hard for journalists to combat it? Earlier this month, Brian was…
Question EverythingA Republican Takes On Her Party Over Voter Data
Voting in this year’s midterms is already underway. And for the past year leading up to this election, the Trump administration has been pushing to get…
Question EverythingThe A.I. Populist
Midterm elections are around the corner, and AI is obviously an issue that’s getting a ton of attention from candidates. There are so many thorny…
Question EverythingThe High Stakes Game of Bargaining with the News
Just a few weeks ago, David Ellison and Paramount were staring down the barrel of a $7 million dollar per day fine for every day their merger with Warner Bros…
Question EverythingFlock Won’t Answer This One Town’s Simple Question
Flock Safety’s license plate cameras are in about 6,000 towns across the U.S. But lately, towns have been pulling out of their contracts after all sorts…
Question EverythingWait, Did Zuckerberg Get Off Easy?
A few weeks ago, Meta was in trouble. 47 states plus several U.S. territories were suing the company in federal court for knowingly harming kids with its apps…
Question EverythingIntroducing: Reaching Out
Today we’re excited to share a special episode of Reaching Out, a new podcast from Futuro and KCRW. Hailed by Ira Glass as the “best new show…
Question EverythingThe Curious Case of the Fake Florida Newsroom
When Florida reporter Kate Payne stumbled across a local news site called The South Florida Standard, something about it felt off. She’d never heard of…
Question EverythingA Pitch for Why Journalists Need to Fight
What would it take to actually fix America’s broken journalism industry? Using rural North Carolina as a petri dish, the podcast Scene on Radio spent…
Question EverythingBadass Local Journalists on How to Fight Corruption
Local reporters from around the country tell stories of using the experiences of their neighbors to confront people in power. Guests: Anna Wolfe with…
Question EverythingThe Journalist and the Firefighter
How one of the most accomplished reporters of our time, Barton Gellman, lost his confidence in journalism. Question Everything is a production of KCRW and…
Question EverythingA Gen Z Reporter Questions Jonathan Haidt, author of ‘The Anxious Generation’
Over the past few months, we’ve been closely covering the major lawsuits against Meta over the ways its apps have hurt young people. This week…
Question EverythingJudge Compares Meta to a Factory Emitting ‘Noxious Pollution’ in a Landmark Ruling
Just hours after we dropped last week’s episode on New Mexico’s landmark trial against Meta, Judge Bryan Biedsheid issued his ruling on what…
Question EverythingWe Went to the Trial That Could Force Meta to Change its Ways
Back in 2023, New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed a historic lawsuit against Meta, arguing that the tech giant has enabled the exploitation of…
Question EverythingIs A Billionaire Bromance Capturing Our Media?
Wall Street Journal reporter Emily Glazer investigates the rich and powerful, and recently, she got a tip that she couldn’t get out of her head: sources…
Question EverythingThe Sunscreen Paradox
In June, disgraced former Florida Congressman turned right-wing One America News Network anchor Matt Gaetz peddled a novel and dangerous conspiracy to his…
Question EverythingThe Sting That Exposed How Meta Endangers Kids
If you're new to our show and liked this episode, let us suggest a couple of our other recent stories you might enjoy -- check out "How Meta Is Making Billions…
Question EverythingAshley St. Clair is Fighting X – And Tried To Stop This Episode
If you're new to our show and liked this episode, let us suggest a couple of our other recent stories you might enjoy -- check out "I Was 11 When Instagram…
Question EverythingHow a Tiny Newsroom Helped Bring Down Hungary’s Authoritarian Leader
Viktor Orbán’s authoritarian grip on Hungary became a model for the American right. He hollowed out the country’s democracy and turned much…
Question EverythingFrom 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…
Question Everything‘Kick Him Off The Bench.’ A Judge in Trump’s Pulitzer Case Gets a Prize
The Freedom of the Press Foundation just filed an ethics complaint against Florida Judge Jeffrey Kuntz, who has been nominated by President Trump for a…
Question EverythingCan a Chatbot Convince Conspiracy Theorists of the Truth?
If you're new to our show and liked this episode, may we suggest a couple of our other recent stories you might enjoy? Check out "I Was 11 When Instagram Took…
Question EverythingClaude’s Russian Propaganda Problem
According to the fact-checking company NewsGuard, Claude has been a very reliable and accurate chatbot. But in the last month or so, users have started…
Question EverythingDid FEMA Really Build a Secret Lair in a Mountain?
The first episode of a special series from On The Media’s Micah Loewinger about how a seemingly benign and important agency, FEMA, has become the subject…
Question EverythingICE Jailed a Student for an Op-Ed, Now She’s Left America
In recent days, we learned that Rümeysa Öztürk, the Tufts University grad student who was snatched off the street by masked ICE agents last year…
Question EverythingYou Can Bet on Everything Now. What Could Go Wrong?
Gambling is infiltrating American life. Ads for online sportsbooks are everywhere. Prediction markets – which are not legally considered gambling &ndash…
Question EverythingThe Story She Reported, the View She Buried
It’s easy to get frustrated with the charade reporters are supposed to keep up, where they pretend they don’t have opinions or feelings or any kind…
Question EverythingI Was 11 When Instagram Took Over My Life
Taylor Little was 11 years old when they lied about their age to sign up for Instagram. Now, 13 years later, they’re one of thousands of people suing the…
Question EverythingMeta Knew They Were Addicting Kids. Now They’re Paying for It.
In the span of two days, juries handed down landmark verdicts against Meta and Google. In New Mexico, a jury ordered Meta to pay the state $375 million for…
Question EverythingA Video So Real It Looks Fake
Brian sits down with expert fact-checker Sofia Rubinson who spends hours every day tracking lies online, and together they dissect a single lie that’s…
Question EverythingThe Case Against Jeremy Loffredo (Ambie Award-winner for Best Reporting of the Year)
Locked up, alone, accused of being a spy, reporter Jeremy Loffredo has to defend the fact that he’s a journalist. To the Israeli courts. And…
Question EverythingBlindfolded and Arrested on Assignment in Israel (Ambie Award-winner for Best Reporting of the Year)
Part one of a special, two-part series, about Jeremy Loffredo, the first American journalist ever arrested by Israel, and the questions that were raised about…
Question EverythingAre We Captured Yet? Now Trump’s Pals Are Taking Over CNN
News recently broke that Paramount, which is newly controlled by David Ellison and his billionaire dad Larry Ellison, won the bid to buy Warner-Brothers…
Question EverythingThe Talented Ms. Goldiee
When a promising young freelancer pitched a good story to his magazine, editor Nicholas Hune-Brown was ready to assign it. But as he looked more closely at the…
Question EverythingA Reporter Fights for His Freedom (Part Two)
After journalist Mario Guevara was arrested while covering an anti-ICE protest, ICE moved him into their detention. As his lawyers and the ACLU tried to get…
Question EverythingWhy did ICE Lock Up this Pro-Trump Reporter? (Part One)
In June, journalist Mario Guevara was arrested while covering an anti-ICE protest in Georgia, transferred to ICE detention, and locked up by the federal…
Question EverythingThe Dangers of Being a Journalist
A little message from host Brian Reed about a scary incident he’s dealing with. And much scarier incidents other journalists are dealing with. Question…
Question EverythingA Minnesota Dad Takes on ICE
Our managing editor, Kevin Sullivan, had a conversation this week with an old colleague in Minnesota that we wanted to share with you as quickly as we could…
Question EverythingIllinois Governor JB Pritzker on How He Fought ICE’s Messaging War
As ICE agents have continued to threaten and kill people in Minneapolis and Minnesota’s governor and other state officials plead with the agency to…
Question EverythingInside ICE’s Push to Go Viral
Many people were surprised that ICE officer Jonathan Ross was filming with his phone when he shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis. But Washington Post…
Question EverythingHow One Tweak to the Internet Led This Guy to a BDSM Dungeon
The story of an adult performer, Davin Strong, whose life was upended by a seemingly small change to Section 230. Question Everything is a production of KCRW…
Question EverythingWhen Lies Spread Like Wildfire
At a bar that survived the destruction, a group of reporters get together a year later to talk about the personal impact the LA wildfires had on them. And some…
Question EverythingHost Brian Reed Confronts his Toughest Critic
We’re taking a quick break for the holidays, but in the spirit of New Year reflection, we’re sharing our very first episode of Question Everything…
Question EverythingWhen Hollywood Tells The Truth - with the directors of Spotlight, The Staircase, Reality, and The Investigation
We’re taking a short break over the holidays and will be plopping in front of the TV to watch some movies and shows. Maybe you’re doing the same?…
Question EverythingThe Scammers and Smut that Sparked the Modern Internet
Over the past few months, our host Brian Reed has been reporting on Section 230 – the law that shields online platforms and websites from lawsuits and…
Question EverythingThe Loophole That Could Keep the Epstein Files Hidden
By December 19th, the Department of Justice is supposed to release all DOJ and FBI files related to Jeffrey Epstein. But through Freedom of Information Act…
Question Everything‘Let Him Hang Himself’
When the recent slate of Jeffrey Epstein emails dropped, one line immediately jumped out: “I think you should let him hang himself.” It was part of…
Question EverythingCan Satire Save Democracy? w/ The Onion CEO Ben Collins
A nice treat for the holiday – an interview with the guy who runs the country’s funniest fake newspaper. Ben Collins became CEO of The Onion after…
Question EverythingCall 202-225-3501 To Fix The Internet
Next week, the House is expected to hold a hearing on kids’ online safety. They plan to release several bills to protect kids from harmful content. But…
Question EverythingHow Meta Is Making Billions From Scam Advertising
It seems like Meta just can’t lose. The Facebook parent company won a huge victory in court this week. The federal government was claiming Meta was too…
Question Everything'We Don't Hate Journalists Enough': The Story of an F-ed Up Deepfake
When journalist Julia Mengolini criticized her country’s president, Javier Milei, she didn’t expect to be targeted with one of the more disturbing…
Question EverythingA Government Whistleblower Trusts a Newsroom, Ends Up in Prison
When NSA contractor Reality Winner leaked proof that Russia had tried to break into the U.S. election system, she thought she was helping her country. Instead…
Question EverythingHow Trump is Capturing America’s Media – Without a Coup
Veteran foreign correspondent Natalia Antelava has spent 15 years reporting from places where authoritarian regimes have “captured” the media. In…
Question EverythingTikTok Stars on the Politicians Begging Them for Exposure
What happens when TikTokers replace TV hosts and interviewers, and presidential candidates start begging to be on their shows? Brian Reed sits down in a…
Question Everything‘I Believed Sandy Hook Was a Hoax’
Kate grew up believing the Sandy Hook school shooting was an elaborate false flag operation. For years she thought the 20 elementary school children and six…
Question EverythingBetraying a Friendship to Get a Viral Story
This episode of Death, Sex, and Money is a recommendation from our contributing editor Jen Kinney. When blogger AJ Daulerio broke the Brett Favre sexting…
Question EverythingThe Film the BBC Wouldn’t Air
Two veteran journalists set out to document Israel’s systematic destruction of Gaza’s healthcare system: hospitals attacked, medical workers…
Question EverythingBrian Takes on Big Tech
When late-night host Jimmy Kimmel was forced off the air, it raised huge questions about who really controls what we’re allowed to say. From billionaires…
Question EverythingThe Epstein Files
Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes have been picked apart in headlines, documentaries, and endless conspiracy theories. And yet there have continued to be shocking…
Question EverythingQuestion Everything Returns, Raring for a Fight
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