Question Everything

Brian Reed
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Propagandist? Truth teller? Influencer? Question Everything unravels the contested work of journalists and the moral complexities surrounding the stories that impact us all. 

  1. HÁ 6 DIAS

    A 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. He’s a former data journalist, Michael Corey, who lives with his family in St. Paul. As ICE agents have flooded Mike’s state as part of a massive federal immigration enforcement operation, he started getting involved in grassroots efforts to track and document ICE’s conduct. He’s been following and filming agents during tense encounters, including one where they chased an American citizen into a building, pinned him against a wall, and arrested him.  Mike takes us inside what it’s like to live in Minnesota right now, and tells us how he and his neighbors are getting and trying to verify information with the encrypted messaging app, Signal, which he thinks deserves a Pulitzer. Question Everything is a production of KCRW and Placement Theory. Sign up for our Substack. Guests:  Mike Corey, Minnesota dad & public historian

    24min

  2. 29 DE JAN.

    Illinois 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 leave, we share an interview with the governor of another state that was recently targeted by ICE: JB Pritzker of Illinois.  In October, as ICE agents were descending on Chicago in “Operation Midway Blitz”, Ben Smith and Max Tani of the Mixed Signals podcast from Semafor spoke to Governor Pritzker about the novel communications tactics he was using to combat ICE’s incursion into his city. Eventually he was successful in stopping President Trump from sending in National Guard troops, and Border Patrol agents left the city. It was an urgent and timely conversation with lots of significance as we watch a similar situation unfold daily in Minnesota. Thanks to Semafor for letting us share this interview with you. Find all episodes of Mixed Signals here.   Sign up for Semafor Media’s Sunday newsletter here.  The hosts are on X: @semaforben, @maxwelltani Question Everything is a production of KCRW and Placement Theory.Please rate and review our show – on this very app that you’re in right now! And don’t forget to sign up for our newsletter.

    46min
  3. Inside ICE’s Push to Go Viral

    22 DE JAN.

    Inside 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 reporter Drew Harwell was leaked thousands of internal ICE messages that show the agency is obsessed with creating viral videos, and is using arrests of immigrants slapped with “hooky” captions and pop music to feed their content machine. Question Everything is a production of KCRW and Placement Theory. Please rate and review our show – on this very app that you’re in right now! And don’t forget to sign up for our newsletter. Here are Drew's Washington Post stories: ‘It’s a War’: Inside ICE’s media machine ICE Plans $100 million ‘wartime recruitment’ push Guests: Drew Harwell, Washington Post technology reporter

    27min

  4. 15 DE JAN.

    How 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 and Placement Theory. For more of our coverage of how the internet and press shape our reality, sign up for our newsletter. Guests:  Davin Addison (aka Davin Strong), adult performer whose livelihood was upended after FOSTA-SESTA. Sam Eagan, Producer, Question Everything

    38min

  5. 8 DE JAN.

    When 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 of the harrowing – and surprising – requests they got from people to check if their homes were still standing. Thanks to Good Neighbor Bar and West Altadena Wine & Spirits for hosting us. Question Everything is a production of KCRW and Placement Theory. Sign up for our newsletter please! Guests:  Tony Briscoe, environmental reporter, Los Angeles Times Jacob Soboroff, senior political and national correspondent, MSNOW and author of “Firestorm: The Great Los Angeles Fires and America’s New Age of Disaster” Leanne Suter, reporter, ABC7/KABC-TV Los Angeles  Michelle Zacarias, reporter, CALÓ News Randy Clement, co-owner, Good Neighbor Bar in Altadena, California

    40min

  6. 1 DE JAN.

    Host 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.  Brian talks to fellow journalist, Gay Alcorn, who called his most well-known work – the hit podcast S-Town – “morally indefensible.” You can read Gay’s column here. Subscribe to our newsletter to read Gay’s full reaction to this episode.  You can listen to S-Town here.  If you’re having thoughts of suicide, please reach out for help by dialing 988 or clicking here.  “Question Everything” is a production of KCRW and Placement Theory.  This episode originally aired on September 11th, 2024.

    48min

  7. 25/12/2025

    When 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? Check out one of our favorite episodes of Question Everything, where Hollywood directors gather after hours at a wine shop to drink and commiserate. They talk about the perils – and power – that come when you’re straddling fact and fiction.  Featuring Tom McCarthy, who won an Oscar for Spotlight; Antonio Campos, creator of The Staircase for HBO; Tina Satter, who directed and co-wrote Reality starring Sydney Sweeney; and Tobias Lindholm, director and writer of HBO’s The Investigation. As we know alcohol is not always conducive to factual precision, so here are some corrections and clarifications from our fact-checker, Maggie. Though honestly the crew this time did impressively well! All we have is that the name of the New York Magazine story that inspired Tina Satter to dramatize Reality Winner is called “The World’s Biggest Terrorist Has a Pikachu Bedspread" (not “America’s Biggest Terrorist Has a Pikachu Bedspread”). And it was a National Security Agency contractor, not a former FBI agent, who alerted the FBI about Reality’s leak. Here’s the NY Mag story. And here’s a Vanity Fair interview with Sophie, the editor of The Staircase documentary. “Question Everything” is a production of KCRW and Placement Theory. And don’t forget to sign up for our newsletter. This episode originally aired on December 18th, 2024.

    47min

  8. 18/12/2025

    The 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 has shaped the way we get information today. Now, a bipartisan attack on Section 230 is taking hold in Congress. During a Senate hearing last week, Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island called Section 230 “a real vessel for evil that needs to come to an end.” He and a group of senators are hoping to move forward a Section 230 repeal bill in time for its 30th anniversary early next year. In previous episodes, we’ve looked at how the law allows misinformation, scams, and deepfakes on today’s internet. Now, Brian goes back to the beginning: the mid-1990s when lawmakers created this law. And we see how a peculiar case in one New York courtroom ended up having massive consequences for the internet we know today. Also: an expert on Section 230 has some beef with Brian’s reporting.  Question Everything is a production of KCRW and Placement Theory. And don’t forget to sign up for our newsletter. Guest:  Jeff Kosseff, law professor and author of “The Twenty-Six Words That Created the Internet”

    39min
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Propagandist? Truth teller? Influencer? Question Everything unravels the contested work of journalists and the moral complexities surrounding the stories that impact us all. 

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  • Criado por
    Brian Reed
  • Anos de atividade
    2024 - 2026
  • Episódios
    53
  • Classificação
    Explícito
  • Site do podcast
    Question Everything

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