Question Everything podcast

Question Everything

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

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

 

#44

‘Let Him Hang Himself’

When the recent slate of Jeffrey Epstein emails dropped, one line immediately jumped out: ... more

04 Dec 2025

22 MINS

22:05

04 Dec 2025


#43

Can Satire Save Democracy? w/ The Onion CEO Ben Collins

A nice treat for the holiday – an interview with the guy who runs the country’... more

27 Nov 2025

54 MINS

54:35

27 Nov 2025


#42

Call 202-225-3501 To Fix The Internet

Next week, the House is expected to hold a hearing on kids’ online safety. They plan... more

25 Nov 2025

11 MINS

11:03

25 Nov 2025


#41

How Meta Is Making Billions From Scam Advertising

It seems like Meta just can’t lose. The Facebook parent company [won a huge victory ... more

20 Nov 2025

37 MINS

37:27

20 Nov 2025


#40

'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, sh... more

13 Nov 2025

46 MINS

46:25

13 Nov 2025


#39

A 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.... more

06 Nov 2025

40 MINS

40:17

06 Nov 2025


#38

How Trump is Capturing America’s Media – Without a Coup

Veteran foreign correspondent Natalia Antelava has spent 15 years reporting from places wh... more

30 Oct 2025

40 MINS

40:50

30 Oct 2025


#37

TikTok Stars on the Politicians Begging Them for Exposure

What happens when TikTokers replace TV hosts and interviewers, and presidential candidates... more

23 Oct 2025

38 MINS

38:11

23 Oct 2025


#36

‘I Believed Sandy Hook Was a Hoax’

Kate grew up believing the Sandy Hook school shooting was an elaborate false flag operatio... more

16 Oct 2025

47 MINS

47:43

16 Oct 2025


#35

Betraying a Friendship to Get a Viral Story

This episode of Death, Sex, and Money is a recommendation from our contributing editor Jen... more

09 Oct 2025

55 MINS

55:48

09 Oct 2025


#34

The Film the BBC Wouldn’t Air

Two veteran journalists set out to document Israel’s systematic destruction of Gaza&... more

02 Oct 2025

45 MINS

45:30

02 Oct 2025


#33

The Epstein Files

Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes have been picked apart in headlines, documentaries, and end... more

25 Sep 2025

55 MINS

55:38

25 Sep 2025


#32

Brian Takes on Big Tech

When late-night host Jimmy Kimmel was forced off the air, it raised huge questions about w... more

25 Sep 2025

29 MINS

29:02

25 Sep 2025


#31

Question Everything Returns, Raring for a Fight

We're back. September 25th.

18 Sep 2025

02 MINS

02:46

18 Sep 2025


#30

A Listener on What Journalists Should do Better

A listener weighed in with some criticism [on Substack] (https://kcrwlrc.substack.com/p/ca... more

28 Aug 2025

18 MINS

18:00

28 Aug 2025


#29

Brian Can't Stop Fact-checking His Mother-In-Law (from “Proxy with Yowei Shaw”)

After her NPR show was canceled some years back, producer and host Yowei Shaw gave herself... more

24 Jul 2025

52 MINS

52:25

24 Jul 2025


#28

Badass Local Journalists on How to Fight Corruption

Local reporters from around the country tell stories of using the experiences of their nei... more

26 Jun 2025

54 MINS

54:40

26 Jun 2025


#27

Who’s Behind the Raids? A Mystery in Marion (Part Two)

A TV reporter from Kansas City hears about the newspaper raids over in Marion. Her interes... more

12 Jun 2025

40 MINS

40:49

12 Jun 2025


#26

A Mystery in Marion (Part One)

On a Friday morning in rural Kansas, the publisher of a tiny local newspaper hears a knock... more

05 Jun 2025

28 MINS

28:59

05 Jun 2025


#25

The Fight for Your Attention with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes

MSNBC host Chris Hayes discusses his book The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World... more

29 May 2025

1 HR 13 MINS

1:13:38

29 May 2025


#24

The Hunt for a Journalist’s Killer

A group of reporters recently uncovered a closely held secret: the identity of the Israeli... more

22 May 2025

36 MINS

36:07

22 May 2025


#23

From the Fringe Web to Real Life: How Seriously Should We Be Taking Conspiracy Theories?

Back in December, we did an episode about Pyrra, an AI-powered software that tracks sifts ... more

08 May 2025

27 MINS

27:22

08 May 2025


#22

Rümeysa Öztürk is Locked Up for an Op-ed: An Urgent Summit with the Student Newspaper that Published...

Where better to huddle up and discuss what to do about Rümeysa Öztürk and t... more

01 May 2025

1 HR 18 MINS

1:18:20

01 May 2025


#21

Pounding Beers in a Shed, and Other Dispatches from the War on Free Speech

Last episode we discussed the campaign to overturn the Supreme Court decision that protect... more

25 Apr 2025

26 MINS

26:34

25 Apr 2025