Question Everything
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Latest episode
The Lying Mouth Slays the Soul
The Lying Mouth Slays the Soul
About this podcast
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
The newest 20 of 90 episodes
- The Lying Mouth Slays the Soul · 48 minLying 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 asked to deliver a…
- A Republican Takes On Her Party Over Voter Data · 31 minUtah’s Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson explains why she said no to Trump’s Justice Department when they asked for her state's voter rolls.
- The A.I. Populist · 28 minTexas Congressman Greg Casar explains why the Democrats should be the party that builds a populist movement around A.I.
- The High Stakes Game of Bargaining with the News · 25 minConnecticut Attorney General William Tong on why he and other democratic AGs failed to stop the Paramount Warner Brothers merger.
- Flock Won’t Answer This One Town’s Simple Question · 39 minAfter hiring Flock to put up cameras capturing license plates from passing cars, a Massachusetts town spends months trying to get the answer to a seemingly basic question.
- Wait, Did Zuckerberg Get Off Easy? · 29 minBig Tech was facing its big tobacco moment, staring down the barrel of a 47 state lawsuit. Then came the settlement.
- The Curious Case of the Fake Florida Newsroom · 43 minAn investigation into a local news site that appears to be staffed by reporters that aren’t real people.
- A Pitch for Why Journalists Need to Fight · 45 minA small-town publisher and a media scholar map out how journalism survives, and what it would take to create a truly democratic press.
- Badass Local Journalists on How to Fight Corruption · 51 minIncluding the longest pause ever heard in an interview.
- The Journalist and the Firefighter · 39 minHow one of the most accomplished reporters of our time lost his confidence in journalism.
- A Gen Z Reporter Questions Jonathan Haidt, author of ‘The Anxious Generation’ · 1 h 2 minAn interview from the podcast Left To Their Own Devices.
- Judge Compares Meta to a Factory Emitting ‘Noxious Pollution’ in a Landmark Ruling · 36 minJudge 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…
- We Went to the Trial That Could Force Meta to Change its Ways · 50 minNew 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.
- Is A Billionaire Bromance Capturing Our Media? · 32 minInside the special relationship between Donald Trump and billionaire Larry Ellison that has quickly reshaped American media.
- The Sunscreen Paradox · 21 minAt the height of summer, a prominent medical misinformation purveyor is stoking fear about sunscreen usage.
- The Sting That Exposed How Meta Endangers Kids · 47 minThe story of a small team of investigators in New Mexico who beat Mark Zuckerberg in the first winning case over child safety.
- Ashley St. Clair is Fighting X – And Tried To Stop This Episode · 1 h 9 minA live interview with Elon Musk’s ex.
- How a Tiny Newsroom Helped Bring Down Hungary’s Authoritarian Leader · 47 minA shadowy figure named “Henry” texts someone known as “Gundalf”. Political intrigue ensues.
- From Drilled: Carbon Cowboys · 30 minWhile 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…
