Question Everything with Brian Reed
By KCRW & Placement Theory
With gripping stories every other Thursday, Question Everything is a show for anyone who's ever felt confused, frustrated, or misled by the news they rely on. At a time when distrust in the media is at an all time high, when so many believe that journalism is failing, Question Everything is a real-time quest to try and make journalism better.
In the middle of making his second hit podcast, reporter Brian Reed got sued. Accused. Told the biggest story of his career – the Peabody Award-winning series S-Town – wasn’t journalism. Which meant he had to spend years proving that it was. Obsessing over the question, “What is journalism, anyway?” Join Brian as he turns the tools he’s acquired over his years as a journalist on journalism itself.
For more behind each episode, sign up for the newsletter: https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/question-everything
Produced by Placement Theory and KCRW.
In the middle of making his second hit podcast, reporter Brian Reed got sued. Accused. Told the biggest story of his career – the Peabody Award-winning series S-Town – wasn’t journalism. Which meant he had to spend years proving that it was. Obsessing over the question, “What is journalism, anyway?” Join Brian as he turns the tools he’s acquired over his years as a journalist on journalism itself.
For more behind each episode, sign up for the newsletter: https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/question-everything
Produced by Placement Theory and KCRW.
Latest episode
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6: Special Election-Eve Episode: The Story of a Story Untold
A late night conversation with a source who backed away. -
5: 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. -
4: Can Journalism Save a Marriage?
A politically divided couple searches for a news source they both can trust. -
3: The Journalist and the Firefighter
How one of the most accomplished reporters of our time lost his confidence in journalism. -
2: 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? -
1: The Critic
Brian Reed talks to a fellow journalist who called his most well-known work “morally indefensible.” -
Question Everything Coming Sept 12
