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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."

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83:16

ICE Jailed a Student for an Op-Ed, Now She’s Left...

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2026/04/30

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 and locked up for more than a month, has had enough of America, and moved home to Turkey. The U.S. government had continued to threaten her with legal proceedings and deportation, even after releasing her from detention.Dr. Öztürk’s “crime?” Co-authoring an op-ed in the student newspaper

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48:17

You Can Bet on Everything Now. What Could Go Wrong?

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2026/04/23

Gambling is infiltrating American life. Ads for online sportsbooks are everywhere. Prediction markets – which are not legally considered gambling – now allow betting on everything from the unemployment numbers, to the war in Iran, to how many times Elon Musk will tweet this week. Lots of news outlets are getting in on the action: CNN, CNBC, the AP, and others are partnering with prediction markets to use their stats in coverage. What could go wrong?On today’s

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39:54

The Story She Reported, the View She Buried

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2026/04/16

***Question Everything has been nominated for a Webby Award! Pleaseclick here to vote for us. The episode that was nominated is the event we held at Tufts University while grad student Rümeysa Öztürk was being detained by ICE for co-authoring an op-ed. Today (April 16th) is actually the last day to vote, so don’t wait. Thanks!***It’s easy to get frustrated with the charade reporters are supposed to keep up, where they pretend they don’t have

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42:58

I Was 11 When Instagram Took Over My Life

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2026/04/09

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 company, accusing Instagram of purposely addicting them as a child and driving them to years of mental health struggles.Taylor takes Brian inside their dark and twisted experience with the app. They say it all started with a suggestion Instagram sent them to visit an account they didn’t follow, which they developed

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32:37

Meta Knew They Were Addicting Kids. Now They’re...

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2026/04/02

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 failing to protect young people from predators on Instagram. And in Los Angeles, a jury found that Meta and Google knowingly designed social media platforms that addicted a young girl, causing depression, body dysmorphia, and self-harm.But as listeners to this show might wonder – isn't suing social media companies

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28:14

A Video So Real It Looks Fake

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2026/03/26

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 been rocketing around the world to millions of people, affecting the way people think about the war in Iran — including the world’s biggest podcaster.Sofia says the AI deepfakes she’s seen consume the internet in just the last few weeks make her worried that we’ve entered a dangerous new phase of

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57:50

The Case Against Jeremy Loffredo (Ambie Award-winner...

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2026/03/19

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 then…to our reporter.This is part two of our two-part series about Jeremy Loffredo, who in October 2024 became the first American journalist arrested by Israel. This story won Best Reporting at the 2026 Ambie Awards, which is why we’re sharing it again now. “Question Everything” is a production of KCRW and

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58:15

Blindfolded and Arrested on Assignment in Israel...

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2026/03/12

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 not only Israel, but the outlet Jeremy worked for, once our team started looking into his story. We’re re-airing these episodes because they won Best Reporting from the Podcast Academy, at the 2026 Ambie Awards.“Question Everything” is a production of KCRW and Placement Theory. And don’t forget to

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39:51

Are We Captured Yet? Now Trump’s Pals Are Taking Over...

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2026/03/10

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 Discovery, after aggressively squeezing out Netflix.As Trump himself has said, the Ellisons are “friends of mine…big supporters of mine, and they’ll do the right thing.” Is the “right thing” squashing critical coverage of the president? Doing stories he’s more inclined to like? The

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28:25

The Talented Ms. Goldiee

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2026/03/05

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 pitch and the writer’s bylines across the internet, Nicholas began to realize maybe this writer wasn’t who she seemed.A version of Nick’s story first appeared in The Local – you can read it here. Please take 5 minutes to fill out this survey about Question Everything – it’ll help us

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53:30

A Reporter Fights for his Freedom (Part Two)

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2026/02/26

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 Mario free, ICE argued again and again that he shouldn’t be let out, because his journalism made him too dangerous.Mario was behind bars for 111 days. Then deported to El Salvador. If you’re wondering where the hell the first amendment is in all this, so are we! In the second episode in our special two-part

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43:36

Why did ICE Lock Up this Pro-Trump Reporter? (Part One)

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2026/02/19

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 government for more than 100 days. And that wasn’t even the worst of it.But Mario is not the kind of ICE-criticizing reporter you might be picturing. He was a Trump-supporting, Republican-identifying, law-and-order-sympathizing immigration hawk, who knew ICE well and had covered them favorably for years. Why did the Trump

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6:02

The Dangers of Being a Journalist

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2026/02/12

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 Everything is a production of KCRW and Placement Theory. Sign up for our newsletter to see Brian’s interview with Senator Dick Durbin about his effort to repeal Section 230. We want to know who is listening to our show and how to make it a better experience! Please take 5 minutes to fill out this survey about Question

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23:33

A Minnesota Dad Takes on ICE

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2026/01/31

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

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45:47

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker on How He Fought ICE’s...

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2026/01/29

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

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27:20

Inside ICE’s Push to Go Viral

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2026/01/22

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

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38:28

How One Tweak to the Internet Led This Guy to a BDSM...

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2026/01/15

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

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40:24

When Lies Spread Like Wildfire

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2026/01/08

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

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48:06

Host Brian Reed Confronts his Toughest Critic

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2026/01/01

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 columnhere. Subscribe to our newsletter to read Gay’s full reaction to this episode. You can listen to S-Townhere. If you’re

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46:39

When Hollywood Tells The Truth - with the directors...

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2025/12/25

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

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