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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.

Podcast · By Brian Reed · American English · Official site

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Sep 3, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 3, 2026

    Badass Local Journalists on How to Fight Corruption (opens the original)

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    Local reporters from around the country tell stories of using the experiences of their neighbors to confront people in power. Guests: Anna Wolfe with Mississippi Today Lisa Halverstadt with Voice of San Diego Alissa Zhu with The Baltimore Banner Tony Plohetski with The Austin American-Statesman and KVUE Austin Lisa is a part of the Homelessness Beat Reporters Collective, which recently produced a guide on how to responsibly cover homelessness. That guide can be found here. Question Everything is

  2. Episode · Aug 27, 2026

    The Journalist and the Firefighter (opens the original)

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    How one of the most accomplished reporters of our time, Barton Gellman, lost his confidence in journalism. Question Everything is a production of KCRW and Placement Theory . Follow us on Instagram : @questionverything.podcast. And don’t forget to sign up for our newsletter . This episode was originally published on September 26th, 2024. You can listen to our follow up episode with Barton Gellman - He Quit Journalism to Fight Authoritarianism. How’s That Going? Guests: Barton Gellman Please suppo

  3. Episode · Aug 20, 2026

    A Gen Z Reporter Questions Jonathan Haidt, author of ‘The Anxious Generation’ (opens the original)

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    Over the past few months, we’ve been closely covering the major lawsuits against Meta over the ways its apps have hurt young people. This week, we’re sharing a special episode of "Left To Their Own Devices", a Peabody-nominated series hosted by Gen Z reporter and tech-safety advocate Ava Smithing. Recorded live on stage shortly after the recent jury verdicts against Meta and YouTube, Ava interviews NYU social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, author of the wildly influential "The Anxious Generation",

  4. Episode · Aug 13, 2026

    Judge Compares Meta to a Factory Emitting ‘Noxious Pollution’ in a Landmark Ruling (opens the original)

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    Just hours after we dropped last week’s episode on New Mexico’s landmark trial against Meta, Judge Bryan Biedsheid issued his ruling on what changes the company would have to make to Facebook and Instagram to better protect kids. He ordered Meta to pay New Mexico $567 million, on top of the earlier $375 million jury penalty. He also mandated that Meta make unprecedented changes to its platforms, including limiting how long teens can use its apps and preventing their accounts from being recommend

  5. Episode · Aug 6, 2026

    We Went to the Trial That Could Force Meta to Change its Ways (opens the original)

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    Back in 2023, New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed a historic lawsuit against Meta, arguing that the tech giant has enabled the exploitation of children on its apps for years. This year, that case finally went to trial in a Santa Fe courthouse. The state argued that Meta has knowingly harmed kids and should be forced, through a court order, to change how they operate. Meta says that these changes are unnecessary and, in some cases, an overreach of the law. Now, one man, Judge Bryan Bied

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