The Hunt for a Journalist’s Killer
A group of reporters recently uncovered a closely held secret: the identity of the Israeli soldier who shot and killed renowned veteran journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in 2022. This is the story of how ...
22 Touko 202536min
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 through the far corners of the internet – in some places you probably haven’t even heard of – to see what narr...
8 Touko 202527min
Rümeysa Öztürk is Locked Up for an Op-ed: An Urgent Summit with the Student Newspaper that Published It
Where better to huddle up and discuss what to do about Rümeysa Öztürk and the chilling effect that is happening in journalism than on campus at Tufts University with the student journalists at The Tuf...
1 Touko 20251h 18min
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 protects reporters’ ability to criticize and investigate people in power. But even with that decision still in plac...
25 Huhti 202526min
Freedom of the press is great, until you're the target
For decades, a Supreme Court decision called New York Times vs Sullivan was widely beloved by people across the political spectrum. Hailed as a decision that gave the first amendment teeth and made ou...
24 Huhti 202539min
The masterpiece Prince documentary Netflix won’t let the public see.
The best documentary filmmaker in America spent nearly five years of his life making a nine-hour masterpiece for Netflix. It will never see the light of day. After a nasty estate battle, the ser...
17 Huhti 202548min
He quit journalism to fight authoritarianism. How’s that going?
Last year, we did an episode with Barton Gellman, who talked about the war games he was running with high-level military leaders and government officials to prepare for a second Trump term. A bunch...
3 Huhti 202523min
A Rant or a Slant: When Should Reporters Speak From the Heart?
It’s easy to get frustrated with the charade reporters are supposed to keep up, where they pretend they don’t have opinions or feelings or any kind of human thoughts about a story they’re telling. Ple...
27 Maalis 202539min
