A Listener on What Journalists Should do Better
A listener weighed in with some criticism on Substack. Brian (our host) got involved. Some advice for journalists ensued. It ended up inspiring an entire segment on KCRW’s show Left, Right & Center, w...
28 Elo 202518min
Brian Can't Stop Fact-checking His Mother-In-Law (from “Proxy with Yowei Shaw”)
After her NPR show was canceled some years back, producer and host Yowei Shaw gave herself a new title: “Emotional Investigative Journalist.” She started a podcast called Proxy, where she helps people...
24 Heinä 202552min
Badass Local Journalists on How to Fight Corruption
Local reporters from around the country tell stories of using the experiences of their neighbors to confront people in power. Featuring:Anna Wolfe with Mississippi Today Lisa Halverstadt with Voice...
26 Kesä 202554min
Who’s Behind the Raids? A Mystery in Marion (Part Two)
A TV reporter from Kansas City hears about the newspaper raids over in Marion. Her interest is piqued by the fact that the police chief who oversaw the raids had recently left Kansas City PD. So she h...
12 Kesä 202540min
A Mystery in Marion (Part One)
On a Friday morning in rural Kansas, the publisher of a tiny local newspaper hears a knock at the door. It’s the police—with a search warrant. Within minutes, they’re inside his home, seizing his elec...
5 Kesä 202528min
The Fight for Your Attention with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes
MSNBC host Chris Hayes discusses his book The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource, and reckons with his own culpability in the corruption and commercialization of o...
29 Touko 20251h 13min
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
