The Epstein Files
Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes have been picked apart in headlines, documentaries, and endless conspiracy theories. And yet there have continued to be shocking new revelations in the story this year, as Pre...
25 Sep 202555min
Question Everything Returns, Raring for a Fight
We're back. September 25th.
18 Sep 20252min
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 Aug 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 Juli 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 Juni 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 Juni 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 Juni 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 Maj 20251h 13min
