
Getting Ready to Interview Trump: An Exercise
A journalist tries to get his wrestling buddy to trust in journalism. You can find more work by Sam Eagan here. “Question Everything” is a production of KCRW and Placement Theory.
21 Nov 202439min

Special Election-Eve Episode: The Story of a Story Untold
A special election-eve episode from Brian: Ruminations on a story that never was, and a late night conversation with the source he was supposed to make it about. “Question Everything” is a production...
4 Nov 202418min

When To Call A Thing What It Is
Brian stops doomscrolling and starts doom-living. He brings two journalists he saw duking it out on Twitter into a studio, where they debate how to report on lies and racism in the Trump era. Then he ...
24 Okt 202437min

Can Journalism Save a Marriage?
A married couple finds themselves fighting miserably over the news. So they set out on a quest for the seemingly impossible: to find a news source that both a self-admitted “bleeding heart liberal” an...
10 Okt 202431min

The Journalist and the Firefighter
How one of the most accomplished reporters of our time, Barton Gellman, lost his confidence in journalism. Sign up for our newsletter to hear the one outtake from the interview that Brian wished he ...
26 Sep 202440min

Drinks for Five: Ira Glass, Zoe Chace, Jonathan Eig, Astead Herndon
Brian puts four journalists together in a room, gives them drinks, and starts rolling tape. Their only instructions: show up with questions for each other and be ready to talk candidly about the chall...
12 Sep 202450min

The Critic
Brian talks to a fellow journalist who called his most well-known work “morally indefensible.” You can read Gay Alcorn’s column here. Subscribe to our newsletter to read Gay’s full reaction to this ...
12 Sep 202448min

Question Everything is out now!
Journalist Brian Reed of S-Town is questioning everything, even his own work. Season premiere Sept 12.
30 Aug 20242min



















