Question Everything with Brian Reed

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 [https://mississippitoday.org/] Lisa Halverstadt with Voice of San Diego [https://voiceofsandiego.org/] Alissa Zhu with The Baltimore Banner [https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/] Tony Plohetski with The Austin American-Statesman [https://www.statesman.com/] and KVUE Austin [https://www.kvue.com/] 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.  [https://www.poynter.org/ethics-trust/2025/how-to-report-cover-homelessness-unhoused-people/#:~:text=The%20Homelessness%20Beat%20Reporters%20Collective,find%20data%20on%20the%20problem] Sign up for our newsletter at: www.kcrw.com/questioneverything [http://www.kcrw.com/questioneverything] “Question Everything” is a production of KCRW [http://www.kcrw.org/] and Placement Theory [http://www.placementtheory.com/]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

A TV reporter from Kansas City hears about the brazen 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 heads to Marion to see what she can find out. And what she finds…is basically a Bravo reality series, small-town prairie style.  Part One of this story ran last week. Listen to it first if you haven’t already. Also: We’re now on Substack! You can weigh in on what we’re doing at Question Everything – make your pleasure or displeasure known – and talk to us about our reporting, the stories we’re working on. This week, Brian will share an outtake from the Mystery in Marion series – a moment of police bodycam footage that makes his skin crawl.  Sign up at: www.kcrw.com/questioneverything [http://www.kcrw.com/questioneverything] “Question Everything” is a production of KCRW [http://www.kcrw.org/] and Placement Theory [http://www.placementtheory.com/]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

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 electronics. At the same time, officers are raiding his newsroom, confiscating computers and phones. No subpoena. No warning. And, according to legal experts, no right to do it. The publisher scrambles to understand: Why is this happening? Who’s behind it? He has made some enemies over the years, in this town of just 2,000 people.  And then—just as he starts to piece it together—something even more devastating happens. A tragedy that would make national news, and change his life forever. Part Two of this story drops next week. Sign up for our newsletter: www.kcrw.com/questioneverything [http://www.kcrw.com/questioneverything] “Question Everything” is a production of KCRW [http://www.kcrw.org/] and Placement Theory [http://www.placementtheory.com/]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

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 our attention.  Thanks to “Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso [https://talkeasypod.com/]” for sharing this interview with us.  “Question Everything” is a production of KCRW [http://www.kcrw.org/] and Placement Theory [http://www.placementtheory.com/]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

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 they figured it out. Sign up for our newsletter: www.kcrw.com/questioneverything [http://www.kcrw.com/questioneverything] You can watch the documentary "Who Killed Shireen?" on Zeteo [https://zeteo.com/s/who-killed-shireen]. “Question Everything” is a production of KCRW [http://www.kcrw.org/] and Placement Theory [http://www.placementtheory.com/]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]