Question Everything with Brian Reed
Hosted by Brian Reed · Brian Reed
4.7from 956 ratings
- 96
- Episodes
- 77
- Transcribed
- 956
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
- 307M
- YouTube views
About Question Everything with Brian Reed
Question Everything is a weekly investigation into how the truth gets buried, distorted, and denied -- and the ways people are fighting to make it matter again. Hosted by Brian Reed, of S-Town and This American Life. Winner of the Webby Award, Ambie Award, and a Signal Special Achievement Award for pushing "the boundaries of the medium."
- Publisher
- Brian Reed
- Category
- news · society & culture · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 30 Aug 2024
- Latest episode
- 23 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
77 of 96 episodes have a transcript.
23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Introducing: Reaching Out
17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Curious Case of the Fake Florida Newsroom
10 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
A Pitch for Why Journalists Need to Fight
Inside a recent episode
Introducing: Reaching Out
Published 23 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Then you would hear the third session, in which her voice sounds diffuse and distant. You will eventually figure out it is because she is speaking to you from her car and you are on speakerphone. You imagine her kids sitting silently in the backseat, listening in as you talk about this mysterious illness all over the news. Your job sent you home a few days ago. There are rumors there's going to be a state of emergency soon. She ends the call by telling you that she has decided to step away from her practice, to focus on her family in this uncertain moment. The memories of the first months of the pandemic are stored data points in your phone. […]
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- John Biewen
- Chenjerai Kumanyika
- Les High
- Victor Pickard
- Jonathan Haidt
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 306,965,971
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 721 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 235 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 72 / 100
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- Quality
- 70
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 91
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Who hosts Question Everything with Brian Reed?
Brian Reed host the show. Published by Brian Reed.
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