June 9, 2025
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#1172 Brian Reed on Trump’s War on the Press
 Chaos can be strategy as well. -Brian Reed
Jesse Brown
Host & Publisher
Bruce Thorson
Senior Producer
Caleb Thompson
Audio Editor
Julian Abraham
Reporter
max collins
Director of Audio

You probably know Brian Reed from his award-winning podcast S-Town. Or from his other excellent podcast series, The Trojan Horse Affair. Finally, there’s his new show about journalism under Trump’s administration, Question Everything.

Brian Reed and Jesse got together last week to interview each other. Jesse interviewed Brian about what happens to the free press when your government tries to crush it. Brian interviewed Jesse about what happens to the free press when your government tries to save it.

Spoiler alert, both can be bad.

Host: Jesse Brown

Caleb Thompson (Mixing & Mastering), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)

Fact checking by Julian Abraham

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