Who’s Behind the Raids? A Mystery in Marion (Part Two)
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.
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Who's Behind the Raids? 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 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.
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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 our attention.
Thanks to “Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso” for sharing this interview with us.
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The Hunt for a Journalist’s Killer
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.
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From the Fringe Web to Real Life: How Seriously Should We Be Taking Conspiracy Theories?
Back in December, we did an episode about Pyrra, an AI-powered software that tracks sifts through the far corners of the internet – in some places you probably haven’t even heard of – to see what narratives are emerging from the people who post there. A lot of these are conspiracy theories, and also violent threats.
This week, we check back in with the creator of that software, Dr. Welton Chang, about what narratives he’s seeing, right now, that might soon make the jump from fringe shitposts to actually having an impact in the real world.
Welton’s especially worried about the violent rhetoric aimed at one particular group of people, which has been topping the charts in recent weeks.
Welton is the creator of Pyrra Technologies, and Vice President for Digital Intelligence Solutions at AlertMedia.
A listener asked us to clarify that the Romanian presidential elections we refer to in the beginning of this episode are first-round elections, meaning the winning candidate still had to win another round before becoming president.
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