When Lies Spread Like Wildfire
Podcast: Question EverythingPublished On: Thu Jan 08 2026
Description: At a bar that survived the destruction, a group of reporters get together a year later to talk about the personal impact the LA wildfires had on them. And some of the harrowing – and surprising – requests they got from people to check if their homes were still standing. Thanks to Good Neighbor Bar and West Altadena Wine & Spirits for hosting us. Question Everything is a production of KCRW and Placement Theory. Sign up for our newsletter please! Guests: Tony Briscoe, environmental reporter, Los Angeles Times Jacob Soboroff, senior political and national correspondent, MSNOW and author of “Firestorm: The Great Los Angeles Fires and America’s New Age of Disaster” Leanne Suter, reporter, ABC7/KABC-TV Los Angeles Michelle Zacarias, reporter, CALÓ News Randy Clement, co-owner, Good Neighbor Bar in Altadena, California
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