Reverse Shot with Brian Karem
Brian Karem · Crossover Media Group
Show overview
Reverse Shot with Brian Karem launched in 2024 and has put out 13 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode in the time since. That works out to roughly 5 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 8 min and 30 min — with run-times ranging widely across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language News show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 1.2 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. Published by Crossover Media Group.
From the publisher
Join award winning 40-year veteran reporter Brian Karem as he takes a look at the problems in today's media. We turn the camera around and look at the good, the bad and the ugly parts in social and legacy media. We will give you the facts that enable you to think critically.
Latest Episodes
Ep 12How to Inform People in a News Desert
Brian speaks with former media reporter with The Washington Post - Paul Farhi about his latest article entitled "In News Deserts, Trump Won in a Landslide". Donald Trump won the 2024 election with one of the smallest popular-vote margins in U.S. history, but in news deserts – counties lacking a professional source of local news – it was an avalanche. Trump won 91% percent of these counties over his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, according to an analysis of voting data by Medill Journalism School’s State of Local News project.
Ep 11Exposing the White Supremacists Among Us
Brian interviews Steven Monacelli - a local freelance reporter in Texas who broke the story of a white supremacist working as an ICE prosecutor. Steven is a special investigative correspondent at the Texas Observer, a columnist at the Barbed Wire, and a publisher @proteanmag.
Ep 10Press Corps Challenge: Who Can Ask the Stupidest Question?
Brian talks about the stupid questions from journalists at Donald Trump's latest press conference.
Ep 9How Do You Deal with a Tyrant?
Brian discusses Donald Trump banning the Associated Press from the Oval Office over the Gulf of Mexico dispute.
Ep 8Trump's First 2nd Term White House Press Briefing
Brian plays clips from the President Trump's new Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt at her first White House Press briefing.
Ep 7Anatomy of a Mid-Air Collision
Being a licensed pilot - Brian explains how a difficult it is to be an air traffic controller and how hard it is to land a plane in one of the busiest airports in America. He also discusses some of the media calling out Donald Trump's lies about the crash during his press conference.
Ep 6The Cost of Truth to Power
Olivia Troye speaks out about her battles with Kash Patel and the new Trump regime. And we examine the art of taking things out of context.
Ep 5The Democrats Cave and the Press Miss the Big Stories of the Week.
We interview key Democratic strategist - Julie Roginsky about the problems
Ep 4I Beg Your Pardon!
The nuance behind the story of Biden pardoning his son. This time Brian chats with John Dean and Joe Walsh.
Ep 3The Media Bows to Trump
This week we take a look at talking heads protecting their own butts while comedian/activist Hal Sparks is looking for eye-opening legislation to curb disinformation on social media.
Ep 2Who the Hell Cares What the Press Thinks?
Ep 1The Media Has a Lot to Answer For
How do we get better journalism? Well, for one, we need editors. I’m fine with Elon Musk pontificating. I can handle political interviews shooting off their mouth. But I’m tired of opinion masquerading as fact. This week we speak with Chief White House Correspondent and Editor at Large for C-Q Roll Call John T. Bennett.