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| 0:00.0 | Am I a propagandist? |
| 0:01.7 | A truth teller. |
| 0:02.9 | An influencer? |
| 0:04.2 | There's probably no more contested profession in the world today than mine, journalism. |
| 0:09.3 | I'm Brian Reed, and on my show, Question Everything, |
| 0:12.1 | we dive head first into the conflicts we're all facing over truth and who gets to tell it. |
| 0:17.4 | Listen now to Question Everything, part of the NPR Podcast Network. |
| 0:22.7 | Live from NPR podcast network. Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. Hamas has released an Israeli-American hostage |
| 0:30.4 | from Gaza. The U.S. made a deal with Hamas to secure his freedom. More from NPR's Daniel |
| 0:35.6 | U.S.in in Tel Aviv. Hamas militants in Gaza handed |
| 0:38.4 | Idan Alexander to the International Committee of the Red Cross, which is then handing him over to the |
| 0:43.7 | Israeli military to reunite with his family. Alexander is a 21-year-old dual U.S. Israeli |
| 0:49.8 | National who was serving in the Israeli military when Hamas captured him in the October 7th |
| 0:54.8 | attacks in 2023. |
| 0:56.6 | He was the last living U.S. citizen held captive in Gaza. |
| 1:00.3 | Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with President Trump and thanked him for |
| 1:03.9 | helping secure Alexander's release. |
| 1:06.2 | Israel is sending negotiators to Qatar to hold talks for a Gaza ceasefire and further hostage releases. |
| 1:12.5 | Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv. |
| 1:14.7 | Harvard University is pushing back on the Trump administration saying federal intervention on |
| 1:19.3 | campus issues may be doing more harm than good. NPR's Windsor Johnston reports the Department |
| 1:24.8 | of Education is currently investigating the school for alleged anti-Semitism and discrimination. |
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