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America This Week

Matt Taibbi & Walter Kirn

Welcome to America This Week, with Matt Taibbi and Walter Kirn, the national news wrap-up so true, we recommend you stow all sharp objects before reading. www.racket.news

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America This Week, December 06, 2024: "The Immaculate...

America This Week ·

2024/12/06

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsA trial balloon floats presidential pardons no one asked for, no one knows anything about, and no one needs, but will be done anyway. Plus, the "Masque of the Red Death," by Edgar Allan Poe

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30:38

America This Week November 1, 2024: "The Celebrated...

America This Week ·

2024/11/01

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsThe New York Times teams with David Brock's Media Matters to smash records for editorial mendacity. Plus, Mark Twain's great take on fraud, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County."

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30:47

America This Week, October 18, 2024: "For Kamala...

America This Week ·

2024/10/18

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsKamala Harris does a rare contentious interview, but seemingly not to win over Fox viewers. Why? Also, Walter and Matt discuss "The Catbird Seat," by James Thurber.

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30:38

America This Week, October 11, 2024: "After the Edit"

America This Week ·

2024/10/11

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsDid something just get broken in a 60 Minutes interview that won't easily be fixed? Walter and Matt discuss. Plus, "After the Ball," by Leo Tolstoy

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30:12

America This Week, October 4, 2024: "Biden's...

America This Week ·

2024/10/04

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsElite America responded with sympathy to the revelations of Hurricane Katrina. Is it the same this time? Also, "My First Goose," by Isaac Babel

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30:41

America This Week, September 27, 2024: "How to Tell a...

America This Week ·

2024/09/27

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsLink Here: Listen to subscriber only audio in your podcast appShare the Free Previews of America This Week:Watch ATW on YouTube below:

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30:55

America This Week, September 20, 2024: "The Blood of...

America This Week ·

2024/09/20

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsDonald Trump and Hillary Clinton combine to move us several steps closer to Walter's prediction of the first drone assassination for a tweet. Plus, "The Blood of the Martyrs," by Stephen Vincent Benét

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30:40

America This Week, September 13, 2024: "Goodbye, My...

America This Week ·

2024/09/13

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsRemembering 9/11, the architects of the War on Terror, and the state of emergency just renewed this week. Plus, "Goodbye, My Brother" by John Cheever

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30:24

America This Week, September 6, 2024: "Hall of...

America This Week ·

2024/09/06

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWalter calls a scandal. Russiagate is exhumed again. Walter explains weasels, both the human and actual kind. Also, "Sredni Vashtar," by Saki.

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30:10

America This Week, August 30, 2024: "The Campaign...

America This Week ·

2024/08/30

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsUpside-down world keeps spinning as the blues campaign on a border wall. Also, a fascinating inspiration for a pop culture classic: "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities" by Delmore Schwartz

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30:09

America This Week, August 8, 2024: "100th Episode...

America This Week ·

2024/08/09

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsSir Keir Starmer goes full Minority Report; White House Misinformation Kids caught talking shop. Plus, "The Egg" by Sherwood Anderson

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85:30

Podcast Audio ATW Live: Recapping Tim Walz Rollout

America This Week ·

2024/08/07

How close did Swami Walter Kirn come to predicting coverage of the Tim Walz-a-ganza? This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.racket.news/subscribe

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103:27

Podcast Audio for ATW Live on Monday: "Quiet Skies"

America This Week ·

2024/08/06

An update on a story that mainstream outlets seem to have decided not to touch, about Air Marshals being assigned to conduct surveillance on Tulsi Gabbard under the Quiet Skies program This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.racket.news/subscribe

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63:26

America This Week, August 2, 2024: "Pornitics"

America This Week ·

2024/08/02

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsJust like porn sites, political parties quickly identify your thing and send you to the right room. Also, "The Overcoat," by Nikolai Gogol

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30:30

America This Week, July 26, 2024: "The Fall of the...

America This Week ·

2024/07/26

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWalter and I scramble to unwrap the collapse of one presidential campaign, and the fact-suppressing coronation of another. Also, "The Fall of the House of Usher," by Edgar Allan Poe

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30:30

America This Week, July 4, 2024: "Incident in...

America This Week ·

2024/07/05

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsLink Here: Listen to subscriber only audio in your podcast appShare the Free Versions of America This Week:Watch ATW on YouTube Below:

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30:30

America This Week, June 28, 2024

America This Week ·

2024/06/28

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsIn this episode of America This Week, Walter and Matt discuss the release of Julian Assange and the implications for press freedom. Plus, Anton Chekhov's "The Bet".

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America This Week, June 21, 2024: "Cheap Fakes and...

America This Week ·

2024/06/21

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWalter and Matt discuss Karine Jean-Pierre, Joe Biden, and the slow death of objective reality. Plus, "The Door," by E.B. White

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America This Week, June 14, 2024: "Elections and...

America This Week ·

2024/06/14

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsMatt and Walter play a new election preparedness role-playing game produced by the CIA's venture capital arm (Racket story to come), and discuss Guy De Maupassant's "The Necklace"

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30:30

America This Week, June 7, 2024: “America’s Grand...

America This Week ·

2024/06/07

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsNow that jailing political opponents is a norm, does America think freedom is overrated, and authority be celebrated? Also, Walter and Matt discuss Dostoyevsky’s “Grand Inquisitor”www.Racket.news

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