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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, with Matt Taibbi and Walter Kirn,...

America This Week ·

2024/05/31

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

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America This Week, May 24, 2024: "Life on Polarized...

America This Week ·

2024/05/24

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

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America This Week, May 17, 2024: "Delusion, Not Just...

America This Week ·

2024/05/17

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsA wild backlash against a poll underscores the neverending cycle of mad delusions that American pop culture has become. Plus, Heinrich Böll's my-how-relevant "Christmas Not Just Once a Year."

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America This Week, May 10, 2024: Canada Über Alles!...

America This Week ·

2024/05/10

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWalter and Matt discuss the New York Times and Canada's Online Harms Act. Plus, "The Story-Teller," by Saki. Www.Racket.news

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America This Week, May 3, 2024: Gaza, Columbia, and...

America This Week ·

2024/05/03

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWalter and Matt finally talk about a long-avoided subject. Plus, John Updike's "A&P"

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America This Week, April 26, 2024: "The Magic Weekend"

America This Week ·

2024/04/26

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

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America This Week, April 19, 2024: "To Build a...

America This Week ·

2024/04/19

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWhat does the "Right to Knowledge" mean, and why is it so dangerous? Walter and Matt ponder the less funny side of the Katherine Maher story. Plus, "To Build a Fire," by Jack Londonwww.racket.news

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America This Week, April 12, 2024: "NPR's Greatest...

America This Week ·

2024/04/12

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsMatt and Walter dive into NPR editor Uri Berliner's comments, then review some of the most curious NPR stories of late. Also: "Jackals and Arabs" by Franz Kafka

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America This Week, April 5, 2024: “The Nine Billion...

America This Week ·

2024/04/05

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsIf CNN spends an hour interviewing Robert F. Kennedy and doesn’t hear his answers, did it happen? Walter and Matt discuss. Plus “The Nine Billion Names of God.”www.Racket.news

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America This Week, March 29, 2024: "MSNBC Loses Its...

America This Week ·

2024/03/29

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsYou can't stick your nose up at the world if it's gone. Walter and Matt relive the Ronna McDaniel chorus, condemn absolutely all scissors imagery, and read Gogol's "The Nose." www.Racket.news

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America This Week, March 22, 2024: "Swimming in the...

America This Week ·

2024/03/22

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsLink to New York Times editorial: “It Turns Out the Deep State is Actually Kind of Awesome.” See also subsequent contest content. Link to Starship Troopers commercial, “Service Guarantees Citizenship,” with “Bug Meteor” scene. Share the Free Versions of America This Week:Watch ATW on Youtube below:

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America This Week, March 15, 2024: “A Circle of...

America This Week ·

2024/03/15

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Walter and Matt sound the alarm on the unexpectedly horrifying TikTok bill, and laugh over Vladimir Voinovich’s classic Samizdat satire, “A Circle of Friends.”

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America This Week, March 1, 2024: "The Surveillance...

America This Week ·

2024/03/01

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news

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America This Week, February 23, 2024: "Ukraine’s Blues"

America This Week ·

2024/02/23

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsMatt and Walter discuss the Russia “insta-threat” and review “Sonny’s Blues”www.Racket.news

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America This Week, February 16, 2024: "How a...

America This Week ·

2024/02/16

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newswww.Racket.news

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America This Week, February 7, 2024: "The Destruction...

America This Week ·

2024/02/07

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsThe mania over the Tucker Carlson interview explored in an early release of America This Week. Also, "The Destruction of Kreshev," by the incomparable I.B. Singer

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America This Week, January 19, 2024: "The Creeping...

America This Week ·

2024/01/19

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsShare the Free Versions of America This Week:Watch ATW on Youtube below:

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America This Week, January 12, 2024: "Presidents, the...

America This Week ·

2024/01/12

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWalter and Matt explore the last throes of pre-election madness, recap the DeSantis-Haley unlikability Olympics, and review "The Most Dangerous Game." www.Racket.news

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America This Week, January 05, 2024

America This Week ·

2024/01/05

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWalter and Matt return from the holidays to discuss Claudine Gay's resignation, Trump's ballot battle, and Anton Chekhov's, "The Lady with the Dog" www.racket.news

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America This Week, December 22, 2023: "Presidential...

America This Week ·

2023/12/22

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWalter and Matt talk Colorado, the Transition Integrity Project, and Kurt Vonnegut's unpublished gem, "FUBAR"www.Racket.news

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