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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Sep 16, 2025 • 2h 5min
America This Week Monday Live Show 9/15/25
A recording from Monday’s live show 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
Sep 9, 2025 • 1h 47min
America This Week, Monday Live Show 9/8/2025
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Sep 5, 2025 • 2h 32min
America This Week, September 5, 2025: "The Arrest of Graham Linehan, Heretic to the Civic Religion"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsLinehan is punished, Malcolm Gladwell rewarded, and world politics has become contests of dueling faiths. Plus, a classic novel by a childhood favorite of Walt and Matt
Aug 29, 2025 • 2h 5min
America This Week, August 29, 2025: "Everyone in Minnesota Has Gone Crazy"
Mass murder is one thing, but misgendering is apparently the real crime. Plus, wrapping up "That Hideous Strength" by C.S. Lewis 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
Aug 26, 2025 • 2h 4min
America This Week Monday Live Show 8/25/25
A recording from Monday night’s live video 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
Aug 22, 2025 • 2h 7min
America This Week, August 22, 2025: "Is the New York Times a Government-in-Exile?"
From journalism icon to daily newsletter of an ousted micro-minority, the Times has taken quite a journey. Also, "That Hideous Strength," by CS Lewis 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
Aug 15, 2025 • 31min
America This Week, August 15, 2025: An Avalanche of Russiagate Revelations, and Walter Prepares for Real Time
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsDevastating documents are being released at a breakneck pace, but will they matter? Plus “That Hideous Strength,” by CS LewiS
Aug 8, 2025 • 31min
America This Week, August 8, 2025: "The AI Invasion: Why the Media Won't Correct Itself"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWhen all you have to convince is a programmable AI, journalism becomes a contest of might, not right. Plus, the brutal hilarity of Voltaire's "Candide"
Aug 1, 2025 • 31min
America This Week, August 1, 2025: "Durham Declassified: History's Stupidest Political Conspiracy Unmasked"
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Jul 30, 2025 • 1h 54min
America This Week, Monday Livestream 7/28/25
A recording from Monday's live video 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
