America This Week
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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Jun 24, 2025 • 2h 10min
America This Week - Monday Live Show 6/23/25
Watch here on Substack, Rumble, and YouTube:Or visit Matt or Walter on X. 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
Jun 20, 2025 • 31min
America This Week, June 20, 2025: "Israel, Iran, and Trump, by Popular Demand"
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Jun 18, 2025 • 2h 23min
America This Week, Live on Monday 6/16/25
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
Jun 13, 2025 • 30min
America This Week, June 13, 2026: "Trumpship Troopers: New Riot Footage and the No Kings Protests."
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsMuch like early June 2020, the population awaits nationwide protests after a local conflagration. What will result? Plus, the confession of Winston Smith
Jun 10, 2025 • 2h 9min
America This Week, Live on Monday
A recording from last night’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
Jun 6, 2025 • 31min
America This Week, June 6, 2025: "The War Party that Can't Talk to Men"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWhile Democrats commission a study to describe alien life forms, America under Trump hurtles toward multiple crises. Also, gender relations in George Orwell's 1984
Jun 4, 2025 • 2h 4min
ATW Live on Monday 6-2-25
Thank you Nina Teicholz, Amanda Fortini, Tom Kudla, Hal Gill, Karl Tame, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. 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
May 30, 2025 • 30min
America This Week, May 30, 2025: "The Great American Fascism Panic"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWalter and Matt on another hilarious propaganda scare and few chuckles over Jake Tapper's "Original Sin." Plus, the thrilling end of "The Quiet American," by Graham Greene.
May 27, 2025 • 1h 58min
ATW Live on Monday: “The Quiet American”
After a two-week hiatus, the Monday livestream of America This Week returned at 4:00 PM ET, Monday, instead of the previous campaign-inspired evening schedule. With Harvard University at the center of the news cycle, it’s a lucky accident Walter and I chose Graham Greene’s The Quiet American as our first novel to discuss. 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
May 9, 2025 • 31min
America This Week, May 9, 2025: "Conclave: Matt and Walter Watch Vatican Smoke"
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