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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Oct 31, 2025 • 31min
America This Week, Oct 31, 2025: "The Great Mass Media Panic, and History Betrays Orwell Again"[Substack Video Version]
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsLawrence O'Donnell goes full wanker, and "Animal Farm" is reimagined as a critique of capitalism
Oct 29, 2025 • 2h 7min
America This Week, Monday Live Show 10/27/25
Thank you Keith Teare, Heather King, Whitney McKnight, Phil Stanford, Doctor H, 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
Oct 22, 2025 • 2h 10min
America This Week, Monday Live Show 10/20/2025
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Oct 10, 2025 • 30min
America This Week, Oct 10, 2025: "American Psychos"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsCA Gov Candidate Katie Porter's outbursts, Hasan Piker's shocking controversy, and "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas". "He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man."
Oct 8, 2025 • 2h 24min
America This Week - Monday Live Show 10/6/25
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Oct 3, 2025 • 30min
America This Week, Oct 3, 2025: "Surveillance is Not Speech"
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Sep 26, 2025 • 31min
America This Week, Sept 26, 2025: "A Step Closer to Civil War?"
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Sep 23, 2025 • 20min
America This Week, Live on Monday 9/22/25
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsA recording from Monday's live video
Sep 19, 2025 • 2h 13min
America This Week, Sept 19, 2025: Kimmel, Kirk, and The Speech Crisis Strikes Back
After years of First Amendment threats in the digital realm, Trump’s FCC aims at the public airwaves. Also, wrapping up The Hound of the Baskervilles. 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 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
