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 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
Sep 9, 2025 • 1h 47min
America This Week, Monday Live Show 9/8/2025
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 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"
