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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Mar 15, 2025 • 1h 46min
America This Week Live - March 14, 2025
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Mar 7, 2025 • 30min
America This Week, Mar 7, 2025: "The Return of Germans"
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Feb 28, 2025 • 31min
America This Week, Feb 28, 2025: "America Breaks from Europe"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsFaced with collapse, the Luftreich - the international elite consensus - fights back. Also, "The Main Death,' by Dashiell Hammett
Feb 21, 2025 • 30min
America This Week, Feb 21, 2025: "Looking Back on Trump's First Month"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWith video appearances by Jon Stewart, Jen Psaki, an EPA official caught on tape, and a 990 form or two. Which set of lawbreakers is ahead? Plus, "The Fatalist," by Mikhail Lermontov
Feb 14, 2025 • 30min
America This Week, Feb 14, 2025: "The Government is a Giant Pile of Dung"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsTulsi Gabbard confirmed. Plus, "Angel Fire," by our own Walter Kirn
Jan 31, 2025 • 30min
America This Week, Jan 31, 2025: "The Apostate Hearings: RFK, Warren, and Democrat-on-Democrat Crime"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWalter attends the Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. hearings. We discuss highlights and (mostly) lowlights. Also, "Dark-Brown Dog," by Stephen Crane
Jan 24, 2025 • 31min
America This Week, Jan 24, 2025: Walter and Matt Review Donald Trump’s Executive Orders
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsUndoing the Great American Cluster$&%k? Also, “Alyosha the Pot” by Lev Tolstoy
Jan 17, 2025 • 31min
America This Week, Jan 17, 2025: "The Annotated Final Speech of Joe Biden"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsA historically peculiar presidency ends on an oddly half-assed note. Plus, the chilling "Tall Tales from the Mekong Delta," by Kate Braverman
Jan 10, 2025 • 30min
America This Week, Jan 10, 2025: "California Fires and America's Competency Crisis"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsLos Angeles is in flames, and California's leaders seem helpless, unmasking a generation of public investment in non-essential services. Also, "On Guard," by Evelyn Waugh
Dec 20, 2024 • 31min
America This Week, Dec. 20, 2024: "Damn! Defamation Suits Return, and the Killer Folk Legend Ascends"
The discussion kicks off with a personal reflection on holiday stress amid ecological concerns. A significant $15 million defamation settlement involving ABC News and Donald Trump sparks conversations on journalistic ethics. The tension between media freedom and misinformation becomes a focal point, alongside landmark legal cases that shape defamation law. Lastly, the impact of financial pressures on ethical reporting is explored, revealing the complex relationship between sensationalism and accountability in today’s journalism.
