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Jun 23, 2024 • 3min
Listen to This Article - Welcome To The Third World
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWhen War on Terror proponents ignored laws to target Muslim terror suspects, American liberalism rightly objected. Once Donald Trump became the target, critics joined the mobNarrated by Jared Moore
Jun 22, 2024 • 7min
Listen to This Article: Ukraine Detains Socialist Writer, Bans World Socialist Web Site
Writer Bogdan Syrotiuk has been detained and a prominent socialist site blocked, while a new list of Ukrainian media enemies is released. The Western press response? SilenceNarrated by Jared Moore 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 21, 2024 • 31min
America This Week, June 21, 2024: "Cheap Fakes and Real Mind Games"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWalter and Matt discuss Karine Jean-Pierre, Joe Biden, and the slow death of objective reality. Plus, "The Door," by E.B. White
Jun 14, 2024 • 31min
America This Week, June 14, 2024: "Elections and Dragons"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsMatt and Walter play a new election preparedness role-playing game produced by the CIA's venture capital arm (Racket story to come), and discuss Guy De Maupassant's "The Necklace"
Jun 8, 2024 • 3min
Listen to This Article - Ding, Dong, the Witch Still Leads the Polls
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news"We got him!" cheered protesters, headlines. What did they get?Narrated by Jared Moore
Jun 8, 2024 • 15min
Listen to This Article: Substack Q&A: Jonathan Haidt's "Anxious Generation"
One of the co-founders of the Heterodox Academy returns to his academic specialty with a hair-raising warning about the digital ageNarrated by Jared Moorewww.Racket.news 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 7, 2024 • 31min
America This Week, June 7, 2024: “America’s Grand Inquisitor”
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsNow that jailing political opponents is a norm, does America think freedom is overrated, and authority be celebrated? Also, Walter and Matt discuss Dostoyevsky’s “Grand Inquisitor”www.Racket.news
May 31, 2024 • 31min
America This Week, with Matt Taibbi and Walter Kirn, Episode 91
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsListen to subscriber only audio in your podcast appShare the Free Versions of America This Week:Watch ATW on YouTube below:
May 30, 2024 • 3min
Listen to This Article - Stop The Bullshit
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsGoing on strike from it all.
May 29, 2024 • 3min
Listen to This Article - More Twitter Files: Your Posts Replaced With "Dog Pictures, Quinoa Recipes, and Sports Scores"?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsIn a possible preview of our future, a Twitter contractor proposed aggressive solutions for speech, including putting users in "voids" and replacing their content with pet picsNarrated by Jared Moorewww.Racket.news
