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May 14, 2024 • 3min
Listen to This Article: Is Journalism Back? New York Times Editor Goes Ballistic on Biden, “Safe Space” Era
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsFive years of bitterness between Joe Biden and the country's most influential newspaper burst into the open this week, opening a door for a press comebackwww.Racket.news
May 10, 2024 • 31min
America This Week, May 10, 2024: Canada Über Alles! On Justin Trudeau's Terrifying New Speech Law
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWalter and Matt discuss the New York Times and Canada's Online Harms Act. Plus, "The Story-Teller," by Saki. Www.Racket.news
May 9, 2024 • 16min
Listen to This Article: The Atlantic Compares Walter Kirn to Donald Trump
The latest "What happened to you, man?" piece goes next-levelwww.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
May 7, 2024 • 3min
Listen to This Article: A True Bipartisan Scandal
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsHow out of control is our surveillance state? Read about a dubious investigation that swept up communications of some of the country's most senior highest officials, and their families, in secretNarrated by Jared Moorewww.Racket.news
May 7, 2024 • 3min
Listen to This Article - Paul Krugman's Magical Thinking
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsThe standard-bearer for the "Voters are too dumb to understand the economy" movement takes an ironic stand against "magical thinking"www.Racket.news
May 3, 2024 • 31min
America This Week, May 3, 2024: Gaza, Columbia, and More, in "I&P"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWalter and Matt finally talk about a long-avoided subject. Plus, John Updike's "A&P"
Apr 29, 2024 • 3min
Listen to This Article - It's Not Me, It's You: Blaming the Public's "Perception of the Economy"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsIf you think you spent twenty years being ripped off while a generation of rent-seeking scam artists was showered with public subsidies, experts agree: your "perception" needsNarrated by Jared Moorewww.racket.news
Apr 29, 2024 • 11min
Listen to This Article - Substack Q&A: Quoth The Raven's "Fringe Finance"
Making high finance accessible to ordinary readers, one financial "shit burger" at a time.www.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
Apr 26, 2024 • 31min
America This Week, April 26, 2024: "The Magic Weekend"
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Apr 25, 2024 • 3min
Listen to This Article: America's "Adults in the Room" Are Revolting
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsAfter betraying voters to lead a weekend wipeout in Congress for the war-and-spying crowd, Mike Johnson was granted honorary "adult" status by adoring punditswww.racket.news
