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Sep 17, 2024 • 3min
Listen to This Article - A Phony Story About Ducks
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWhile fact-checkers descend on Ohio, a brief reminder about a strange episodeNarrated by Jared Moorewww.Racket.news
Sep 17, 2024 • 3min
Listen to This Article - Embracing the Joy
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWith new Russiagate charges and raids all around, learning to love police, paranoia, and surveillance is the new self-help programNarrated by Jared Moorewww.Racket.news
Sep 13, 2024 • 31min
America This Week, September 13, 2024: "Goodbye, My Rights"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsRemembering 9/11, the architects of the War on Terror, and the state of emergency just renewed this week. Plus, "Goodbye, My Brother" by John Cheever
Sep 11, 2024 • 3min
Listen to This Article - What I Got Wrong About "Shock Therapy"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsAfter witnessing a historic financial collapse in the former Soviet Union, I thought bad advice from Western economists was a root cause. Now I think failure was the planNarrated by Jared Moore
Sep 6, 2024 • 30min
America This Week, September 6, 2024: "Hall of Political Mirrors"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWalter calls a scandal. Russiagate is exhumed again. Walter explains weasels, both the human and actual kind. Also, "Sredni Vashtar," by Saki.
Sep 4, 2024 • 3min
Listen to This Article - Liberalism Removes its Mask
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsUpper-class America pretended to care about rights, until the rabble moved too close to homeNarrated by Jared Moorewww.Racket.news
Sep 4, 2024 • 3min
Listen to This Article - France: What Happened to You, Man?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsThe charges in the case of Telegram founder Pavel Durov reveal a stunning turn away from very recent French outrage about surveillanceNarrated by Jared Moore
Sep 3, 2024 • 3min
Listen to This Article - Zuckerberg Defies the Borg
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsAs governments everywhere tighten their grip on the Internet, Meta's CEO blows a hole in years of official lies. How authorities brought this on themselvesNarrated by Jared Moore
Aug 30, 2024 • 30min
America This Week, August 30, 2024: "The Campaign Rebrand"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsUpside-down world keeps spinning as the blues campaign on a border wall. Also, a fascinating inspiration for a pop culture classic: "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities" by Delmore Schwartz
Aug 27, 2024 • 6min
Listen to This Article - The Worm Turns: House, Senate Investigate TSA Surveillance of Tulsi Gabbard
Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan along with Senators Rand Paul of Kentucky and Chuck Grassley of Iowa are demanding answers about the TSA's "Quiet Skies" programNarrated 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
