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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
May 29, 2024 • 3min
Listen to This Article - FOIA Files: Garry Kasparov Resigns from Aspen Institute Commission, Compares it to Soviet Committee
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news"If I'm being honest...This type of approach was common practice in the USSR."www.Racket.news
