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Apr 19, 2024 • 31min
America This Week, April 19, 2024: "To Build a Surveillance State."
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWhat does the "Right to Knowledge" mean, and why is it so dangerous? Walter and Matt ponder the less funny side of the Katherine Maher story. Plus, "To Build a Fire," by Jack Londonwww.racket.news
Apr 14, 2024 • 3min
Listen to This Article - Orwell Watch: NPR and the Death of Fairness
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsA story about facts and decency is quickly reduced to another partisan bias tale.www.Racket.news
Apr 12, 2024 • 31min
America This Week, April 12, 2024: "NPR's Greatest Hits."
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsMatt and Walter dive into NPR editor Uri Berliner's comments, then review some of the most curious NPR stories of late. Also: "Jackals and Arabs" by Franz Kafka
Apr 8, 2024 • 3min
Listen to This Article: On "The View," A Crack Finally Shows in the Propaganda Facade
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsQ&A With Coleman Hughes, author of "The End of Race Politics," who just experienced the mother of all book tour appearances www.Racket.news
Apr 5, 2024 • 31min
America This Week, April 5, 2024: “The Nine Billion RFK Answers Ignored”
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsIf CNN spends an hour interviewing Robert F. Kennedy and doesn’t hear his answers, did it happen? Walter and Matt discuss. Plus “The Nine Billion Names of God.”www.Racket.news
Apr 1, 2024 • 13min
Listen to This Article: America's Next Motorcycle Philosopher?
He's a bestselling writer with a penchant for bikes, but "Archedelia" author Matthew Crawford offers a new kind of wisdom. A Substack Q&Awww.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 1, 2024 • 7min
Listen to This Article: Maintain Your Brain
A few thoughts on the arrival of a new Fahrenheit 451 future. Plus, a few mild site changeswww.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 1, 2024 • 1min
Listen to This Article: Ronna McDaniel and MSNBC: Ultimate Schadenfreude?
Surely this is the funniest media story of the year?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 1, 2024 • 3min
Listen to This Article: The Peacock Joins The Smear Campaign
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsIf "misinformation" reporter Brandy Zadrozny is the best hit artist NBC News has left on its roster, it might be time to shutter the networkwww.Racket.news
Mar 29, 2024 • 31min
America This Week, March 29, 2024: "MSNBC Loses Its Nose Over Ronna"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsYou can't stick your nose up at the world if it's gone. Walter and Matt relive the Ronna McDaniel chorus, condemn absolutely all scissors imagery, and read Gogol's "The Nose." www.Racket.news
