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Matt Taibbi
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Sep 22, 2023 • 43min
America This Week, September 22, 2023
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWalter and Matt on the insta-punishment system unveiled in the Russell Brand case, Britain's increasing role as a testing ground for speech-suppression techques, and Alexander Pushkin's "The Shot." More at www.racket.news
Sep 15, 2023 • 39min
America This Week, September 15, 2023: "State Media's Coming-Out Party"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWalter and Matt take on White House journalism instructions, Ukraine's warning to "propagandists" abroad, jarring JFK assassination news, and Fritz Leiber's "Coming Attraction"
Sep 13, 2023 • 3min
Listen to This Article: In Missouri v. Biden Internet Censorship Case, a Win and a Loss
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsA key part of a court order in a major Internet censorship case is reinstated, but other parts, perhaps more important, are vacated.
Sep 13, 2023 • 4min
Listen to This Article: Inside the Blue Bubble
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsNoam Dworman clashes with Washington Post columnist Philip Bump, and the results aren't pretty
Sep 8, 2023 • 35min
America This Week, September 8, 2023: "Comedy is Not Pretty"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWalter and Matt on Bill Maher, "Strikeforce Suck," and the new era of comedy as narrative-enforcement. Also, "The Lottery of Babylon," by Jose Luis Borges
Sep 5, 2023 • 3min
Listen to This Article - Tracking Orwellian Change: "Democracy"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsDemocracy may die in darkness, but its new connotations also squirm under the light
Sep 5, 2023 • 12min
Listen to This Article- Tracking Orwellian Change: New Meanings of "Deep State" and "Working Class"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWhen left/liberal fixations fall out of establishment favor, they're re-christened as conservative menaces
Sep 1, 2023 • 30min
America This Week, September 1, 2023: "There Will Be Censorship"
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Aug 25, 2023 • 9min
Listen to This Article - Madness: American Satirist C.J. Hopkins Sentenced in German Speech Case
Narrated by Jared MooreArt by Daniel MedinaText published 8/22/23:Listen to subscriber only audio in your podcast app: https://support.substack.com/hc/en-us/articles/4519588148244-How-do-I-listen-to-episodes-on-my-podcast-app-Share the free versions of Racket To Go on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcastsThanks for listening 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
Aug 25, 2023 • 8min
Listen to This Article-Tracking Orwellian Change: The Aristocratic Takeover of "Transparency"
Narrated by Jared MooreArt by Daniel MedinaText published 8/21/23:Listen to subscriber only audio in your podcast app: https://support.substack.com/hc/en-us/articles/4519588148244-How-do-I-listen-to-episodes-on-my-podcast-app-Share the free versions of Racket To Go on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcastsThanks for listening! 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
