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America This Week

Matt Taibbi & Walter Kirnwww.racket.news
Welcome to America This Week, with Matt Taibbi and Walter Kirn, the national news wrap-up so true, we recommend you stow all sharp objects before reading.

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Episodes

America This Week, Apr 11, 2025: "We Did Get Fooled Again"

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news In 1992, Bill Clinton helped wipe out a century of labor battles through embrace of China. This week, lifetime tariff proponent Bernie Sanders launched a sequel. Plus, "Faith of Our Fathers," by PKD

Apr 11, 202530 min

America This Week Monday Night Livestream

Thank you Jay Taylor , Phil Stanford , Biff Thuringer , Bill Evans , Lucas Derraugh , and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. 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 08, 20251 hr 53 min

America This Week Monday Night Livestream 3/31/25

Thank you David Roseberry , Aly Salem , Forward Nebraska , Sabrina Page , Clare Sibley , and many others for tuning into our live video! Join us live next Monday night. 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 01, 20252 hr 13 min

America This Week, Mar 28, 2025: "A Good Leak Scandal is Hard to Find"

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Has NPR turned over a new leaf? What really happened with Chatgate? Matt and Walter discuss all this, the Alien Enemies Act, and Flannery O'Connor's classic, "A Good Man is Hard to Find."

Mar 28, 202531 min

America This Week, Live on Monday Nights (3/24/25)

Thank you Phil Stanford , Tom Kudla , Keith Davis , Colin Longval , Daniel Milosevich , and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. 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...

Mar 25, 20251 hr 56 min

America This Week Live - March 14, 2025

Thank you Racket Readers for joining Walter and Matt for a live edition of America This Week. See you next week! 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

Mar 15, 20251 hr 46 min

America This Week, Mar 7, 2025: "The Return of Germans"

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Mar 07, 202530 min

America This Week, Feb 21, 2025: "Looking Back on Trump's First Month"

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news With video appearances by Jon Stewart, Jen Psaki, an EPA official caught on tape, and a 990 form or two. Which set of lawbreakers is ahead? Plus, "The Fatalist," by Mikhail Lermontov

Feb 21, 202530 min

America This Week, December 06, 2024: "The Immaculate Pardon"

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news A trial balloon floats presidential pardons no one asked for, no one knows anything about, and no one needs, but will be done anyway. Plus, the "Masque of the Red Death," by Edgar Allan Poe

Dec 06, 202430 min

America This Week, October 11, 2024: "After the Edit"

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Did something just get broken in a 60 Minutes interview that won't easily be fixed? Walter and Matt discuss. Plus, "After the Ball," by Leo Tolstoy

Oct 11, 202431 min

America This Week, September 20, 2024: "The Blood of the Apparent Martyrs."

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton combine to move us several steps closer to Walter's prediction of the first drone assassination for a tweet. Plus, "The Blood of the Martyrs," by Stephen Vincent Benét

Sep 20, 202431 min

America This Week, September 13, 2024: "Goodbye, My Rights"

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Remembering 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 13, 202431 min
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