This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Walter calls a scandal. Russiagate is exhumed again. Walter explains weasels, both the human and actual kind. Also, "Sredni Vashtar," by Saki.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Upside-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
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Sir Keir Starmer goes full Minority Report; White House Misinformation Kids caught talking shop. Plus, "The Egg" by Sherwood Anderson
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An update on a story that mainstream outlets seem to have decided not to touch, about Air Marshals being assigned to conduct surveillance on Tulsi Gabbard under the Quiet Skies program 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
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Just like porn sites, political parties quickly identify your thing and send you to the right room. Also, "The Overcoat," by Nikolai Gogol
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Walter and I scramble to unwrap the collapse of one presidential campaign, and the fact-suppressing coronation of another. Also, "The Fall of the House of Usher," by Edgar Allan Poe
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news In this episode of America This Week, Walter and Matt discuss the release of Julian Assange and the implications for press freedom. Plus, Anton Chekhov's "The Bet".
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Walter and Matt discuss Karine Jean-Pierre, Joe Biden, and the slow death of objective reality. Plus, "The Door," by E.B. White
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Matt 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"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Now 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
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news A wild backlash against a poll underscores the neverending cycle of mad delusions that American pop culture has become. Plus, Heinrich Böll's my-how-relevant "Christmas Not Just Once a Year."
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Walter and Matt discuss the New York Times and Canada's Online Harms Act. Plus, "The Story-Teller," by Saki. Www.Racket.news
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Walter and Matt finally talk about a long-avoided subject. Plus, John Updike's "A&P"
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news What 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 London www.racket.news
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Matt 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
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news You 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
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Walter and Matt sound the alarm on the unexpectedly horrifying TikTok bill, and laugh over Vladimir Voinovich’s classic Samizdat satire, “A Circle of Friends.”
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news The mania over the Tucker Carlson interview explored in an early release of America This Week. Also, "The Destruction of Kreshev," by the incomparable I.B. Singer
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Walter and Matt explore the last throes of pre-election madness, recap the DeSantis-Haley unlikability Olympics, and review "The Most Dangerous Game." www.Racket.news
