America This Week

Dec 20 2024 106 ep. 31 mins 770

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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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America This Week, Dec. 20, 2024: "Damn! Defamation Suits Return, and the Killer Folk Legend Ascends"

Dec 20 2024 31 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsPundits throw a fit over a settlement, and the legend of Luigi Mangione expands. Plus, "Damn!" by Charles Portis

America This Week, Dec. 13, 2024: "Assassination Tales and Rubber Elephants"

Dec 13 2024 30 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsThe suspect in the United Health CEO murder becomes a "folk hero" through preposterous means. Also, "The Elephant" by Slawomir Mrozek

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

Dec 06 2024 30 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsA 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

America This Week November 1, 2024: "The Celebrated New York Times Election Week Hit Job"

Nov 01 2024 30 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsThe New York Times teams with David Brock's Media Matters to smash records for editorial mendacity. Plus, Mark Twain's great take on fraud, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County."

America This Week, October 18, 2024: "For Kamala Harris on Fox, Hot Seat or Catbird Seat?"

Oct 18 2024 30 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsKamala Harris does a rare contentious interview, but seemingly not to win over Fox viewers. Why? Also, Walter and Matt discuss "The Catbird Seat," by James Thurber.

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

Oct 11 2024 30 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsDid 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

America This Week, October 4, 2024: "Biden's Hurricane Katrina?"

Oct 04 2024 30 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsElite America responded with sympathy to the revelations of Hurricane Katrina. Is it the same this time? Also, "My First Goose," by Isaac Babel

America This Week, September 27, 2024: "How to Tell a True Nuclear War Story"

Sep 27 2024 30 mins

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

Sep 20 2024 30 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsDonald 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

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

Sep 13 2024 30 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsRemembering 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