America This Week

May 17 2024 618
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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, May 17, 2024: "Delusion, Not Just Once A Year"

May 17 2024 30 mins  
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsA 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."

America This Week, May 10, 2024: Canada Über Alles! On Justin Trudeau's Terrifying New Speech Law

May 10 2024 30 mins  
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWalter and Matt discuss the New York Times and Canada's Online Harms Act. Plus, "The Story-Teller," by Saki. Www.Racket.news

America This Week, May 3, 2024: Gaza, Columbia, and More, in "I&P"

May 03 2024 30 mins  
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWalter and Matt finally talk about a long-avoided subject. Plus, John Updike's "A&P"

America This Week, April 26, 2024: "The Magic Weekend"

Apr 26 2024 30 mins  
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsListen to subscriber only audio in your podcast appShare the Free Versions of America This Week:Watch ATW on Youtube below:

America This Week, April 19, 2024: "To Build a Surveillance State."

Apr 19 2024 30 mins  
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

America This Week, April 12, 2024: "NPR's Greatest Hits."

Apr 12 2024 30 mins  
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

America This Week, April 5, 2024: “The Nine Billion RFK Answers Ignored”

Apr 05 2024 30 mins  
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

America This Week, March 29, 2024: "MSNBC Loses Its Nose Over Ronna"

Mar 29 2024 30 mins  
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

America This Week, March 22, 2024: "Swimming in the Deep State is Kind of Awesome"

Mar 22 2024 20 mins  
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsLink to New York Times editorial: “It Turns Out the Deep State is Actually Kind of Awesome.” See also subsequent contest content. Link to Starship Troopers commercial, “Service Guarantees Citizenship,” with “Bug Meteor” scene. Share the Free Versions of America This Week:Watch ATW on Youtube be

America This Week, March 15, 2024: “A Circle of Censorious Friends”

Mar 15 2024 30 mins  
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.”