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Author: Matt Taibbi & Walter Kirn

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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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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."
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.
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
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
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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
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
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWalter 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.newsUpside-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.newsSir Keir Starmer goes full Minority Report; White House Misinformation Kids caught talking shop. Plus, "The Egg" by Sherwood Anderson
How close did Swami Walter Kirn come to predicting coverage of the Tim Walz-a-ganza? 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
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.newsJust 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.newsWalter 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.newsIn 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.newsWalter 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.newsMatt 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.newsNow 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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