Racket News Live

Racket News goes live. Matt Taibbi, award-winning author and journalist, holds discussions based off of the investigative reporting he publishes on Racket News on Substack, and engages in Q&A with guests and audience members.

“Truth Cops” With Ken Klippenstein

Discussion with the reporter about his new Intercept article, “Truth Cops,” co-authored with Lee Fang and describing DHS policing of information https://theintercept.com/2022/10/31/social-media-disinformation-dhs/ Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

11-03
52:31

America This Week, July 24-31

Recapping the week in news, from a UAW convention to the Student Loan pause to another big weapons sale Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

07-30
01:38:30

The Great American Military Rebrand

With analyst Christopher Mott Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

07-22
01:20:16

On my interview with Ben Shapiro, the end of Roe, and the death of Normie politics

Discussion with David Sirota! Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

06-28
01:26:37

On Third Parties, Media Censorship, and Jesse and Tyrel Ventura’s Arrival at Substack

With Tyrel Ventura, discussing my interview of him and father Jesse, and their crazy political and media journey to Substack Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

06-13
01:20:42

The NFL Draft Decoded

Why Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shahid Khan still needs to hire me. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

04-28
01:08:40

Orwell was Right

On 1984 and what it predicted Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

03-17
01:19:16

Discussion with Ryan Grim: Democrats and the Squad

On his recent Hill piece, “The Democrats’ Culture War Problem Runs a Lot Deeper than the Squad” Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

02-23
01:12:19

The Ukraine Invasion Prediction Faceplant

On the political and media SNAFU that ensued from America’s latest experiment with “Information Warfare.” Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

02-17
01:31:04

Discussion with Glenn Greenwald on Censorship, the Rogan Furor, “Fact-checking” and Misinformation

UPDATE: Glenn Greenwald will be joining me at 3:00 pm EST to talk misinformation, moral panics, and the ongoing effort to censor Inconvenient voices Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

02-03
01:33:40

The Folly of Pandemic Censorship

Efforts to crack down on wrongthinkers intensify. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

01-28
01:45:10

War in Ukraine, with Matt Bivens

Old friend and former Moscow Times editor Matt Bivens joins me to talk about the history of America’s foreign policy efforts in Russia and Ukraine. 3:30 EST! Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

01-28
01:34:11

Discussion with Wesley Yang

The inventor of the term “successor ideology” comes on to talk Biden’s first year, all the things that are literally eugenics, and the party affiliation swing. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

01-21
01:35:13

Discussion with author Walter Kirn on moral manias, humor, and the end of the “Question Authority” era

Why did all those kids from the seventies and eighties who were raised on “Catch 22” and “Question Authority” suddenly become humorless enforcers of orthodoxy? The inestimable Walter Kirn and I discuss, take questions Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

01-14
01:59:18

Dick Cheney and 1/6 Coverage

Discussion of “A Tale of Two Authoritarians.” Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

01-09
01:13:29

Democrats and Education

Discussion on the reason for the declining poll numbers for Democrats on an issue they usually dominate, education Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

12-29
01:26:51

Loudoun County Series

Discussion of TK series “A Culture War in Four Acts.” Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

12-23
01:45:17

Twitter, Censorship, and the Future of the Internet

The resignation of Jack Dorsey and curious immediate moves by his replacement raise troubling questions about the future of the Internet Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

11-30
01:16:26

As America Falls Apart, Profits Soar

Discussion of TK story about the Rittenhouse trial. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

11-17
01:01:28

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