Matt Taibbi & Walter Kirn

America This Week

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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. www.racket.news

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Matt Taibbi & Walter Kirn

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America This Week, Oct 10, 2025: "American Psychos" 10.10.2025 30:18

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news CA Gov Candidate Katie Porter's outbursts, Hasan Piker's shocking controversy, and "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas". "He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man."

America This Week - Monday Live Show 10/6/25 08.10.2025 2:24:24

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America This Week, Oct 3, 2025: "Surveillance is Not Speech" 03.10.2025 30:18

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America This Week, Sept 26, 2025: "A Step Closer to Civil War?" 26.09.2025 30:34

America This Week, Live on Monday 9/22/25 23.09.2025 20:08

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news A recording from Monday's live video

America This Week, Sept 19, 2025: Kimmel, Kirk, and The Speech Crisis Strikes Back 19.09.2025 2:13:09

After years of First Amendment threats in the digital realm, Trump’s FCC aims at the public airwaves. Also, wrapping up The Hound of the Baskervilles. 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

America This Week Monday Live Show 9/15/25 16.09.2025 2:04:41

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America This Week, Monday Live Show 9/8/2025 09.09.2025 1:47:11

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America This Week, September 5, 2025: "The Arrest of Graham Linehan, Heretic to the Civic Religion" 05.09.2025 2:31:56

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Linehan is punished, Malcolm Gladwell rewarded, and world politics has become contests of dueling faiths. Plus, a classic novel by a childhood favorite of Walt and Matt

America This Week, August 29, 2025: "Everyone in Minnesota Has Gone Crazy" 29.08.2025 2:05:09

Mass murder is one thing, but misgendering is apparently the real crime. Plus, wrapping up "That Hideous Strength" by C.S. Lewis 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

America This Week Monday Live Show 8/25/25 26.08.2025 2:04:07

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America This Week, August 22, 2025: "Is the New York Times a Government-in-Exile?" 22.08.2025 2:07:06

From journalism icon to daily newsletter of an ousted micro-minority, the Times has taken quite a journey. Also, "That Hideous Strength," by CS Lewis 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

America This Week, August 15, 2025: An Avalanche of Russiagate Revelations, and Walter Prepares for Real Time 15.08.2025 30:46

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Devastating documents are being released at a breakneck pace, but will they matter? Plus “That Hideous Strength,” by CS LewiS

America This Week, August 8, 2025: "The AI Invasion: Why the Media Won't Correct Itself" 08.08.2025 30:38

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news When all you have to convince is a programmable AI, journalism becomes a contest of might, not right. Plus, the brutal hilarity of Voltaire's "Candide"

America This Week, August 1, 2025: "Durham Declassified: History's Stupidest Political Conspiracy Unmasked" 01.08.2025 30:32

America This Week, Monday Livestream 7/28/25 30.07.2025 1:54:10

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America This Week, Jul 25, 2025: "The Unified Field Theory of American Corruption" 25.07.2025 30:11

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news New document releases lift a veil, but also point to the unreported origin story of two major American scandals

America This Week, Monday Livestream 7/21/25 22.07.2025 2:06:10

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America This Week, July 17, 2025: "The Reverse Struggle Session, and NPR's Greatest Hits" 18.07.2025 30:50

America This Week, Monday Livestream 7/14/25 15.07.2025 2:13:45

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America This Week, The Case Against Brennan and Comey: Walter discovers source of Newspeak 11.07.2025 30:30

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news The inside scoop on the latest (actually important) Russigate developments. Plus, correspondent Boot reaches Africa in Evelyn Waugh’s Scoop.

America This Week, Monday Livestream 7/7/25 08.07.2025 2:16:18

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America This Week, July 4, 2025: "The Great American Intelligence Scam" 04.07.2025 30:11

America This Week: Live From Sun Valley 02.07.2025 1:36:13

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America This Week - Monday Live Show 6/23/25 24.06.2025 2:09:33

Watch here on Substack , Rumble , and YouTube: Or visit Matt or Walter on X. 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