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, June 20, 2025: "Israel, Iran, and Trump, by Popular Demand" 20.06.2025 30:35

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America This Week, Live on Monday 6/16/25 18.06.2025 2:23:11

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America This Week, June 13, 2026: "Trumpship Troopers: New Riot Footage and the No Kings Protests." 13.06.2025 30:02

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Much like early June 2020, the population awaits nationwide protests after a local conflagration. What will result? Plus, the confession of Winston Smith

America This Week, Live on Monday 10.06.2025 2:09:10

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America This Week, June 6, 2025: "The War Party that Can't Talk to Men" 06.06.2025 30:50

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news While Democrats commission a study to describe alien life forms, America under Trump hurtles toward multiple crises. Also, gender relations in George Orwell's 1984

ATW Live on Monday 6-2-25 04.06.2025 2:03:59

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America This Week, May 30, 2025: "The Great American Fascism Panic" 30.05.2025 30:09

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Walter and Matt on another hilarious propaganda scare and few chuckles over Jake Tapper's "Original Sin." Plus, the thrilling end of "The Quiet American," by Graham Greene.

ATW Live on Monday: “The Quiet American” 27.05.2025 1:58:13

After a two-week hiatus, the Monday livestream of America This Week returned at 4:00 PM ET, Monday, instead of the previous campaign-inspired evening schedule. With Harvard University at the center of the news cycle, it’s a lucky accident Walter and I chose Graham Greene’s The Quiet American as our first novel to discuss. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribe...

America This Week, May 9, 2025: "Conclave: Matt and Walter Watch Vatican Smoke" 09.05.2025 30:41

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America This Week, May 2, 2025: "Are 'AI Friends' the Ultimate Surveillance Tool?" 02.05.2025 30:33

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Mark Zuckerberg's proposed solution to the loneliness problem heralds a new era in data collection. Plus "Time Enough at Last," by Lynn Venable

America This Week, Apr 25, 2025: "Globalism Tells The Truth About the Future, For Once" 25.04.2025 30:59

America This Week, Apr 18, 2025: "Harvard vs. The Trump-Monster" 18.04.2025 30:10

America This Week, Apr 11, 2025: "We Did Get Fooled Again" 11.04.2025 30:00

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news In 1992, Bill Clinton helped wipe out a century of labor battles through embrace of China. This week, lifetime tariff proponent Bernie Sanders launched a sequel. Plus, "Faith of Our Fathers," by PKD

America This Week Monday Night Livestream 08.04.2025 1:52:45

Thank you Jay Taylor , Phil Stanford , Biff Thuringer , Bill Evans , Lucas Derraugh , and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. 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, Apr 4, 2025: "Tariffs, the Battle in Seattle, and the Triumphant Return of Thomas Friedman, Villain" 04.04.2025 2:17:53

Left and right populism almost came together many times to oppose globalization. Now that Trump's "reciprocal tariffs" are here, minds have changed. Why? Also "The Pedestrian," by Ray Bradbury 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 Night Livestream 3/31/25 01.04.2025 2:13:04

Thank you David Roseberry , Aly Salem , Forward Nebraska , Sabrina Page , Clare Sibley , and many others for tuning into our live video! Join us live next Monday night. 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, Mar 28, 2025: "A Good Leak Scandal is Hard to Find" 28.03.2025 30:40

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Has NPR turned over a new leaf? What really happened with Chatgate? Matt and Walter discuss all this, the Alien Enemies Act, and Flannery O'Connor's classic, "A Good Man is Hard to Find."

America This Week, Live on Monday Nights (3/24/25) 25.03.2025 1:56:05

Thank you Phil Stanford , Tom Kudla , Keith Davis , Colin Longval , Daniel Milosevich , and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. 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, Mar 21, 2025: "Terror Hypocrisy and the Real JFK Revelations" 21.03.2025 30:28

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news The JFK Files don't unmask a killer, but they do reveal a spy state out of control. Plus, "The Golden Bird," by the Brothers Grimm

America This Week Live - March 14, 2025 15.03.2025 1:45:57

Thank you Racket Readers for joining Walter and Matt for a live edition of America This Week. See you next week! 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, Mar 7, 2025: "The Return of Germans" 07.03.2025 30:27

America This Week, Feb 28, 2025: "America Breaks from Europe" 28.02.2025 30:35

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Faced with collapse, the Luftreich - the international elite consensus - fights back. Also, "The Main Death,' by Dashiell Hammett

America This Week, Feb 21, 2025: "Looking Back on Trump's First Month" 21.02.2025 30:23

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news With video appearances by Jon Stewart, Jen Psaki, an EPA official caught on tape, and a 990 form or two. Which set of lawbreakers is ahead? Plus, "The Fatalist," by Mikhail Lermontov

America This Week, Feb 14, 2025: "The Government is a Giant Pile of Dung" 14.02.2025 30:14

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Tulsi Gabbard confirmed. Plus, "Angel Fire," by our own Walter Kirn

America This Week, Jan 31, 2025: "The Apostate Hearings: RFK, Warren, and Democrat-on-Democrat Crime" 31.01.2025 30:04

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Walter attends the Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. hearings. We discuss highlights and (mostly) lowlights. Also, "Dark-Brown Dog," by Stephen Crane