America This Week

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Undoing the Great American Cluster$&%k? Also, “Alyosha the Pot” by Lev Tolstoy

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news A historically peculiar presidency ends on an oddly half-assed note. Plus, the chilling "Tall Tales from the Mekong Delta," by Kate Braverman

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Los Angeles is in flames, and California's leaders seem helpless, unmasking a generation of public investment in non-essential services. Also, "On Guard," by Evelyn Waugh

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Pundits throw a fit over a settlement, and the legend of Luigi Mangione expands. Plus, "Damn!" by Charles Portis

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news The suspect in the United Health CEO murder becomes a "folk hero" through preposterous means. Also, "The Elephant" by Slawomir Mrozek

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news A trial balloon floats presidential pardons no one asked for, no one knows anything about, and no one needs, but will be done anyway. Plus, the "Masque of the Red Death," by Edgar Allan Poe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news The 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.news Kamala 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.news Did 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.news Elite 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.news Donald 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.news Remembering 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.news Walter 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.news Upside-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.news Sir 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.news Just 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.news Walter 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.news In 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.news Walter 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.news Matt 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.news Now 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