America This Week

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Walter and Matt finally talk about a long-avoided subject. Plus, John Updike's "A&P"

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news What does the "Right to Knowledge" mean, and why is it so dangerous? Walter and Matt ponder the less funny side of the Katherine Maher story. Plus, "To Build a Fire," by Jack London www.racket.news

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Matt and Walter dive into NPR editor Uri Berliner's comments, then review some of the most curious NPR stories of late. Also: "Jackals and Arabs" by Franz Kafka

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news You can't stick your nose up at the world if it's gone. Walter and Matt relive the Ronna McDaniel chorus, condemn absolutely all scissors imagery, and read Gogol's "The Nose." www.Racket.news

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Link to New York Times editorial: “It Turns Out the Deep State is Actually Kind of Awesome.” See also subsequent contest content. Link to Starship Troopers commercial, “Service Guarantees Citizenship,” with “Bug Meteor” scene. Share the Free Versions of America This Week: Watch ATW on Youtube below:

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Walter and Matt sound the alarm on the unexpectedly horrifying TikTok bill, and laugh over Vladimir Voinovich’s classic Samizdat satire, “A Circle of Friends.”

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news The mania over the Tucker Carlson interview explored in an early release of America This Week. Also, "The Destruction of Kreshev," by the incomparable I.B. Singer

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Walter and Matt explore the last throes of pre-election madness, recap the DeSantis-Haley unlikability Olympics, and review "The Most Dangerous Game." www.Racket.news

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Walter and Matt return from the holidays to discuss Claudine Gay's resignation, Trump's ballot battle, and Anton Chekhov's, "The Lady with the Dog" www.racket.news

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news On the House hearing, giving up on Democrats, and “Before the Law” by Kafka www.Racket.news

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