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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsA 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.newsLos 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

In a parting gesture of defiance, the FBI releases a long-awaited document, blotting most of it out. Journalist Aaron Maté explains why the Bureau's FOIA follies matterNarrated by Jared Moore 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.newsCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was an overgrown pick-up artist whose humiliating downfall will stand forever as a cautionary tale for menNarrated by Jared Moore

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsFrom drones to terrorists, authorities are having a laugh at the public's expenseNarrated by Jared Moore

A decades-long mission to fill a spiritual void with politics finally collapsed this year. Will America finally get a life?Narrated by Jared MooreArt by Daniel Medina 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.newsPundits 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.newsWhy choose tragic love, when self-aggrandizement is still an option? The Supreme Court Justice acts out the answer in a cheery agitprop rompNarrated by Jared Moore

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news"We Have Never Been Woke" by Musa al-Gharbi may be academia's first serious effort at self-analysis, and its surprising, enraging diagnosis rings all too true.Narrated by Jared Moore

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsCanada's hipster PM is about to talk Canada back into its historical role as the Washington Generals of international relationsNarrated by Jared Moore