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Sep 20, 2024 • 31min
America This Week, September 20, 2024: "The Blood of the Apparent Martyrs."
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsDonald 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
Sep 17, 2024 • 3min
Listen to This Article - Beyond the Law
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsTwenty-three years ago, America's leaders asserted the right to ignore the law. Now, they want voters to ratify their own disenfranchisementNarrated by Jared Moorewww.Racket.news
Sep 17, 2024 • 3min
Listen to This Article - DNC Talking Points Become Instant Post-Debate Headlines
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsIn the Trump-Harris debate, reality proved easy to manufacture. Was it always like this?Narrated by Jared Moorewww.Racket.news
Sep 17, 2024 • 3min
Listen to This Article - A Phony Story About Ducks
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWhile fact-checkers descend on Ohio, a brief reminder about a strange episodeNarrated by Jared Moorewww.Racket.news
Sep 17, 2024 • 3min
Listen to This Article - Embracing the Joy
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWith new Russiagate charges and raids all around, learning to love police, paranoia, and surveillance is the new self-help programNarrated by Jared Moorewww.Racket.news
Sep 13, 2024 • 31min
America This Week, September 13, 2024: "Goodbye, My Rights"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsRemembering 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
Sep 11, 2024 • 3min
Listen to This Article - What I Got Wrong About "Shock Therapy"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsAfter witnessing a historic financial collapse in the former Soviet Union, I thought bad advice from Western economists was a root cause. Now I think failure was the planNarrated by Jared Moore
Sep 6, 2024 • 30min
America This Week, September 6, 2024: "Hall of Political Mirrors"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWalter calls a scandal. Russiagate is exhumed again. Walter explains weasels, both the human and actual kind. Also, "Sredni Vashtar," by Saki.
Sep 4, 2024 • 3min
Listen to This Article - Liberalism Removes its Mask
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsUpper-class America pretended to care about rights, until the rabble moved too close to homeNarrated by Jared Moorewww.Racket.news
Sep 4, 2024 • 3min
Listen to This Article - France: What Happened to You, Man?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsThe charges in the case of Telegram founder Pavel Durov reveal a stunning turn away from very recent French outrage about surveillanceNarrated by Jared Moore
