All episodes of America This Week

America This Week, May 3, 2024: Gaza, Columbia, and More, in "I&P"

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"

Published 05/03/24

America This Week, April 26, 2024: "The Magic Weekend"

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Published 04/26/24

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Published 04/26/24

America This Week, April 19, 2024: "To Build a Surveillance State."

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

Published 04/19/24

America This Week, April 12, 2024: "NPR's Greatest Hits."

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

Published 04/12/24

America This Week, April 5, 2024: “The Nine Billion RFK Answers Ignored”

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news If CNN spends an hour interviewing Robert F. Kennedy and doesn’t hear his answers, did it happen? Walter and Matt discuss. Plus “The Nine Billion Names of God.” www.Racket.news

Published 04/05/24

America This Week, March 29, 2024: "MSNBC Loses Its Nose Over Ronna"

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

Published 03/29/24

America This Week, March 22, 2024: "Swimming in the Deep State is Kind of Awesome"

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:

Published 03/22/24

America This Week, March 15, 2024: “A Circle of Censorious Friends”

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.”

Published 03/15/24

America This Week, March 1, 2024: "The Surveillance State is a Moody, Sadistic Child"

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Published 03/01/24

America This Week, February 23, 2024: "Ukraine’s Blues"

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Matt and Walter discuss the Russia “insta-threat” and review “Sonny’s Blues” www.Racket.news

Published 02/23/24

America This Week, February 16, 2024: "How a Political Scandal Fed Two Podcast Hosts"

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Published 02/16/24

America This Week, February 7, 2024: "The Destruction of Journalism"

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

Published 02/07/24

America This Week, January 19, 2024: "The Creeping Evil of Davos"

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Published 01/19/24

America This Week, January 12, 2024: "Presidents, the Most Dangerous Game"

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

Published 01/12/24

America This Week, January 05, 2024

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

Published 01/05/24

America This Week, December 22, 2023: "Presidential FUBAR"

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Walter and Matt talk Colorado, the Transition Integrity Project, and Kurt Vonnegut's unpublished gem, "FUBAR" www.Racket.news

Published 12/22/23

America This Week, December 15th, 2023: "Leave This Movie Behind"