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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsIn 1992, Bill Clinton helped wipe out a century of labor battles through embrace of China. This week, lifetime tariff proponent Bernie Sanders launched a sequel. Plus, "Faith of Our Fathers," by PKD

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Left and right populism almost came together many times to oppose globalization. Now that Trump's "reciprocal tariffs" are here, minds have changed. Why? Also "The Pedestrian," by Ray Bradbury 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

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsHas NPR turned over a new leaf? What really happened with Chatgate? Matt and Walter discuss all this, the Alien Enemies Act, and Flannery O'Connor's classic, "A Good Man is Hard to Find."

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsThe JFK Files don't unmask a killer, but they do reveal a spy state out of control. Plus, "The Golden Bird," by the Brothers Grimm

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsFaced with collapse, the Luftreich - the international elite consensus - fights back. Also, "The Main Death,' by Dashiell Hammett

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWith video appearances by Jon Stewart, Jen Psaki, an EPA official caught on tape, and a 990 form or two. Which set of lawbreakers is ahead? Plus, "The Fatalist," by Mikhail Lermontov

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsTulsi Gabbard confirmed. Plus, "Angel Fire," by our own Walter Kirn

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWalter and Matt discuss mainstream media outlets that have government as giant customers. Also, "The Story of an Hour," by Kate Chopin

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWalter attends the Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. hearings. We discuss highlights and (mostly) lowlights. Also, "Dark-Brown Dog," by Stephen Crane

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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

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.newsThe 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.newsA 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.newsThe 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.newsKamala 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.newsDid 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.newsElite 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.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

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

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.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsUpside-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.newsSir Keir Starmer goes full Minority Report; White House Misinformation Kids caught talking shop. Plus, "The Egg" by Sherwood Anderson

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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.newsJust 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.newsWalter 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.newsIn 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.newsWalter 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.newsMatt 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"

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsA wild backlash against a poll underscores the neverending cycle of mad delusions that American pop culture has become. Plus, Heinrich Böll's my-how-relevant "Christmas Not Just Once a Year."

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWalter and Matt discuss the New York Times and Canada's Online Harms Act. Plus, "The Story-Teller," by Saki. Www.Racket.news

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWalter 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.newsWhat 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 Londonwww.racket.news

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

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