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Welcome to America This Week, with Matt Taibbi and Walter Kirn, the national news wrap-up so true, we recommend you stow all sharp objects before reading.

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Welcome to America This Week, with Matt Taibbi and Walter Kirn, the national news wrap-up so true, we recommend you stow all sharp objects before reading.

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    America This Week, June 14, 2024: "Elections and Dragons"

    America This Week, June 14, 2024: "Elections and Dragons"

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    Matt 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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    America This Week, June 7, 2024: “America’s Grand Inquisitor”

    America This Week, June 7, 2024: “America’s Grand Inquisitor”

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    Now that jailing political opponents is a norm, does America think freedom is overrated, and authority be celebrated? Also, Walter and Matt discuss Dostoyevsky’s “Grand Inquisitor”

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    America This Week, with Matt Taibbi and Walter Kirn, Episode 91

    America This Week, with Matt Taibbi and Walter Kirn, Episode 91

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    America This Week, May 24, 2024: "Life on Polarized Mars"

    America This Week, May 24, 2024: "Life on Polarized Mars"

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    America This Week, May 17, 2024: "Delusion, Not Just Once A Year"

    America This Week, May 17, 2024: "Delusion, Not Just Once A Year"

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    A 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."

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    America This Week, May 10, 2024: Canada Über Alles! On Justin Trudeau's Terrifying New Speech Law

    America This Week, May 10, 2024: Canada Über Alles! On Justin Trudeau's Terrifying New Speech Law

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    Walter and Matt discuss the New York Times and Canada's Online Harms Act. Plus, "The Story-Teller," by Saki.
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