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America This Week Matt Taibbi & Walter Kirn
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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, May 3, 2024: Gaza, Columbia, and More, in "I&P"
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Walter and Matt finally talk about a long-avoided subject. Plus, John Updike's "A&P" -
America This Week, April 26, 2024: "The Magic Weekend"
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America This Week, April 19, 2024: "To Build a Surveillance State."
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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
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America This Week, April 12, 2024: "NPR's Greatest Hits."
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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 -
America This Week, April 5, 2024: “The Nine Billion RFK Answers Ignored”
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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.”
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America This Week, March 29, 2024: "MSNBC Loses Its Nose Over Ronna"
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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."
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