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ATW Livestream Today at 4 PM ET/3 PM CT

Join Walter and Matt for another episode of ATW Live.

Jun 23 •

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ATW Bookclub: "Catch-22" Part 1

Walter and Matt discuss Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (Day 1/5)

Jun 21 •

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Transcript - America This Week, June 20, 2025: "Israel, Iran, and Trump, by Popular Demand"

Everybody wigs out about everything. The "rifts" out there. Plus, "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

Jun 21 •

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The Great Disappearing Trans Freakout

The Supreme Court drives a stake in the transgender controversy, and neither party says much. Is this chapter in American politics headed for the…

Jun 20 •

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Timeline: Trump's Latest Travel Restrictions, AKA "Travel Ban"

The Trump 2.0 incarnation of the policy affects 19 countries

Jun 8 •

Timeline: Beaglegate

Bhattacharya puts an end to NIH beagle labs. Here's a timeline of the last decade of controversy over their operation

May 9 •

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Timeline: U.S.-Mexico Water Treaty and Disputes

The two countries have reached a compromise in dispute over a 1944 treaty, but the amount of water Mexico can release in 2025 remains unclear

May 7 •

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Do Your Own Research: Liber-net's Misinfo Grant Database

A conversation with Andrew Lowenthal about what the database shows and its limitations. Plus, one bizarre grant for barbers and hairstylists

May 5 •

Timeline: The Path to Real ID Implementation

It's been two decades since passage of the Real ID Act. It finally takes effect May 7

May 1 •

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Racket To Go

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Listen to This Article: Let's Have a War

Narrated Version | En route to England, a brief note about brewing hostilities with Iran

Jun 19 •

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Listen to This Article: In Defense of Terry Moran

The news business needs to make up its mind about whether or not it wants journalists to be personalities or reporters

Jun 18 •

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Listen to This Article: The Memory-Holing of Everything, Even George Orwell

Narrated Version | From democracy to vaccines to election results to Orwell himself, the rewriting of the past to fit current attitudes has become an…

Jun 6 •

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Listen to This Article: Ending the World to Own Trump

Narrated Version | Ukraine's 18-month plan to execute "Russia's Pearl Harbor" leaves humanity at the edge of extinction, and Western analysts are giddy

Jun 5 •

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Listen to This Article: Jake Tapper's Biden Book is Hilarious and Insane

Narrated Version | Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's mass media apologia is leaps and bounds more demented than the book's subject, Joe Biden

Jun 4 •

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