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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listen to This Article: America Needs a Boring and Sane Party ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Narrated Version | It&#8217;s not the fault of voters that they&#8217;re surrounded by crazy]]></description><link>https://www.racket.news/p/listen-to-this-article-america-needs-6b4</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.racket.news/p/listen-to-this-article-america-needs-6b4</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Taibbi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:56:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/200797991/d5131d58971fbaea14d3e166b172429f.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s not the fault of voters that they&#8217;re surrounded by crazy</p><div><hr></div><p>Narrated by Jared Moore</p><p>Art by Daniel Medina</p><p>Text published 06/03/26:</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;ebd2ceae-4be3-470b-b32e-48871cf7d48f&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;From &#8220;This is the formula that defeated Orban. It would defeat Trump, too,&#8221; in the New York Times:&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;lg&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;America Needs a Boring and Sane Party&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:263053,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Matt Taibbi&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;www.Racket.news&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/7fa79af3-9786-4b6c-95f7-86b537b01140_1536x1536.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:10000}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-03T21:59:39.885Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jaYz!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9e3f9a4-b208-4473-bee8-049e361476c7_3120x2044.png&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://www.racket.news/p/america-needs-a-boring-and-sane-party&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:200521481,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:659,&quot;comment_count&quot;:512,&quot;publication_id&quot;:1042,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Racket News&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BwDQ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9aa2a36-ae38-4fe2-abba-7837d228be11_1280x1280.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><p><em><strong><a href="https://support.substack.com/hc/en-us/articles/4519588148244-How-do-I-listen-to-episodes-on-my-podcast-app-">Listen to subscriber-only audio in your podcast app</a></strong></em></p><p>Share the free versions of Racket To Go on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/racket-to-go/id1587382650">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4dWbQRqiQFJ5LzqgiY1rn6?si=54796ac34da34fdd">Spotify</a>, or wherever you get your podcasts</p><div class="apple-podcast-container" data-component-name="ApplePodcastToDom"><iframe class="apple-podcast episode-list" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://embed.podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/racket-to-go/id1587382650&quot;,&quot;isEpisode&quot;:false,&quot;imageUrl&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/podcast_1587382650.jpg&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Racket To Go&quot;,&quot;podcastTitle&quot;:&quot;Racket To Go&quot;,&quot;podcastByline&quot;:&quot;Matt Taibbi&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:180,&quot;numEpisodes&quot;:377,&quot;targetUrl&quot;:&quot;https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/racket-to-go/id1587382650?uo=4&quot;,&quot;releaseDate&quot;:&quot;2026-05-13T14:54:00Z&quot;}" src="https://embed.podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/racket-to-go/id1587382650" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay *; encrypted-media *;" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></div><iframe class="spotify-wrap podcast" data-attrs="{&quot;image&quot;:&quot;https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6765630000ba8a996d98f4b870ea7d42f40139&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Racket To Go&quot;,&quot;subtitle&quot;:&quot;Matt Taibbi&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;Podcast&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://open.spotify.com/show/4dWbQRqiQFJ5LzqgiY1rn6&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;noScroll&quot;:false}" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/show/4dWbQRqiQFJ5LzqgiY1rn6" frameborder="0" gesture="media" allowfullscreen="true" allow="encrypted-media" loading="lazy" data-component-name="Spotify2ToDOM"></iframe>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listen to This Article - The Correspondents' Dinner Shooting, Time Travel, and Solomon's Temple: Conspiracy Roundup]]></title><description><![CDATA[Narrated Version | The online fallout from the Correspondent's Dinner shooting has been an epic national Rorschach Test]]></description><link>https://www.racket.news/p/listen-to-this-article-the-correspondents</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.racket.news/p/listen-to-this-article-the-correspondents</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caden Olson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 19:22:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/196154024/0acaeea22ea7952c3256ed69dedd1aa8.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The online fallout from the Correspondent&#8217;s Dinner shooting has been an epic national Rorschach Test</p><div><hr></div><p>Narrated by Jared Moore</p><p>Art by Daniel Medina</p><p>Text published 04/28/26:</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;7a251e77-4f60-4113-9d92-6e6bcb30830b&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;The shooting at the White House Correspondents&#8217; dinner over the weekend was disturbed, deranged, twisted. 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listen to This Article - Twitter Files, Southern Poverty Law Center Edition: Hate Inflation?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Narrated Version | The SPLC was just indicted for one kind of fraud. Twitter was investigating another. When you get paid big bucks to find hate, you won't NOT find it]]></description><link>https://www.racket.news/p/listen-to-this-article-twitter-files-cfd</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.racket.news/p/listen-to-this-article-twitter-files-cfd</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Taibbi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:54:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/195632892/e789b37706ba9c4c0b825f8dda41ca42.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The SPLC was just indicted for one kind of fraud. Twitter was investigating another. When you get paid big bucks to find hate, you won&#8217;t NOT find it</p><div><hr></div><p>Narrated by Jared Moore</p><p>Art by Daniel Medina</p><p>Text published 04/24/26:</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;37fe7738-bf3c-4650-afa4-c16579bd95ce&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;On July 20, 2022, Quartz published an article titled, &#8220;A new dashboard tracks real-time extremist hate online,&#8221; above a scary photo of tiki-torch-bearing supremacists at Charlottesville:&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:&quot;Read full story&quot;,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;lg&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Twitter Files, Southern Poverty Law Center Edition: Hate Inflation?&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:263053,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Matt Taibbi&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;www.Racket.news&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/7fa79af3-9786-4b6c-95f7-86b537b01140_1536x1536.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:10000}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-24T16:38:43.334Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XcpM!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fffa801ed-51d1-48c7-8c8d-a6c5193ede32_3182x2122.png&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://www.racket.news/p/twitter-files-southern-poverty-law&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:195264697,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:581,&quot;comment_count&quot;:160,&quot;publication_id&quot;:1042,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Racket News&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Eb-X!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff46c9e91-2368-4428-a62b-bb4c02bad203_1280x1280.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><p><em><strong><a href="https://support.substack.com/hc/en-us/articles/4519588148244-How-do-I-listen-to-episodes-on-my-podcast-app-">Listen to subscriber-only audio in your podcast app</a></strong></em></p><p>Share the free versions of Racket To Go on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/racket-to-go/id1587382650">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4dWbQRqiQFJ5LzqgiY1rn6?si=54796ac34da34fdd">Spotify</a>, or wherever you get your podcasts</p><iframe class="spotify-wrap podcast" data-attrs="{&quot;image&quot;:&quot;https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6765630000ba8a996d98f4b870ea7d42f40139&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Racket To Go&quot;,&quot;subtitle&quot;:&quot;Matt Taibbi&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;Podcast&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://open.spotify.com/show/4dWbQRqiQFJ5LzqgiY1rn6&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;noScroll&quot;:false}" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/show/4dWbQRqiQFJ5LzqgiY1rn6" frameborder="0" gesture="media" allowfullscreen="true" allow="encrypted-media" data-component-name="Spotify2ToDOM"></iframe>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listen to This Article: How Big Pharma (Successfully) Targeted Women]]></title><description><![CDATA[Narrated Version | Two waves of addiction were prescribed by doctors and egged on by pharmaceutical marketing &#8212; orchestrated by the Sackler family &#8212; that insisted it was safe and a great idea.]]></description><link>https://www.racket.news/p/listen-to-this-article-how-big-pharma</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.racket.news/p/listen-to-this-article-how-big-pharma</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Bivens, M.D.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:17:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/195374463/38f126fdce908d4239060a64e3ae83f2.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Two waves of addiction were prescribed by doctors and egged on by pharmaceutical marketing &#8212; orchestrated by the Sackler family &#8212; that insisted it was safe and a great idea.</p><div><hr></div><p>Narrated by Jared Moore</p><p>Art by Daniel Medina</p><p>Text published 04/19/26:</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;bb66249e-4a11-4874-9f2e-623201e97bb6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Part of an ongoing series about the Opioid Crisis by friend-of-Racket and ER doctor Matt Bivens, who writes on Substack at The 100 Days.&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:&quot;Read full story&quot;,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;lg&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;How Big Pharma (Successfully) Targeted Women&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:696229,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Matt Bivens, M.D.&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Full-time ER doctor. 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listen to This Article: Time to Tune Out Spyworld]]></title><description><![CDATA[Narrated Version | A note on FBI research and the downstream effects of life in a surveillance state]]></description><link>https://www.racket.news/p/listen-to-this-article-time-to-tune</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.racket.news/p/listen-to-this-article-time-to-tune</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Taibbi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:13:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/193124695/d6fa19cedd7d22ef84373b0d05a98b5a.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A note on FBI research and the downstream effects of life in a surveillance state</p><div><hr></div><p>Narrated by Jared Moore</p><p>Art by Daniel Medina</p><p>Text published 04/01/26:</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;cfbe6e59-7618-4c35-8a99-8a7865d714ac&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:&quot;Read full story&quot;,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;lg&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Time to Tune Out Spyworld&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:263053,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Matt Taibbi&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;www.Racket.news&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/7fa79af3-9786-4b6c-95f7-86b537b01140_1536x1536.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:10000}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-01T18:11:24.717Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!k_fd!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff1c33474-dc6a-4253-a701-463278e02246_552x548.png&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://www.racket.news/p/time-to-tune-out-spyworld&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:192722602,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:540,&quot;comment_count&quot;:175,&quot;publication_id&quot;:1042,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Racket News&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DDkw!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F75c90baf-31d1-4e07-8309-661d57cc0303_1280x1280.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><p><em><strong><a href="https://support.substack.com/hc/en-us/articles/4519588148244-How-do-I-listen-to-episodes-on-my-podcast-app-">Listen to subscriber-only audio in your podcast app</a></strong></em></p><p>Share the free versions of Racket To Go on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/racket-to-go/id1587382650">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4dWbQRqiQFJ5LzqgiY1rn6?si=54796ac34da34fdd">Spotify</a>, or wherever you get your podcasts</p><iframe class="spotify-wrap podcast" data-attrs="{&quot;image&quot;:&quot;https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6765630000ba8a996d98f4b870ea7d42f40139&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Racket To Go&quot;,&quot;subtitle&quot;:&quot;Matt Taibbi&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;Podcast&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://open.spotify.com/show/4dWbQRqiQFJ5LzqgiY1rn6&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;noScroll&quot;:false}" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/show/4dWbQRqiQFJ5LzqgiY1rn6" frameborder="0" gesture="media" allowfullscreen="true" allow="encrypted-media" data-component-name="Spotify2ToDOM"></iframe><div id="youtube2-Dp45r_fD5dE" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;Dp45r_fD5dE&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Dp45r_fD5dE?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listen to This Article: Exclusive: Iranian Ambassador Met with Russian Arms Maker for “Development of Cooperation”]]></title><description><![CDATA[Narrated Version | An Iranian diplomat met with the CEO of Rostec, according to a letter obtained by Racket]]></description><link>https://www.racket.news/p/listen-to-this-article-exclusive-213</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.racket.news/p/listen-to-this-article-exclusive-213</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Taibbi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 19:09:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/192437784/04a445f4370e7a12afa4fbc38d1c50c0.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An Iranian diplomat met with the CEO of Rostec, according to a letter obtained by Racket</p><div><hr></div><p>Narrated by Jared Moore</p><p>Art by Daniel Medina</p><p>Text published 03/25/26:</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;2660b384-f8d8-462a-9b05-2f3ce63423b2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Sergei Chemezov, CEO of the giant Russian weapons holding company Rostec, met with Iranian Ambassador Kazem Jalali on or around March 16th, according to a letter distributed to Rostec subsidiaries.&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:&quot;Read full story&quot;,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;lg&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Exclusive: Iranian Ambassador Met with Russian Arms Maker for &#8220;Development of Cooperation&#8221;&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:263053,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Matt Taibbi&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;www.Racket.news&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/7fa79af3-9786-4b6c-95f7-86b537b01140_1536x1536.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:10000},{&quot;id&quot;:442686520,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Caden Olson&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Hey! 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