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Episode 34: "America This Week," with Matt Taibbi and Walter Kirn
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Episode 34: "America This Week," with Matt Taibbi and Walter Kirn
“All journalists want to be spies, and all spies want to write novels.” Walter and Matt discuss the Discord leaker, reporters as FBI deputies, and the death of the High Noon metaphor
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Walter Kirn
Apr 14, 2023
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