Racket News

Racket News

Share this post

Racket News
Racket News
Transcript, America This Week, Episode 53, "Normie Politics is Dead"
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
America This Week

Transcript, America This Week, Episode 53, "Normie Politics is Dead"

Matt and Walter review the non-drama of the GOP debates versus the heavy ratings of Donald Trump's interview, then read the exotically depressing "Condensed Milk" by Varlam Shalamov

Matt Taibbi
and
Walter Kirn
Aug 29, 2023
∙ Paid
222

Share this post

Racket News
Racket News
Transcript, America This Week, Episode 53, "Normie Politics is Dead"
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
57
10
Share

To Racket readers, apologies, as I’ve just returned from vacation. We’ll have a number of new items coming up soon. Without further ado, the transcript from the latest “ATW”:

Keep reading with a 7-day free trial

Subscribe to Racket News to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
A guest post by
Walter Kirn
Proudly part Roma. Books: Blood Will Out, Up in the Air, Thumbsucker, Mission to America, She Needed Me, My Hard Bargain, Lost in the Meritocracy, The Unbinding
Subscribe to Walter
© 2025 Matt Taibbi
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture

Share

Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More