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Transcript: America This Week, Episode 59, "School of Crock"
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Transcript: America This Week, Episode 59, "School of Crock"

On airline lunacy, the recent overstuffing of the Memory Hole, and a proposal for Total Politician Awareness. Plus, Donald Barthelme goes to "The School"

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Walter Kirn
Oct 10, 2023
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Walter’s epic misadventures Up in the Air, the whitewashing-history trend continues, and Donald Barthelme’s amazing “The School”:

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