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Transcript America This Week, Episode 54, "There Will Be Censorship"

Walter and Matt talk Grazyone, the Digital Services Act, and Ray Bradbury's world come true.

Matt Taibbi and Walter Kirn
Sep 05, 2023
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Walter tweeted, after we recorded this show: “Tomorrow’s America This Week podcast with @mtaibbi is the most imporant one we've ever recorded, I believe. I hope you'll listen.” It’s not easy for people who grew up in the seventies and eighties to use words like “important,” but in this case it fits, as we’re entering a new phase in the information-control era. Our discussion on that, and “There Will Come Soft Rains,” by Ray Bradbury:

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