Racket News

Racket News

Share this post

Racket News
Racket News
Transcript: America This Week, June 16, 2023, "Arraignment Week"
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
America This Week

Transcript: America This Week, June 16, 2023, "Arraignment Week"

Walter and Matt review the horrors of pre-arraignment dinner, Wolf on the Wall, and Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron"

Matt Taibbi
Jun 18, 2023
∙ Paid
218

Share this post

Racket News
Racket News
Transcript: America This Week, June 16, 2023, "Arraignment Week"
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
119
10
Share

Apologies to readers for the delay in getting the transcripts for this show out. In this episode of “America This Week,” Walter and I discuss arraignment week, the pathologizing of difference in media, and the Kurt Vonnegut story “Harrison Bergeron,” which turns out to have relevance to the present that I missed and Walter really did not. Without further ado, the transcript:

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
© 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