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Transcript: America This Week, Episode 81,"Swimming in the Deep State is Kind of Awesome"
Walter and Matt go full Mystery Science Theater on the year's most unintentionally funny video editorial. Also, John Cheever's "The Swimmer"
Mar 24
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America This Week, March 22, 2024: "Swimming in the Deep State is Kind of Awesome"
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Mar 22
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Transcript: America This Week, Episode 80: “A Circle of Censorious Friends”
Walter and Matt sound the alarm on the unexpectedly horrifying TikTok bill, and laugh over Vladimir Voinovich’s classic Samizdat satire, “A Circle of…
Mar 16
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America This Week, March 15, 2024: “A Circle of Censorious Friends”
Watch now (133 mins) | Walter and Matt sound the alarm on the unexpectedly horrifying TikTok bill, and laugh over Vladimir Voinovich’s classic Samizdat…
Mar 15
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America This Week, March 8, 2024: "President Van Winkle"
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Transcript: America This Week, Episode 78: "The Surveillance State is a Moody, Sadistic Child"
Walter and Matt recap an all-time limited hangout in the New York Times, the high comedy of Google Gemini, and Jerome Bixby's terrifying and prescient…
Mar 2
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America This Week, March 1, 2024: "The Surveillance State is a Moody, Sadistic Child"
Listen now | Share the Free Versions of America This Week: Watch ATW on Youtube below: This Week’s Story:
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February 2024
Transcript: America This Week, Episode 77, February 23, 2024
Matt and Walter discuss the Russia “insta-threat” and review “Sonny’s Blues”
Feb 25
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America This Week, February 23, 2024: "Ukraine’s Blues"
Watch now | Matt and Walter discuss the Russia “insta-threat” and review “Sonny’s Blues”
Feb 23
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Transcript: America This Week, Episode 76, February 16, 2024
Walter and Matt discuss the last Russiagate lunacies, and review Mikhail Saltkov-Schedrin's hilarious "How a Muzhik Fed Two Officials"
Feb 18
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America This Week, February 16, 2024: "How a Political Scandal Fed Two Podcast Hosts"
Listen now | Share the Free Versions of America This Week: Watch ATW on Youtube below: This Week’s Story: How a Muzhik Fed Two Officials by M. Y…
Feb 16
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America This Week, February 7, 2024: "The Destruction of Journalism"
Watch now (121 mins) | The mania over the Tucker Carlson interview explored in an early release of America This Week. Also, "The Destruction of…
Feb 7
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