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Marriage is Wonderful (He Said Controversially)

Free Speech Discussion: A Recording of an Interview With Russian Journalist Dimitri Simes

Live Free Speech Discussion, 2:00 PM ET Today: Interview With Russian Journalist Dimitri Simes

Listen to This Article: Trump is Wrong on Speech. Don’t Forget the Backstory

Note on Trump and the First Amendment

Trump is Wrong on Speech. Don’t Forget the Backstory

“Get Lit” September 17, 2026: Concluding “As I Lay Dying.”

“Get Lit” Livestream Recording: "As I Lay Dying"

“Get Lit” Livestream, 4:30 pm ET: As I Lay Dying

Listen to This Article: On Escaping This Horrible Era

On Escaping This Horrible Era

Announcement: No “Get Lit” Live Show Today

Note on a Mistrial

Listen to This Article: Down With Freedom!

“Get Lit” September 3, 2026: William Faulkner’s “As I Lay Dying.” Part II of a Discussion.

Down With Freedom!

Get Lit”: William Faulkner’s “As I Lay Dying” (Episode 1)

“Get Lit” Livestream, 4:30 pm ET: Episode One, William Faulkner’s “As I Lay Dying”

Listen to This Article: Karen Attiah and the Right to Suck

"Get Lit" August 27, 2026: On Stephen Crane's “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky,” and “The Blue Hotel”

*Live Now: “Get Lit” On Stephen Crane's “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky,” and “The Blue Hotel”

“Get Lit” Livestream, 12:30 pm ET: On Stephen Crane's “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky,” and “The Blue Hotel”

“Get Lit” 8/25/26: On Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat"

“Get Lit” Livestream, 4:30 pm ET: On Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat"

Karen Attiah and the Right to Suck

Listen to This Article: No, Jason Arday Wasn't the Media's Fault

Listen to This Article: The Covid Cover-Up Suffers a Blow in Court

Note to Readers

No, Jason Arday Wasn't the Media's Fault

The Covid Cover-Up Suffers a Blow in Court

Listen to This Article: Cliché Alert: Return of the "Beer Test"

"Get Lit" August 13, 2026: Stephen Crane's "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" (Part 2)

Listen to This Article: “Woke 2” Wants a Mulligan for “Woke 1”

“Get Lit” Livestream, 4:30 pm ET: On Stephen Crane's "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets." (Part 1)

Cliché Alert: Return of the "Beer Test"

“Get Lit” Livestream, 4:30 pm ET: On Stephen Crane's "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets."

Re: Typo

"Woke 2" Wants a Mulligan for "Woke 1"

Livestream 3 PM ET: The Origins of COVID

The Ongoing Covid Coverup

Links for Livestream, 3 pm ET: The Origins of COVID, Wrapping Up Fauci, and More

“Get Lit" August 6, 2026: The Finale of Dostoevsky's “Demons” (Part 2)

Senate Votes to Hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in Contempt; Obtains His Phone

“Get Lit” Livestream, 4:30 pm ET: The Finale of Dostoevsky's “Demons” (Part 1)

Listen to This Article: The Fauci Legend Will Not Die!

“Get Lit” Livestream, 4:30 pm ET: The Finale of Dostoevsky's “Demons”

Listen to This Article: After Fauci Debacle, Our Idiot Press Circles the Wagons

Editor's Note: Fauci Stories Unlocked

The Fauci Legend Will Not Die!

After Fauci Debacle, Our Idiot Press Circles the Wagons

“Get Lit" July 30, 2026: In Dostoyevsky's Demons, a Ridiculous Party Precedes Bloodshed

Listen to This Article: History's Most Preventable Terror Attack?

Commentary on Anthony Fauci Hearing With Dr. Matt Bivens

Live Now: Commentary on Anthony Fauci Hearing With Dr. Matt Bivens

Live Stream: Live Commentary on Anthony Fauci Hearing With Dr. Matt Bivens

“Get Lit” Livestream: The Comic Climax of Dostoyevsky's "Demons"

Listen to This Article: Meet The New Boss, Same as the Old Boss

“Get Lit” Livestream, 4:30 pm ET: The Comic Climax of Dostoyevsky's "Demons"

History's Most Preventable Terror Attack?

Listen to This Article: Don't Let Activists or Robots Choose Your Words

Meet The New Boss, Same as the Old Boss

Don't Let Activists or Robots Choose Your Words

On Substack's New AI-Spotting Tool, and the Importance of Human Thought

Editor's Note: No Livestream Today

Listen to This Article: Anatomy of a Struggle Session

Listen to This Article: Humans, Unite: The Reign of "AIdeology" is Here

Anatomy of a Struggle Session

“Get Lit" July 16, 2026: Dostoevsky's "Demons" Hits a Lunatic Crescendo

“Get Lit” with Matt Taibbi and Brad Pearce - Livestream, 4:30 ET

Humans, Unite: The Reign of "AIdeology" is Here

“Get Lit” Livestream, 4:30 pm ET: A Most Devastating Chapter of Dostoyevsky's "Demons"

Listen to This Article: Graham Platner and the Politics of Accusation

Listen to This Article: "Supergirl": Portrait of a Modern Hero

Recording: Inside the Twitter Files

Reminder: New Twitter Files Livestream Tonight at 5:00 PM ET

Livestream, Friday, July 10, 5:00 PM ET: Inside the Twitter Files

Graham Platner and the Politics of Accusation

“Get Lit" July 9, 2026: Dostoevsky’s Demons, Continued

"Supergirl": Portrait of a Modern Hero

Note On "America Turns 250"

Activism Uncensored: America turns 250

“Get Lit”: How Dostoyevsky's "Demons" Described America's Descent to Madness

“Get Lit” Livestream, 4:30 ET: How Dostoyevsky's "Demons" Described America's Descent to Madness

Listen to This Article: Controversially, the Supreme Court Rules for Common Sense

“Get Lit" July 2, 2026: Get Lit Continues Exploring Dostoyevsky’s Demons.

Controversially, the Supreme Court Rules for Common Sense

“Get Lit” Livestream: The Book that Predicted Wokism? On Fyodor Dostoyevsky's “Demons.”

“Get Lit” Livestream, 4:30 ET: The Book that Predicted Wokism? On Fyodor Dostoyevsky's “Demons.”

Listen to This Article: Zohran Mamdani and the Nitwit Revolution

Listen to This Article: The New Radical Chic

Zohran Mamdani and the Nitwit Revolution

“Get Lit" June 25, 2026: Finishing Up Machiavelli's "Discourses on Livy," and Looking Ahead to "Demons."

Machiavelli on Women, Virtue, and Fighting on "Get Lit"

The New Radical Chic

Livestream at 4:30 PM ET Today: Machiavelli on Women, Virtue, and Fighting on "Get Lit"

Listen to This Article: Post-Trump, Will Snobbism Still Work as an Electoral Strategy?

“Get Lit” Takes on Immigration, Foreign Wars, and other themes of “Discourses on Livy”

“Get Lit" June 18, 2026: Machiavelli's "Discourses on Livy," Book Two.

Listen to This Article: To an Ivy League Professor, Who Doesn't Understand "Equality"

Editor's Note on the UFC Bash

Post-Trump, Will Snobbism Still Work as an Electoral Strategy?

Livestream at 4:30 PM ET Today: "Get Lit" Takes on Immigration, Foreign Wars, and other themes of "Discourses on Livy"

Listen to This Article: American Elections Are a Joke

"Why is no one covering an apparent attempt to assassinate Putin?"

To an Ivy League Professor, Who Doesn't Understand "Equality"

Listen to This Article: Britain's Great Self-Loathing Crusade

“Get Lit" June 11, 2026: Machiavelli's "Discourses on Livy," Book One.

American Elections Are a Joke

Livestream, 5:00 PM ET: Did We Try to Whack Putin?

"Get Lit With Matt and Brad." Takes on Machiavelli

Livestream at 4:30 PM ET Today: "Get Lit" Takes on Machiavelli

How Much Ethnocentrism is Okay?

Britain's Great Self-Loathing Crusade

Listen to This Article: America Needs a Boring and Sane Party

Activism, Uncensored: Delaney Hall

“Get Lit" June 4, 2026: What Happened to Reading?

America Needs a Boring and Sane Party

"Get Lit" Book List

Episode One of "Get Lit With Matt and Brad."

Live Now! Episode One of “Get Lit With Matt and Brad”

Livestream at 4:30 ET Today: Episode One of "Get Lit With Matt and Brad."

Listen to This Article: Humanity Needs to Get Offline

New Show: "Get Lit With Matt and Brad," Monday, June 1, 4:30 ET

Today at 3 PM ET: Appearing on Szeps Live in New York

Humanity Needs to Get Offline

Note from Editor: Translator Needed

Listen to This Article - NPR: Happy One-Parent Day!

Activism, Uncensored: Protesters Assemble at Bar Investigated for Promoting a #FreeBeerDay if Trump is Killed

NPR: Happy One-Parent Day!

Note to Readers

Activism, Uncensored: Scaling New Heights

Listen to This Article - The Correspondents' Dinner Shooting, Time Travel, and Solomon's Temple: Conspiracy Roundup

"Today's News" 05/01/26: James Comey’s Latest Indictment Turns Into a Debate Over Prosecuting Russiagate

"Today's News" Will Be Live Friday at 9:30 a.m. ET

Listen to This Article: The Press Promotes Violence and Everyone Knows It

RACKET LISTS: American Hysteria

The Correspondents' Dinner Shooting, Time Travel, and Solomon's Temple: Conspiracy Roundup

"Today's News" Livestream: The Rumble in the Substack News Jungle

The Press Promotes Violence and Everyone Knows It

"Today's News" Livestream at 6:30 p.m. ET

Listen to This Article - Twitter Files, Southern Poverty Law Center Edition: Hate Inflation?

Listen to This Article: New York Times: Old People Suck and We Should Take Their Stuff

Listen to This Article: How Big Pharma (Successfully) Targeted Women

Twitter Files, Southern Poverty Law Center Edition: Hate Inflation?

Activism, Uncensored: "No Queens!"

"Today's News" 04/24/26: The Case Against the SPLC, and the Obsession With Demons

New York Times: Old People Suck and We Should Take Their Stuff

Listen to This Article: Public Stonings are Not "Accountability"

"Today's News" Livestream: Epstein Controversy in the UK, Kash Patel, Swalwell Fallout

"Today's News" Livestream at 6:30 pm ET

How Big Pharma (Successfully) Targeted Women

The Ford is Getting Tired

"Today's News" April 17, 2026: "Swalwell Fed to Epstein Hysteria; March Madness Final"

Listen to This Article: We Are Doomed and Our Leaders Are Insane

Public Stonings are Not "Accountability"

While Congress Ponders Cutting Spy Powers, the FBI Amps Up Domestic Surveillance

Racket List: Congressmen With Pants Down

"Today's News" Livestream: The Blockade, Swalwell's Swift Downfall, Melania's Surprise Epstein Address

We Are Doomed and Our Leaders Are Insane

"Today's News" Livestream at 6:30 p.m. ET

Listen to This Article: Trump’s F-Bomb on Iran Joins America’s Rollicking History of Presidential Profanity

A Conversation With John Papola

Listen to This Article: The Top 10 Symptoms of Conspiracy Brain

Interview: Former Counterterrorism Official Joe Kent

Trump’s F-Bomb on Iran Joins America’s Rollicking History of Presidential Profanity

Swamp Log — The SAVE Act, Civil Rights Filibuster, and ‘What The F*ck Is Cloture?’

"Today's News" Livestream: Is Trump No Longer Funny?

The Top 10 Symptoms of Conspiracy Brain

"Today's News" Livestream at 6 p.m. ET

Listen to This Article: Time to Tune Out Spyworld

Listen to This Article - EXCLUSIVE: Exposing the FBI’s Human Experimentation Studies

"Today's News," April 3, 2026: Bank of America's Epstein Settlement, Trump's War Address, and March Media Madness

Livestream, "Today's News," 10 AM ET: Final Four, Trump, Epstein Update

Big Tech Reverting to Old Ways?

A Storied Russian Muckraker On Oil, Iran, Ukraine, and More

Time to Tune Out Spyworld

EXCLUSIVE: Exposing the FBI’s Human Experimentation Studies

Activism, Uncensored: No Kings in LA

"Today's News" Livestream at 6:30 PM ET

"Today's News" Livestream at 6:30 PM ET

Listen to This Article: Finally, Good News: Free Speech Wins Big in Court

Listen to This Article: Exclusive: Iranian Ambassador Met with Russian Arms Maker for “Development of Cooperation”

"Today's News," March 27, 2026: Michael Tracey vs. Sam Harris, Cuba Rally, March Madness Continues

Listen to This Article: Go Outside

Finally, Good News: Free Speech Wins Big in Court

Exclusive: Iranian Ambassador Met with Russian Arms Maker for “Development of Cooperation”

"Today's News" Livestream at 10:30 am ET

"Today's News" Livestream at 10:30 AM ET: Michael Tracey On Location

Go Outside

Listen to This Article: Can Your Pension or Retirement Money Get Lost in the Bermuda Triangle?

THE SWAMP LOG — A Boiling Point, Masters of Surprise, Bound for Atlantis

Listen to This Article: How To Treat Gender Dysphoria In Kids Without Sex Changes

Can Your Pension or Retirement Money Get Lost in the Bermuda Triangle?

March Media Madness: Determining America's Worst Podcaster

"Today's News," March 20th, 2026: "March Media Madness: America's Worst Podcaster"

Kash Patel Embraces Big Brother

How To Treat Gender Dysphoria In Kids Without Sex Changes

Listen to This Article: Warriors’ Casino: The People Making A Killing Gambling On War

Listen to This Article: Will Evicting Blackstone Help Young People Buy Homes?

Listen to This Article: Who's That Source? Iran Edition

Warriors’ Casino: The People Making A Killing Gambling On War

Today's News Live Stream 3/16/2026

Will Evicting Blackstone Help Young People Buy Homes?

Livestream, Tonight, 8 PM ET, Monday 3/16: "Today's News" on Iran, FCC, Podcasts v. MSM

THE SWAMP LOG: Dire Strait, Pentagon Bans Cartoons, Little Marco's Big Shoes

New Podcast: Today's News, With Michael Tracey. Episode One, "Conspiretardation."

What Happens After You Decapitate The Kingpin?

Jeffrey Sachs Is Trying To Fix The New York Times' Iran War Coverage, One Email At A Time

Who's That Source? Iran Edition

Interview With America's Exiled Speech Dissident, Dimitri Simes

Listen to This Article: 50 Years of Secrets: Why You Should Care About the FBI's 'Prohibited Access' Files

Listen to This Article - Kash’s Cache: Locating The FBI’s Secret Files

THE SWAMP LOG - Boots On The Ground? Hegseth Just Might, Noem In The Gravel Pit, Bridge's 180

Listen to This Article: EXCLUSIVE: The FBI's Secret Stash Finally Uncovered

Listen to This Article: Introducing: Who's That Source?

Livestream, 2:00 PM ET: Matt Taibbi and Ryan Lovelace on the FBI's "Prohibited Access" Files

Kash’s Cache: Locating The FBI’s Secret Files

50 Years of Secrets: Why You Should Care About the FBI's 'Prohibited Access' Files

EXCLUSIVE: The FBI's Secret Stash Finally Uncovered

Introducing: Who's That Source?

Activism, Uncensored: The War In Iran

THE SWAMP LOG - The March To War, A President Deposed, Bigger in Texas

Timeline: The March To War With Iran

Gone Fishin’: How The FBI Can Spend Years Trying To Hook You

Listen to This Article: The New York Times Makes Sports Miserable

The New York Times Makes Sports Miserable

What The Longest State Of The Union In History Didn't Clarify

Listen to This Article - EXCLUSIVE: FBI Probed Actions Of Trump's Legal Team While He Was Still In Office

THE SWAMP LOG: The Peace Hawk, Homeland Shutdown, An Extraordinary Assertion of Power

Listen to This Article: How Politicians Smear The World, Vol. 1: The Contract

EXCLUSIVE: FBI Probed Actions Of Trump's Legal Team While He Was Still In Office

Listen to This Article: FDA's Straight Shooter: Don't Bring Crappy Data To A Gunfight

How Politicians Smear The World, Vol. 1: The Contract

FDA's Straight Shooter: Don't Bring Crappy Data To A Gunfight

Listen to This Article: The Death Throes of Keir Starmer's Government

THE SWAMP LOG: National Non-Emergency, AOC's Munich Mumbling, Longevity Cultist's Untimely End

Listen to This Article - EXCLUSIVE: Brits Spied on Racket, Other Journalists

Listen to This Article - EXCLUSIVE: FBI Gathered Intel On 1,000 Journalists, Politicians, Religious Organizations On Flimsy Grounds

The Death Throes of Keir Starmer's Government

Listen to This Article: Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Bondi

A Play-By-Play Of Jeffrey Epstein's Staggering Financial Illiteracy

Activism, Uncensored: A Return to Minneapolis

EXCLUSIVE: Brits Spied on Racket, Other Journalists

EXCLUSIVE: FBI Gathered Intel On 1,000 Journalists, Politicians, Religious Organizations On Flimsy Grounds

Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Bondi

Listen to This Article: THE SWAMP LOG

THE SWAMP LOG

From the New Editor: A Message From Emily Kopp

From the Old Editor: "We Care If It's True. We Don't Care Why."

America This Week, 4 PM Monday ET: The Last Show

Note from the Editor

America This Week, Monday Live Show 2/2/26

ATW Livestream Today at 4 PM ET/3 PM CT

"Brave New World"

Transcript - America This Week, Jan 30, 2026: “Marriage Advice From Matt and Walter, and Minnesota”

Listen to This Article: The Politics of Neither

America This Week, Jan 30, 2026: “Marriage Advice From Matt and Walter, and Minnesota”

The Politics of Neither

America This Week, Live on Monday 1/26/26

ATW Livestream Today at 4 PM ET/3 PM CT

Listen to This Article: Forget Trump and Greenland. Howard Lutnick Gave the Davos Speech that Mattered

Listen to This Article: The Fed's Independence is at Stake and it May Be Its Own Fault!

Transcript - America This Week, Jan 23, 2026: "Why Davos Sucks."

Forget Trump and Greenland. Howard Lutnick Gave the Davos Speech that Mattered

America This Week, Jan 23, 2026: "Why Davos Sucks."

Listen to This Article: Bluesky Brain, X Brain: Two Viral Stories From Minnesota

The Fed's Independence is at Stake and it May Be Its Own Fault!

Listen to This Article: Martin Luther King, Jr. is the Leader We Need

America This Week Live, Tuesday 1/20/26

Bluesky Brain, X Brain: Two Viral Stories From Minnesota

ATW Livestream Today at 4 PM ET/3 PM CT

Listen to This Article: The Weaponization of the Weaponization of Government

Activism, Uncensored: Minneapolis in Crisis, Part 2

ATW Livestream Rescheduled for Tuesday

Martin Luther King, Jr. is the Leader We Need

Listen to This Article: If NATO Dies, Do We Really Have to Mourn?

The Weaponization of the Weaponization of Government

America This Week, Jan 16, 2026: "The Supremes on Late Voting, Trump Speech Follies, and Uncool Laughing About Greenland"

Why Not to Mourn NATO, Volume II: The Bush-Putin Files

If NATO Dies, Do We Really Have to Mourn?

America This Week, Monday Live Show 1/12/26

Listen to This Article: Who's to Blame in Minnesota? Five Cases Involving Police Shooting at Cars

Racket is Hiring

Escalation Weekend: Three Days of Confrontations Between ICE and Protesters in Minnesota

ATW Livestream on Minneapolis Chaos Today at 4 PM ET/3 PM CT

Listen to This Article: The Unchecked Rise of Crazy Race Theory in Academia

Transcript - America This Week, Jan 9, 2026: "Descent Into Chaos: The Minnesota Shooting"

Who's to Blame in Minnesota? Five Cases Involving Police Shooting at Cars

Fire Departments' New Emergency: Affording Their Trucks

America This Week, Jan 9, 2026: "Descent Into Chaos: The Minnesota Shooting"

How Big Pharma Mixed Addiction With Social Justice

The Unchecked Rise of Crazy Race Theory in Academia

America This Week, Live on Monday 1/5/26

Note on a Lawsuit

ATW Livestream Today at 4 PM ET/3 PM CT

Let's Make a Happy New Year