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  1. 380

    Listen to This Article: Zohran Mamdani and the Nitwit Revolution

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsNew York’s Mayor proved he’s a generational political talent this week, re-shaping the Democratic Party and setting America up for a referendum on its founding principlesNarrated by Jared Moore

  2. 379

    Listen to This Article: The New Radical Chic

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsAhead of America’s 250th, the beautiful people have brought anti-patriotism fully back into styleNarrated by Jared MooreMore at www.Racket.news

  3. 378

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

    The New York Times keeps setting new records for snootinessNarrated by Jared Moore This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.racket.news/subscribe

  4. 377

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

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsA Columbia professor writes a dumb column, in anticipation of what will likely be humorously bad bookNarrated by Jared Moore

  5. 376

    Listen to This Article: American Elections Are a Joke

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news57 years ago, Americans went to the moon in four days. Californians would still be working on the countdownNarrated by Jared Moore

  6. 375

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

    A recording from Matt Taibbi's 6/9/2026 live video with Matt Bivens. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.racket.news/subscribe

  7. 374

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

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsAmerican and European liberalism rightly campaigned against ethnocentrism once upon a time, but both versions ultimately went way too farNarrated by Jared Moore

  8. 373

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

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsIt’s not the fault of voters that they’re surrounded by crazyNarrated by Jared Moore

  9. 372

    Listen to This Article: Humanity Needs to Get Offline

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsLog on for some things. Stay off for most thingsNarrated by Jared Moore

  10. 371

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

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsOn Mother’s Day, public media cheers parenting-as-self-actualization. It’s all about you, adults!Narrated by Jared MooreArt by Daniel Medina

  11. 370

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

    The online fallout from the Correspondent's Dinner shooting has been an epic national Rorschach TestNarrated by Jared Moore This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.racket.news/subscribe

  12. 369

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

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsCasual lies told by the news media for commercial and political reasons spawn all sorts of horrors, making its phony rectitude insufferableNarrated by Jared Moore

  13. 368

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

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsThe SPLC was just indicted for one kind of fraud. Twitter was investigating another. When you get paid big bucks to find hate, you won't NOT find itNarrated by Jared Moore

  14. 367

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

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsIt’s time to do away with these societal “grifters” and “stowaways,” says an eminent Yale professorNarrated by Jared Moore

  15. 366

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

    Two waves of addiction were prescribed by doctors and egged on by pharmaceutical marketing — orchestrated by the Sackler family — that insisted it was safe and a great idea.Narrated by Jared Moore This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.racket.news/subscribe

  16. 365

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

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsThe high-speed demolition of Eric Swalwell is being celebrated as appropriate “accountability,” but removing due process isn’t justiceNarrated by Jared Moore

  17. 364

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

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsNot one of our presidents, least of all this lunatic, can resist starting warsNarrated by Jared Moore

  18. 363

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

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsSurprisingly, there’s plenty of precedent for Trump’s Easter tiradeNarrated by Jared Moore

  19. 362

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

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsIs a media mania yanking your chain? Ten ways to tell if the answer is yesNarrated by Jared Moore

  20. 361

    Listen to This Article: Time to Tune Out Spyworld

    A note on FBI research and the downstream effects of life in a surveillance stateNarrated by Jared Moore This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.racket.news/subscribe

  21. 360

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

    “Who has my saliva from ten years ago?” On the FBI studies involving serial killers, twins, facial recognition, and geneticsBy Ryan LovelaceNarrated by Jared Moore This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.racket.news/subscribe

  22. 359

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

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsFour years after the Twitter Files, the Missouri v. Biden case ends in a consent decree barring government from threatening protected speech - a belated but important victoryNarrated by Jared Moore

  23. 358

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

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsAn Iranian diplomat met with the CEO of Rostec, according to a letter obtained by RacketNarrated by Jared Moore

  24. 357

    Listen to This Article: Go Outside

    A place to visit, when the world goes madNarrated by Jared Moore This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.racket.news/subscribe

  25. 356

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

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWith the recent and ongoing "Software Apocalypse" we may just find out!Narrated by Jared Moore

  26. 355

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

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsAn interview with Kenneth ZuckerNarrated by Jared Moore

  27. 354

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

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsInsider trading on the end of the world?Narrated by Jared Moore

  28. 353

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

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsMega investors are a mega problem. But not the only one.Narrated by Jared Moore

  29. 352

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

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsIn an echo of Seymour Hersh’s famed ‘Family Jewels’ story, the FBI has been caught hiding a generation of secrets.Narrated by Jared Moore

  30. 351

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

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsAgent misconduct, Arctic Frost, and more! Inside the files FBI hides from its own agentsNarrated by Jared Moore

  31. 350

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

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsFor a generation, the FBI has kept a second set of books called ‘prohibited access’ files. After a long fight, they’re finally being examined.Narrated by Jared Moore

  32. 349

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

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsRacket’s new feature chronicles the money behind oft-quoted sourcesNarrated by Jared Moore

  33. 348

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

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsPeople love sports because it’s an escape, which is why we don’t force athletes to choose sidesNarrated by Jared Moore

  34. 347

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

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsG-men scrutinized an 'election matter' 16 months before Arctic FrostBy Ryan LovelaceNarrated by Jared Moore

  35. 346

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

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsAs the scandal involving British spying on journalists deepens, we're learning more about connections to earlier scandals in the U.S. and beyond. Part One in a SeriesNarrated by Jared Moore

  36. 345

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

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsInside Vinay Prasad's standoff with ModernaBy Emily KoppNarrated by Jared Moore

  37. 344

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

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsBritish Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Government is imploding thanks in part to Labour’s decision to spy on reporters, including Americans. On Friday, more rats jumped shipNarrated by Jared Moore

  38. 343

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

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsThe Keir Starmer-aligned group Labour Together had former Racket editor Matt Taibbi and contributor Paul Holden investigated, then passed details to an office in the GCHQ, their NSA analogBy Matt TaibbiNarrated by Jared Moore

  39. 342

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

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news‘The FBI can gather a dossier on anyone they choose’By Ryan LovelaceNarrated by Jared Moore

  40. 341

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

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsAmerica is getting answers on Jeffrey Epstein, but there is an opportunity costCopy by Caden OlsonNarrated by Jared Moore

  41. 340

    Listen to This Article: THE SWAMP LOG

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsYour weekly dispatch from the nation’s capitalNarrated by Jared Moore

  42. 339

    Listen to This Article: The Politics of Neither

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsPolls are increasingly clear: both Republicans and Democrats are rapidly losing the public's confidence. Do more people want to end the culture war than win it?Narrated by Jared Moore

  43. 338

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

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsThe death of globalization is the real headline from the international self-indulgence festival at DavosNarrated by Jared Moore

  44. 337

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

    Is the Fed the beneficiary of its own “success”?Narrated by Jared Moore This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.racket.news/subscribe

  45. 336

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

    The social media divide means audiences are no longer obsessing about the same video outrages. Episode 1: the arrest of ChongLy Thao versus the Cities ChurchNarrated by Jared Moore This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.racket.news/subscribe

  46. 335

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

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsMartin Luther King, Jr. stressed our common humanity, which would have made him unpopular with almost everyone today.Narrated by Jared Moore

  47. 334

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

    Donald Trump’s push to investigate left-leaning groups in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination has quietly run into a wall of conservative oppositionNarrated by Jared Moore This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.racket.news/subscribe

  48. 333

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

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsDonald Trump’s Greenland-gobbling may mean the end of the Atlanticist dream, which should have ended with the fall of communismNarrated by Jared Moore

  49. 332

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

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsFor a long time, there was little data about police shooting at cars, let alone rules. Recently it’s become controversial, but courts still vary wildly in their rulings. Five key casesNarrated by Jared Moore

  50. 331

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

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsExpressing support for a loony housing appointee, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani became the latest politician to ratify a truly evil set of academic race theoriesNarrated by Jared Moore

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Audio versions of articles from Racket News, found at Taibbi.Substack.com www.racket.news

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