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Fearless reporting and analysis in audio form by Jonathan M. Katz. For written issues and to support the pod subscribe at theracket.news
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A tale of two RICOs (feat. Josie Duffy Rice)
Mother of mercy!
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josie duffy rice
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1:26:41
'If somebody's going to conduct a coup, it is going to be him'
A conversation about the US and Africa with investigative journalist Nick Turse
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1:17:04
The 'world's coolest dictator' and his American fanboys
'I'm just saying that there's a lot of ways that the government can, and does, hide bodies.'
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Michael Paarlberg
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'If you can't be anti-war without ... literal Nazis and transphobes, then that's not the anti-war movement I want'
Part II of my Q&A with Molly Conger
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The sad, strange death of Teddy Von Nukem
A Q&A with Molly Conger, part I
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Inside the chapter: Shanghai
In which we talk about China’s transformation, a bad walking tour of China’s richest city, and a deleted scene
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Gangsters Movie Night 5: White Zombie
In this episode we go to Haiti via the 1932 horror cult classic White Zombie. Starring Bela Lugosi as “Murder Legendre" and set during the then-ongoing…
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Inside the chapter: Nicaragua
We’re turning the tables this week, as Racket researcher Annie Malcolm interrogates me about the making of a chapter of Gangsters of Capitalism…
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Subscriber thread: Russia, Ukraine ... and a world war?
Listen now | Click the play button above to hear my reflections on a global crisis in a place my family fled from (long ago). Then please share your…
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Gangsters Movie Night 4: Hands of Stone
Panama! Boxing! Colonialism! De Niro! De Armas! This week we're exploring the heart of America's historic "sphere of influence" through Jonathan…
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Gangsters Movie Night 3: Goyo The Boy General
This week we’re crossing the Pacific Rim to the Philippines—America’s longtime colony and the subject of three chapters of Gangsters of Capitalism, via…
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Gangsters Movie Night 2: 55 Days at Peking
Special pub week edition! I invite an expert on modern China and the Boxer Rebellion to watch 55 Days at Peking -- the 1963 Western-in-China starring…
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