Recent articles
April 9, 2026
Listen to This Article: The Top 10 Symptoms of Conspiracy Brain
Narrated Version | Is a media mania yanking your chain? Ten ways to tell if the answer is yes
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April 8, 2026
Interview: Former Counterterrorism Official Joe Kent
"Today's News" — well, Michael Tracey — talks to the ubiquitous former director of the National Counterterrorism Center
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April 7, 2026
"Today's News" Livestream: Is Trump No Longer Funny?
A recording from Monday, April 6.
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April 6, 2026
The Top 10 Symptoms of Conspiracy Brain
Is a media mania yanking your chain? Ten ways to tell if the answer is yes
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April 4, 2026
Listen to This Article: Time to Tune Out Spyworld
Narrated Version | A note on FBI research and the downstream effects of life in a surveillance state
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April 3, 2026
"Today's News," April 3, 2026: Bank of America's Epstein Settlement, Trump's War Address, and March Media Madness
Matt Taibbi and Michael Tracey break down the Final Four in our tournament.
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April 3, 2026
Livestream, "Today's News," 10 AM ET: Final Four, Trump, Epstein Update
Michael Tracey talks to principals in Jeffery Epstein litigation, world still miserably at war, the Final Four of the America's Worst Podcaster tourney
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April 2, 2026
Big Tech Reverting to Old Ways?
Meta clamps down on a documentary criticizing Meta. Is old-school digital censorship returning?
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April 2, 2026
A Storied Russian Muckraker On Oil, Iran, Ukraine, and More
Known for fearless journalism in the Yeltsin years, Leonid Krutakov resurfaces with an epic history of the oil business, at a time when war over energy has never been more relevant.
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April 1, 2026
Time to Tune Out Spyworld
A note on FBI research and the downstream effects of life in a surveillance state
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March 31, 2026
"Today's News" Livestream at 6:30 PM ET
A recording from 3/30/2026
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March 29, 2026
Listen to This Article: Finally, Good News: Free Speech Wins Big in Court
Narrated Version | Four 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 victory
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March 28, 2026
Listen to This Article: Exclusive: Iranian Ambassador Met with Russian Arms Maker for “Development of Cooperation”
Narrated Version | An Iranian diplomat met with the CEO of Rostec, according to a letter obtained by Racket
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March 27, 2026
Listen to This Article: Go Outside
Narrated Version | A place to visit, when the world goes mad
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March 26, 2026
Finally, Good News: Free Speech Wins Big in Court
Four 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 victory
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March 25, 2026
Exclusive: Iranian Ambassador Met with Russian Arms Maker for “Development of Cooperation”
An Iranian diplomat met with the CEO of Rostec, according to a letter obtained by Racket
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March 25, 2026
"Today's News" Livestream at 10:30 am ET
A recording from 3/25/2026
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March 25, 2026
"Today's News" Livestream at 10:30 AM ET: Michael Tracey On Location
Recapping an interesting event.
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March 24, 2026
Go Outside
A place to visit, when the world goes mad
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March 20, 2026
March Media Madness: Determining America's Worst Podcaster
Bracketology meets podcasting as we make sport of the influencer game. Plus, a $1000 reader contest
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March 20, 2026
"Today's News," March 20th, 2026: "March Media Madness: America's Worst Podcaster"
Making sport of slop.
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March 17, 2026
Today's News Live Stream 3/16/2026
A recording from Monday's live video
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March 16, 2026
Livestream, Tonight, 8 PM ET, Monday 3/16: "Today's News" on Iran, FCC, Podcasts v. MSM
What's more dangerous, information you know is unreliable, or news you think might be? Michael Tracey and Matt Taibbi debate tonight, while answering comments from haters
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March 13, 2026
New Podcast: Today's News, With Michael Tracey. Episode One, "Conspiretardation."
A message in a bottle, from a world gone crazy
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March 10, 2026
Interview With America's Exiled Speech Dissident, Dimitri Simes
Dimitri Simes defected to the U.S. in the seventies and was a proud American for five decades, until he was criminally charged with a Soviet-style offense: being a journalist
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March 10, 2026
Listen to This Article: 50 Years of Secrets: Why You Should Care About the FBI's 'Prohibited Access' Files
Narrated Version | In an echo of Seymour Hersh's famed 'Family Jewels' story, the FBI has been caught hiding a generation of secrets.
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March 8, 2026
Listen to This Article: EXCLUSIVE: The FBI's Secret Stash Finally Uncovered
Narrated Version | For a generation, the FBI has kept a second set of books called 'prohibited access' files. After a long fight, they're finally being examined.
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March 7, 2026
Listen to This Article: Introducing: Who's That Source?
Narrated Version | Racket’s new feature chronicles the money behind oft-quoted sources
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March 6, 2026
Livestream, 2:00 PM ET: Matt Taibbi and Ryan Lovelace on the FBI's "Prohibited Access" Files
A brief discussion, and a floor open for questions, about the FBI's secret filing system
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March 6, 2026
50 Years of Secrets: Why You Should Care About the FBI's 'Prohibited Access' Files
In an echo of Seymour Hersh's famed 'Family Jewels' story, the FBI has been caught hiding a generation of secrets.
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