This week on Without A Country, Corinne celebrates the New York Knicks' historic NBA Championship victory and the citywide joy that followed. Mike also recounts UFC Freedom 250 in Washington, D.C. Corinne then covers the LAPD's m*rder of Jameson, a beloved doodle wearing a Knicks jersey, a legal up date on the Karmelo Anthony/Austin Metcalf case, the Economist's explanation of 'Gen-Z socialism', Luigi Mangione's defense strategy, Zohran Mamdani's speech at the Rikers Island graduation ceremony, the UK's grooming gang investigation, new developments in U.S.-Iran negotiations, Vance Boelter's guilty plea in the Minnesota political assassination case, and an international discussion on reparations hosted in Ghana.

00:00 The New York Knicks Are NBA Champions

02:30 What It Was Like Inside Radio City for History

08:40 The Night New York City Lost Its Mind

10:00 UFC Freedom 250, Trump's Birthday & America 250

21:00 The Unexpected Harley-Davidson Culture War

25:18 Enemy of the State: LAPD Officer Kills Beloved Knicks Fan Dog

29:45 Karen Bass Responds to Public Outrage

35:00 Why Police Shoot So Many Family Pets

43:20 Patreon Shoutouts & Listener Mail

44:12 The Karmelo Anthony Verdict Explained

52:10 Why the Self-Defense Strategy Failed

52:45 Lessons From the Los Angeles Mayoral Race

56:00 Is Gen Z Turning Toward Socialism?

1:10:00 Zohran Mamdani, DSA Politics & the Left's Future

1:32:10 Luigi Mangione's Mental Health Defense Strategy

1:45:00 Iran Ceasefire Talks Could Change the Middle East

1:56:45 A Graduation Ceremony at Rikers Island Gives Hope

1:57:40 UK's Grooming Gang Scandal Back Under Investigation

2:10:00 Vance Boelter Pleads Guilty in Minnesota Assassination Case

2:18:00 Ghana Pushes Global Reparations Debate Forward

2:30:35 Final Thoughts, Plugs & Outro

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ENEMY OF THE STATE: The LAPD Cop Who Shot Jameson the Dog. RIP Jameson.

https://www.sheriffs.org/dog_encounters/

AND

https://nypost.com/2026/06/17/us-news/karen-bass-orders-probe-into-dog-shot-by-lapd-at-knicks-celebration/

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Gen Z Socialism

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/06/04/how-to-fight-back-against-gen-z-socialism

MAIN STORIES

New York Knicks

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/knicks-championship-new-york-fandom-has-never-felt-this-good.html

Luigi Mangione

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/mangione-will-mount-psychiatric-defense-at-trial-for-killing-unitedhealthcare-ceo-191488bb#

NY Post take on Luigi

https://nypost.com/2026/06/17/us-news/luigi-mangiones-psych-defense-could-work-in-his-favor-experts/

Municipal

Mamdani Speaks at Rikers Graduation

https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2026/06/16/mamdani-speaks-at-rikers-island-high-school-graduation

Could Be Worse

Grooming Gangs

https://news.sky.com/story/first-batch-of-grooming-gang-cases-returned-to-police-to-reinvestigate-13554588

GUUUURL

Iran peace

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/17/trump-us-iran-war-mou-deal

Vance Boelter

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/06/10/vance-boelter-expected-to-change-not-guilty-plea

Ghana & reparations

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/jun/17/ghana-to-advance-reparatory-justice-at-first-major-gathering-since-landmark-un-resolution

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