Katie Halper and Aaron Maté
Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté
Useful Idiots is an informative and irreverent politics podcast with journalist Aaron Maté and podcaster/writer Katie Halper. Episodes feature on-the-road coverage of the 2020 campaign and exclusive interviews, with humor, commentary and dissection of the politics news of the week. Join Katie and Aaron as they examine important stories that have slipped through the cracks and what the media got wrong – and laugh about whatever is left to laugh about. www.usefulidiotspodcast.com
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Episodes
Does the attempted Trump shooter have Ukrainian ties? 16.09.2024 1:06:57
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The Case for Open Borders 13.09.2024 45:25
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Subscribe for the full episode at the bottom of the page. Watch a free preview here: Eight years ago, people were shocked at the insanity of the Trump campaign and his xenophobic border policies, pining for a more civil age where debates were proper and kids weren’t kept in cages. In 2024, those days seem sim...
Dick and Liz Cheney are the New Liberal Darlings 09.09.2024 1:06:47
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Israel’s Sadistic Frenzy of Hate and Revenge – with Israeli activist Sarit Michaeli 06.09.2024 1:04:19
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Subscribe for the full episode at the bottom of the page. Watch a free preview here: Though Western media has barely covered it, Israeli soldiers engaged in what can only be described as a gang rape of a Palestinian detainee at Sde Teiman, an Israeli military prison in the Negev desert, which Israeli media ha...
France’s Neoliberal Coup – with French MP Danièle Obono 30.08.2024 48:08
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Subscribe for the full episode at the bottom of the page. Watch a free preview here: In the name of democracy, neoliberal French President Emmanuel Macron is thwarting democracy in a move that some are calling a coup. The French left coalition, The New Popular Front, shocked the nation (and Macron) when they...
Dems just came down from their DNC high. They realized they made a huge mistake. 26.08.2024 1:11:38
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Racism is "in" again at the DNC 23.08.2024 1:11:49
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The Cops are Ready for the DNC 19.08.2024 1:04:05
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The REAL Hezbollah – With Lebanese Journalist Ghadi Francis 16.08.2024 48:32
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Subscribe for the full episode at the bottom of the page. Watch a free preview here: Western media presents Hezbollah as a group of savages, targeting civilians and trying to drag Lebanon, and the entire Middle East, into war. But, Lebanese journalist Ghadi Francis explains, this couldn’t be further from the...
Israel bombed a school. We count how many times corporate media mentioned it. 12.08.2024 1:07:57
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Is Israel About to Go to War with Iran? w/ Rami Khouri 09.08.2024 51:12
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Subscribe for the full episode at the bottom of the page. Watch a free preview here: “The colonial era never ended in the Middle East. The colonial spirit that drives white, Northern, European, American, military-industrial, racist, apartheid, Christian powers is still with us.” Palestinian-American journalis...
US Media Prepares for War in Middle East – and they're WAY too excited about it 05.08.2024 1:04:00
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US media is hiding THIS about Venezuela’s elections – w/ Anya Parampil 02.08.2024 50:28
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Subscribe for the full episode at the bottom of the page. Watch a free preview here: When the US government has been running a decades-long regime-change operation, sabotaging another country with shadow governments and crippling sanctions, it’s hard to take anything it says about the country’s leaders at fac...
Would Kamala Harris be Different on Israel? 29.07.2024 1:03:18
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Israeli Settlers Are the World’s Worst Neighbors w/ Mohammed el-Kurd 26.07.2024 41:44
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Subscribe for the full episode at the bottom of the page. Watch a free preview here: Palestinian writer and poet Mohammed el-Kurd is from the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem. He became known around the world when he resisted the theft of his family home by Israeli settlers. Now, as he an...
Aaron and Daniel Maté are the new Democratic nominees 22.07.2024 1:06:24
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Roger Waters TAKES ON Piers Morgan 19.07.2024 48:37
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Subscribe for the full episode at the bottom of the page. Watch a free preview here: “Is the revolution around the corner? I effing hope so!” Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters returns to Useful Idiots as bold and funny as ever, with takes on the UK’s new “self-serving Nazi” Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the meaningles...
UNLOCKED: UK Diplomat Ian Proud Full Interview 12.07.2024 48:51
By popular demand, we are unlocking the extended interview with Ian Proud. Watch the full chat here: From July 2014 to February 2019, veteran diplomat Ian Proud was posted to the British Embassy in Moscow where he advised UK Ministers on sanctions against Russia. His embrace of diplomacy over war made him a Misfit in Moscow . Proud joins Useful Idiots to explain how British diplomacy failed in Rus...
Aaron and Daniel Maté: Nominee Watch '24 08.07.2024 1:04:47
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Israel is heading for "national suicide" says Jewish Arab Israeli activist Alon Mizrahi 05.07.2024 55:04
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Subscribe for the full episode at the bottom of the page. Watch a free preview here: “If this is my story, then how do Palestinians feel?” This was the turning point for Jewish Arab Israeli Alon Mizrahi, a Mizrahi Jew who grew up in Israel facing racism and discrimination his whole life because of the color o...
Mainstream Media IMPLODES Post-Debate 01.07.2024 1:05:04
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The one way to stop Israel – w/ Diana Buttu 28.06.2024 57:34
265 days into Israel’s assault on Gaza, Palestinian-Canadian lawyer and former spokesperson for the Palestine Liberation Organization Diana Buttu joins us from Haifa with a stark warning: Things are going to get worse. “For Netanyahu,” she explains, “he needs to open up another front in order to maintain his power. He's made it clear that he's not going to push for a ceasefire. He doesn't care abo...
This debate is going to be awful 24.06.2024 1:00:01
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UK diplomat reveals NATO STARTED the WAR in Ukraine 21.06.2024 44:48
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Subscribe for the full episode at the bottom of the page. Watch a free preview here: From July 2014 to February 2019, veteran diplomat Ian Proud was posted to the British Embassy in Moscow where he advised UK Ministers on sanctions against Russia. His embrace of diplomacy over war made him a Misfit in Moscow...
This is Biden's final message 10 days before debating Trump 17.06.2024 1:03:45
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