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Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté

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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29:50

Palestinian Describes Israeli Settlers "Circling"...

Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté ·

2026/02/07

*BONUS INTERVIEW*As the Trump administration turns the world into chaos, threatening to bomb Iran, killing Americans in Minnesota, kidnapping presidents in Venezuela, and gutting the nation’s already-terrible healthcare system, Israel’s genocide in Gaza has fallen out of the corporate news cycle.Our guest, Palestinian-American law student Ahmad Ibsais, joins Useful Idiots to explain that the reports from Gaza weren’t just pushed aside to get more views from higher-performing news stories, but

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53:57

US War with Iran Will Be ‘Disaster’ – Iranian Professor

Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté ·

2026/02/06

Watch our full, unpaywalled interview with Iranian-American Professor Afshin Matin-AsgariFor our recap of the week, including the new Russiagate conspiracy that Epstein was a Russian agent, subscribe to watch our Friday Free-For-All: Jeff Epstein, the Russian Spy.This week, amid volatile tensions, deadly protests, rumors of Mossad infiltration, and threats of war, the US and Iran are scheduled to have diplomatic talks, though one side pulling out would not be surprising as the US can’t seem to stop

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85:11

Mike Johnson HUMILIATED For Ridiculous Epstein Files...

Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté ·

2026/02/02

It was a crazy weekend, but as Useful Idiots know, a disturbing world means an action-packed Monday Mourning. Here’s what we cover:– A seemingly drunk Lindsey Graham begs Trump to bomb Iran– Mike Pompeo can’t stop bragging about Mossad’s covert plants in the Iran protests– Republicans are flailing to defend ICE’s murder of ICU nurse Alex Pretti– Karoline Leavitt parrots Nancy Pelosi’s paid protester line (with not even a thought about giving evidence of who’s paying them)– TRUMP EPSTEIN FILES–

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23:24

Dem Senator EXPOSED for Secret ICE Funding

Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté ·

2026/01/30

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.comSubscribe for the full episode at the bottom of the page. Watch a free preview here:While the DHS is sending masked ICE agents into cities, rounding up immigrants and citizens alike, killing protesters, and creating chaos, Democrats are making a big show of being anti-ICE. They’re calling for reforms, body cams, accountability, and training.This sounds great, but civil rights attorney and Copaganda author Alec

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23:24

Full episode: Dem Senator EXPOSED for “Reforms” That...

Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté ·

2026/01/30

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70:04

ICE Goes Woke After Nurse Murder: Uses Terms...

Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté ·

2026/01/26

This weekend Border Patrol in Minneapolis murdered another peaceful protester, ICU nurse Alex Pretti. Trump officials are having such a horrible time trying to cover for this one that they’re resorting to the cancel-culture lingo they mocked for years:“It feels as though you’re blaming the victim here,” says CNN’s Dana Bash.Senior Border Patrol Official Greg Bovino whines back, “The victims?? The victims are the border patrol agents! I’m not blaming the border patrol agents! The victim are the

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87:22

Katie Halper Destroys Kristi Noem on Blatant ICE Lie

Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté ·

2026/01/19

Kristi Noem did not do well on her Face the Nation appearance this weekend. And Katie and Aaron did not miss the opportunity to make fun of it.From accidentally calling her own agency’s statistics a fake news lie, to contradicting her claim that ICE agents aren’t using chemical weapons against protesters, to admitting the First Amendment no longer exists when it comes to ICE, to claiming that even mentioning the public case of ICE officer and alleged murderer Jonathan Ross is the same as doxxing,

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66:15

Ex-UN Official EXPOSES Israel’s Secret Role in Venezuela

Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté ·

2026/01/16

In October 2023, Craig Mokhiber resigned as director of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights over the UN’s failure to act to stop the genocide in Gaza. Since then, he has been writing and speaking out about Israel’s crimes in Gaza as well as the other wars launched by the US-Israel Axis. This week, we’re focusing on Israel’s secret role in destabilizing Latin America, the Maduro government in Venezuela in particular, and in training ICE.Useful Idiots: Can you talk about the Israeli regime’s

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90:21

Kristi Noem PANICS As ICE Murder Story Unravels Live...

Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté ·

2026/01/12

“F***ing b****!”New bodycam footage shows that a male voice, allegedly the ICE officer who shot and killed Renee Good in Minnesota this week, yelled this out after the deadly shots were fired. When confronted with this thorn in the MAGA story that this was a scared ICE officer fearing for his life, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem unravels.In the days since the shooting, Noem, as well as Vice President JD Vance and Border Czar Tom Homan, have been attacking and blaming Good for her own

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59:55

"A couple of second chances" – Trump Bends the Knee...

Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté ·

2025/12/31

Breaking News: it was just announced that for the first time ever, the 2026 winner of the Israel Prize will not be an Israeli. It will instead be Donald Trump.Netanyahu visited the Israel-firster this week to shower him with praise, and in response, Trump bent the knee to proclaim that Israel can have as many second chances as they’d like to prove they’re not committing genocide. In the same speech, Trump kind of lets slip that he’s maybe thinking of shooting missiles into Iran on behalf of Israel,

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86:57

What were those photos of Trump in the Epstein...

Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté ·

2025/12/22

Get extended episodes, Friday Free-For-Alls, and TWO MONTHS of Useful Idiots FREE.The Epstein files are out…mostly. The Trump Admin seemed to think it could get away with yet another partial dump, but one of their redactions got leaked when a photo of a desk drawer filled with photos of Trump and young women went public.What was that about?Katie and Aaron analyze Deputy AG Todd Blanche’s Epstein performance on Meet the Press and debunk the lies after lies he tells.Also in this Monday Mourning: Bari

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33:04

Trump's Venezuela War BACKFIRES, Maduro Calls His...

Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté ·

2025/12/19

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.comGet the extended episode, Friday Free-For-All, and TWO MONTHS of Useful Idiots FREE.Subscribe for the full episode at the bottom of the page. Watch a free preview here:For this week’s interview, we’re speaking with Francisco Rodríguez about the latest in Trump’s regime-change campaign in Venezuela. Rodríguez, a member of the Venezuelan opposition who formerly advised a challenger to President Nicolás Maduro,

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67:33

US Senators Politicize Australia Mass Shooting to...

Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté ·

2025/12/15

This weekend, a mass shooting in Australia killed at least 16 people at a Hanukkah celebration. Australian lawmakers responded to the incident rationally: they’re creating new policy to tighten gun restrictions in the country. US politicians, who responded to their own mass shooting at Brown University with the usual “thoughts and prayers,” had a much more ridiculous takeaway:“My heart goes out to all of the Jewish citizens of America and around the world,” says Senator Jim Banks (R-IN). “In America

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55:52

Why the UAE Secretly Funds a Genocide in Sudan

Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté ·

2025/12/12

Time is running out: get this episode and 2 MONTHS of Useful Idiots FREE.This week we speak with Suad Abdel Aziz, a Sudanese-American lawyer and founder of the human rights advocacy organization Decolonize Sudan. The Sudan genocide is a topic we haven’t covered extensively at Useful Idiots, so Suad educates us with a history of the region, explains what’s going on now, and reveals how the US is involved.Useful Idiots: Can you give us a brief history of Sudan and how we got to where we are?Suad Abdel

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33:29

CIA's Secret Drug War, Exposed

Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté ·

2025/12/05

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.comGet the extended episode, Friday Free-For-All, and TWO MONTHS of Useful Idiots FREE.Subscribe for the full episode at the bottom of the page. Watch a free preview here:This week we’re speaking to Pulitzer-Prize winner Greg Grandin about the Trump Administration’s regime-change war in Venezuela, which now is mired in controversy not just because we’re trying to overthrow a foreign government yet again, but also

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68:29

Will the US go on trial for this weekend's war crime...

Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté ·

2025/12/01

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65:12

What Are Senate Democrats Gaining From Blocking Peace...

Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté ·

2025/11/24

Useful Idiots runs on your support. Please consider joining our community! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/subscribe

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65:05

Marjorie Taylor Greene tells CNN that Israel is...

Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté ·

2025/11/17

Join the Useful Idiots community here! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/subscribe

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29:19

Richard Wolff’s GRAVE WARNING for America

Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté ·

2025/11/15

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.comSubscribe for the full episode at the bottom of the page. Watch a free preview here:Support independent media here to watch our full interview with Richard Wolff!

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52:33

Jewish Journalist EXPOSES the Truth about the State...

Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté ·

2025/11/14

This week’s interview with Jasper Nathaniel is free to all. For our news of the week segment, check out our Friday Free-For-All: JD Vance Can’t Stop Laughing at Trump’s al-Qaeda Joke. Thanks for supporting independent media!If you’re wondering about how the so-called ceasefire in Gaza is going, look no further than this BBC News headline:Some ceasefire. And if you want to know about the even-less-reported-on West Bank, where settlers are committing unwatchable atrocities as you read this, listen to

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