Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté

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Useful Idiots is an informative and irreverent politics podcast with journalist Aaron Maté and podcaster/writer Katie Halper. Episodes feature analysis of the political news of the week and exclusive interviews, with humor, commentary and dissection of why both Republicans and Democrats suck. Join Aaron and Katie 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.

Episode Date
Professor Exposes Campus Free Speech Crackdown
Apr 19, 2024
Nancy Pelosi is Working for Putin + Jeffrey Sachs Unlocked
Apr 12, 2024
Jeffrey Sachs: Biden is a miserable failure
Apr 05, 2024
Norman Finkelstein: UN ceasefire resolution shows that Biden is scared
Mar 29, 2024
John Mearsheimer – Full Interview on the US role in Gaza and Ukraine
Mar 22, 2024
US Media is STILL lying about October 7 after UN debunks Israel
Mar 15, 2024
"This is for Gaza" – UK's George Galloway returns to office to challenge pro-war elites
Mar 08, 2024
“Biden is a senile warmonger” – veteran US Diplomat Chas Freeman
Mar 01, 2024
"Insanity" – John Mearsheimer on the US role in Gaza and Ukraine
Feb 23, 2024
“Pure evil” – Dr. Mads Gilbert on Israel’s attacks on Gaza’s hospitals
Feb 16, 2024
Dennis Kucinich Takes on the War Machine
Feb 09, 2024
Fmr. UNRWA Spox Refutes Israeli Smears
Feb 02, 2024
Son of Israeli victims slams Netanyahu + Journalist reveals what REALLY happened on 10/7
Jan 26, 2024
Jewish South African who worked under Mandela Applauds Israel Genocide Case w/ Andrew Feinstein
Jan 19, 2024
Genocide trial should convict Blinken and other US officials – Palestinian analyst
Jan 12, 2024
Palestinian Pastor: It is Hell on Earth
Jan 05, 2024
Gideon Levy on Israel’s Nazi Proposals – Full interview unpaywalled
Dec 29, 2023
Israel is assassinating journalists (with US media’s help)
Dec 22, 2023
Remembering Refaat Alareer
Dec 17, 2023
Former UN official: Biden is inciting genocide
Dec 15, 2023
Israeli historian Ilan Pappé on Genocide of Palestinians
Dec 08, 2023
Israel’s Nazi Proposals w/ Gideon Levy
Dec 01, 2023
Cornel West and Gabor Maté on Gaza
Nov 24, 2023
Egyptian Podcaster Destroys CNN Reporter for Israel Propaganda
Nov 17, 2023
Yanis Varoufakis on Israel’s war crimes
Nov 10, 2023
Rashid Khalidi: How Biden fuels Israel's war on Palestine
Nov 03, 2023
Israeli Lawmaker's Dire Warning – with Ofer Cassif
Oct 27, 2023
Israeli general's son slams Israel's savagery – with Miko Peled
Oct 20, 2023
Palestinian Journalist on Israel's ATTACK on Gaza
Oct 13, 2023
Ukraine's Inconvenient Truth
Oct 06, 2023
Norman Finkelstein on Canada’s Applause for Nazis
Sep 29, 2023
US Media Can't Stop Lying about Ukraine
Sep 22, 2023
Biden's Trumpian War on Korea
Sep 15, 2023
Matt Taibbi on GOP Debates, Censorship, and Trump on Shrooms
Sep 08, 2023
Matt Taibbi and Max Blumenthal on Neoliberal Censorship
Sep 01, 2023
How Both Parties Work for ‘Tyranny, Inc.’
Aug 25, 2023
Exposed: US Backed regime change in Pakistan
Aug 18, 2023
Debate: Is Trump’s Jan 6th plot kooky or criminal?
Aug 11, 2023
NATO is the Zombie that won’t Die
Aug 04, 2023
Oppenheimer expert on what Christopher Nolan’s movie gets wrong
Jul 28, 2023
Ukrainian Journalist “Shocked” by New Poll
Jul 21, 2023
Former CIA Analyst: The West Cannot Defeat Russia in Ukraine
Jul 14, 2023
Israel's Illegal Assault on Jenin w/ Noura Erakat
Jul 07, 2023
Scott Ritter: Putin Won the Coup and Will Win the War
Jun 30, 2023
The Kennedys vs The Deep State
Jun 23, 2023
80s Grooves that Explained the News w/ Touré
Jun 16, 2023
Oliver Stone Goes Nuclear
Jun 09, 2023
Henry Kissinger: Kill Anything that Moves
Jun 02, 2023
Syrians Find Hope Under Crushing US Sanctions
May 26, 2023
Former Buzzfeed Chief on the End of a Media Era
May 19, 2023
Ex-CIA Agent Reveals the Truth about JFK
May 12, 2023
Kremlin Droned + Tucker Carlson Debate
May 05, 2023
Matt Taibbi Reacts to Dems' Prison Threat
Apr 28, 2023
Lee Fang on Pentagon Leaks, Twitter Files, and Mehdi vs. Matt
Apr 21, 2023
The Disinformation Hoax of the Century
Apr 14, 2023
Congressman Ro Khanna vs Useful Idiots
Apr 07, 2023
The Middle East kicks out the US
Mar 31, 2023
"Ceasefire is Unacceptable" – The US stops pretending
Mar 24, 2023
Will the Left Stand Up to the Deep State?
Mar 17, 2023
No Episode This Week! See You Next Week!
Mar 10, 2023
Europeans Protest the Proxy War
Mar 03, 2023
David Sirota vs Pete Buttigieg
Feb 24, 2023
Chris Hedges Rallies for a Left-Right Coalition Against War
Feb 17, 2023
US sanctions block aid to earthquake-hit Syrians
Feb 10, 2023
Matt Taibbi Exposes Russiagate Bots
Feb 03, 2023
How to Be a Human Again
Jan 27, 2023
CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou: GOP won't do real intel oversight
Jan 20, 2023
Force the Vote with Pelosi Challenger Shahid Buttar
Jan 13, 2023
Ukrainian scholar calls out US media's lies about war
Jan 06, 2023
Useful Idiots 2022 Special plus Claire Daly & Mick Wallace Unlocked
Dec 30, 2022
Far-Right Israeli Government is Most Extreme Yet
Dec 23, 2022
How Do Pro-Russian Ukrainians See the War?
Dec 16, 2022
Why is Establishment Media Finally Defending Julian Assange?
Dec 09, 2022
‘Union Joe’ Biden sells out rail workers
Dec 02, 2022
Unlocked: Norm Finkelstein Part 1 – "I'll Burn That Bridge When I Get to It"
Nov 25, 2022
Inside the Ukraine-FTX Connection
Nov 18, 2022
Norm Finkelstein Takes Down Bernie and the Squad
Nov 11, 2022
Leak: US Government Plans To Police ‘Disinformation’ – with Ken Klippenstein
Nov 04, 2022
US Threatens Haiti with Intervention
Oct 28, 2022
Why are US Progressives Pro-War?
Oct 21, 2022
US Journalist on Ukraine Hit List Survives Bombing
Oct 14, 2022
Col. Doug Macgregor on Nord Stream and Nuclear War
Oct 07, 2022
Iranians Protest Repression while Suffering under US Sanctions
Sep 30, 2022
How the West Provoked War in Ukraine
Sep 23, 2022
Matt Taibbi Returns
Sep 16, 2022
Katrina vanden Heuvel on Gorbachev’s legacy and the Ukraine proxy war
Sep 09, 2022
Kurt Metzger on Comedy in Communist China
Sep 02, 2022
Noam Chomsky: We're Repeating Afghanistan in Ukraine
Aug 26, 2022
‘I was sure they were going to kill me’ – African Socialist Leader On FBI Raid
Aug 19, 2022
Vijay Prashad: US threatens China because China threatens US hegemony
Aug 12, 2022
Reporting from Ukraine: Lindsey Snell
Aug 05, 2022
Mick Wallace and Clare Daly want to save us from NATO
Jul 29, 2022
Tony Winner Michael R. Jackson on "A Strange Loop"
Jul 22, 2022
How Sex, Drugs, and Ancient Humans Affect Today’s Politics with Chris Ryan
Jul 15, 2022
Richard Wolff Doesn't Want to Scare You But...
Jul 08, 2022
Briahna Joy Gray on Beta Dems and Republican Chads
Jul 01, 2022
Progressive Organizations Self-Implode while Roe is Overturned – with Ryan Grim
Jun 24, 2022
Max Blumenthal on Censorship and Masongate
Jun 17, 2022
Glenn Greenwald on Jan 6 and Ukraine
Jun 10, 2022
How Israel Gets Away with Murder – with Ali Abunimah
Jun 03, 2022
Did Texas Police Fail School Massacre Victims?
May 27, 2022
Ukrainian Journalist Exposes the Azov Battalion
May 20, 2022
Media and Biden Cover Up Journalist's Murder
May 13, 2022
PayPal Steals from Independent Media
May 06, 2022
Sociopath Neocons Sacrifice Ukrainians and Global Poor – Economist Michael Hudson
Apr 29, 2022
How to End the War in Ukraine with Scott Ritter
Apr 22, 2022
How Liberalism Aids Fascism
Apr 15, 2022
David Sirota on "Don't Look Up"
Apr 08, 2022
Colin Powell's Chief of Staff on Ukraine
Apr 01, 2022
Oliver Stone: We're Living in a Censored State
Mar 25, 2022
Abby Martin on World War III
Mar 18, 2022
RT's Afshin Rattansi on Ukraine and Censorship
Mar 11, 2022
How the Ukraine War Helps US Empire
Mar 04, 2022
How the US Caused the Ukraine Crisis
Feb 25, 2022
Rania Khalek Debunks Anti-Cuba Propaganda
Feb 18, 2022
How Obama Failed Black People
Feb 11, 2022
Katrina vanden Heuvel on Putin & Ukraine
Feb 04, 2022
Did Obama Know?
Jan 28, 2022
Did the FBI Kill Martin Luther King?
Jan 21, 2022
Guantanamo Survivor: I Was in Hell
Jan 14, 2022
David Cross on Useful Idiots
Jan 07, 2022
WTF Happened in 2021? w/ Thomas Frank
Dec 31, 2021
Veterans Attack Military Industrial Complex
Dec 24, 2021
The Cult of the Privilege Walk
Dec 17, 2021
Reacting To Assange Verdict With UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer
Dec 10, 2021
Oliver Stone Knows Who Killed JFK
Dec 03, 2021
Adolph Reed Returns
Nov 26, 2021
Biden Shills for Oil Drills
Nov 19, 2021
Aaron Maté + Matt Taibbi vs The World
Nov 12, 2021
WTF Happened to Dems: Election Night Wrap Up
Nov 05, 2021
Biden's Charade EXPOSED with David Sirota
Oct 29, 2021
What Everyone Gets Wrong About Facebook
Oct 22, 2021
Exclusive: Biden Bombshell Book Author Ben Schreckinger
Oct 15, 2021
Useful Idiots LIVE + The Final Act of the Spending Bill Show
Oct 09, 2021
He Made the First Covid Vaccine. They Shut Him Down
Oct 01, 2021
How the 24-Hour News Cycle Ruined Journalism
Sep 24, 2021
Chris Hedges: "I Wasn't Surprised by 9/11"
Sep 17, 2021
Adolph Reed has ENOUGH White People Explaining Racism to Him
Sep 10, 2021
How Obama's War on Terror Led to Trump
Sep 03, 2021
Afghanistan Vet on Biden Pullout: "I'd Change Nothing"
Aug 27, 2021
The Deadliest Coverup of the 20th Century
Aug 13, 2021
Cuomo's Kiss Compilation & Dystopian Media "Bullshit" w/ Walter Kirn
Aug 06, 2021
Nina Turner Takes on the Establishment in Run for Congress
Jul 30, 2021
The Biggest Government Coverup of the Century
Jul 23, 2021
Julian Assange's Brother: #FreeAssange
Jul 16, 2021
Black Scholar Adolph Reed DESTROYS Robin DiAngelo, White Fragility & Nice Racism
Jul 09, 2021
How to Discharge Your Student Loans with Austin Smith
Jul 02, 2021
Norm Finkelstein on Cancel Culture
Jun 25, 2021
Cuomosexuals and the NYC Mayor Race
Jun 18, 2021
Dennis Kucinich Literally Knocked Down Door To Win Race + Hunter Biden Loves His Penis & the N-Word
Jun 11, 2021
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti Reach a Breaking Point, plus Dicks By Association, Obama's Drone Addiction, and Water Bear Abuse
Jun 04, 2021
Aaron Maté on Syria, Plus Joe Biden Tells You to F*ck Off
May 28, 2021
Lawyer Steven Donziger Under House Arrest for Suing Chevron
May 21, 2021
Abby Martin on Gaza, a Liz Cheney Surprise, the Grammar of Stabbing, and More Feces Fries
May 14, 2021
Thomas Frank, Financial Scams, What Would Jesus Drone, & Woke CIA Ads
May 08, 2021
Cornel West On Biden & Leaving Harvard
May 01, 2021
David Sirota on the SALT Tax Cap, Plus: Is Biden Really the new FDR?
Apr 26, 2021
Bad Chauvin Verdict Reactions, Notes from the Anus-Having Club, and More Vanguard Time Travel
Apr 23, 2021
"Don't Let That Liberal Bullsh*t Get To You" with Marianne Williamson
Apr 17, 2021
Noam Chomsky + The True Story of the Rolling Stone Breakup
Apr 09, 2021
Kamala's Mansion Misery, Mysterious Suez Penis Crash, & Dr. Erica Anderson on Arkansas Trans Ban
Apr 05, 2021
Ted Cruz, Penis Mishaps + Matt Stoller on Big Tech Monopoly & Surveillance Advertising
Mar 26, 2021
Jesse Singal & Katie Herzog On The Substack Wars
Mar 23, 2021
Daniel Ellsberg On The Pentagon Papers + Matt & Katie On Cow Therapy & Serial Killers
Mar 23, 2021
Useful Idiots Unchained Teaser
Mar 23, 2021
Stella Moris on the Assange Case, Concealing Pregnancy
Mar 05, 2021
The Democrats Try To Cancel Fox News, with Shahid Buttar
Feb 26, 2021
Aaron Maté on Biden's Foreign Policy, OPCW, and More
Feb 19, 2021
Glenn Greenwald Returns, Plus Neera Tanden's Confirmation Hearing
Feb 12, 2021
Ro Khanna on Covid Relief, Robinhood, and More, Plus a Review of the Mandalorian
Feb 05, 2021
GameStop Madness with David Dayen
Jan 29, 2021
Entering the Biden Era with Thomas Frank
Jan 21, 2021
The Scary End of Trump's Reign, Plus How Censorship is Bad for the Left with Andre Damon
Jan 15, 2021
Julian Assange Denied Bail with Stefania Maurizi, Plus Covid Cow Coffins
Jan 08, 2021
Stimulus Checks, Larry Summers, plus Mark Crispin Miller on Academic Freedom
Dec 31, 2020
Surveillance in Tech, 'Biracial Commercials,' and Obama's Drones with Edward Ongweso Jr
Dec 18, 2020
Matt Christman and MSNBC’s Petty War on Sanders
Dec 11, 2020
Erin Brockovich on U.S. Water Crisis, Biden's EPA Transition Board Pick, and More
Dec 04, 2020
Reading Obama Quotes, Plus Ryan McMahon and Jon Thompson on Thunder Bay
Nov 25, 2020
Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters on Biden, Trump, Assange & Censorship
Nov 20, 2020
Thomas Frank on Fake Populism & Silicon Valley Fantasies
Nov 13, 2020
Glenn Greenwald on Lessons from the Election, Leaving the Intercept and More
Nov 06, 2020
Tinashe on Useful Idiots Live, Bonus Episode!
Nov 03, 2020
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti on the Election and the Future of Both Parties
Oct 30, 2020
Zoomin Toobin, How to Pitch Biden to Voters, and Analyzing Polls with Ben Tulchin
Oct 23, 2020
Nancy Pelosi Beefs With Wolf Blitzer, Plus Antonio García Martínez on Content Moderation in Silicon Valley
Oct 16, 2020
Trump vs. Covid and 'Amy Hairy Conehead' with David Sirota
Oct 09, 2020
Michael K. Williams on the Debate, Police Reform, Lovecraft Country and More
Oct 02, 2020
RBG and the Supreme Court with Samuel Moyn
Sep 25, 2020
Glenn Greenwald on Reality Winner Controversy and Asking Trump to Pardon Snowden
Sep 18, 2020
Trump and Bob Woodward, Plus Filmmaker Juan Passarelli on the Assange Trial
Sep 11, 2020
Nancy Pelosi Challenger Shahid Buttar Responds to Allegations
Sep 04, 2020
Zephyr Teachout, RNC Highlighs & the Myth of the Markey Bros
Aug 28, 2020
DNC Highlights, the USPS Crisis, Plus Katie Hill on Her Scandal and New Book
Aug 21, 2020
Alex Morse Speaks Out, Plus Kamala Harris as Biden's VP
Aug 14, 2020
Thomas Frank on Anti-Populism, Plus Biden's Most-Stoned Moment Ever
Aug 07, 2020
Dr. Robert Gallo on Vaccines, Plus the Democrats' Campaign Strategy | Useful Idiots
Jul 31, 2020
Thomas Chatterton Williams on Cancel Culture, Bari Weiss Leaves NYT
Jul 17, 2020
True Anon's Liz & Brace on Ghislaine Maxwell and Epstein, Plus the Harper's Letter
Jul 10, 2020
"White Fragility," Plus Adolph Reed on Identity Politics
Jul 03, 2020
Omar Wasow on Violent vs. Non-Violent Protests, Plus Katie and Matt on Trump's Rally
Jun 26, 2020
Dr. Cornel West on Protests, Bernie's Campaign, His New Podcast, and Much More
Jun 19, 2020
Shahid Buttar on Running Against Nancy Pelosi, Kente Cloth, and Police Reform
Jun 12, 2020
Marianne Williamson and Dr. Gerald Horne on Protests, Dems' Failures, and 2020
Jun 05, 2020
Michael Moore on Planet of the Humans
May 31, 2020
The Case Against Censoring Trump and Palestinians With Ali Abunimah + George Floyd and Amy Cooper
May 29, 2020
Jimmy Dore on Bernie Sanders, the CARES Act + the Dems Ditch Civil Liberties
May 22, 2020
Aaron Mate on New #Russiagate Bombshells, Plus More From the Stupid Bay of Pigs
May 15, 2020
Covid-19 With Virologist Dr. Christian Bréchot, Plus Rambo Goes to Venezuela
May 08, 2020
Rashida Tlaib on Urgent Needs During Covid-19, Dealing with Trump, Plus a Discussion of Web Censorship
May 01, 2020
Nina Turner on the Future of Progressive Politics, Plus - Why Networks Air Trump’s Pressers in Full
Apr 24, 2020
Analyzing Bernie's Endorsement of Biden, Plus David Rees On Predicting The Election
Apr 17, 2020
Matt Stoller On The Covid-19 Bailout, Plus Live Reactions To Bernie's Campaign Suspension
Apr 10, 2020
Dealing With Quarantine Anxiety & Depression With Johann Hari, Plus Matt On Bailouts
Apr 03, 2020
Adam McKay on 'Coke vs. Pepsi' Politics, Plus Biden vs. Trump, Matt on Congressional Insider Trading
Mar 27, 2020
Noam Chomsky on the Primary and Media Criticism, Plus a Breakdown of Biden's Lies
Mar 19, 2020
Bernie vs Trump vs Biden with James Adomian and Anthony Atamaniuk, Plus the Primary
Mar 12, 2020
Super Tuesday Review, Sanders’ Strategy Moving Forward, and Saying Goodbye to Chris Matthews
Mar 05, 2020
Felix Salmon on Bloomberg, Wall Street, Michael Milken, and the 2020 Campaigns. Plus the Latest WaPo Op-eds
Feb 27, 2020
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti on Bipartisan Elitism, Plus a Treasure Trove of 'Stoned Moments'
Feb 21, 2020
Ro Khanna on Military Spending, FOSTA-SESTA, and the 2020 Primary, Plus Chris Matthews' Rant
Feb 13, 2020
Lee Fang on Iowa Shadow App and Bloomberg's Growing Political Machine, Plus the Whole World Sucks After Iowa
Feb 07, 2020
Tim Robbins on Art, Activism, and Bernie, Plus Coronavirus in the Media
Jan 31, 2020
Introducing The Topical
Jan 29, 2020
Dennis Kucinich on Surviving Three Assassination Attempts, Plus an Update on Glenn Greenwald
Jan 24, 2020
Glenn Greenwald on Warren vs Sanders, Russiagate, & Bolsonaro
Jan 16, 2020
Nina Turner on Campaigning for Bernie, MLK, and Why Class Matters, Plus a Discussion on Iran
Jan 09, 2020
Ani DiFranco on Prison Music Project and Centrist Dems, Plus Matt on Playing Pro Basketball in Mongolia
Jan 02, 2020
Bonus Holiday Episode! Michael Moore Pt. 2, Matt on the Afghanistan Papers
Dec 26, 2019
A Conversation With Michael Moore, Plus Debate Bias, The Horowitz Report, and Penis Worms
Dec 19, 2019
Cenk Uygur on The Young Turks, His Campaign, and Media Coverage of Progressives
Dec 13, 2019
Andrew Yang on the Yang Gang, Universal Basic Income, and the Press
Dec 05, 2019
Bonus Ep! Max Blumenthal Pt 2 on The Grayzone, Syria, and more
Nov 27, 2019
Max Blumenthal on His Arrest, the Bolivian Coup, and Biden's War on Raves, Plus an Investigation of #Fartgate
Nov 22, 2019
Shahid Buttar on Defeating Pelosi and Impeaching Trump, Plus the Return of Lizholio
Nov 14, 2019
Jeffrey Epstein with TrueAnon's Liz Franczak, Plus Elizabeth Warren's Dog
Nov 07, 2019
CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou on Impeachment, "Assets," and the Espionage Act, plus Max Blumenthal's Arrest
Oct 31, 2019
Abby Martin on Hillary's NeoMcCarthyism and 'Gaza Fights for Freedom,' Plus #BerniesBack
Oct 24, 2019
Chris Hedges Pt. 2 on Media "Objectivity," Plus Matt Hits the Biden Campaign Trail
Oct 17, 2019
Chris Hedges on Impeachment, Plus Matt's Take on Whistleblowers
Oct 10, 2019
Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova on Russophobia and Prison Under Putin, Plus a Ukrainegate Discussion
Oct 03, 2019
Sanders vs. Warren with Nathan J. Robinson
Sep 27, 2019
Krystal Ball on Why Centrism Sucks
Sep 19, 2019
Bonus Episode: Bernie Sanders
Sep 13, 2019
Will Menaker on Chapo Trap House and David Brooks | Useful Idiots
Sep 12, 2019
Jimmy Dore and Why Everyone Hates the Media
Sep 05, 2019
Eli Valley on Drawing Bret Stephens, and Why Do Democrats Suck at Merch?
Aug 29, 2019
Tulsi Gabbard on Running for President and The Next MAGA (A Democrat 2020 Slogan Quiz)
Aug 22, 2019
Introducing 'Useful Idiots' with Matt Taibbi and Katie Halper
Aug 09, 2019