{"podcast":{"title":"Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté","slug":"useful-idiots-with-katie-halper-and-aaron-mat-847776","podcast_index_feed_id":847776,"rss_url":"https://rss.pdrl.fm/473197/feeds.redcircle.com/7090379b-af2f-4972-a14d-b4041f474ee4","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/useful-idiots-with-katie-halper-and-aaron-mate","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2025/5/12/19/cc821b18-e211-4b88-8109-d1a97f808dfa_-955c-9ce76c4ddf77_thumbnail_ui_logo_3000x3000.jpg","author":"Useful Idiots, LLC","episode_count":410,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-30T06:21:09.199241+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/useful-idiots-with-katie-halper-and-aaron-mat-847776"},"episode":{"title":"BOMBSHELL: JD Vance Turns On Israel After Iran Deal","slug":"bombshell-jd-vance-turns-on-israel-after-iran-deal","published_at":"2026-06-19T11:00:16+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/useful-idiots-with-katie-halper-and-aaron-mat-847776/bombshell-jd-vance-turns-on-israel-after-iran-deal","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/useful-idiots-with-katie-halper-and-aaron-mat-847776","url":"https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/clrtpod.com/m/mgln.ai/e/137/audio3.redcircle.com/episodes/a6149e6d-f7e2-44de-b19f-6da714480264/stream.mp3","summary":"Go to https://groundnews.com/useful to get 40% off the unlimited access Vantage plan and unlock world-wide perspectives on the stories shaping our world. Check out Quince and use our code https://quince.com/useful for a great deal: https://www.quince.com Check out Avocado Green Mattress: https://avocadogreenmattress.com/IDIOTS Check out Chilipad and use my code sleep.me/USEFUL for a great deal: https://sleep.me/useful Visit www.functionhealth.com/USEFUL and use gift code USEFUL25 for a $25 credit toward your membership. Check out the Peace Corps at https://peacecorps.gov/serve Check out Webroot: https://webroot.com/USEFUL Check out Mint Mobile: https://mintmobile.com/useful ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Support our work and get the ad-free version of our episode: https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/bombshell-jd-vance-turns-on-israel?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Watch the Friday Free-For-All: Even Hillary Clinton is Turning On Israel https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/even-hillary-clinton-is-turning-on?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Join us LIVE on Youtube every Monday at 10am EST for Monday Mourning, where we watch the Sunday morning news shows so that you don't have to. This week, after months of demanding Iran’s unconditional surrender, Trump suddenly backed off his regime-change war, signing an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) with Iran. And what’s even more surprising than this apparent admission of defeat and push for peace is the Trump administration’s sharp turn on Israel, with Trump distancing himself from Netanyahu and Vice President Vance directly calling the Israelis out: “You have seen people within Bibi’s cabinet who have come out and attacked the deal…","meta_description":"Go to https://groundnews.com/useful to get 40% off the unlimited access Vantage plan and unlock world-wide perspectives on the stories shaping our world.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3344,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/useful-idiots-with-katie-halper-and-aaron-mat-847776/episodes/bombshell-jd-vance-turns-on-israel-after-iran-deal/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/useful-idiots-with-katie-halper-and-aaron-mat-847776/bombshell-jd-vance-turns-on-israel-after-iran-deal.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}