{"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":"Iran Forces Israel To Backpedal in Lebanon w/ Mohamad Hasan Sweidan","slug":"iran-forces-israel-to-backpedal-in-lebanon-w-mohamad-hasan-sweidan","published_at":"2026-04-24T11:00:24+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/useful-idiots-with-katie-halper-and-aaron-mat-847776/iran-forces-israel-to-backpedal-in-lebanon-w-mohamad-hasan-sweidan","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/b55c7458-a161-4341-b0d3-bb082c83e752/stream.mp3","summary":"Go to groundnews.com/useful to get 40% off the unlimited access Vantage plan and unlock world-wide perspectives on the stories shaping our world. Go to our sponsor https://venice.ai/ useful and use code useful to enjoy private, uncensored AI. Using our code will get you 20% off a pro plan. 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 Quince: https://quince.com/USEFUL Check out Webroot: https://webroot.com/USEFUL Check out Avocado Green Mattress: https://avocadogreenmattress.com/IDIOTS Check out Mint Mobile: https://mintmobile.com/useful ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Click here to support our work and get the ad-free version of our show: https://open.substack.com/pub/usefulidiots/p/ad-free-iran-forces-israel-to-backpedal?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Watch the Friday Free-For-All: Washington Post Columnist: \"Kill the Iranian Leaders That Don't Want a Deal.\" https://usefulidiotspodcast.com 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 we’re looking at the latest in Trump’s regime-change war on Iran and how it’s spilled over into Lebanon, where Israel has just killed another journalist, Amal Khalil. Khalil was assassinated in a “double tap” strike while she was reporting in South Lebanon: the Israelis first hit her car, and then the house she fled to in an attempt to seek refuge. Israeli soldiers then blocked rescue workers from reaching her and she died under the rubble. She is the latest in the hundreds of journalists who have been targeted and killed by Israe…","meta_description":"Go to groundnews.com/useful to get 40% off the unlimited access Vantage plan and unlock world-wide perspectives on the stories shaping our world. Go to ou…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3358,"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/iran-forces-israel-to-backpedal-in-lebanon-w-mohamad-hasan-sweidan/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/iran-forces-israel-to-backpedal-in-lebanon-w-mohamad-hasan-sweidan.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}