{"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, Nukes & the Palestinian Death Penalty w/ Palestinian Lawyer Diana Buttu & Israeli Lawmaker Ofer Cassif","slug":"iran-nukes-the-palestinian-death-penalty-w-palestinian-lawyer-diana-buttu-israeli-lawmaker-ofer-cassif","published_at":"2026-04-03T11:00:09+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/useful-idiots-with-katie-halper-and-aaron-mat-847776/iran-nukes-the-palestinian-death-penalty-w-palestinian-lawyer-diana-buttu-israeli-lawmaker-ofer-cassif","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/9744fea5-29f3-426e-a0ce-4cb03c820d1a/stream.mp3","summary":"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 for the full interviews with Palestinian Lawyer Diana Buttu and Israeli Knesset Member Ofer Cassif: https://open.substack.com/pub/usefulidiots/p/full-episode-end-of-israeliran-nukes?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Watch the Friday Free-For-All: Rubio Claims Iran Can't Take Care of Its Own People As Trump Announces Daycare Will No Longer Be Funded By the Government https://open.substack.com/pub/usefulidiots/p/rubio-claims-iran-cant-take-care?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&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. Israel, the so-called beacon of democracy, with whom the U.S. shares so many values, and, to quote Hillary Clinton, an “unshakeable bond,” just passed an ethnicity-based death penalty law . On March 30, the Israeli Knesset approved a law that was introduced by the party of National Security Minister Ben-Gvir that calls for the execution of Palestinian prisoners by hanging. Israeli prisoners are effectively exempt from this new law. To analyze this “genocidal” new law, we speak with two guests: Haifa-based Pal…","meta_description":"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…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3764,"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-nukes-the-palestinian-death-penalty-w-palestinian-lawyer-diana-buttu-israeli-lawmaker-ofer-cassif/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-nukes-the-palestinian-death-penalty-w-palestinian-lawyer-diana-buttu-israeli-lawmaker-ofer-cassif.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}