{"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":"Israel CAN’T BEAT Iran in Lebanon War","slug":"israel-can-t-beat-iran-in-lebanon-war","published_at":"2026-06-05T11:00:41+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/useful-idiots-with-katie-halper-and-aaron-mat-847776/israel-can-t-beat-iran-in-lebanon-war","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/0851a50b-e09e-4d70-9f2a-0da6c3cff24d/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. 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. 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 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Support our work and get the Ad-free version of our episode: https://open.substack.com/pub/usefulidiots/p/ad-free-israel-cant-beat-iran-in?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Watch the Friday Free-For-All: The Most Antisemitic Event of the Year? Watch the American Jewish Committee's Global Forum With Us! https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/the-most-antisemitic-event-of-the?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. The Trump Administration just announced their latest achievement: it’s a ceasefire in Lebanon! One problem: they excluded from their ceasefire talks Israel’s main target , Hezbollah, and the US is fully backing Israel’s continued assault on the group, which has included the bombing of civilian infrastructure in nearly every attack so far,…","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":2767,"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/israel-can-t-beat-iran-in-lebanon-war/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/israel-can-t-beat-iran-in-lebanon-war.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}