{"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":"“WORST CASE SCENARIO” Leaked in Secret Cuba Files—Here’s What They Hid","slug":"worst-case-scenario-leaked-in-secret-cuba-files-here-s-what-they-hid","published_at":"2026-05-22T11:00:41+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/useful-idiots-with-katie-halper-and-aaron-mat-847776/worst-case-scenario-leaked-in-secret-cuba-files-here-s-what-they-hid","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/c4b4af0e-c939-4de9-ac37-e98e4d5d7bbd/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 here : https://open.substack.com/pub/usefulidiots/p/ad-free-worst-case-scenario-leaked?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Read Peter Kornbluh's latest reporting: The CIA Goes to Cuba https://www.thenation.com/article/world/cia-cuba-trump-regime-change-sanctions-military-threats-havana/ Watch the Friday Free-For-All: When Even the Newsmax Guy Calls Out Your Cuba Lies 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. After starting two regime change wars in Venezuela and Iran, Donald Trump is now ramping up his campaign to overthrow the government of Cuba, and in the process impose serious misery on its people by tightening his blockade and deepening the country’s humanitarian crisis. And much like in Venezuela and Iran, there are…","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":3048,"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/worst-case-scenario-leaked-in-secret-cuba-files-here-s-what-they-hid/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/worst-case-scenario-leaked-in-secret-cuba-files-here-s-what-they-hid.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}