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Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté

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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.
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Puttin' On Airs

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Puttin' On Airs is a podcast where two good ol boys from the rural South learn about and analyze fancy people and their culture. Join redneck comedians Trae Crowder and Corey Ryan Forrester as they try and make sense of the world's bougie-est bullsh*t. So if you wanna find out what the Queen does all damn day, or why rich people love makin' horses have sex, or what the elite and white trash have in common (it's more than you think), and you wanna hear it all in the syrupy sorghum drawl of tw ...
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Click here for the full interview with Ian Proud: https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/uk-diplomat-reveals-nato-started?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web For $6 a month, become a Useful Idiot! Get extended interviews, Thursday Throwdowns, and bonus content at www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Watch this week's Thursday Throwdown: White House woul…
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YOOOOO AIRHEADS!!! Little House of The Dragon is BACK BABY! Here is Lady Kirby and Lord Corey with thier instant reactions to the EPIC season 2 opener of House of The Dragon! (apologies as this was supposed to come out earlier but Lord Corey's wife Amber quite possibly broke her ankle and.... well, life, ya know?) If you were subscribed to BonusCor…
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Click here for the full interview with Daniel Levy: https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/former-israel-negotiator-daniel-levy?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web For $6 a month, become a Useful Idiot! Get extended interviews, Thursday Throwdowns, and bonus content at www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Watch this week's Thursday Throwdown: Brian Stel…
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Airheads! This week we have a special treat for you as Kate Willett (Netflix, Colbert, Comedy Central, Viceland) answers the first ever FANCY 5! (Questions we have written that bring out the fancy in all who are asked!) You can also catch Kate’s latest special Loopholes on Apple TV or Amazon Prime! Follow her on social media @kate.willett Big thank…
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Click here for the full interview with Nathan Thrall: https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/pulitzer-winner-nathan-thrall-on?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web For $6 a month, become a Useful Idiot! Get extended interviews, Thursday Throwdowns, and bonus content at www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Watch this week's Thursday Throwdown: Aaron Maté d…
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This week on the program, Trae makes the bold claim that perhaps under certain situations, a monarchy wouldn't be the worst thing in the world (we have not gone full Monarchist, y'all, it was a thought starter lol) We discuss how back in the day kings used to at least have the decency to risk thier lives in war and what not! Oh and there was also a…
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Click here for the full interview with UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese: https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/un-rapporteur-accuses-israel-of-sexual?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web For $6 a month, become a Useful Idiot! Get extended interviews, Thursday Throwdowns, and bonus content at www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Watch this week's…
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The boys cover a hodgepodge of topics this week from fancy dogs to vegan dogs to clean buttholes in Finland to revisiting their very first episode, and more. All centered around a philosophical discussion concerning the nature of free will and determinism (naturally). TraeCrowder.com to see Trae BonusCorey.com for CHO's stuff oh and btw, get excite…
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The first 50 people to click this link get 30% off ONE YEAR of Useful Idiots: https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/first50 See the full interview with Antony Loewenstein here: https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/how-israel-spies-on-the-world-with?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web The Palestine Laboratory: https://www.versobooks.com/products…
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Hello Airheads! Up top we sort of diverted from a normal episode for a bit on account of CHO is down in his back and sorta got on one about pharmaceuticals and what not (this has reminded us that we REALLY need to cover the Sackler family... they got Boats that poop out other boats!) This also lead to a pretty candid discussion between Lord Trae an…
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The first 50 people to click this link get 30% off ONE YEAR of Useful Idiots: https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/first50 See the full interview with Susan Abulhawa here: https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/palestinian-writer-breaks-down-at?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web See Katie’s mashup of politicians’ and corporate media’s hypocrisy…
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Airheads! In this episode we welcome The Podfather himself, Conrad Thompson! Conrad helps us complete our discussion on Lloyds of London by giving us some insight into how Lloyds played a huge role in the golden era of Professional Wrestling! Since Conrad has an encyclopedic knowledge of wrestling, we couldn’t NOT stay on that subject, but in keepi…
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Click here for the full interview with Said Arikat: https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/israel-is-a-gangster-state-says-palestinian?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web For $6 a month, become a Useful Idiot! Get extended interviews, Thursday Throwdowns, and bonus content at www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Watch this week's Thursday Throwdown: Bil…
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Airheads! This week we do our annual breakdown of one of the fanciest/Up its own butt events it ever was… The Met Gala! We promise you though, the most insane is yet to come because after that, Lord Trae breaks down some of the most INSANE Japanese game shows of all time…. It was so enthralling that it forced Professor Cho to push his seminar on Ll…
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Click here for the full interview with Dr. Jill Stein and Jason Call: https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/jill-stein-on-getting-assaulted-by?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web For $6 a month, become a Useful Idiot! Get extended interviews, Thursday Throwdowns, and bonus content at www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Watch this week's Thursday Throw…
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Hello and good day, fellow Airheads! On this week's edition of Puttin On Airs, Lord Trae starts off by posing a philosophical question: If you could live to 200, would you do it? Apparently we arent far away from that being a reality, scientifically speaking, and the two chaps spend quite a while discussing the ramifications of such a world.... inc…
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For $6 a month, become a Useful Idiot! Get extended interviews, Thursday Throwdowns, and bonus content at www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Watch this week's Thursday Throwdown: Columbia protests organized by CHINA (say MSNBC conspiracy theorists) https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/columbia-protests-organized-by-china?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_med…
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Hey Airheads! Fuck it, this episode is coming out early!!! This week, Trae starts the show off by bringing to Professor CHO's attention that a millionaire has just engaged in a social experiment where he goes homeless on purpose with the goal of becoming a millionaire all over again within a year....we'll let you guess what we've got to say about t…
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Click here for the full interview with As'ad AbuKhalil: https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/professor-exposes-campus-free-speech?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Order Karina Gonzalez’ new children’s book, “Churro Stand”: https://booksofwonder.com/products/churro-stand-street-vendor-project-english-vers For $6 a month, become a Useful Idi…
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This week Trae has a smattering of fancy items on the agenda, including but not limited to: weird white people bein fancy on the internet, the moral quandary of dog cloning, a delightful train loving chap, and more. Then Professor Cho brings us home with a stirring defense of the theatrical talents of one John Wilkes Booth (no seriously). Thanks fo…
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For $6 a month, become a Useful Idiot! Get extended interviews, Thursday Throwdowns, and bonus content at www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Watch this week's Thursday Throwdown: Sam Harris thinks Nazis are better than Hamas https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/sam-harris-thinks-nazis-are-better?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web After several conn…
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Airheads this week we got a veritable potpourri of fancy musings as the fellers wax rhapsodic (and by “rhapsodic” we mean “dumbly”) on topics ranging from famous tee box stories, sangin’ cartoon frogs, America’s most prolific (and also racist) songwriter Stephen Foster, the truth about Kid Rock (as Cho sees it), and much much more. Thank you for su…
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Click here for the full interview with Jeffrey Sachs: https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/jeffrey-sachs-biden-is-a-miserable?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web For $6 a month, become a Useful Idiot! Get extended interviews, Thursday Throwdowns, and bonus content at www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Watch this week's Thursday Throwdown: CNN says I…
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(Timestamps below description!) Gather round, Ye Olde Airheads, for this week we have quite the show for you! With Sir Trae confined to the quarters of a Sky Car, we seek the help of a Fair Maiden knownst round these parts as Lady Kirby! (Corey's Sister for those just joining us!) After some up top banter about their recent trip to The Zoo, Lady Ki…
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Click here for the full interview with Norm Finkelstein: https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/norman-finkelstein-un-ceasefire-resolution?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web For $6 a month, become a Useful Idiot! Get extended interviews, Thursday Throwdowns, and bonus content at www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Watch this week's Thursday Throwdown:…
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(Timestamps below description!) Hello, Airheads! This week we have stupendously pleasant show for you! After making their apologies for jumping the gun on the Kate Middleton conspiracy theories, Lord Trae and Professor CHO spend a spot of time discussing old superstitions, one of which is the fear (amongst Korean Papaws) that a ceiling fan will ste…
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For $6 a month, become a Useful Idiot! Get extended interviews, Thursday Throwdowns, and bonus content at www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Watch this week's Thursday Throwdown: US Politicians Ban TikTok to Save Free Speech https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/us-politicians-ban-tiktok-to-save?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Preorder Karina N. …
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(Timestamps below description!) Welcome back, Ye Olde Airheads to another rendition of Puttin On Airs! This week on the program, Lord Trae and his Jester, Professor Cho have a wild romp in store for you! After starting the show off with a video of a Rabbit mourning the loss of his friend, followed by a new segment called “Trae’s Got Some Splaining …
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For $6 a month, become a Useful Idiot! Get extended interviews, Thursday Throwdowns, and bonus content at www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Watch this week's Thursday Throwdown: US Politicians Ban TikTok to Save Free Speech https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/us-politicians-ban-tiktok-to-save?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web “This propaganda is…
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This week Trae gets a crash course from Cho on all the wild drama surrounding the British royal family (with one minor divergence into weiner talk, natch), and in particular the AWOL Kate Middleton. Then, in light of last Sunday, they talk about the Oscars and some wild snubs/moments over the years..... Chapters and Takeaways below! Go to BlueChew.…
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Click here for the full interview with George Galloway: https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/george-galloway-returns-to-office?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web See Katie LIVE TONIGHT in-person or on Zoom: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/laughs-for-good-tickets-793162168397 For $6 a month, become a Useful Idiot! Get extended interviews, Thursd…
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Time stamps for the episode below description!) Greeting, Airheads! Today Professor Cho learns us all about the life of one of Hollywood’s most glamorous stars, and a true American tech pioneer and war here: Hedy Lamarr! This discussion organically led us in to something Trae was already wanting to cover, which is The Tiffany Problem! You know what…
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101 - Utmost Character with Clifton Collins Jr Rejoice Airheads! For this week the fellers are joined by character actor extraordinaire Clifton Collins Jr. Over the course of a career spanning three decades and counting, Clifton has established himself as a welcome presence in beloved projects on TV and film alike. Herein he shares his background a…
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Click here for the full interview with Chas Freeman: https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/biden-is-a-senile-war-monger-veteran?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web For $6 a month, become a Useful Idiot! Get extended interviews, Thursday Throwdowns, and bonus content at www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Watch this week's Thursday Throwdown: CNN Melts…
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