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Useful Idiots is an informative and irreverent politics podcast with journalist Aaron Maté and podcaster/writer Katie Halper. Episodes feature on-the-road coverage of the 2020 campaign and exclusive interviews, with humor, commentary and dissection of the politics news of the week. Join Katie and Aaron 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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- 2 days ago47 min
FBI Whistleblower: The US KNEW about 9/11 Attackers in August 2001
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.comTo support our work and go ad-free, click here. Watch the free version here:Subscribers get Katie and Aaron’s weekly recap of the craziest moments in corporate media, the Friday Free-for-All:This week we’re speaking with former Time Person of the Year Coleen Rowley, the FBI special agent who tried to sound the alarm about 9/11 based on FBI intel about the attackers received BEFORE the attacks.Coleen Rowley: I found myself in a very weird position. The life and death type thing that people don’t expect they’ll ever be in. But after 9/11, we realized that in the Minnesota office, the agents had been working on the most suspicious flight student that had ever crossed their paths: Zacarias Moussaoui.They were called by flight instructors separately from a flight school. And this guy had said, ‘I just want to learn how to fly for a joy ride.’ There were pages detailing suspicion of him. The agents then sought emergency, not just the normal Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act request to search his belongings. They actually identified that he could fly into the World Trade Center from the start. Here’s where I come in. After 9/11, FBI Director Mueller went before the cameras and said, ‘We didn’t know any of this. We could have maybe prevented 9/11 if we’d had any intelligence.’ I actually got on the phone and said, ‘That’s not a good thing to say because there was a lot of intelligence.’ Dick Cheney had fought tooth and nail against any accountability. But in the spring of 2002, I get this call: ‘Well, Colleen, you’re going to be one of the people called to talk to the investigators of the Joint Intelligence Committee.’ And when I got the call, I went, ‘oh my gosh, there’s been a cover up.’ Now you can’t say that. Cover up is a verboten word. You can’t say cover up. But you know what? That’s what it was. After 9/11, no one would admit that they had all this information.Watch our full interview with Coleen to hear how she risked her job, and possibly even her life, to break the information out of the FBI.If you like interviews like this, please consider subscribing to support our work and keep us going! You’ll also get ad-free versions of our interviews as well as our weekly recap of the craziest moments in corporate media, the Friday Free-for-All.And check out Ground News, an awesome tool we found that helps us sift through the news and compare headlines to expose media bias. For an example, watch our comparison of two stories about Ireland boycotting Eurovision in today’s episode. 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.Catch the ad-free interview here:
- 6 days ago1h 4m
“Lying is part of their religion”
Don’t miss our weekly recap of the craziest moments in corporate media:Watch this week’s Monday Mourning here:Stop the religious fanatics. Choose the Useful Idiots instead. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/subscribe
- 1 weeks ago1h 9m
The State of the Strait: Trump officials panic as Iran tightens its grip over the Strait of Hormuz
Don’t miss our weekly recap of the craziest moments in corporate media:Watch this week’s Monday Mourning here:Useful Idiots is funded by our listeners. Please consider subscribing to keep our work going! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/subscribe
- 2 weeks ago57 min
Palestinian-American Psychologist On the Murder Of Her Cousins
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.comTo support our work and go ad-free, click here. Watch the free version here:
- 2 weeks ago1h 10m
Settler Terrorists Attacked Three NBC Journalists in the West Bank – Did Meet the Press Cover It?
Don’t miss our weekly recap of the craziest moments in corporate media:Watch this week’s Monday Mourning here:Thanks for supporting independent media! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/subscribe
- 3 weeks ago1h 10m
“Today is D-Day for the economy in Iran”
Don’t miss our weekly recap of the craziest moments in corporate media:Watch this week’s Monday Mourning here:Your support keeps independent media going!! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/subscribe
- Aug 21, 202646 min
Trump “Afraid” After Iran Plans New Attacks, Teams with China w/ Middle East Analyst Sharmine Narwani
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.comSubscribe for the full interview at the bottom of the page. Watch a free preview here:Subscribers also get our Friday Free-for-All:On this week’s show we find out that when you launch an unprovoked regime-change war against a big country like Iran, it turns out that not only is it a bad idea militarily, but it might also tank your economy.The US debt just hit a record-setting $40 trillion, rising $3.6 trillion in the last twelve months alone. That high mark being more than double what it was in 2016. Check out the graph:With a ballooning military budget for Pete Hegseth’s flailing Department of War and a strangled oil market from Iran’s continued control over the Strait of Hormuz, the US and global economies have been sent reeling.Our guest, Middle East analyst Sharmine Narwani, explains why Iran’s surprise military strength has shocked both US commanders and economists, and gives her prediction that comes out quite bleak for the future of American interests on a global scale:“Major financial institutions around the world are talking about the US potentially losing its position, and the dollar losing its position as a global reserve currency. When that happens, the house of cards falls apart. You cannot finance wars. Nobody wants the dollar. Nobody’s stocking it. You can’t hold other countries to anything if they’re trading in other currencies. If it doesn’t go through New York, you don’t have eyes on things anymore. You lose control.”Subscribe for the full interview here, an extra 40-minute discussion with Sharmine Narwani.And check out Ground News, an awesome tool we found that helps us sift through the news and compare headlines to expose media bias. For an example, watch our comparison of two stories about US sanctions in today’s episode. 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.
- Aug 17, 20261h 16m
House Candidate Oliver Larkin Crashes Monday Mourning with Katie and Aaron
Don’t miss our weekly recap of the craziest moments in corporate media:Watch this week’s Monday Mourning here:It’s a wild episode of Monday Mourning today: we mock Hakeem Jeffries, Todd Blanche, Haley Stevens, Don Bacon and more, all before a special guest appearance by Florida House candidate Oliver Larkin who takes on Rep. Jared Moskowitz in the primary Tuesday.Check out his campaign at https://www.oliverforcongress.com/Thanks for supporting our work, subscribe to help keep us running free for everyone! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/subscribe
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Useful Idiots is an informative and irreverent politics podcast with journalist Aaron Maté and podcaster/writer Katie Halper. Episodes feature on-the-road coverage of the 2020 campaign and exclusive interviews, with humor, commentary and dissection of the politics news of the week. Join Katie and Aaron 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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