Introducing 'Useful Idiots' with Matt Taibbi and Katie Halper

Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté

Useful Idiots, LLC

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.5 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2019

⏱️ 2 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Introducing Useful Idiots, an informative and irreverent politics podcast with journalist Matt Taibbi 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. Here's a taste of what's to come. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Our Sponsors: * Check out Chilipad and use my code sleep.me/USEFUL for a great deal: https://sleep.me * Check out Mint Mobile and use my code mintmobile.com/USEFUL for a great deal: https://www.mintmobile.com * Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/useful for a great deal: https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Hi, we're Matt Taibi and Katie Halper.
0:04.4	I'm Katie Halper, he's Matt Taibi.
0:06.2	And we're starting a new podcast called Useful Idiots.
0:09.1	And this is our podcast trailer.
0:10.9	In a world.
0:12.7	No, just kidding, that's not it.
0:14.2	The show will cover politics and the media.
0:16.5	We'll also have regular updates from the campaign,
0:19.2	which Matt will be covering for Rolling Stone.
0:21.4	And we'll talk about media bias and how the press gets things wrong.
0:24.4	Anybody who's terrified of the possibility of a President Trump,
0:27.8	we better be ready for the fact that he might be leading the Republican ticket.
0:31.0	Next, I know you don't believe that, but I want to go on.
0:34.5	And keep getting things wrong.
0:36.1	The beginning of the end of the Trump presidency.
0:40.0	Matt, by the way, is an award-winning journalist and best-selling author.
0:43.8	He was also a professional basketball player in Mongolia.
0:46.8	For real.
0:47.5	I was noticed in the Mongolian Rodman.
0:49.2	No, we can't do that.
0:50.0	No, why not? That's good. Why not? It's true, right?
0:52.3	It is true. We've got to keep it.
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