Is Iran-Israel About to Go Nuclear?

Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté

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News Commentary, Politics, News

4.6 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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This episode was recorded just hours before Israel attacked Iran.

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0:34.9	Hello and welcome to Useful Idiots.
0:36.8	I'm Katie Halper. And I'm Erin Mate. Our website is Useful Idiots. I'm Katie Halper.
0:37.8	And I'm Erin Matte.
0:38.7	Our website is Useful Idiots Podcast.com.
0:41.3	Go there to support the show and get bonus content.
0:44.5	This week we'll be talking about the growing threat of an Israeli or a joint U.S. Israeli attack on Iran.
0:52.6	A lot of reports coming out saying that such a military attack is imminent and the
0:59.2	U.S. is pulling out some of its personnel from the region. A lot of tensions right now, a lot of
1:03.8	fears. We'll be breaking it down with Vali Nasser. He is professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies,
1:13.5	author of Iran's grand strategy, apolitical history.
1:17.5	Well, let's start off with our four basic food groups.
1:19.6	Aaron, what do we have for Democrats suck?
1:21.2	For Democrats suck, let's turn to the mayoral race in New York City, where this is the latest polling news.
1:30.8	Zaraan Mamdani surges in new poll, leading Andrew Cuomo for the first time in New York mayor's
1:37.4	race. Now, this is not an example of Democrats suck. This, if you're a progressive, I think,
1:41.5	is incredible news. It's very, very encouraging.
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