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Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté

Stella Moris on the Assange Case, Concealing Pregnancy

Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté

Useful Idiots, LLC

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.64.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2021

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

Stella Moris, lawyer and life partner of Julian Assange, joins the show to discuss the current status of Assange's case and it’s implications for global journalism. Hosts Matt Taibbi and Katie Halper discuss arguments for and against independent journalism outlet Substack. Merch link: https://teespring.com/stores/useful-idiots Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Useful Idiots. I'm Katie Alper. And also farewell to Useful Idiots.

0:14.9

Well not really. Not really. So we have an announcement. We're no longer going to be in this

0:21.9

space. Rolling stone, useful idiots are parting ways. We don't have to get into the

0:26.0

details of why exactly that is, but this is our 80th episode and we're not going to stop.

0:32.2

We're going to continue doing the show. It's just going to move to a new home. It's going to

0:36.9

Useful Idiots.substack.com. We'll be able to give you more information about that, but it looks

0:42.0

like we're going to keep on the same schedule. So you can expect a show to drop.

0:45.1

Every week. Yeah. Exactly. Yeah. Until the end of the time.

0:48.1

Until the end of time. If you feel lost, just go to Useful Idiots.substack.com.

0:55.2

And yeah, it's going to be the same great show at the same great time, just not sponsored by the same

1:01.4

great outlet. That's right. Yeah. We said with a smile. And thanks for Rolling Stone for the ride.

1:09.1

Yes. It's been great. We're all entering new stages in our lives. Yes. Matt, would you like to

1:16.3

show the other stage you entered? Yeah. I mean, I'm older. Yeah. That's circle around the

1:22.1

world one more time. That's right. That's right. I turned. I just turned 51 this week. So I've

1:28.2

been to all for the club. I looked it up. Apparently the maximum age to be in the club is 37.

1:35.5

What's the club? You know, the only that expression like to all he's to all for the club.

1:39.9

I know. I didn't know about that. Well, I don't accept that cut off. You don't. Okay. Well,

1:44.0

well, because I'm going to come meet. I'm not going to say anything, but that may not include me.

1:47.8

Right. I know I look no more than 25, but yeah, not a day older. Look, it was just a day like any

1:53.5

other day, but the one great surprise was that you made a video for me. I did make a video.

1:58.7

Do we have that? Just as a preface. The joke here part of the joke here is that, you know,

2:03.1

this is obviously a two person show. And, you know, in every, in every professional pairing,

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