Thomas Frank, Joshua Shenk, & a Sh*t Sandwich

Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté

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Thomas Frank, Joshua Shenk, & a Sh*t Sandwich

Our extended interview with Thomas Frank, plus a discussion of Joshua Shenk's resignation and a very shitty Would You Rather

Matt Taibbi

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Katie Halper

May 10, 2021

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Tom, Matt, and Katie watch the CIA’s new woke ad to find a newfound admiration for the agency’s intersectional killings of civilians of ALL types, and Tom and Katie realize they’ll soon be left party-less as the CIA and NYT become one. Plus, the three go back in time to tweak Tom’s political development, Terminator style.

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Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté

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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