How to get on Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté: pitching, format and contact

Should you pitch it?

Guest activity

Sometimes has guests

25% of recent episode titles look like interviews

Episode length

67 min

Median of recent episodes. That is the commitment you would be asking for.

Publishing

Weekly+

428 episodes · last 2026-10-12

Language

English

The feed says "en" without a region, so the country is unknown.

Where it's from

Not established

No .uk domain and no region in the feed language. Apple reports the storefront, not the show, so we do not guess.

Reach

97

Percentile among shows you could realistically get on. Not a download count.

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Worth a pitch. This show publishes its own contact, sits outside the national chart, is independently published, and its recent episodes show it books guests.

How this show compares to other news & politics podcasts

Guests appear here occasionally rather than weekly, though still more than the News & Politics average. Worth a pitch, with patience.

Measured against every news & politics podcast in the directory that has published in the last year.

	This show	Category average
Episodes featuring a guest	25%	15%
Episodes in the last 90 days	26	21
Typical episode length	67 min	43 min
Episodes published in total	428	187
Reach percentile	97	50

Reach is a percentile among shows you could realistically get booked on, built from chart history, longevity, activity and cadence. It is not a download figure. Nobody outside a show can see those.

What the show says about itself

Useful Idiots is an informative and irreverent politics podcast with journalist Aaron Maté and podcaster/writer Katie Halper. Episodes feature analysis of the political news of the week and exclusive interviews, with humor, commentary and dissection of why both Republicans and Democrats suck. Join Aaron and Katie 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.

Recent episodes

Straight from the feed. The quickest way to judge whether your angle fits.

MAGA Splits in Two After Trump Makes Diesel Deal with Putin: “You’re Tarnishing Lindsey Graham’s Memory!”
Israeli App EXPOSED: "It activates your camera and can view every piece of data on your phone"
It takes Katie and Aaron 30 minutes to debunk every lie in this former Biden official’s 4 minute interview on Israel
Cornell Bombshell: Israel's Secret Power Over University EXPOSED
Iran Officially REJECTS Trump Negotiators: “There is no reason we should go back to diplomacy.”
Putin Critic Exposes MAJOR Ukraine Weakness

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Common questions

Does Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté accept guests?

Sometimes has guests. Interviews appear alongside other formats. This is our reading of the show's recent episode titles, not a statement from the show itself.

How do I contact Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté?

Yes. Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté publishes a contact address in its own RSS feed, and it is the show's own inbox rather than a shared network desk. We hold it and release it to people on a plan. We never invent an address and never send a pitch on your behalf.

How often does Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté publish?

It publishes at least once a week. There are 428 episodes in the feed. Episodes run about 67 minutes.

Is Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté still active?

Yes. It has published within the last 90 days.