In the latest socially distanced episode of ourUseful Idiotspodcast, hostsMatt Taibbi and Katie Halper are joined by friend-of-the-podcast Glenn Greenwald. Matt and Katie cover Neera Tanden’s contentious confirmation hearing to become the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Our hosts break down the exhaustive GOP questioning of …
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Anaheim investigator Julissa Trapp’s co-workers call her “the cape” — a small woman, she once flapped around a suspect’s shoulders like the garment as he tried to shake her off. She’s tough, resourceful and fiercely dedicated to her job — and she’s also the subject of a new five-part podcast …
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What’s it like to accidentally become confidants with a terrorist? Journalist Christof Putzel found himself in just that position in the early 2010s, when Omar Hammami reached out to him. Alabama-born Hammami, who had embraced his Muslim roots in high school, moved to Egypt in his early twenties. From there, …
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The members of Sublime With Rome — bassist Eric Wilson, singer/guitarist Rome Ramirez and drummer Carlos Verdugo — joined host Brian Hiatt in our SiriusXM studio for a recent episode of the Rolling Stone Music Now podcast, covering the entire career of the original band and its current incarnation. In …
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There are a lot of ways to make a name for yourself in sports media these days. You could go the traditional route of getting a degree in journalism, getting your start at a newspaper, and working your way up to beat reporter. You could be a former athlete with …
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