Topic: Katie Halper

Barack Obama's new memoir, "A Promised Land," is reviewed on the "Useful Idiots" podcast. The hosts highlight a passage where Obama reflects on the "machinery" of the presidency that led him to authorize lethal strikes in countries like Yemen and Afghanistan, despite his stated desire to help young men in those regions.

During a podcast segment, Matt Taibbi pranked his co-host Katie Halper by inventing a fictional NFL team called the "Cleveland Unicorns." Halper, who admitted to knowing nothing about sports, proceeded to speculate on the team's "aggressive" logo and "ground assault" strategy. The exchange was criticized as mean-spirited, as Taibbi allowed the misinformation to continue without correcting his colleague.