Leftovers | |
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Presentation | |
Hosted by | Ethan Klein Hasan Piker |
Genre | Comedy Politics |
Language | English |
Length | 95–231 minutes |
Country of origin | United States |
Production | |
No. of episodes | 61 |
Publication | |
Original release | Sept. 26, 2021 – Oct. 12, 2023 |
Leftovers was an American leftist political podcast [1] hosted by Ethan Klein and Hasan Piker on the H3 Podcast . It focused on politics and internet culture. [2] [3] [4]
Klein stated that "the spirit of this show is not serious policy debate. It’s bringing righteous justice to these shit-bags [and] clowning on idiots". [5]
The series featured guests such as Amouranth, [6] Liver King, [7] and Andrew Callaghan [8] as well as commentators such as Marxian economist Richard D. Wolff. [9]
The series debuted on September 26, 2021, and was hosted on the H3 Podcast YouTube channel and other podcast platforms [10] The show was a successor to Kleins' previous podcast Frenemies, [11] which ended in July 2021. Tubefilter reported that the first episode reached 1 million views a day after being published.
Prior to the start of the podcast, Klein and Piker had collaborated before. In August 2020, Piker was featured as a guest on episode No. 207 of the H3 Podcast. [12] In July 2021, Klein and Piker joined to debate streamers XQc and Trainwreckstv on the ethics of promoting gambling to their audiences. [13] [14] Piker stated that, after the debate with the streamers, he knew him and Klein would make a show together eventually. [4]
In October 2022, [15] episode 29 of the podcast (titled "Ethan Is Cancelled For Ben Shapiro Joke & Midterm Special Coverage – Leftovers #29") [16] was removed off YouTube when the channel received a week-long ban. [17] [18] [19] The episode is still available on podcast platforms. [16]
In October 2023, Klein and Piker hosted an episode about the Israel-Gaza conflict. [20] [21] The podcast went on hiatus shortly after for an unknown amount of time. [22]
In November 2023, Klein confirmed in an episode of the H3 Podcast that the show would go on a permanent hiatus, though he did not rule out future collaborations with Piker. [23]
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