Leftovers (podcast)

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Leftovers
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Presentation
Hosted by Ethan Klein
Hasan Piker
GenreComedy
Politics
LanguageEnglish
Length95–231 minutes
Country of originUnited States
Production
No. of episodes61
Publication
Original releaseSept. 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]

Contents

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]

History

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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