Lovett or Leave It
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Former Obama speechwriter, comedian and Pod Save America co-host Jon Lovett takes the stage for a new season of the hit show that dared guests from Danny DeVito to Amy Klobuchar to ask “What is this?” and “Where am I?” Each week, Jon breaks down the biggest and dumbest stories in politics to help you keep up with and laugh at the news. And this season, stay tuned for big guests and surprising conversations you won’t find anywhere else. New episodes every Saturday morning on your podcast feed and on YouTube. And if you’re in LA, come to a taping. You’ll be amazed by what we cut from the live show. Subscribe to Friends of the Pod! Your subscription makes Crooked’s work possible and gives you access to ad-free episodes of Lovett or Leave It, Pod Save America, Pod Save the World, and Offline with Jon Favreau, plus exclusive content and a lively Discord community. Learn more and subscribe at crooked.com/friends or on Apple Podcasts.
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Former Obama speechwriter, comedian and Pod Save America co-host Jon Lovett takes the stage for a new season of the hit show that dared guests from Danny DeVito to Amy Klobuchar to ask “What is this?” and “Where am I?” Each week, Jon breaks down the biggest and dumbest stories in politics to help you keep up with and laugh at the news. And this season, stay tuned for big guests and surprising conversations you won’t find anywhere else. New episodes every Saturday morning on your podcast feed and on YouTube. And if you’re in LA, come to a taping. You’ll be amazed by what we cut from the live show. Subscribe to Friends of the Pod! Your subscription makes Crooked’s work possible and gives you access to ad-free episodes of Lovett or Leave It, Pod Save America, Pod Save the World, and Offline with Jon Favreau, plus exclusive content and a lively Discord community. Learn more and subscribe at crooked.com/friends or on Apple Podcasts.
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English
Episodes
Mamdani and Daddy
6/28/2025
Trump gives Iran and Israel a stern talking to, Pete Hegseth calls for a journalistic 23AndMe, and Zohran Mamdani ushers in the Great Libbing Out of 2025. On the show, John Leguizamo gets fired up, Anthony Carrigan and Aristotle Athari offer some good guesses about some very bad boys, and we all let freedom ring in honor of Independence Day, which required Lovett to explain Jar Jar Binks’ whole deal? Anyway, Happy Fourth of July, and see you in a few weeks!
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Duration:01:28:20
Make Phones, Not War
6/21/2025
This week, Mike Lee can't look Amy Klobuchar in the eyes, Tucker Carlson plays cat and mouse with Ted Cruz, Theo Von gets a political wake up call, and tensions rise in the Middle East despite the U.S., Israel, and Iran having such fantastic leaders. Plus comedy legend Larry Charles of Seinfeld, Borat, and Curb joins to tell million dollar stories and 10 dollar jokes. And Chinedu Unaka and Adam Lustick fall in love with ChatGPT, the NBA finals and Trump’s gigantic flag poles.
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Duration:01:26:28
Tanks for the Memories
6/14/2025
This week, Donald Trump sends National Guard troops to Los Angeles to chase their dreams, JD Vance bros out about musicals, and Kristi Noem tells us to reject the evidence of our eyes and ears. Parvati Shallow and Courtney Act dive into the deep end and also the less-deep end, before we spin the wheel of villains who were actually really cool in a scene that got cut, probably.
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Duration:01:16:54
One Big Beautiful Pride Show
6/7/2025
The girls are fighting! Happy Pride. This week, Donald Trump and Elon Musk catfight over who’s keeping the edgelords in the divorce. Joni Ernst death-drops into the Big Beautiful Bill drama, and Pete Hegseth does his level best to de-gay the Navy. Darby Lynn Cartwright and Alexis Bevels judge Lovett as he’s never been judged before, while Adam Rippon, Joel Kim Booster and Brendan Scannell face off against Clea Duvall and Sabrina Wu in battle over The Culture. Then it’s time to give the Pride Wheel a gay little spin, before we flounce off into the night.
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Duration:01:18:57
Get Ostrich or Die Trying
5/31/2025
It’s another 10/10 week in America, as Donald Trump plans a taxpayer-funded birthday spectacle, RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz team up for an ostrich heist, and we all reluctantly continue to stand with Harvard University. Senator Adam Schiff stops by to break down Trump’s corruption spree. The hilarious Jo Firestone, Josh Sharp, and Devon Walker help us solve the week’s stickiest mysteries, then it’s time to unleash the dais and roast the audience’s enemies to a crisp.
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Duration:01:25:46
Straight to the Golden Dome
5/24/2025
Trump trades the Golden Arches for the Golden Dome, America wakes up to a big, new beautiful bill, and Kristi Noem puts habeas corpus on the slab. This week, Aisha Tyler and Paul Feig leave us shaken and stirred when they stop by to talk cocktails, cinema, and car accidents, and the audience takes us off the beaten path, and straight down the sociopath.
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Duration:01:24:58
Thieving on a Jet Plane
5/17/2025
Donald Trump joins the Mile High Bribe Club, and McDoubles down on Middle East dictators. James Comey finds out life’s a beach. RFK Jr. is up Shit’s Creek and he brought a to-go cup. Sarah Silverman, Esther Povitsky and Lamorne Morris join to talk about life and death, and to break out our teeniest, tiniest violins for our audience’s most minuscule problems. Why are tiny violins worse? They’re just higher pitched probably.
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Duration:01:25:09
2 Woke 2 Pope
5/10/2025
This week, Canada finds a loonie in the White House, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy loses (air traffic) control, the new Chicago pope offers up Da Prayers, and Trump’s tariffs start messing with consumers’ doll hairs. Kerri Kenney-Silver looks back at the State of her IMDb page, and we knock Zach Zimmerman’s socks off, even though they totally made his outfit. And we close out a long week working at the Department of Political Goof ‘Em Ups with some home-cooked life spoilers. #LatinaWife
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Duration:01:25:50
100 Days of Bummer
5/3/2025
Donald Trump falls in his own trap, Mike Waltz exits the chat, and sometimes you have to go halfway around the world (to the pope’s funeral) to come full circle. This week, Edi Patterson peels back the silver lining. Guy Branum and Beth Stelling give Gen Z a B-, and we play Peter Navarro and decide which consumer goods, and consumer bads, should be tariffed after all.
Duration:01:25:11
The Grim Veeper
4/26/2025
Lovett or Leave It returns to the beautiful Lincoln Theatre for a perfect night in our nation’s perfect capital. Pete Hegseth is in the barrel, Trump’s poll numbers are in the tubes, and JD Vance kills the pope — (cough) I’m sorry — kills the pope’s vibe. Congressman Ro Khanna joins to talk about defending democracy and finding courage. Jen Psaki and Eugene Daniels talk softballs and hard truths. Federal workers are off the leash and biting back at DOGE, and Lovett and his guests offer their thoughts and prayers to phrases that are no longer serving us.
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Duration:01:38:37
The Faust and the Furious
4/19/2025
Chris Van Hollen flies to El Salvador, Gayle King flies to the edge of the space, and Harvard flies off the handle. This week, we have Bradley Whitford on the end of Handmaid's Tale and the TV business, Bob the Drag Queen on Harriet Tubman's music career, and Jessica Kirson on life, love, and lesbian pants. Then we end on a few audience questions about executive orders, Republican drag names and more.
Duration:01:27:31
In-Seder Trading
4/12/2025
Donald Trump tariffies the global economy, SCOTUS is 9-0 for due process, and RFK Jr says you can have one measles vaccine, as a treat. Rachel Bloom and Robby Hoffman gather ‘round to share matzah, marriage advice and mortal terror. Lovett’s mother and future mother-and-law share a mom-umental first meeting on stage, and we close out the show with all the dayenus you can use this Passover week.
"Rachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Special" is streaming now on Netflix.
Catch Robby Hoffman on "Hacks" steaming now on Max as well as "Dying for Sex" streaming on Hulu.
See Robby live in Portland, Maine at the Empire Comedy Club on May 2nd and 3rd and at the Brea Improv on May 23rd.
Duration:01:18:10
Martha v. Meghan and SNL v. God
4/5/2025
It's a Lovett or Leave It + Terminally Online crossover! We’re dark this week at Dynasty, so instead we’re bringing you a special episode of our subscriber-exclusive show. Lovett stirs the pot with Meghan Markle’s new pasta dish. Pod Save the UK's Nish Kumar finds himself in God’s Country (America) alongside Morgan Wallen. Writer Halle Kiefer finds a BOGO deal for winter boots on TikTok. And producer Elijah Cone steps into the Bali Time Chamber… perhaps forever.
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Duration:01:14:45
Freaks and Leaks
3/29/2025
The Atlantic posts the receipts, Kristi Noem goes full Viet Cong, and Tulsi Gabbard either lied to Congress or needs a doctor. Plus Barbie Ferreira and Jared Goldstein join to talk theater etiquette, social media insecurities, and the moments in our lives when we fired off errant texts of our own.
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Duration:01:28:32
The Autopen is Mightier
3/22/2025
Tattoos get people deported, Tesla gets a plug from the Commerce Secretary, and both the Cybertruck and Statue of Liberty get recalled. Plus Al Franken stops by to talk about SNL at 50 and Democrats at zero. Atsuko Okatsuka attends the Jellicle Ball, whether she wants to or not. And in honor of the seemingly cursed Snow White reboot, we suggest a few reboots of our own.
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Duration:01:12:06
Grand Theft Autocrat
3/15/2025
This week, getting measles is good for you, and if you believe that, Donald Trump has a Cybertruck to sell you. Tig Notaro and Stephanie Allynne drop by to talk about life, love, death, and documentaries, before two gay relationships are stress-tested to the very brink. Halle reviews a movie that hits close to home. Lovett shares some personal news. And we share a few silver linings, before we all hurry home to our seed oils.
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Duration:01:18:27
If You Give a Mouse a Pronoun
3/8/2025
This week, DOGE continues to gobble up federal jobs, and the Secretary of Agriculture suggests you suck eggs. Natalie Morales eats in Was I In This? Emily St. James’s new book Woodworking gives us something to chew on. And Lovett digs his teeth into two terrors, cannibalism and high school.
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Duration:01:11:23
Don't do it, Gayle!
3/1/2025
This week, DOJ rickrolls the MAGAverse over the Epstein files, DOGE faces another round of blowback, and Gayle King becomes an astronaut, which we do not support. Plus Jesse Tyler Ferguson orders for the table, Liza Treyger catches 40 winks (and one alleged killer), and we prepare our own list of accomplishments for Elon Musk's inbox.
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Duration:01:10:34
The Trigon of Sadness
2/22/2025
This week, Elon Musk revs up his chainsaw to slice through bureaucracy… and our hearts. Donald Trump comes down on Ukraine and Mitch McConnell walks straight into retirement. Tom Green bets the farm on farms. Nori Reed goes hunting for great news. And Lovett and his guests share their country rants until the cows come home.
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Duration:01:12:57
DOGE and Penny Show
2/15/2025
This week, Donald Trump squares off against the judicial system, Democrats circle the wagons, and Elon Musk drags his hexagonal ass into the Oval Office. Thomas Lennon runs rings around this week in news. Harvey Guillén and Lovett get caught in a platonic love triangle with ChatGPT, and we come full circle with the forbidden delights of the Can’t Wheel.
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Duration:01:16:11