Lovett or Leave It

Lovett or Leave It is a weekly podcast hosted by speechwriter and screenwriter Jon Lovett.[1] It is produced by Lee Eisenberg[2] and distributed by Crooked Media. The theme song is by the band Sure Sure. Lovett has described the show as a way to talk about politics in plain language[3] and has called the discussion "very loose."[4]

Lovett or Leave It
Presentation
Hosted byJon Lovett
LanguageEnglish
Publication
Original releaseMarch 2017 (2017-03) – present
ProviderCrooked Media
Websitecrooked.com/podcast-series/lovett-or-leave-it/

Format

Lovett or Leave It is a live panel show, hosted by Jon Lovett, and with guests from journalism, comedy and politics. Topics in the news from the previous week are discussed by the panel, with a focus on US politics and the administration of President Donald Trump.

The show sometimes opens with an interview with a guest, often a Democratic politician, who doesn't join the panel discussion. Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper[5], former Mayor of Los Angeles Antonio Villaraigosa[6], actor Rainn Wilson[7][8], and South Bend, Indiana mayor and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg[9] have all been interviewed. Occasionally though, guests such as House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff stay on and join the panel.

Panel guests have included comedians Sarah Silverman, Brett Gelman, Ira Madison III and Paul Scheer, screenwriter Wil Wheaton and journalists Lauren Duca, Ronan Farrow and Katie Nolan.[10][4]

The show is usually held in Los Angeles, California, at the Hollywood Improv.

Regular segments
  • "What a Week!" is the opening segment where the panel discusses the previous week's news.
  • "OK, Stop", in which a clip of an interview or speech is played, and panelists can pause the clip to offer commentary about its content.
  • "The Rant Wheel", in which a topic for discussion is chosen randomly from a set pre-selected by Lovett or suggested by the audience.
  • "There's Just Like, So Much Going On", in which a topic that may not have received much news coverage is discussed.
  • "Too Stupid to Be True", where a member of the audience tries to pick whether quotes offered by the panel are real or fake.
  • "The Russia Stuff", a two-minute segment where the panel discusses the newest developments in the Trump-Russia investigation.

References
  1. "Lovett Or Leave It Archives". Crooked Media. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  2. "Obama's former speechwriter launches new podcast". iNews. 2017-03-22. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
  3. "Podcaster Jon Lovett aims to deliver a tonic for our troubled times". Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
  4. Verdier, Hannah (2017-03-30). "Lovett or Leave It: the Pod Save America crew take the political panel show and make it funny". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
  5. "Delay on? On delay". Crooked Media. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  6. "Going HAMptons on Partisanship". Crooked Media. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  7. "Do not make beet jokes to Rainn Wilson". Metro US. 2017-07-18. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
  8. "Moscow Mules and Piña Colludas". Crooked Media. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  9. "We impeached him". Crooked Media. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  10. "Lovett or Leave It – Crooked Media". Crooked Media. 2017-03-16. Retrieved 2017-07-30.

See also
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