Lovett or Leave It
| Lovett or Leave It | |
|---|---|
| File:Lovett or leave it logo.png "A week in review recorded in front of a live audience. It’s great." | |
| Presentation | |
| Hosted by | Jon Lovett |
| Format | Weekly comedy panel show about politics |
| Language | English |
| Publication | |
| Original release | March 2017 – present |
| Provider | Crooked Media |
| Related shows | Pod Save the People, Pod Save America |
| Website | 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]
Format[edit | edit source]
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, former Mayor of Los Angeles Antonio Villaraigosa and actor Rainn Wilson[5] have all been interviewed.
Panel guests have included comedians Sarah Silverman, Brett Gelman, Ira Madison III and Paul Scheer, screenwriter Wil Wheaton and journalists Lauren Duca and Katie Nolan.[1][4]
The show is usually held in Los Angeles, California but has been held in Washington, D.C.[3] and Aspen, Colorado.[6]
Regular segments[edit | edit source]
- What a week is the opening segment where the panel discuss 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[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Lovett or Leave It – Crooked Media". Crooked Media. 2017-03-16. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
- ↑ "Obama's former speechwriter launches new podcast". iNews. 2017-03-22. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Podcaster Jon Lovett aims to deliver a tonic for our troubled times". Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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.
- ↑ "Do not make beet jokes to Rainn Wilson". Metro US. 2017-07-18. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
- ↑ Orme, Wyatt. "'Pod Save America' star Jon Lovett wants Dems to acknowledge losses". Retrieved 2017-07-30.
