Hasan Piker explains himself

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🗓️ 1 April 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Last week we talked about Hasan. Now we talk to him — about the Democrats, protein, and not giving in to nihilism. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Amina Al-Sadi with help from Miranda Kennedy, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Andrea Kristinsdottir and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members Political commentator Hasan Piker talks to Sean Rameswaram in an interview for Today, Explained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Last week, we at today explained brought you an episode title,
0:03.0	The Joe Rogan of the Left.
0:05.0	The Joe Rogan of the Left was in quotations.
0:08.0	It was mostly about a guy named Hassan Piker, who some say is the Joe Rogan of the left.
0:13.0	But enough about Joe.
0:15.0	We made an episode about Hassan because the Democrats are really courting this dude.
0:20.0	So, Hassan Piker is really the only major prominent leftist on Twitch,
0:25.6	at least the only one who talks about politics all day.
0:28.6	What's going on everybody? I hope everyone's having a fantastic evening afternoon pre-new, no matter where you...
0:32.6	They want his co-sign, they want his endorsement because he's young,
0:36.6	and he reaches millions of young people streaming on YouTube, TikTok,
0:40.2	and especially Twitch.
0:41.8	But last week, he was streaming us.
0:43.6	Yeah, I was listening on stream when you guys were like,
0:46.6	hey, you should come on the show if you're listening.
0:48.4	I was like, oops, caught.
0:50.3	You're a listener.
0:51.6	Yeah, oh yeah, I am.
0:52.8	Thank you for listening.
0:54.8	Hassan Piker, coming up on the show today.
0:59.4	Support for this show comes from Indeed.
1:02.1	When you needed to hire people yesterday, there's Indeed.
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