Hasan Piker Wants the Left to Persuade, Not Scold

Offline with Jon Favreau

Crooked Media

Society & Culture, News

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Hasan Piker, viral political streamer, joins Offline to talk about Tucker Carlson’s demise, the 2024 election, and what it is about wokeism that makes him twitch. Hasan has been one of Gen Z’s most influential commentators for years, and his 8-hour daily streams blend current events, leftist ideals and pop culture savvy. Hasan talks to Jon about his approach to political persuasion, how to appeal to the next generation, and what it’s like streaming your consciousness.

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0:00.0	I knew that this space was very diverse, but unfortunately the output from like video game
0:05.6	essayists and commentators were like incredibly right-wing and I think that they were radicalizing
0:10.4	a lot of people and YouTube probably played a big role in that too, like the YouTube algorithm.
0:15.3	But I saw that and I was like this is not right, this is not correct.
0:18.4	I think there are a lot of people that also would understand my perspective and would probably
0:24.8	mesh better with my world view than these like neck-bearded divorce dads that are talking
0:32.0	about the great replacement and having Richard Spencer on.
0:39.4	Those guys are fucking weirdo losers, you know what I mean?
0:42.2	And they're not real gamers either.
0:44.8	I'm John Favreau, welcome to Offline.
0:50.6	Hey everyone, my guest today is Hassan Piker.
0:53.6	Which is favorite political commentator.
0:56.2	If you know Hassan and watch his streams, you'll love this interview.
0:59.4	We talk about everything you'd expect.
1:01.6	Fox firing Tucker, Biden 2024, liberals versus leftists, Hassan's new puppy.
1:08.5	But if you're not familiar with Hassan, here's what you need to know.
1:11.9	He's one of Gen Z's most influential political commentators.
1:16.1	He's probably most famous for a 2020 among us stream where he played the popular video game
1:20.4	with congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and a series of other prominent Twitch personalities.
1:26.0	At the time, the stream was one of the most popular in Twitch's history.
1:31.0	Since then, Hassan's reach has grown rapidly.
1:33.7	Today, he has a dedicated following of 2.5 million, which he streams to for eight hours
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