Twitch to politics: Hasan Piker on Gaza and the US right-wing
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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This is a story from the archives. This originally aired on August 19, 2025. None of the dates, titles or other references from that time have been changed.
With nearly three million Twitch followers, Hasan Piker is one of the internet’s biggest political streamers. He blends humor, culture, and masculinity talk with sharp political commentary, drawing young men away from the US alt-right. And on Gaza, he has become one of the loudest US voices for Palestine.
In this episode:
- Hasan Piker (@hasanthehun), Online Streamer & Political Commentator
Episode credits:
This episode was updated by Tamara Khandaker. The original production team was Tracie Hunte, Sonia Bhagat, Chloe K. Li, Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Melanie Marich, Julia Muldavin, Kisaa Zehra, Farhan Rafid, Sarí el-Khalili, and our host, Malika Bilal.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our engagement producers are Adam Abou-Gad and Vienna Maglio. Andrew Greiner is lead of audience engagement. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer.
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| 0:00.0 | On Thursday, Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | On Thursday, after months of pressure, the U.S. Democratic Party finally released its autopsy of the 2024 election. |
| 0:21.3 | The report looks at why Kamala Harris lost to Donald Trump. |
| 0:25.3 | It touches on things like the party's organizing strategy |
| 0:28.2 | and failure to reach certain demographics. |
| 0:31.9 | Words that are missing from the document entirely are Israel, Palestine, and Gaza. |
| 0:40.7 | That's despite earlier reporting from Axios that the autopsy had concluded that the Biden administration's stance on the Gaza genocide was a net |
| 0:46.5 | negative that cost Harris votes, especially among younger and progressive Democrats. One of the loudest, |
| 0:54.0 | most consistent voices warning |
| 0:56.0 | Democrats that their stance on Gaza has not only been a moral catastrophe, but a political one, |
| 1:02.0 | is Hassan Piker. The streamer and political commentator argues that ahead of the 28 elections, |
| 1:09.1 | Israel could become a litmus test. |
| 1:12.2 | Today, we're revisiting our conversation with Hassan, on Gaza, on the alt-right pipeline, |
| 1:18.9 | and why the Democrats' problem with young people may be bigger than they want to admit. |
| 1:24.7 | This episode originally aired August 19, 2025. All dates and references are from that time. |
| 1:32.1 | Here's the show. |
| 1:39.0 | Today, the online streamer speaking out on Gaza and the alt-right pipeline. |
| 1:44.8 | I want to make America a better place. |
| 1:46.7 | I want America to truly achieve its potential that I know it has, |
| 1:50.8 | that I believed it had when I first moved here when I was 18 years old. |
| 1:55.9 | So I just keep pushing. |
| 1:58.4 | Who is Hassan Piker? |
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