What a Weekday: Noem More Dead Dogs feat. Maria Bamford
The incredible Maria Bamford joins us this Tuesday for What A Weekday! This week, Kevin Spacey wants YOU to vote for RFK Jr. We get into the sultry financial details of Trump’s hush money trial. Boeing tries to lasso the moon, and Kristi Noem has a ruff time defending her thoughts on dog murder. Grab your tickets for Lovett or Leave It’s weekly live show in Los Angeles. Special guest hosts inc...
27m May 07, 2024
27m
Cops in the Halls, Bees in the Walls
Lovett Or Leave It is ready to take life by the horns this Taurus season. Rose Abdoo looks back on a life of cattle calls. Jena Friedman recommends Republicans and comedians all cut the bull. Two Gay Matts figure out if they’re on the same side of the fence, and we spin the Rant Wheel ’til the cows come home. Tour dates & cities: crooked.com/events
1hr 7m May 04, 2024
1hr 7m
What a Weekday: Cricket's Revenge
Just like Biden, What a Weekday comes out swinging. The president roasts Trump on the campaign trail. Kristi Noem ends up in the dog house. It’s both the heat and the humidity in the Arizona GOP, and Galena the cat survives Amazon to fight another day. For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here (https://youtu.be/-OaeEdDOFi0) . For a transcript of this episode, please email tr...
30m Apr 30, 2024
30m
Mike Johnson, Campus Police (Live from DC!)
Live from our nation’s perfect capital, Al Franken stops by to look at the latest batch of lying liars. Mehdi Hasan doesn’t pull punches or eat sushi. Sam Jay and Josh Gondelman crown a new Freak of the Week, and we ask our guests the question, “Would you smash or would you passover?” Tour dates & cities: crooked.com/events For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here (https:/...
1hr 41m Apr 27, 2024
1hr 41m
Texas Hold Me (Live from Austin!)
Congress passes Ukraine aid and Trump passes… time in Court. We’re back in Austin for this year’s Moontower comedy festival. Lovett tries to convince the Sklar Brothers to open up a fresh can of worms. Joyelle Nicole Johnson wouldn’t trust Greg Abbott farther than she can throw him. Tim Miller weighs in on which Trump lackeys are all hat and no cattle. Zach Zucker keeps his saddled oiled for th...
1hr 52m Apr 23, 2024
1hr 52m
Trump’s Totally Impartial Jury
We’re live and brooding from the Tortured Podcasts Department. This week, Acapulco’s Jaime Camil pages through his motorcycle diaries. Sam Taggart and Nikki Glaser start a gay-to-straight translation service, and we throw the ol’ Rant Wheel on the turntable, roll up the rug, and blast our favorite screeds and tirades. Tour dates & cities: crooked.com/events (https://crooked.com/events/) For...
1hr 21m Apr 20, 2024
1hr 21m
What a Weekday: No Sleep Till Manhattan
Donald Trump gets a courtroom visit from the Sandman. President Biden forgives (more student loans) while American voters forget (what the hell it was like living under Trump). And Grimes’s Coachella set has us desperately seeking Skrillex. Please, save us, Skrillex. We beg of you. Tour dates & cities: crooked.com/events
37m Apr 16, 2024
37m
Ye Olde Abortion Ban
Lovett or Leave It dims the lights and slips into something more comfortable for a late show at LA's Lyric Hyperion! Paula Poundstone joins for What A Week to help us process a hideous abortion ban and a gay bug fungus. Hari Kondabolu stops by to put the petty in pet peeves, and James III shares his appreciation for cinematic masterpiece Bad Boys II in a round of Ok, Stop. And we could keep goi...
1hr 21m Apr 13, 2024
1hr 21m
What a Weekday: 2 Canceled 2 Debt
It’s the day after the eclipse, and boy, are our retinas tired! The world’s biggest liar is at it again, this time pretending he wouldn’t sign a national abortion ban with the thickest Sharpie he owns. President Biden finds a kinky new way to forgive student debt, the Rock finds the loudest possible way to say nothing, and all of us find out together how much $30 million weighs. For a closed...
32m Apr 09, 2024
32m
They/Them Is Risen
Astronomers warn not to stare directly at Lovett or Leave It, or you’ll burn out your retinas. This week, Brendan Scannell and Kara Klenk shine a light on women, and whether we can trust them. Dewayne Perkins and Katrina Davis look at the brighter side of horror, and the sun sets on our deepest, darkest grudges. Tour dates & cities: crooked.com/events
1hr 5m Apr 06, 2024
1hr 5m
The Bible (Trump’s Version)
Good Friday? More like Great Saturday! This week, Lovett or Leave It welcomes the eggcellent Busy Philipps, who rolls back the stone on the secrets of womanhood. Congressional candidate Will Rollins hops to it for the people of Palm Springs. And Gianmarco Soresi stops by to crack some yolks about the Great White Way. Tour dates & cities: crooked.com/events
1hr 17m Mar 30, 2024
1hr 17m
What a Weekday: Trump on the Cross/Nasdaq
Lovett or Leave It was disappointed not to be chosen as RFK Jr.’s running mate today, but don’t worry, we’ll still be voting for him come November. Meanwhile, Ronna McDaniel’s gets the best of both worlds: being on TV and everyone hating you. Donald Trump compares himself to Jesus, and not just because of those washboard abs. Rudy Giuliani screams across the void from his nightmare world, and p...
39m Mar 26, 2024
39m
Tower to the People
Lovett or Leave It is back and this time, it’s personal. Minnie Driver answers our most massive questions. Jenny Yang unearths nightmarish 90s artifacts. Rabbi Sharon Brous talks about empathy, isolation, and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. D’Arcy Carden dares you to answer the question, “Was she in this?” And the gang convenes once more to figure out what to do with the additional hour of sun...
1hr 37m Mar 23, 2024
1hr 37m
What a Weekday: Kate Spotted, Trump Broke
Lovett or Leave It says it’s time for your blood bath! Scrub-a-dub-dub. This week, Donald Trump is Bond… Unable to Pay His Bond. The Supreme Court ponders whether they want to make social media even worse ahead of the next election and/or pandemic. Kate Middleton is still at large, and Tom Cruise is looking oh so small on top of that big, beautiful Hollywood sign. For a closed-captioned vers...
32m Mar 19, 2024
32m
The Unbearable Lightness of Boeing
We’re here to shamrock your world with a brand-new episode of Lovett or Leave It. Chelsea Peretti has us Dublin over with laughter. Emily Heller needs a lucky charm to win our version of Jeopardy, and we bring it all home with a round of Patron Saints, for the love of all things holy. Tour dates & cities: crooked.com/events
1hr 14m Mar 16, 2024
1hr 14m
What a Weekday: Biden Strikes Back
Who's with Hur? No one, as Congress interrogates DOJ's report on Biden's record keeping and age. Biden swaps insults with Trump. Trump swaps compliments with Victor Orbán . J. Robert Oppenheimer celebrates his seven Oscars in hell. And Kate Middleton’s gone missing and the only person who can find her is… well, not us, that’s for sure. That’s for damn sure. For a closed-captioned version of ...
38m Mar 12, 2024
38m
State of Deez Nuts
Fear is the mind killer, but Lovett is the kind thriller, in this week’s episode. The State of our Union is strong, and so are Max Silvestri and Ron Funches who stop by to put the “dad” in dad jokes. Kid Fury and Marcella Arguello bring the heat on some hot topics, and Lovett and his guests stand tall as they defend Panda Express, average-sized femmes, and life being over at 40. "Subscribe for...
1hr 16m Mar 09, 2024
1hr 16m
What a Weekday: Super Tuesday Edition
A very merry Super Tuesday to you and yours! Donald Trump compares a black person to MLK because why not. Haley wins a primary! Good for her. And the Supreme Court can't help but fight its way through a unanimous ruling. For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here (https://youtu.be/zCcBcn4Kif0) . For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and includ...
25m Mar 05, 2024
25m
2 Marianne 2 Williamson
Lovett wishes a very happy, very infrequent birthday to all you Leap Day babies out there. Andrea Jin, Jiavani, and Cara Connors use this extra 24 hours to solve some of life’s pettiest grievances. City Councilwoman Nithya Raman discusses what it takes for a progressive candidate to get progressive policies passed in today’s political climate. And we end our show with a leap of faith, though no...
1hr 11m Mar 02, 2024
1hr 11m
What a Weekday: Biden’s Big Scoop
Nikki Haley can’t win and won’t quit after SC. Donald Trump goes wide at CPAC. A key Republican witness is completely full of it. And those new MLB pants are exciting pitchers and catchers everywhere. For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here (https://youtu.be/fCp-3T68CbA) . For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the po...
39m Feb 27, 2024
39m
Commander Biden's Secret Menu
We’re back from studying spiders in the Amazon to bring you a fantastic new show, straight from L.A.’s Dynasty Typewriter. Ashley Nicole Black sees if she can escape the tangle of Madame Web. Nish Kumar and Lovett sit down for a cuppa British politics and reality TV. Comedian Brad Williams gives us the long and the short of it, and we gather around to self-consciously share all the things we ha...
1hr 25m Feb 24, 2024
1hr 25m
Jon Lovett and Tim Miller on Losing Primaries (Inside 2024 - Extended Preview)
Lean into the long President’s Day weekend with this extended preview of Inside 2024, our subscriber-exclusive pod where we bring together campaign and political experts from the Crooked family to share behind-the-scenes stories from their time on the campaign trail. In this episode, Jon Lovett and Tim Miller unpack their tear-stained, scotch-soaked memories of primary defeats past including no...
23m Feb 20, 2024
23m
Grandpa Loves Us 2024
We stopped brainstorming new Taylor Swift conspiracies long enough to bring you a brand-new Lovett or Leave It! Natasha Leggero shares her ingenious childrearing strategy: stop after one. Rob Haze and Kevin Avery warm up the crowd with news both funny and frightening. Sam Pancake goes behind the scenes from The West Wing to The Penis Files, and we bid farewell to beloved chaos agent Producer Br...
1hr 26m Feb 17, 2024
1hr 26m
What a Weekday: A rough weekend for Biden, NATO, and the Gaylors
RFK Jr. apologizes for existing. Donald Trump snaps at the end of Vladimir Putin’s leash. President Biden takes his penny farthing on a damage-control press tour following the Hur report, while Taylor and Travis win the Super Bowl. Or whatever happened, we just tuned in for Usher. For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here (https://youtu.be/8qqnJgdTcLM) . For a transcript of ...
25m Feb 13, 2024
25m
GOP 2024: Nobody Wins
Trump loses his immunity case and Haley loses to "none of the above." Marianne ends her presidential campaign to "spend more time in her dimension." And Biden is cleared by DOJ for mishandling classified documents, which we're calling a win! Nikolaj Coster-Waldau joins for some optimistic news on climate change (and his bone structure). Ify Nwadiwe shares his most beloved Moments In Black Nerd ...
1hr 12m Feb 10, 2024
1hr 12m
What a Weekday: Border Deal from Both Sides Now
And the Grammy for Most Podcast goes to What A Weekday! Trump commands his raggedy, moth-eaten puppet army to reject a bipartisan border deal. Live from New York, it’s a Republican joshin' around! And Apple is finally here to hide as much or as little of the world as you'd like. For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here (https://youtu.be/tbiURMTxr7w) . For a transcript of th...
26m Feb 06, 2024
26m
Look What You Made the Deep State Do
Get the chip in your brain ready for a great episode! Laci Mosley gives us the blow-by-blow of the Nicki Minaj vs Megan Thee Stallion feud. Dulce Sloan gets us ready for Valentine’s Day with some helpful dating tips. Politicians are doing zingers and Will Miles joins to rate a few, and Lovett and his guests share a few unsung moments in Black History. Well, maybe all these moments have been sun...
1hr 19m Feb 03, 2024
1hr 19m
What a Weekday: Trump Lost and Earhart Found
President Biden and Donald Trump go toe-to-toe, and Trump is leaning allllllll the way forward on his. E. Jean Carroll adds $83 million to her rainy day fund. Nikki Haley clowns the Clown Prince, and we're joined by a surprise celebrity guest… why, it’s Amelia Earhart’s bones! For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here (https://youtu.be/by_q5BOGhe8) . For a transcript of this...
22m Jan 30, 2024
22m
Lock Her Up (Haley's Version)
The burgers are good and the news is bad on this week's Lovett or Leave It. Kel Mitchell joins us to rank food and thrill Producer Kendra. Melora Hardin interrogates the audience with a round of Was I In This? Jermaine Fowler and Natalie Rotter-Laitman put their heads together to solve our Mysteries of the Week. And Lovett and his guests acknowledge the unacknowledged in the first annual Snubbi...
1hr 29m Jan 27, 2024
1hr 29m
What a Weekday: Tim Scott Bends the Knee Twice
We pull up a chair to Nikki Haley's last stand and Meatball Ron’s last supper. Tim Scott proposes marriage, though he’s saving that first dance for Donald Trump, and insults fly from birdbrain to birdbrain ahead of tonight’s no-doubt-thrilling New Hampshire primary. Subscribe now for our exclusive pre-sale code: crooked.supercast.com For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here ...
34m Jan 23, 2024
34m
What Do You Know About Comedy, Rob Reiner?
Lovett or Leave It makes its glorious return to Dynasty Typewriter in beautiful Los Angeles, California. Rob Reiner grades the monologue and shares his thoughts on everything from Christian nationalism to polyamory. Lindsay Adams and Marcy Jarreau circle the wagons for a good old fashioned Loser Round-Up, and Lovett and his guests each take home the perfect souvenir, a Lifetime Achievement Awar...
1hr 25m Jan 20, 2024
1hr 25m
What a Weekday: Iowa and the Emmys
Put your frostbitten hands together for another What a Weekday! Lovett sprinkles a layer of salt on the frigid Republican Iowa caucus, while the Emmys leave the Golden Globes out in the cold. For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here (https://youtu.be/N1Z6rKLPEQU) . For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast.
36m Jan 16, 2024
36m
New Year, New UTI
Lovett or Leave It is here to keep you warm on these long, cold January nights with a brand-new episode, live from The Lodge Room in Los Angeles. Bianca del Rio roasts the salty and the sweet, while Brian Bahe and Madison Shepard keep things balmy with a heated debate. Zach Zucker takes the temperature on our most blistering bozos, and Lovett and his guests huddle around a scorching new round o...
1hr 27m Jan 13, 2024
1hr 27m
What a Weekday: Insurrection (at the Golden Globes)
New Year, New Weekday! Republicans celebrate their holiest of holidays, January 6, while Biden goes to Valley Forge to launch the 2024 campaign. Jo Koy brought his A-game to the Golden Globes and A-listers gave him an F, while Boeing offers an exciting new perk for their frequent flyers: the howling void.
39m Jan 09, 2024
39m
Lovett or Leave It: What a Year
The snow is falling softy as the smoke drifts gently skyward from the chimney. Oh! What’s that sound? The patter of footsteps on the roof. St. Nick, perhaps? Yes, he's there. But it's also the entire Lovett or Leave It team, here to put a best-of episode under the Christmas tree that is your podcast feed. Kendra, Brian, Malcolm, Halle, Lazarus, Zuri, and Dunphy are here to spread some holiday c...
1hr 37m Dec 23, 2023
1hr 37m
Live, Laugh, Impeach
It’s the last Lovett or Leave It of the year, and like a celebrity on Ozempic, we've got nothing left to lose. Golden Globe nominees Greta Lee and David Oyelowo pay homage to the greatest minds of our generation: the listeners of this podcast. Kathy Griffin helps Lovett finally claw his way onto the D-List. Atsuko Okatsuka decides which 2023 trends we're ready to let go in 2024, and Lovett join...
1hr 22m Dec 16, 2023
1hr 22m
What a Weekday: College Presidents v. Crude Traps
It’s the last What a Weekday of the year and boy are our hearts tired. Vivek gets caught with his pants down. Texas, Ohio, and Missouri make life hell for women who need abortions. College presidents get housed. And Crooked's Ramzy Masri joins to talk about his family's experience in the West Bank and his experience as a Palestinian American as the war between Israel and Hamas has unfolded.
33m Dec 12, 2023
33m
Dictator Says What?
The sun might set at 3:30pm right now, but Lovett or Leave It keeps the lights on all night long over at the Sirius Garage in Los Angeles, California. Benny Safdie stops by to Curse out Lovett. McKenzie Goodwin and Rachel Scanlon give 2023 a long, lingering, lesbian look back. Zainab Johnson has twelve siblings, but only one can be the winner, and the Rant Wheel has these bottoms spinning like ...
1hr 45m Dec 09, 2023
1hr 45m
What a Weekday: Trump’s Legal Troubles and McDonald’s New McDoubles
As Trump loses in court (several times), he also heads to Iowa to preview his second term agenda. And if that hasn’t cost you your appetite, McDonalds looks at the Big Mac and says “we can do better, it can be wetter.” And we’re probably lovin’ it, ok?
36m Dec 05, 2023
36m
Santos Sashays Away (Live from Boulder!)
The Errors Tour ends with our biggest error yet: Colorado in December. But it’s toasty by the fire, and by “fire” we mean the heated local debate about the reintroduction of wolves. David Gborie hears tell of Celestial Seasonings’ ancient war against prairie dogs. Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo joins to talk about her race against anti-abortion extremists. We tried to find the happiest audience m...
1hr 25m Dec 04, 2023
1hr 25m
Dry Heat and Open Carry (Live from Phoenix!)
Lovett or Leave It's in Phoenix and Kissinger's in Hell as the last leg of the Errors Tour begins. Jared Goldstein joins to bring you Gay News from coast to coast. Jaynie Parrish of Arizona Native Vote discusses everything at stake in the Grand Canyon state. The audience fishes some weird facts from the ice-cold bottom of Kari Lake, and we all win the first annual Kyrsten Sinema Pageant, before...
1hr 38m Dec 02, 2023
1hr 38m
What a Weekday: Trump Attacks Obamacare, Santos Attacks Everyone
Lovett or Leave It shocks you out of your Thanksgiving break with a brand-new What a Weekday! Trump’s vows to replace Obamacare. George Santos headlines for Felons Galore. Elon Musk travels to Israel for some reason. For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here (https://youtu.be/m9bcNsiXWKE) . For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include th...
30m Nov 28, 2023
30m
George Santos Reality Show Countdown
Lovett or Leave It wants to stuff you… with a delicious pre-Thanksgiving episode! Vice President Kamala Harris (Allison Reese) is ready to pardon a turkey, but the rest of us aren’t getting off so easy. Lizzy Cooperman and Victoria Vincent lay out a potluck of non-political news topics for your weird family members to nibble on, and the Gratitude Wheel invites you to slice off a piece of apprec...
1hr 9m Nov 18, 2023
1hr 9m
What a Weekday: McCarthy throws hands and Scott drops out
It’s fisticuffs for the frisky sluts in Congress! This week, Markwayne brings the mark-pain while Ex-Speaker Kevin hits and runs. Tim Scott finds love and gives up on the White House. Donald Trump calls everyone reading this description “vermin,” and Lovett asks the most important question of all: where was Foghorn Leghorn on January 6?
37m Nov 14, 2023
37m
Pot, Porn, and Planned Parenthood
And we're back in Los Angeles to get high off some big election wins. A newly single Brad Turbo (Matt Rogers) returns to solve male loneliness after his girlfriend leaves him for a certain South Carolina Senator. Casey Wilson gets baked (off), while River Butcher tries to distinguish Biden from BID3N. And it finally dips below 70 in LA, so we pour ourselves a steaming cup of Hot Takes. For a...
1hr 20m Nov 11, 2023
1hr 20m
What a Weekday: Trump's Testimony, Biden's Polling, and Mike Johnson's Accountability Partner
By his hand, it’s another What A Weekday! Mike Johnson’s new app brings plenty of Big Brother for the whole family. Donald Trump throws a temper tantrum in front of Papa Engoron. President Biden pulls in black sheep poll numbers, and Lovett dreams of his future husband, Pedro Pascal. We've got a seat at the table for you anytime, Pedro! Our lines are open. For a closed-captioned version of t...
36m Nov 07, 2023
36m
Don Jr. Does a Line of Questioning (Live from Seattle!)
It’s a heaping helping of tossed salad, scrambled eggs, and civil fraud here in Seattle. We give her 24 hours, Rep. Pramila Jayapal gives us the world. Lovett doesn’t really get Seattle, so the audience uses Fraiser to help explain its appeal. Madeleine Smithberg talks Letterman, Stewart, Carson and French Onion Dip. And we do rapid fire rants, high notes, and a check in with the Batman to Seat...
1hr 21m Nov 06, 2023
1hr 21m
DeSantis on His Heels (Live from Portland!)
Lovett or Leave It heard Portland, Oregon wants to keep it weird, and boy, did we take it to heart. Comedian Shain Brendan and author Lydia Kiesling gasp at the mystifying gaffes of the GOP presidential campaign. Comedian Imani Denae and drag queen Silhouette thrill at the city’s strangest sights and sounds. Lovett tries to find the biggest wackadoodle in our heater audience, and the Rant Wheel...
1hr 47m Nov 04, 2023
1hr 47m
What a Weekday: Haley v. Trump, Biden v. AI, Newsom v. Gravity
Step right up and grab a treat from What A Weekday’s big bucket of news! Gird yourself for the latest jumpscares from the 2024 campaign trail, as the first GOP candidate ghosts us. President Biden has a spooky warning about AI, and Gavin Newsom haunts at least one child’s nightmares. Happy Halloween, sluts. For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here (https://youtu.be/ySaBnkJV...
21m Oct 31, 2023
21m
The Grind Begins at Conception
It’s Halloween here at Lovett or Leave It, and we’ve got all the pennies and raisins your heart could desire! Producer Brian’s ghost has unfinished business: the business of show. Haunted Mansion director Justin Simien has our skin crawling with the most horrifying non-horror movies. Kiran Deol and Jamie Loftus weigh in on which specters and ghouls are just their (blood) type, and the Scream Wh...
1hr 24m Oct 28, 2023
1hr 24m