Lovett or Leave It
Episodes
Quoth the Raven “Brain worms" (Live from Asheville. NC!)
23 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett Or Leave It arrives for our first Asheville show ready to listen and learn! Head of the North Carolina Democratic Party Anderson Clayton teache...
Lovett Survived! (Live from Charlotte, NC)
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett or Leave It touches down in Charlotte, North Carolina for our first show back on tour! This week, Sydnee Washington gets Lovett up to speed. Tr...
Learn to Love Dr. Pepper feat. Guy Branum
15 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Guest host Guy Branum joins us for the final episode of Lovett or Leave It before the return of the king. This week, Martha-Ann Alito (James Adomian) ...
What A Weekday: Veep Paralysis Demon feat. Langston Kerman
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email [email protected] and include the na...
Gay Guy Podcasting School feat. Jared Goldstein
08 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jared Goldstein tastes the rainbow this Pride as our very special Lovett Or Leave It guest host! BenDeLaCreme reads the world for filth, Hacks' Mark I...
What A Weekday: Hobby Horsing Around feat. Adam Rippon
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Rippon skates by on his good looks and incredible comedic timing for this week’s What A Weekday! This week, Donald Trump appears on America’s...
Ey, I’m Convictin’ Here! feat. Ian Karmel
01 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Guest host Ian Karmel steps into Lovett’s Cariumas for a very special post-Trump conviction Lovett or Leave It episode. Ian’s wife, writer Dana Sc...
Alito's Red Flags feat. Matt Rogers
25 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Rogers not only survives, he thrives as Lovett or Leave It’s guest host this week. During the show, Aasif Mandvi proves all jokes can be dad jo...
What A Weekday: Cannes You Believe It? feat. Matt Rogers
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Las Culturistas host Matt Rogers joins What A Weekday! today and what a weekday is it. This week, the prosecution rests while the defense snoozes in T...
Conservatives Using Noble Tactics feat. Larry Wilmore
18 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Lovett Or Leave It is Larry Wilmore or Leave It, as the Black on the Air host joins us for a brand-new episode from the SiriusXM Garage. La...
What a Weekday: We Got An Embezzlement Stew Going On feat. Louis Virtel
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Louis Virtel joins us for some fava beans and a nice Limoncello La Croix for today’s What A Weekday! This week, Donald Trump’s Hannibal Lecter spe...
Parasite for Sore Eyes feat. Andy Richter
11 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andy Richter fills Lovett’s shoes and then some as Lovett or Leave It’s guest host of the week! Yamaneika Saunders and Jared Goldstein stop by to ...
What a Weekday: Noem More Dead Dogs feat. Maria Bamford
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 fi...
Cops in the Halls, Bees in the Walls
04 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 Re...
What a Weekday: Cricket's Revenge
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 bot...
Mike Johnson, Campus Police (Live from DC!)
27 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 su...
Texas Hold Me (Live from Austin!)
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 con...
Trump’s Totally Impartial Jury
20 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re live and brooding from the Tortured Podcasts Department. This week, Acapulco’s Jaime Camil pages through his motorcycle diaries. Sam Tagga...
What a Weekday: No Sleep Till Manhattan
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump gets a courtroom visit from the Sandman. President Biden forgives (more student loans) while American voters forget (what the hell it was...
Ye Olde Abortion Ban
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
What a Weekday: 2 Canceled 2 Debt
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
They/Them Is Risen
06 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 li...
The Bible (Trump’s Version)
30 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
What a Weekday: Trump on the Cross/Nasdaq
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 Novemb...
Tower to the People
23 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett or Leave It is back and this time, it’s personal. Minnie Driver answers our most massive questions. Jenny Yang unearths nightmarish 90s artif...
What a Weekday: Kate Spotted, Trump Broke
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
The Unbearable Lightness of Boeing
16 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 nee...
What a Weekday: Biden Strikes Back
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 complimen...
State of Deez Nuts
09 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
What a Weekday: Super Tuesday Edition
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
2 Marianne 2 Williamson
02 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 hou...
What a Weekday: Biden’s Big Scoop
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ML...
Commander Biden's Secret Menu
24 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 see...
Jon Lovett and Tim Miller on Losing Primaries (Inside 2024 - Extended Preview)
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lean into the long President’s Day weekend with this extended preview of Inside 2024, our subscriber-exclusive pod where we bring together campaign ...
Grandpa Loves Us 2024
17 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We stopped brainstorming new Taylor Swift conspiracies long enough to bring you a brand-new Lovett or Leave It! Natasha Leggero shares her ingenious c...
What a Weekday: A rough weekend for Biden, NATO, and the Gaylors
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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-contr...
GOP 2024: Nobody Wins
10 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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." A...
What a Weekday: Border Deal from Both Sides Now
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 fr...
Look What You Made the Deep State Do
03 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 Sloa...
What a Weekday: Trump Lost and Earhart Found
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 d...
Lock Her Up (Haley's Version)
27 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 Hard...
What a Weekday: Tim Scott Bends the Knee Twice
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 fo...
What Do You Know About Comedy, Rob Reiner?
20 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett or Leave It makes its glorious return to Dynasty Typewriter in beautiful Los Angeles, California. Rob Reiner grades the monologue and shares hi...
What a Weekday: Iowa and the Emmys
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
New Year, New UTI
13 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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. Bian...
What a Weekday: Insurrection (at the Golden Globes)
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
New Year, New Weekday! Republicans celebrate their holiest of holidays, January 6, while Biden goes to Valley Forge to launch the 2024 campaign. Jo Ko...
Lovett or Leave It: What a Year
23 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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,...
Live, Laugh, Impeach
16 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 D...
What a Weekday: College Presidents v. Crude Traps
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 he...
Dictator Says What?
09 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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....
What a Weekday: Trump’s Legal Troubles and McDonald’s New McDoubles
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email [email protected] and include the na...
Santos Sashays Away (Live from Boulder!)
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 debat...
Dry Heat and Open Carry (Live from Phoenix!)
02 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 co...
What a Weekday: Trump Attacks Obamacare, Santos Attacks Everyone
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 headl...
George Santos Reality Show Countdown
18 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
What a Weekday: McCarthy throws hands and Scott drops out
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 lo...
Pot, Porn, and Planned Parenthood
11 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 h...
What a Weekday: Trump's Testimony, Biden's Polling, and Mike Johnson's Accountability Partner
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
Don Jr. Does a Line of Questioning (Live from Seattle!)
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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...
DeSantis on His Heels (Live from Portland!)
04 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 g...
What a Weekday: Haley v. Trump, Biden v. AI, Newsom v. Gravity
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
The Grind Begins at Conception
28 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 unfinis...
What a Weekday: Georgia v. Trump, Clooney v. Drescher, and House GOP v. Itself
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The week’s news overfloweth. Come drink from Lovett or Leave It’s What A Weekday cup. This week, Trump’s cronies flip like so many disgusting hu...
Republicans Shoot the Moon (Live from Charlottesville!)
23 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Errors tour heads to Charlottesville as Trump violates one gag order and evades another. Virginia assembly candidates Lily Franklin and Kimberly P...
#BelieveAllWrestlers (Live from DC!)
21 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
And we're back at the Lincoln Theatre in our nation's perfect capital to cheer up Jim Jordan after what has to be the fourth or fifth worst week of hi...
What a Weekday: Biden visits Israel, Jordan vies for Speaker, Will Smith turns off notifications
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There’s too much news to cram into one Lovett Or Leave It episode per week, which is why we’re here with our new Tuesday comedy dispatch, What A W...
The Rivers and Kari Lakes That You're Used To (Live from Chattanooga!)
14 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Are you from Chattanooga? Because you're the only ten I see. The Errors Tour continues with a torrent of chaos in the River City. We meet three of Cha...
GOP in Chaos and Trump on Trial (Live from Asheville!)
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Governor Roy Cooper stops by to talk Medicaid expansion, abortion access, and the fight for democracy in North Carolina, before telling us how to liv...
Dogs That Caught the McCarthy (Live From Atlanta!)
07 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett Or Leave It is back on the road, and we’re heating things up in the beautiful Center Stage Theater in Hotlanta, Georgia! Senator Rev. Raphael...
Hot for Teacher's Union
30 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett or Leave It returns to the SiriusXM garage in Los Angeles, home sweet home. Russell Howard explores scandals that could have happened in the US...
Oh these gold bars? (Live from Madison!)
25 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett or Leave It brings the dairy sweats to the beautiful Barrymore Theatre in Madison, Wisconsin! Ben Wikler, Chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Par...
Fetterman Gets Dressed Down (Live from Chicago!)
23 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett Or Leave It goes deep in Chicago, live from the beautiful Vic Theater. Mayor Brandon Johnson gives Lovett at 24 Hour tour of the second city ...
Beetlejuice Cleanse
16 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett Or Leave It asks “why so Sirius?” as we welcome a whole new cast of jokers to our stage. GOP candidate Tim Scott’s very real girlfriend (...
There Will Be Mud
09 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett Or Leave It takes a Sirius turn as we host this week’s show from our brand-new location. When Lovett goes high, Marcella Arguello gets even h...
A Very Online Summer (Friends of the Pod Preview)
02 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're off for Labor Day! Please enjoy this exclusive episode of Terminally Online, our new Subscription show and loosest pod here at Crooked Media. Ev...
Lovett Gets Steamrolled: A Best-Of
26 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett learns a lesson or two when his guests take the reins in this week’s very special Best-Of episode. Do steamrollers have reins? Well, they do ...
Rude and Delicious: Live from Philadelphia!
19 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett Or Leave It arrives in the city of Brotherly Love, and don’t worry, we brought plenty for everyone. Delaware state senator Sarah McBride help...
Thoughts & Chairs
12 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett or Leave It prepares for a much needed holiday this week at LA’s Dynasty Typewriter. Laci Mosley and Lovett set sail for the Montgomery river...
Pence's Christmas Miracle
05 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett Or Leave It is hotter than hell this week at Los Angeles’ beautiful Dynasty Typewriter theater. Lovett and Ify Nwadiwe heat things up with a ...
Live! From New York! It's One Thousand Rats!
29 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Start spreading the ooze! This hot humid New York summer is only getting stickier, now that Lovett or Leave It is at Town Hall! LOLI’s own Rat King ...
Ice Cream So Good, Popcorn So Gay | Terminally Online [TEASER]
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Enjoy this episode of Terminally Online, Crooked's new subscription exclusive show. In this episode, Jon Lovett and producers Elijah Cone, Halle Kiefe...
Doctors Hate This One Weird Kennedy
22 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett It Or Leave It is back with a steamy new episode, and we’re summer lovin’ it. Nimesh Patel has a ball as Lovett puts his jokes to the tes...
Hot Dummies 🤝 Anxious Weirdos
15 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
All aboard a brand-new episode of Lovett or Leave It, setting sail from Los Angeles’s beautiful Dynasty Typewriter theater. A vacationing tourist (J...
Queer the Buffet (A Pride Standup Special!)
08 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett Or Leave It closes out this year’s Pride month with a fantastic stand up special. The legendary Paula Poundstone joins Jon as co-host and bas...
Wack Mirror (Live from San Francisco!)
01 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett Or Leave It is gay by the bay for our second tour show at San Francisco’s beautiful Palace of Fine Arts. The incredible Snaxx kicks off a nig...
Every City has Fresh Bread (Live from San Francisco!)
24 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The wonderful Carnie Asada welcomes us to the city by the bay as we kick off the first stop of Lovett Or Leave It: The Errors Tour at San Francisco’...
Queerest and Dearest: A Pride Best-Of
17 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In honor of Pride Month and Lovett being on vacation, we present to you: a very queer Best Of show! California candidate Will Rollins takes us to the ...
Introducing Ruined with Alison Leiby & Halle Kiefer!
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing Crooked's new horror movie podcast Ruined, from LOLI head writer Halle Kiefer and Alison Leiby! If it’s in a word, or it’s in a look,...
The Rage of Innocence
10 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We got ‘im? We’re gonna need 1850 boxes to carry all the Trump indictment jokes packed into this week’s episode of Lovett or Leave It. Lovett sl...
Criminalize Straight (Pride Special 2023!)
03 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
March into June, brick in hand, for this year’s Pride Show! We look back at a few infamous queer qriminals. Gay Branum and Irene Tu try to remember ...
No Bueno Toxic
27 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett Or Leave It eases you into the long weekend with the dulcet tones of Ron DeSantis’s hideous voice, while Janet Yellen (Jenny Zigrino) reminds...
Defund the Splenda Police
20 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a barn burner of an episode! Luenell answers the hard questions (and a ton of easy ones), while Scott Aukerman and Kyle Kinane ponder the quest...
God Save the King’s Fingers
13 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Lovett Or Leave It has an episode only a mother could love. Elizabeth Holmes (Nicole Travolta) makes a pit stop on her reputation rehabilit...
Guild Back Better
06 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The king of Lovett Or Leave It welcomes his queens to Los Angeles’s beautiful Dynasty Typewriter theater ahead of this coronation weekend. Represent...
2 Dark 2 Brandon
29 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett or Leave It is back at Dynasty Typewriter to give Tucker Carlson the sendoff he deserves: one he has to share with Don Lemon. Hari Kondabolu st...
Fox News Gets Dom'ed
22 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett Or Leave It sparks up a very special episode at Los Angeles’ Dynasty Typewriter. Lovett rolls the dice with Weed Gummy Three-Card Monte. A Sp...
Resigning Women
15 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Take a (Senate) seat, relax and kick back with a nice, cold Lovett Or Leave It. Jon reaches out to the deranged Republican billionaires in the audienc...
Arraign-y Season
08 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Why is this night unlike any other nights? Why, it’s a Lovett Or Leave It Passover, Charlie Brown! Lesley Stahl (Paula Poundstone) stops by to inter...
The Age of Gwynnocence
01 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Trump is indicted! Paltrow is free. Ari Shapiro (All Things Considered, The Best Strangers in the World), Langston Kerman (My Momma Told Me), Tawny Ne...
Lovett or Leave It: The Errors Tour Presale
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tickets: www.crooked.com/eventsPresale code: ERRORSPresale is live NOW and runs through 3/30 10 PM localPublic on-sale: 3/31$1 of every Lovett or Leav...