Lovett or Leave It
Episodes
Tony's Angels
25 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett Or Leave It brings you March Radness as we welcome everyone’s favorite surprise celebrity sighting, Tony Hawk, who offers the LOLI team some ...
If It Ain't Woke Don't Fix It
18 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett Or Leave It brings a stellar array of comedy’s best and brightest to the Dynasty Typewriter stage with a special stand up episode. Lovett and...
Trial by Fire Emoji
11 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett Or Leave It welcomes all the beautiful people to Los Angeles’s gorgeous Dynasty Typewriter theater, including Keep It’s own Oscars trivia s...
History in the Making: The Making of History
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Are you smarter than a Hulu cast? Live from NeueHouse Hollywood, Lovett sits down with some of the cast and producers of Hulu’s, “History of the W...
The Wizard of Ozempic
04 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We march into a new month with another stellar phalanx of guests at Los Angeles’ beautiful Dynasty Typewriter theater. Gretchen Carlson talks about ...
James and the Giant Divorce
25 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s show, Lovett Or Leave It welcomes President Biden to the Dynasty Typewriter stage to address all these audio deepfakea of him on TikT...
Shooting Ourselves in the Balloon
18 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Lovett temporarily left it, asking the brilliant Guy Branum to steer the ship in his stead. Lance Reddick teaches us from Ron DeSantis’s ...
Queerbait of The Union
11 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Biden mixes it up and Mitt says what we’re all thinking. What a week. Ron Perlman teaches us how to tell people off. Gus Kenworthy evades Lovett’s...
Saved By The Bel-Air
04 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Live from the SiriusXM studio, Lovett Or Leave It pits DeSantis vs Trump in a battle for the... well, not the soul of the country. The Academy’s own...
America's Next Top Secret
28 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Whether you’re on the lanai or inside Los Angeles’s beautiful Dynasty Typewriter theater, this week’s Lovett Or Leave It thanks you for being a ...
Ms. Kitara Goes To Washington
21 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as Lovett Or Leave It gets sopping wet this Dry January at L.A.'s beautiful Dynasty Typewriter. A black market egg dealer (Brian Posehn) stops...
The Artful Todger
14 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The secret’s out… Lovett Or Leave It is back with another episode! Lovett finds out what dirty dealings Kevin McCarthy got up to when he unearths ...
Stairway to Kevin
07 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett or Leave It rings in 2023 with a full house of festive guests, including the most famous Nepo Baby of all: Baby New Year (Zach Noe Towers). The...
Holiday Grift Guide
17 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett Or Leave cozies up in front of the roaring fire we’ve hurled 2022’s desiccated hull into during this, our last show of 2022. Mike Lindell (...
Season's Cheatings
10 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There’s no place like Lovett Or Leave It for the holidays, as we gather with our loved ones: an AI chatbot who answers to our every whim. Sam Sander...
Three Antisemites is a Crowd
03 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a December to remember as Lovett or Leave It returns to Los Angeles’s beautiful Dynasty Typewriter and we celebrate Christmas with a new slat...
Lovett or Leave It Presents: Thanksgiving Leftovers!
26 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett is currently asleep under a big pile of coats on the guest bed, but we here at Lovett or Leave It have prepared you a sumptuous feast of favori...
It’s a Crypto Polycule Friendsgiving, Charlie Brown!
19 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The whole Lovett Or Leave It family welcomes you and your hot dish to this year’s first-ever crypto polycule Friendsgiving! Byron Bowers and Diallo ...
Not With a Wave but a Whimper
12 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett or Leave It survives the red wave that never was after this week’s midterms, and celebrates the only way we know how: gorgeous gay mayhem. Ma...
Democracy or Else
05 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Midterms are making the kids squirm at this, our last Lovett Or Leave It before we see you next Tuesday at the polls. Larry Wilmore looks at Biden’s...
Hershel Walker’s aBOOOOOrtions
29 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett or Leave It turns L.A.’s Dynasty Typewriter into a Halloween spooktacular during the only week of the year when we don’t mind hearing boos....
High on Grassley
22 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the devil you know AND the devil you don’t when Lovett or Leave It welcomes Lucy and Danny DeVito to L.A.‘s wonderful Dynasty Typewriter th...
Brotherly Love in a Sandwich Town (Live from Philly!)
15 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The (cheese)stakes are high when Lovett or Leave It fills Philadelphia’s Fillmore Theater with a night of gorgeous gay mayhem. Your future PA Govern...
Old Bay v. Pumpkin Spice (Live from Baltimore!)
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett Or Leave It takes the stage at Goucher College and enjoys a little bit o’ Baltimore (okay, more specifically, Towson, Maryland). The Washingt...
The Eyes Were Made For Crying (Live from Pittsburgh!)
08 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett or Leave It hits the road to Pittsburgh’s Roxian Theatre. Lovett and the Second Lady of Pennsylvania Gisele Barreto Fetterman take Dr. Oz to ...
Forbidden Flute
01 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett Or Leave It likes it hot with the arrival of Blonde’s own Marilyn Monroe (Kel Cripe) to Los Angeles’ Dynasty Typewriter theater. Stephen Me...
She NyQuil Be Loved
24 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett or Leave It finds a way to have yet another excellent show at Los Angeles’ gorgeous Dynasty Typewriter theater. Dare We Say’s Alycia Pascua...
Lovett or Grieve It
17 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cover the mirrors and don your kippah, it’s time to sit shiva for Lilibit. Grab some nosh and swap stories of Her Highness with Senator Bernie Sande...
Death Becomes Her Majesty
10 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett or Leave It is dead. Long live Lovett or Leave It! The show makes its triumphant return to Dynasty Typewriter. Author and Dem strategist Lis Sm...
You Got Your Hot Takes In My Rant Wheel! I Got My Rant Wheel In Your Hot Takes!
03 Sep 2022
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...
Lunch It or Leave It: Best of Food
27 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Open wide, because Lovett Or Leave It is serving up a hot, fresh best-of episode with all our favorite food-obsessed segments of the past year. Ashley...
Lovett in Wonderland
20 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Depressed by the prospect of turning 40 and losing his youthful optimism about politics, Lovett chases Pundit into Wonderland in this week’s fully s...
Filibustin’ Makes Me Feel Good
13 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the dog days of summer and Lovett or Leave It is unleashed on L.A.’s Dynasty Typewriter theater. Salem resident Elizabeth Johnson Jr. (Kara K...
Introducing Dare We Say
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Josie Totah, Alycia Pascual Peña, and Yasmine Hamady – three young actresses, disruptors, and best friends as they navigate the issues that af...
Private Jets, Public Frets
06 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nancy Pelosi might be trotting the globe, but Lovett or Leave It is home sweet home at Dynasty Typewriter. There’s no such thing flying as flying to...
Joe News is…Good News?
30 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett or Leave It is back at Dynasty Typewriter this week, as we toast beloved statesman Joe Manchin with a glass of TikTok’s pink sauce. With just...
Malort the Merrier
23 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s bottoms up when Lovett or Leave It rolls into town for a show at the beautiful Chicago Theater. The Chicago Gay Men's Chorus reminds us we were...
Coup-y with a Chance of Meatballs
16 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett or Leave It stops by the North State to visit the Mary Kate to Minneapolis’s Ashley, Saint Paul! Mayor Melvin Carter stops by to explain all ...
Trump Take the Wheel
02 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Lovett or Leave It as we celebrate women's and LGBTQ rights (and, more importantly, their wrongs) this holiday weekend. Head writer Halle Kiefer ...
It's A Wonderful Lifeguard
25 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett or Leave It welcomes you to Dynasty Typewriter, and to take a breath and recharge. An Arizona election worker (Jana Schmieding) tells her tale ...
Pride 2022: Choose Wrath
18 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Lovett or Leave It celebrates Pride the best way it knows how: with the help of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s ghost (Abby McEnany). River Butcher...
Pod Save Drag Brunch
11 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett or Leave It takes summer by storm with the help of the good people at Los Angeles’s fabulous Dynasty Typewriter. Texas Rep. Bryan Slaton (Bre...
Real Housewives of Autocracy
04 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Lovett or Leave It journeys to Boston where a Selling Sunset star (Eugene Mirman) susses out your starter home, and the fate of American de...
Gun Control > Door Control
28 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett or Leave It returns to Dynasty Typewriter as we choose to be mad after a sad week. Comedian Nish Kumar busts up Partygate, while author and act...
Darkest MAGA Before the Dawn
21 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett or Leave It mentions the bisque during our wind-swept tour stop in Portland, Maine! Cosmologist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein has Lovett reaching fo...
Wanda Maximoff v. Sam Alito
14 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett or Leave It is up past our bedtime at the ‘ol Hollywood Improv. A super chill GOP congresswoman (Atsuko Okatsuka) thinks we should all calm d...
Main Character Energy
07 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we’re revisiting some of our favorite characters to grace to Lovett or Leave It Stage, including: Kyrsten Sinema (Kylie Brakeman), Tesla c...
Jonathan Groff's Rude Awakening
30 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett or Leave It joins the Netflix Is A Joke festival this week, but the show couldn’t be more serious, as Ashley Ray helps us figure out what is ...
Is It Cake or Robert Duvall?
23 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Spring has sprung and Lovett or Leave It is blooming all over Los Angeles’ Dynasty Typewriter once again. Danielle Pinnock and Mary Jarreau dig deep...
Step One: Buy Twitter
16 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Choo choo! Lovett or Leave It: Live Or Else pulls into the station at Dallas’s own The Factory in Deep Ellum. Railroad Commission candidate Luke War...
Ghosted by Grimes
09 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett or Leave It pulls on its cowboy boots and takes its Lactaid pills for a queso-filled quorum in Austin, Texas. Beto O’Rourke takes on Greg Abb...
Grand Old Key Party
02 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode is a potluck, and Lovett or Leave It is bringing the bananas. Joel Kim Booster, Jenny Yang and Emily Heller talk rom-coms in a s...
Ginni Thomas’s Unlimited Text Plan
26 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Live from the Lincoln Theatre, Lovett or Leave It storms Washington, D.C. and seizes its jumbo slices. Crooked’s own Damon Young is stuck on cancel ...
The Cursed Wives Club
19 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Live from Dynasty Typewriter, Ginni Thomas (Pandora Boxx) storms the barricade to bring us good, solid marriage advice. Josh Barro and Lovett go toe-t...
The Dark Knight Reprises
12 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Everything old is new again as Lovett Or Leave It celebrates the return of a classic: performing indoors. L.A. City Councilperson Nithya Raman joins o...
And We're Back!
05 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We finally, finally, finally return to touring, and set our clam chowder and sour dough dreams on the beautiful city of San Francisco, all set to the ...
In This House, We Say Gay
26 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gather around the campfire for one s’more backyard show before Lovett and Leave It ventures into the wider world yet again. A pick-up aficionado (Ik...
Come No-Fly With Me
19 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to shows left in Lovett’s backyard, this week’s is Number Two! Lovett’s parents stop by to rank his monologue jokes, while Kylie B...
Live, Laugh, Hang Mike Pence
12 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cupid aims his wise and mighty arrow at the backyard this week, where we regale True Story’s Ed Helms with true tales of courtship gone wrong. Keep ...
Mayors Unmasked!
05 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mayors are revealing their faces and people are pissed! This week, the pod at Pundit’s palace welcomes Guy Montag from Fahrenheit 451 (Marcella Argu...
Five Alarm Breyer
29 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The pod pops the cork on another house party at Lovett’s place, where West Elm Caleb (as played by River Butcher) stops by to ruin the vibe; Lindsay...
We’re Going on Tour!
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
And we're back... on tour that is! Get tickets & learn more: crooked.com/eventsJoin Lovett and friends on the road, as Lovett or Leave It hits Washing...
Get Better Friends, Sonia!
22 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We gather 'round the ol' campfire for another Lovett or Leave It, brought to you from the wilderness of Lovett's backyard. Hysteria's own Megan Gailey...
Cancel Culture Comes for Stalin
15 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lovett or Leave It returns to the great outdoors, specifically the part of the outdoors immediately adjacent to Lovett’s house - because when we sai...
New Year, New Rants
01 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Pop an ibuprofen, pour yourself a tall glass of water, and nurse your NYE hangover with a big, salty mess of frustrations! That’s right, our January...
Saturn Devouring His Kugel
18 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Now more than ever: what a year. Lovett or Leave It hopes the door won't hit 2021 in the ass on the way out, while Ashley Ray and Alice Wetterlund scr...
TEAM JEREMY STRONG
11 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Kevin James Thornton stops by to talk TikTok and to autotune our childhoods. Nancy Cuomo (Jackie Kashian) updates us on the Cuomo family Chri...
And YOU get an Oz!
04 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Kiran Deol forgives us for making her talk about the state of modern apologies, J. Jonah Jameson (Paul F. Tompkins) stops by to explain how p...
Biden Taps That Gas
27 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's Thanksgiving weekend and there’s room for you at the kids’ table as comedian Naomi Ekperigin digs into the week in news, and reminds us to sa...
Gosar In the Machine
20 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this half live, half or else episode, Guy Branum ruminates on Beto’s roll out and Boebert’s freak out, Solomon Georgio unfolds other people’s...
New York: The Squeakquel
13 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Lovett triumphantly returns to New York like Caesar to Rome. Is Ronan here for gay news? You bet. Does he return for the Newlywed game agai...
Glasgow Big or Go Home
06 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Conover takes on the final boss, toxic masculinity, while Sam Sanders sorts through our nation’s most iconic scams. Nancy Pelosi (played by Mic...
Meta or Worse
30 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ooky? Yes. Spooky? Absolutely. This week, a Washington zombie (Demi Adejuyigbe) digs up some undead political concepts, a local news reporter (Megan G...
Harry Styles Threw The First Brick
23 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Tre’vell Anderson helps us catch up on some gay news, the newest Bond Girl, Titsy Malone (Maria Bamford), shares her character's journey i...
Charlie and the Unnecessary Prequel Factory
16 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Young Wonka, played by Brandon Wardell, stops by to lament America’s Great Resignation. We quiz the audience on the media’s coverage of the reconc...
Just Squidding Around
09 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Phoebe Robinson has to match the apology to the scandal throughout Facebook’s history. Chris Kattan gets his feathers ruffled squawking about Big Oi...
Move Fast and Break Teens
02 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Ashley Ray thumbs through a forbidden text in our first ever Don’t Read This Book Book Club meeting. BJ Novak steers our collective trolley...
And We're Back!
25 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We did it live! Kylie Brakeman takes us on a Sip and See to Kyrsten Sinema’s Wine Club, Emily Heller airs out LuLaRoe’s dirty leggings, we show da...
Balls Swell that Ends Well
18 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Aasif Mandvi meets this week’s cast of characters, from General Mark Milley to Nicki Minaj’s cousin to the guy that controls Joe Biden’s off swi...
Hotel Recallifornia
11 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For a closed-captioned version of this episode, please visit crooked.com/lovettorleaveit. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@...
Let's Get Into It (Again)
28 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We jump into the storied Lovett or Leave It Vault™, and take a look back at our favorite moments from the past year of the pod. Take a stroll throug...
Looking for Delicate Give (Rantathon!)
21 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rants are the only thing on the menu this week — from newbies Alex English and Danny Pellegrino, plus familiar faces Guy Branum, Emily Heller, Erin ...
Cuomosexual Conversion Therapy
14 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Abby McEnany brings some much needed levity to a week bogged down by Andrew Cuomo, Alec Baldwin, Greg Abbott, and Chet Hanks. Conservative firebrand B...
Damon Like a Wrecking Ball
07 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Scheer is back to break down the week's news. Jon talks to Congresswoman Ilhan Omar about the eviction moratorium and Britney Spears. And Ashley ...
Twisties and Shout
31 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rainn Wilson and Reza Aslan join to break down all the week's news, from Simon Biles's decision to Adam Driver's transformation. Jason Concepcion take...
All Riots Matter!
24 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The very funny Sean Devlin breaks down the week’s news - from insurrectionists on the insurrection committee to Wally Funk's wild ride with some ric...
Rich Boys and their Space Toys
17 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Billionaires are doing it for themselves. Simon Rich joins to break down the week’s news: reconciliation, competition, and Olivia Rodrigo is here......
F*ck Jamie Spears
10 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jia Tolentino and Ronan Farrow join to talk about their investigation into the Britney Spears conservatorship and some of the larger lessons it offer...
Wartime Meteorologists
03 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Trump Org. gets indicted, the Supreme Court limits voting rights, New York can’t count ballots, and one of People’s sexiest men alive, Donald ...
Introducing: Edith!
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"Edith!" starring Golden Globe winner and Academy Award nominee Rosamund Pike, is a scripted comedy podcast about the untold true-ish story of Edith W...
OUT OF THE CLOSETS, INTO THE STREETS
26 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
AND WE'RE BACK. Our first live show in over a year! Let's do it right. With special guests Adam Rippon, Laci Mosely, Hannah Einbinder, Tre'vell Anders...
The Bipartisans Strike Back
19 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kaitlin Olson joins to break down the week’s news, from Manchin’s shifts to Putin’s gifts. Writer and programmer Rusty Foster explains crypto cu...
Pride Plus Some Wrath (200th episode!)
12 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guy Branum joins to break down the week's news. Lovett quizzes Jon Favreau and Tommy Vietor to mark 200 episodes of Lovett or Leave It. Tara Houska ta...
What if it’s David Morse AGAIN?
05 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Aliens in the sky, zombies in the Senate. Comedian Pat Regan joins to break down the week’s news. Science writer George Zaidan on sunscreen - what w...
Commission Impossible
29 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Scientists ask for a fact-based debate over the origins of the pandemic. Manchin and Sinema ask Republicans to be reasonable. Surprise! They were all...
Stephen Breyer, You Will Love Golf
22 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chelsea Handler joins to break down the week's news, from stalled commissions to spying whales. Ben Rhodes on what's next after a ceasefire in Israel....
Leave the Mask, Take the Cannoli
15 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jenny Slate is back to break down the week's news, from Liz Cheney to Ellen DeGeneres. Jason Concepcion stops by for a quiz on conservative freak outs...
Liz Cheney, Perfect Hero!
08 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hasan Piker is here to break down the week's news. Lori Wallach of Public Citizen joins for a helpful, fascinating look at the patent waiver issue and...
Caitlyn Jenner killed someone?
01 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Gavin Newsom faces a recall election. Joe Biden addresses Congress. The Feds raid Rudy's apartment. And the CDC relaxes restrictions for vaccinated p...
Demi Lovato, Yelp Elite
24 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joel Kim Booster is back to break down the week's news and provide life advice to listeners. DeRay Mckesson talks about the Chauvin verdict and what's...