Soon after Twitch streamer Hasan Piker started campaigning with Democratic candidates this spring, an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal was published with the headline: Democrats are too cozy with Hasan Piker. That triggered a fever pitch of more op-eds and interviews asking Piker to respond to past statements he’s made on Israel’s war in Gaza, 9/11 and more. But the controversy surrounding him hasn’t slowed his momentum or influence – if anything, it’s amplified both. Host Kai Wright talks to Piker and asks: what exactly is this very online, very popular figure trying to achieve in the real world?
Check out the Guardian’s December 2025 profile of Hasan Piker here
