{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/69f1f631d7e73f5a692d1d3c/6a10b45b340ccf14ed90d1d9?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"What is Hasan Piker’s dude bro project really about?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/69f1f631d7e73f5a692d1d3c/1779480442105-392a5401-c7ac-4227-9e6b-bbf7ad0ddd45.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Soon after Twitch streamer<a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/hasandpiker/?hl=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Hasan Piker</a> started campaigning with Democratic candidates this spring, an op-ed 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<a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/profile/kai-wright\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Kai Wright</a> talks to Piker and asks, what exactly is this very online, very popular figure trying to achieve in the real world?</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Check out the Guardian's<a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/11/i-love-when-my-enemies-hate-me-how-hasan-piker-became-one-of-the-biggest-voices-on-the-us-left\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> December 2025 profile of Hasan Piker here</a></li></ul>","author_name":"The Guardian"}