Twitch, the Amazon-owned streaming platform best known as a haven for gamers, wouldn’t be the first place you’d look for a left-leaning political commentator. But Hasan Piker, also known as “HasanAbi” is thriving there: He has more than 1.5 million followers, where he comments on the news of the day during marathon sessions. Piker talks to Recode’s Peter Kafka about becoming a new kind of Internet famous.

Featuring: Hasan "Abi" Piker (@hasanthehun) Twitch Streamer and Political Commentator

Host: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at Recode

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One of the most popular streamers on Twitch… is a lefty political commentator? Hasan Piker explains