With the Hollywood writers’ strike passing the 100 days mark earlier this month – with no signs of ending soon – five of America’s top late night talk show hosts have gotten together for a podcast to benefit the strikers. Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, and John Oliver have launched the Strike Force Five podcast, with the debut episode out now.
The hosts of five major late-night talk shows originally planned to meet every week to discuss the complexities behind the ongoing Hollywood strikes. Instead, what ensued was a series of hilarious and compelling conversations. In the limited-series podcast, fans can listen in on these once-private chats.
The podcast is available on major podcast platforms – including Spotify and Apple Podcasts – in Australia as well as globally.
All proceeds received by the hosts from Strike Force Five will go to out-of-work staff from the hosts’ respective shows, including The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
The series will be hosted on Spotify’s Megaphone, with Spotify as the exclusive sales partner.
Strike Force Five will be supported in the USA by phone service provider Mint Mobile and drinks company Diageo (Aviation American Gin, Bulleit Frontier Whiskey, Casamigos, and Ketel One Vodka), who were first to come aboard to support the show as co-presenting sponsors.
According to Spotify, the podcast sees “The hosts bring their unique insights, opinions, and humor to the show as they navigate the Hollywood strikes and beyond. Launching August 30 and available across most major podcast platforms, the series will run for at least twelve episodes, with each host serving as a rotating moderator.”
“Have you ever wondered what it would be like to watch a football team with five quarterbacks on the field at once?” asks the first episode description. “All proceeds go to support their out of work staffs. Listen now, it’s the right thing to do.”