(CNN) � The creme de la creme of late night is teaming up for a good cause while their shows remain on hold due to the .
Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, and John Oliver are joining forces for a new limited podcast entitled “Strike Force Five,� Spotify announced on Tuesday.
The podcast will share “once-private chats� held between the late-night hosts, who began meeting weekly in May after the WGA strike began to discuss “the complexities behind the ongoing Hollywood strikes,� according to Spotify’s announcement.
Proceeds generated by the podcast will go to from the hosts� respective shows � “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.� Some of these shows have been airing repeat episodes for almost four months now, as strike negotiations between the WGA (Writers� Guild of America) and AMPTP (Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers) .
On the eve of the writers� strike in early May, Colbert in his opening monologue when he featured a picture of all his writers, saying the show wouldn’t happen without them.
The host expressed his support for unions, and said while he hoped that a strike could be averted, “I also think that the writers� demands are not unreasonable.�
“Strike Force Five� will launch on Wednesday, and will be available on most major podcast platforms. Spotify said the series will run for at least twelve episodes, with each host serving as a rotating moderator.
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