That pod dedicated to bronny was a great example of how fake RR has gotten as a podcaster. It’s like he teeter totters between everything because he’s afraid to be honest about what he thinks. Last week he acted like the whole bronny thing like it was totally stupid, but once he’s in LA he starts doing his seesaw routine. He does it with everything now. It’s annoying, It’s why I skip most pods

Don’t play the interviews with bad sound. The pod today with Brad Stevens is awful. Just cut the interviews if someone like Brad Stevens can’t afford a mic. What a joke.

Ryan and SVP are pure Gold, love when they link up!

Ceruti is insufferable

If you hate sports, maybe it’s four stars. If you’re here for more than five minutes, it’s five stars. Perfect? Of course not. But the dude clearly works his sss off and is innately good at talking into a microphone. That is what we are presumably rating here, no? And of the ten billion podcasts in existence, this one was ‘earned’ in the sense that Russillo came up through the ranks. Proven commodity over multiple decades. Even if you disagree with the takes, isn’t that kinda the point? But when rating, we should objectively reward talent, even if it’s not our personal favorite. What else do you want?

This is one of the best podcasts out there. Love Rusillo takes. Life advice is elite. Joy Taylor was really tough to listen too. Her attempt to be bold and tell it like it is came off sassy, condescending, and obnoxious. No need for her to come back.

Joy Taylor wasn’t good at all

ryens mid life crisis is the quite possibly the longest of its kind in recorded history

This is more of a Ryen Russillo as a podcaster rating, (5/5 poscast for me, s/o the cohosts) but the last month or so stretch of: a life advice that was full goofin Russillo mood, “have you ever been to Saudi Arabia?”, and the NBA trade/salary cap perspective of more solid-good players being available.. Hall of fame run.

Ever since I first saw him on “The Sports Reporters” with Mike Lupica & Mitch Albom, I’ll watch or listen to ANYTHING with Bob Ryan. Even though I’m a DC guy and not a Boston guy, the same is true for Jackie MacMullan; I’m not exactly sure why. I’ve followed Ryen ever since he was “the Boston guy with the deep voice” on the radio Mon-Fri with Scott Van Pelt…and I admire the work ethic that goes into, and always download Ryen’s Sunday night podcast episodes with Bill Simmons. (And plus it always makes me laugh, that Ryen’s relationship with Bill, is such that he’s pretty much the ONLY one, who can gently — but regularly — poke fun at the ‘Podfather’.) I can’t wait to someday watch a TV show or film written by Ryen, so please let us know when it happens. As an older, Get Off My Lawn You Crazy Kids Guy — I don’t often feel the need to listen in on the “Life Advice” that Ryen gives to Millennial & Gen Z bros…but I do recognize it, for the valuable Public Service that it is. Many thanks, and keep up the good work!

Slow down on the zaps bud. Dude was flying

Tremendous segment with Ryen and Craig Kilborn. Loved the T-wolves focus and many riffs on topics of interest to Craig. Both guys are gems of manhood and good taste.

Love Ryen’s pod.. Haven’t missed an episode in years.. Life Advice is the best of its kind.. Love Kyle on there with Ceruti.. Ryen cares a lot more about basketball than I do, so sometimes I’ll skip through that (Reg season).. Keep up the good work boys!!

Ryan open his mic and just starts talking, loving his own voice as he drones on about who knows what. The audience is expected to keep up with him as he jumps from topic to topic and parenthetical aside to parenthetical aside, never mind that he assumes you watched the games or draft or presser with him and know every nickname, first name, and reference that is perfectly clear to him only. All in all, great stuff to sleep by

I look forward to these every week. love the variety, insight. Life advise makes me laugh out loud. Thanks for the constant entertainment

Love Ryen. Love life advice. Way too much Mcshay

Love the pod, great interview with Austin today! The way you framed a way for him to talk up his awareness was elite. Question: what odds would you give the chances that Cp3, Reddick, and Rivers could become coaches in the NBA someday?

If I could only listen to one pod, it would be Ryen’s. Depth and content always amazing.

There is an issue with Mic or Room for recording. Sound quality is poor and am less likely to listen.

Thanks for all the hard work! More solo pods!! Less guests.

Love the show in general but these travelogues are gold. Heard Ryen mention he has some unreleased material from a trip to France - let the people have it!!

Great Pod and guests. George was engaging and fun. I really enjoyed the book review and conversation. Great Job

Napoleon so much more interesting than James Harden and the Clippers

The show is great, although I’ve been listening so long I wonder if anyone new discovers it or are we all aging together as happens with bands. I listen to every episode but the amount of poor editing is getting progressively worse. Can we please clean up the editing? I used to think Kyle was bad and he would only have an obvious editing boner 1-2x’s per episode. Now that we have expendable crew members, we have 5-10 mistakes an episode, if we’re lucky. I never remember one mistake when we were downloading podcasts before RR even had his name on the show. Clean it up, please?

Life Advice 5 stars Rest of podcast - ehhhhhh kinda depends on guest. Never hurts to skip to the best part though

Ryen is a legendarily terrible interviewer. When interviewing a guest, rather than giving his thoughts and leading to a question, he chooses to ask a question and then immediately begin answering it himself, usually leading to a long rambling monologue that gets more and more rapidly paced. He forces his guest to listen to his long rambling answer to his own question and it’s a horrible technique. People that have conversations like that are really difficult to converse with. It’s a terribly narcissistic quality.

Been listening to you and SVP, you and Kanell, you and Bill, but overall mostly YOU for 10+ years. My favorite (because it’s the most personal) episode series so far. Do it again (if you’re willing to sacrifice the privacy of another vacation).

Love RR’s monologues and interviews. Life advice still a contender for top pod segments of this era. But the editing make the show borderline unlistenable, specifically on Apple Podcasts. How is The Ringer in the “upper echelon” of podcast platforms, yet they can’t hire a producer who listens to the show and can make sure RR’s segments aren’t completely cut off mid-sentence, or do the weird jumping around thing like you’re listening to a CD in an 2006 Escalade with the bass on full tilt. PLEASE just hire an editor for Apple Pods is it that much to ask for? Less time bellying up at Frolic, more time in the studio.

Incredible content. Post hike section was elite.

See above.

Great travel stories.

I have no interest at all in racing but the conversation with Denny Hamlin was really interesting.

Ryen time stamps everything in the description which makes it easy to skip over all of the NBA drama and smut he so foolishly covers! It makes it easy to skip to sections with his mediocre guests

Always interesting and insightful, I definitely appreciate the sports analysis. However, Life Advice and the banter between Steve, Kyle (Talent btw), and Ryen has quickly become my favorite part of the pod.

Been here since Carl gave out picks. Nailed it with this one.

Tell your boy Simmons that Wemby leads all first year players in points, rebounds, blocks, and steals. He is ROY. Besides Chet is a 2nd year coach player. He plays next to an mvp.

Terrible co-hosts. I’d imagine the other two guys have an iq, combined, barely over Ryen’s.

Ryen is a thoughtful host who does his homework and shows it (in a good way). I enjoy all the segments, especially life advice, which has a cult following amongst me and my friends. Must listen pod.

Above the rim is how he ball 🤜🏽🤛🏽📻🏀

Why is he on all the time? Dude has terrible analysis and stories are fugazi. Did he pay to get on? Still love the show.

If you want good NBA takes, listen to Nate Duncan. Funny takes on sports, listen to PMT on barstool. I don’t really get the trend here with people listening to him. Just an hour and a half of blabbering with below average guests coming on every week (Todd mcshay?? Typical espn lib who provides no value). Then he has these other random guests come on to give “live advice” every show? Just a bunch on random people and guests blabbering about nothing new or funny…

One of the best pods. Especially the solo travel ones. I hope we get more!

I’m a big fan of Rudy! Sorry, SIR Rudy!

Unbelievable interview with Trent. I lived in the Tampa area in 1995 & Trent was horrible as the qb for Tampa. The humility & truth he shared about how bad he was & what he did to help provide to Sam wyche’s exit was so honest. Trent has come so far and guess what he is still learning & growing at the games of life & football. Best of luck moving forward to him & ryen keep up the great work.

Great pod and better life advice

Love the emphasis on College Football this season Ryen. I know it hasn't been definitive but you’ve admitted to liking Saturdays more then Sundays and I’m right there with yea. Since Fitzpatrick couldn’t answer, 10 year treasury yield will hit 2.5 in 2024. A major deflationary crash is on the horizon. Although the supply is a real worry, deficit spending out of control

Does anyone listen to the final version before sending it out to the world?? Seems like every episode has issues. Starting to get really annoying.

Love the show, been a fan for a long time, but the editing of the show has gone out of control. Multiple mistakes. Repeats multiple parts of the show. Very unprofessional.

When Kanell is on. That’s a skip for me.

More college basketball, less college football.