The r/BillSimmons Podcast

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Episodes: 118

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A podcast discussing Bill Simmons, the BS Pod, podcasts, sports media and a lot more. Not affiliated with Bill Simmons or The Ringer

Episode Date
#118: Spreading Bill Simmons Lingo to non-Bill Fans, Russillo’s Essential Role at The Ringer, Zach Lowe’s Guest Issues, The Beauty of r/BillSimmons, and Who Wins a CR vs. Van 7-Game Series?
May 25, 2025
#117: Part 2 With Imperial Twilight: Bill’s Apex Mountain, How Bill Can Make it As a Hollywood Mogul, Bill Should Launch a Book Publishing Co, and Why The Ringer Should Expand Into College Basketball
May 03, 2025
#116: EMERGENCY FEUDCAST — Simmons & Russillo Land Nuclear Blast on Outkick's NBA Ratings Coverage; Clay Travis & Bobby Burack Respond With Tactical Strikes of Their Own — We Assess the Feud
Apr 29, 2025
#115: Part 1 With Imperial Twilight: Did Bill Help Destroy Sportswriting? Plus, Bill's Evolution From Fan to Rich LA Insider, Why Hasn't He Been Cancelled & Challenging Russillo's Tape Grinding Claims
Apr 28, 2025
#114: Part 2 With David Quiñones: Bill's Best Guests, Why Russillo Likely Stays at The Ringer, Our Decades Long Bill Gripe, Rings Culture Patient Zero, and The Future Legacy of Today's Gambling Craze
Apr 24, 2025
#113: Part 1 With David Quiñones: Bill's Lasting Impact on Sports Journalism, The Evolution of Player Coverage, The Generational Divide in Sports Media, and Why Does Bill Hate Mid-Tier NBA Stars?
Apr 21, 2025
#112: Nadir Canyon Masters Pods - Has Bill Lost Touch With the Average Sports Fan? Plus, Bill's Failure to Adapt, His Lost Interviewing Skills, and Why His Hot Takes Have Gotten Much Worse
Apr 17, 2025
#111: Best & Worst Case Bill Simmons NBA Playoff Scenarios, More Zach Lowe to The Ringer Coverage, and NBA Twitter Stories with @HubieTalksHoops
Apr 08, 2025
#110: Lowe vs. Russillo, GM Bill vs. Content Creator Bill & Stephen A vs. LeBron; Plus, is PMT the Evolutionary BS Report & What's The Ringer's Salary Cap Strategy?
Apr 04, 2025
#109: EMERGENCY POD — Zach Lowe Joins The Ringer
Mar 31, 2025
#108: LeBron on McAfee Reaction: What it Means for Bill, Stephen A, ESPN, the NBA Media Landscape and LeBron's Legacy
Mar 28, 2025
#107: NBA vs. March Madness Fanhood - Why Can't We Like Both? Plus, Bill Doubling Down on NBA vs. Pardon My Take Going Broad - What's the Better Strategy? And Bill Simmons Sliding Doors Moments
Mar 25, 2025
#106: Why Was 'Around the Horn' Cancelled — and Why We Used to Love it
Mar 06, 2025
#105: Stop Being an NBA Doomer — Ratings are Fine and the League is in Excellent Financial Shape
Feb 16, 2025
#104: ESPN Insider Comes on to Talk Bill Simmons at Grantland and Where Bill Ranks on the ESPN Pyramid, Plus Bill Simmons Current Events — What Was That Termine & Eddie Johnson Pod??
Feb 12, 2025
#103: A Review of Katie Nolan's New Podcast "Casuals"
Feb 07, 2025
#102: EMERGENCY POD — Luka Gets Traded and Bill & Russillo Record the Greatest Podcast of All-Time
Feb 03, 2025
#101: EMERGENCY POD — Bill Simmons to Re-Sign with Spotify; Plus, is an ESPN Reunion Coming, and is Zach Lowe Joining The Ringer?
Jan 20, 2025
#100: EMERGENCY POD — Big Cat Grew Up a Boston Sports Fan
Jan 16, 2025
#99: Why Bill Remains So Popular Despite a Content Drop-off, is Pardon My Take the Evolutionary Page 2 Bill, Reacting to Ric Bucher's Comments, and a Theory on Why Bill's Takes Have Become So Wonky
Jan 09, 2025
#98: A Foolproof Way to Lift NBA Ratings and Solve the League's Regular Season Issues; Plus, Did Zach Lowe Ruin Basketball?
Dec 31, 2024
#97: The 3-Man Weave Returns — Why are NBA Ratings in Decline, and What Can the League Do About it?
Dec 17, 2024
#96: Bill in Shambles as JJ Redick & the Lakers Start 3-0
Oct 27, 2024
#95: The Ringer's New Hires — What This Means for NFL & NBA Coverage; Do They Need Zach Lowe? Plus, Nadir Canyon Guess the Lines Needs a Format Change, and Bill Appears Ready to Re-Sign With Spotify
Oct 22, 2024
#94: EMERGENCY POD — The Ringer Hires Todd McShay, Kirk Goldsberry and Dave Jacoby
Oct 21, 2024
#93: We Review "Mr. McMahon" — Grading the Doc, Where it Ranks on a 30 for 30 Scale, How WWE & Netflix Come Out, Should it Have Gone Harder on Vince, Bill's Doc Legacy in 2024 and Doc Winners & Losers
Sep 27, 2024
#92: EMERGENCY POD — Zach Lowe Fired by ESPN
Sep 26, 2024
#91: The Definitive 'Any Given Wednesday' Retrospective — A Complete Breakdown of the Worst Show in HBO History
Sep 25, 2024
#90: Assessing Bill's Recent NFL Takes & Guests, Simmons Free Agency Watch Heats Up, KOC to Yahoo Reaction, Kamala on the BS Pod...Trump on Russillo? Plus, our First Snake Draft of Best BS Pod Guests
Sep 17, 2024
#89: EMERGENCY POD — Kevin O'Connor Leaves The Ringer for Yahoo Sports; Plus, Todd McShay to The Ringer?
Sep 13, 2024
#88: The Evolution of Bill Simmons and Sports Media, and the State of the BS Pod & Content Creation Overall in a Sports Gambling World; Plus, Fans Want More Authenticity From Bill
Sep 06, 2024
#87: EMERGENCY BEEFCAST: Bill Simmons vs. Nick Wright Feud Goes Nuclear as Bill Lands Two Massive Blasts Against Nick, Who Demands a BS Pod Appearance to Defend Himself; Plus More on Bill's Next Move
Aug 30, 2024
#86: Bill's Auction Draft Arrogance & Being Terrible at Fantasy — Does He Understand Draft Value? Plus Simmons Free Agency Watch, is Sports Media Taking More Shots at Bill & Russillo the Screenwriter?
Aug 28, 2024
#85: Bill's Miss on Bezos and the Celtics, The Origin of Bill's LeBron Hate, Documentary & Podcast Ideas for Bill, and Does Bill Like the NBA Less Than He Used To? Plus, Bill's Career Arc vs Le Batard
Aug 22, 2024
#84: Our Grantland Mount Rushmore & Favorite Forgotten BS Report Guests, The Downfall of Michael Rapaport, Bill's Terrible Fantasy Strategies & The Great Pedof-Isle & Fast & Furious Pods with Carolla
Aug 09, 2024
#83: Bill's Team USA Tatum Disaster, #EmbraceDebate on the New NBA Rights Deal, Chances of Bill Getting an NBA Studio Gig, Bill's Actual Contributions to 30 for 30 & Why Did Solak Leave The Ringer?
Jul 30, 2024
#82: INSTANT REACTION — NBC Officially Confirms NBA Rights Win, Gives Package Details and Explains Their Reasoning for Massive $2.5 Billion Annual Deal
Jul 23, 2024
#81: Will Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Win NBA Rights From Amazon, Why the NBA is Smart to Try to Move on From WBD, and is WBD Really Going to Break Up? Plus, Another Dominant Netflix Earnings
Jul 23, 2024
#80: Cranky Bill Lashes Out After Celtics Title, How Bill Would be as Celtics Owner, Bill vs. Portnoy for "The Belt" as Top Boston Sports Fan & Who Could Replace Russillo on Sunday NBA Pods (Not KOC!)
Jul 12, 2024
#79: Reviewing Bill's 2024 Playoff Takes, Our Bill Simmons Grievances, Why Isn't Bill Satisfied With Tatum, Predicting Bill's 2024 NFL Takes, and Why Won't Bill Discuss Anything Besides the NBA & NFL?
Jun 20, 2024
#78: Talking Bill Simmons at AOL's Digital City Boston in the Late-1990s With a Former Email Partner and Frequent Mailbag Contributor; Plus, Hanging Out With Bill at a Clippers Game
Jun 12, 2024
#77: SPORTS MEDIA UPDATE: Breaking Down NBC Winning 50 Exclusive NBA Games on Peacock Annually; Plus, Predicting Where 'Inside the NBA' Will Land, and Bill Reignites His McAfee Feud
Jun 05, 2024
#76: Current State of Sports Media, Why Didn't Steph Curry Ever Hold the Belt, Can Draymond Make it on TV, Is Russillo Sick of Bill, and How Caitlin Clark is the Evolutionary Steph for Sports Media
Jun 04, 2024
#75: Why Bill Should Return to TV on an NBA Show, New Insight Into Russillo's Next Move, Why Bill Missed the 2020s Video Paradigm Shift, and Enjoying "Vintage Bill" When He Talks Media & Pop Culture
May 31, 2024
#74: Why Warner Bros. Discovery's TNT Will Lose NBA Rights to NBC and Amazon
May 19, 2024
#73: Bill’s Annoying Refusal to Take an L, Was 2024 Parody Hot Take Bill Inevitable, Revisiting Classic Mid-2000s Columns, and Would Bill Be as Successful if He Wasn’t the *Boston* Sports Guy?
May 17, 2024
#72: Over-Reactionary Bill Reaches Extreme Levels, The Ringer's Missing Video Content & NHL Coverage, NBA Rights Update & Russillo Market Corrects Bill; Plus, Mount Rushmore of Post-1990 Rock Bands
May 15, 2024
#71: Bill's KD Bias & LeBron Hate and Why Are Titus & So Many Others Leaving The Ringer; Plus the Future of The Ringer, an r/BillSimmons Check-In & Going In-Depth on the New NBA Rights Deal
May 03, 2024
#70: Bill Simmons' Descent From Apex Mountain to Nadir Canyon; Plus Guess the Lines & Russillo Pods are Stale, Does Bill Even Like the NFL, Bill's Growing Arrogance and The Ringer's Disappointments
Mar 19, 2024
#69: RINGER UNION UPDATE — Bill Simmons Passes the Buck
Mar 05, 2024
#68: The 3-Man Weave is Back! r/BS Pod OGs Bob & Pop Talk Derek Thompson on the BS Pod, How Russillo Acts on PMT vs. the BS Pod, McAfee vs. Simmons and Doc's Media Tour; Plus an r/BillSimmons Check-In
Feb 23, 2024
#67: Assessing The Ringer & Bill Simmons's Video Progress in 2024 — The Next Needed Improvement is Social Media; Plus, Bill Simmons Current Events & More NBA Rights Deal Discussion
Feb 21, 2024
#66: Mark Titus & Bill's Falling Out, McAfee vs. Simmons Update, Behind the Scenes of the DC Live Rewatchables, Guess the Lines History & Looking Back at Bill's Baseball Book 'Now I Can Die in Peace'
Feb 18, 2024
#65: EMERGENCY BEEFCAST: Pat McAfee Fires Back at Bill Simmons & Lands Nuclear Blast — It's Officially a Feud!
Feb 12, 2024
#64: Spotify Expert Breaks Down Their Music Business & Podcasting Venture, Reviews The Ringer's Contributions & the Implications of Joe Rogan's New Deal, Plus His Prediction of Bill Simmons' Next Move
Feb 09, 2024
Episode 63: Joe Rogan Re-Ups at Spotify & Now Will be Non-Exclusive — What Does it Mean for Bill Simmons, The Ringer, Spotify and the Future of Audio; Plus, Larry David Pod Recap
Feb 05, 2024
Episode 62: From Bill to Shill Simmons — One Fan’s Journey Through the Stages of BS Pod Listening, and the Making and Breaking of a Pod Friendship (Pod-ship); Plus, Why Did Bill Abandon Baseball?
Jan 29, 2024
Episode 61: Bill's Fascination With Pre-Game Shows, the Downfall of The Rewatchables, Are Bill's NFL or NBA Takes Worse, and KD Isn't a Pantheon Guy According to The Book of Basketball
Jan 24, 2024
Episode 60: 'Disaster' Peacock Game Was a Massive Success for NBC & the NFL
Jan 15, 2024
Episode 59: Quit Whining About the Peacock Game — It's An Incredible Move by NBC & Makes Significant Strategic Sense for the NFL Long-Term
Jan 13, 2024
Episode 58: Founder of 'New Grantland' Comes on to Discuss the Evolving Media Landscape, What Made Grantland so Great, The Ringer vs. Grantland, Bill's Writing Evolution & What's New at New Grantland
Jan 12, 2024
Episode 57: McAfee vs. Norby Part II — Pat Attains Resounding Victory
Jan 08, 2024
Episode 56: EMERGENCY POD — Pat McAfee Accuses ESPN's Norby Williamson of Sabotaging His Show
Jan 06, 2024
#55: Bill's Place in the Sports Media Landscape in 2023, and Why Hasn't The Ringer Embraced Proven Growth Tactics? Plus, How Do Younger Fans Consume Sports Today & Instant Reaction to the Knicks Trade
Dec 30, 2023
Episode 54: How Bill Simmons Became What He Once Hated, Parallels Between Bill & Dave Matthews Band, Where Have Bill's Interviewing Skills Gone and Why Hasn't Bill Developed More Talent at The Ringer?
Dec 19, 2023
Episode 53: Sports Media Update — Amazon in Talks to Invest in Bally's Regional Sports Networks
Dec 18, 2023
Episode 52: Bill Needs a Sabbatical to Refuel His Creative Juices; Russillo Keeps Ascending, Why the JJ Beef, and What’s Bill’s Next Move After This Contract? Plus, the First r/BS Pod Parent Corner
Dec 15, 2023
Episode 51: Media Update — Disney Licenses Content to Netflix & NBA Rights Deal Speculation Heats Up
Dec 12, 2023
Episode 50: EMERGENCY POD — Bill Simmons Lashes Out at JJ Redick
Dec 06, 2023
Episode 49: A Wild Week of BS — The Rubin Disaster, Guess the Lines Hits Nadir Canyon, and a Wonky Rewatchables; Plus a Fresh Look at The Book of Basketball, and Bill's Best & Worst Takes of 2023
Dec 01, 2023
Episode 48: Analyzing the Decline of Bill's NFL Coverage; Plus, a State of the Bill Simmons Subreddit, Why Doesn't Bill Reveal Rewatchables Ahead of Time, and How Bill is So Similar to Michael Scott
Nov 21, 2023
Episode 47: Bill Simmons Was Right — Netflix Had an Incredible 2023
Nov 18, 2023
Episode 46: Looking Back at Bill's Most Hilarious Takes of Late, When Did Bill's Descent From Apex Mountain Start, and How His Increased Boston Homerism & NBA Focus Has Changed the Pod
Nov 14, 2023
Episode 45: Gladwell Pod Review & The BS Pod Gets Market Corrected; Plus, Did Bill's KD Pods Blackball Him? Why Did Bill do a 180 on Analytics? And What Would Happen if Simmons & Portnoy Did a Pod?
Nov 11, 2023
Episode 44: What Will the Next NBA Rights Deal Look Like? Examining ESPN's Recently Released Financials & Various Reports Indicating NBA Interest from Amazon, Apple, Netflix and NBC
Nov 05, 2023
Episode 43: The 3-Man Weave Returns to Talk State of the BS Pod, Has Russillo Market Corrected Bill, Why is Bill Going on a Media Tour & Highlights From Those Pods, and Reviewing Bill's 2023 NFL Picks
Oct 26, 2023
Episode 42: Finding Career Inspiration From Bill Simmons, Why The Ringer Fantasy Football Show is So Good, Bill's Wonky Fantasy Strategies, and The r/BS Pod Tries Guessing the Lines for The First Time
Sep 30, 2023
Episode 41: INSTANT REACTION — Dolphins Beat the Pats, Bill Simmons in Shambles
Sep 18, 2023
Episode 40: Sports Media Roundup — Disney/Charter Dispute & Impact on Upcoming NBA Deal, Why Mina Kimes Makes Sense at ESPN Over The Ringer, and Spotify's Podcasting Troubles While Bill's on the Rise
Sep 16, 2023
#39: What’s Wrong With the Ewing Theory, Responding to Gladwell’s Scorching Hot Youth Sports Takes, The J-Law Rewatchables, and Fact Checking Bill’s Claim that Magic Getting AIDS Hurt His Love Life
Sep 13, 2023
Episode 38: Gambling Expert Jeffrey Hooks From The Let it Ride Podcast Comes on to Assess Bill’s 2023 NFL Takes, Explain Why Bill’s Been Doing Teasers All Wrong, and Gives Out His Week 1 Plays
Sep 07, 2023
Episode 37: Full Parody Bill Simmons Vortex Swallows Up Michael Lombardi in Incredible Trey Lance Trade Segment
Aug 28, 2023
Episode 36: Ringer Conspiracy Theories, Podcast Mob Families, Why Bill is a Bad CEO and is He Discriminating Against Hot Women? Plus, the Proper Way to Listen to Bill and What Makes for a Good Podcast
Aug 24, 2023
Episode 35: Bill’s BS Pod Return Goes Over Like a Chainsaw in the Bathtub; Listeners Must Embrace Full Parody Nadir Canyon Bill Simmons’ Expiring Contract in Keep Cashin’ Dem Checks Mode
Aug 21, 2023
Episode 34: Russillo-Simmons NBA Pod Season Review, Ringer March Madness Bracket Takeaways, Latest BS Pods Discussion, Plus r/BS Pod's First Mailbag Sets an O/U on Bill's Lifetime Sexual Partners
Aug 17, 2023
Episode 33: Disney Earnings Reaction — What it Means for the Future of ESPN and NBA Rights
Aug 09, 2023
Episode 32: Penn National Ditches Barstool for ESPN and Divests it to Dave Portnoy for $0
Aug 08, 2023
Episode 31: Bill “Pink Hat” Simmons Jumps On (and back off) the Red Sox Bandwagon, Plus A Look Back at Bill’s Most Infamous Red Sox Takes From Twitter & His Sox Book, With Fitz From Pod on Lansdowne
Aug 04, 2023
Episode 30: @abolishcxps Comes on to Reveal Her Worst Bill Simmons-Themed DM Slide-Ins, Plus Reacting to Bill's Mid-2000s Takes on Women and an Investigation Into How Exactly Bill "Pulled the Goalie"
Aug 03, 2023
Episode 29: @HubieTalksHoops Comes on to Chat Bill's Impact on NBA Discourse: "Everyone on NBA Twitter is a Mini-Bill Simmons"; Plus, Rating NBA Podcasters and the Art of Twitter Comedy
Jul 31, 2023
Episode 28: EMERGENCY POD — ESPN in Talks With NBA & NFL to be Minority Investors
Jul 21, 2023
Episode 27: Stephen A’s Enjoyable BS Pod, and is KOC Underrated, and CR Overrated? Plus, How to Fix ESPN’s NBA Coverage, and A Look Back at Crazy Pandemic Era Financial Markets, With @TikTokInvestors
Jul 21, 2023
Episode 26: Discussing Chuck Klosterman’s Recent BS Pod Appearance and Introducing “ReListenables” — Featuring Bill & Chuck’s Infamous 2009 BS Report Debate on Newspapers and Unions
Jul 19, 2023
Episode 25: The Definitive, Epic 4-Hour Bill Simmons Career Retrospective
Jul 17, 2023
Episode 24: EMERGENCY POD — ESPN Fires Jalen Rose & Jeff Van Gundy
Jun 30, 2023
Episode 23: Behind the Scenes of the Russillo Live Show With an Attendee! Including Q&A That Was Cut From Russillo's Pod
Jun 22, 2023
Ep 22: The Evolutionary Klosterman & Simmons — Grantland, Breaking Bad, Best/Worst Ages to Experience a Pandemic, Changes in How We Consume Media, Role of Tech in Society; Plus Harry & Meghan Check-In
Jun 20, 2023
Episode 21: Bill Simmons Calls Prince Harry & Meghan "F--king Grifters" After Zoom Call Gone Wrong; The Internet Worldwide Rejoices!
Jun 17, 2023
Episode 20: Russillo Psychoanalysis From a Fellow UVM Grad, Why The Ringer’s “Content Economy” Pop Culture Coverage Doesn’t Compare to Grantland, and Portnoy vs. Simmons Dueling Banjos
Jun 07, 2023
Episode 19: A Truly Sad Day for Bill Simmons, Plus the 2005 Page 2 ReReadables
May 31, 2023
Episode 18: Derek Thompson's Hype Cycles Become a New BS Pod Staple (to Laugh At), Gladwell's Fall and Why He's No Longer On the BS Pod, Best Klosterman & Simmons Pod Moments, and Haralabob Humbled
May 25, 2023
Episode 17: Cham-Pain
May 19, 2023
Episode 16: Wait, What? Russillo's Vibe is Ruining the Ryen-Bill Pods
May 16, 2023
Episode 15: Bill's Career Through the Years, His Legacy on Sports Gambling and Documentaries, The Ringer vs. Grantland, and Why Bill's Patient Zero for 2023 Sports Discourse — With a Long-Time Fan
May 09, 2023
Episode 14: EMERGENCY POD. Rock Hard James Harden steals game 1 for Philly.
May 02, 2023
Episode 13: NBA Playoffs Edition — Round 1 Post-Mortems, Round 2 Previews, and Is Bill's Worst-Case Scenario Closer to Reality?
Apr 29, 2023
Episode 12: EMERGENCY POD — Trae and the Hawks Beat Bill's Celtics in Epic Fashion!
Apr 26, 2023
Episode 11: EMERGENCY PODCAST - ZOMBIE HEAT! Plus, Did Bill Call Neighborhood Watch?
Apr 25, 2023
Episode 10: U/tommydonny Joins the Show to Talk Bill and the BS Pod Over the Years, the Decline of Ryen-Bill Pods, Why Stat Nerds Are Ruining the NBA, and a Recent Sub Feud
Apr 21, 2023
Episode 9: Mark Cuban is Extremely Overrated, a Half-Baked Half-Baked BS Pod (and Wonky Masters Pod Recycling), What's the Worst Possible Playoff Outcome for Bill, and #EmbraceDebate on ChatGPT
Apr 13, 2023
Episode 8: The Jokers R Wild Basketball Podcast
Apr 12, 2023
Episode 7: Bill Hooks Himself up to the Rejuvenation Machine with Ben & Matt; What Was Damon's Apex Mountain? Plus, Are Russillo/Bill NBA Pods Getting Stale, and Page 2 WNBA ReReadables
Mar 23, 2023
Episode 6: EMERGENCY POD - Announcing Our Feud With TrillBroDude
Mar 17, 2023
Episode V: Tate Frazier Strikes Back; Plus Mina at Yale, Bill's Page 2 Horniness and a Debate on the MVP Debate
Mar 17, 2023
Episode 4: State of the Sub - Does it Need Moderation? Plus, Russillo Strawman Inception, NBA Ratings are Healthy, is "Promiscuous Businessman Bill" Aiming to Join Apple, and #EmbraceDebate on Rihanna
Feb 16, 2023
Episode 3: EMERGENCY PODCAST - Where's Bill?
Feb 03, 2023
Episode 2: Eshwary Joins the Show to Discuss Being a Bill Simmons Fan in Ireland & His Takes on Russillo, KOC and CR, Plus A Book of Basketball Review and How Bill Would Do as an NBA GM
Feb 01, 2023
Episode 1: The r/BillSimmons Fantasy League Recap, What We're Enjoying in the Sub Lately, and Our Superflex League Draft Analysis
Jan 25, 2023