Content
Like the content on the website, The Ringer's podcast network covers both sports and pop culture.[19][11] The flagship podcast, The Bill Simmons Podcast, is an interview show hosted by Simmons, featuring other Ringer writers and podcast hosts as well as athletes, filmmakers, comedians, and pop culture figures.[19][20] Other sports-related podcasts include The Zach Lowe Show (NBA), The McShay Show (NFL), Fairway Rollin’ (Golf), The Mismatch (NBA), The Ringer F1 Show (F1), The Ringer Fantasy Football Show, The Ringer NFL Show, and The Ringer NBA Show. Non-sports podcasts include The Rewatchables (Movies), The Big Picture (Movies), The Dave Chang Show (Food), Recipe Club (Food), Dissect (Music Analysis), Conspiracy Theories, and Serial Killers (True Crime).[15]
Former podcasts include Keepin' it 1600, a politics podcast featuring former Obama speechwriters Jon Favreau and Dan Pfeiffer. After leaving The Ringer, the hosts of Keepin' it 1600 created a new podcast in 2017 called Pod Save America as part of their own new media company, Crooked Media.[21]
In 2017, The Ringer began the video podcast series Talk the Thrones, an aftershow for Game of Thrones hosted by The Ringer staff writers and live streamed on Twitter.[22] Talk the Thrones is a continuation of After the Thrones, which aired on HBO.[23]
The Ringer also premiered Binge Mode in 2017, a podcast hosted by Mallory Rubin and Jason Concepcion. The show first recapped all seven season of Game of Thrones and then went on to do close reads of the Harry Potter series (books and films) and Marvel movies.[24][25] The podcast ended in 2021.[25]
2020 marked the debut of the Higher Learning podcast with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay. In the podcast, the two cohosts delve into topics including Black culture, politics, sports, and current events.[26][27] The podcast has been nominated for the Outstanding Society and Culture Podcast award at the NAACP Image Awards for their 54th, 55th, and 56th editions.[28][29][30]
Amy Poehler’s Good Hang with Amy Poehler podcast won the inaugural “Best Podcast” award at the 83rd Golden Globes in 2026.[31]
