…and this is another great one. This podcast has improved my knowledge of prestige TV (now I at least sometimes understand who’s nominated for Emmys) and I really enjoy being able to sound insightful when I tell my husband things he missed in all these shows! I love all the rotating hosts and find myself wondering what they’d say about any TV show I watch. I like how they can take particularly bleak television and find the funny.

How bad does anyone have be to get dumped? Jo, Van, Mal are simply horrible voices in a voices medium. Bill, wake up, they stink.

Jo is not only the size of mighty Joe young but she talks like him too. Please remove her from all programming. Until then i can’t listen to anymore ringer pods.

Some interesting insights but mostly meandering and only slightly higher quality than a conversation with friends. Could use more prep work, structure, and insightful analysis.

Rob just spoiled a huge upcoming action. Im out on this pod

Can’t believe the irony of the song ending The Pitt was the same song that played at the beginning episode 1 was overlooked and not remembered. The fact that Robby has experienced so much in the preceding 15 hours but yet the same song is playing in his AirPods as if no time had passed was so key to the ending.

I need Jo and Rob to cover even more shows!! No holiday breaks for you guys! Every prestige show is that much more rich when I get to hear them go at it after each episode. My only complaint is when they sometimes do 2 to 3 episodes in one pod. Also, really enjoyed Bill on White Lotus. He’s the voice of the people. Him bringing in his “crackpot” theories into prestige tv is an absolute gem. Please do more pods covering shows weekly with Jo and Rob.

Please do season 3 of yellowjackets

I can’t say enough good things about this podcast. Jo and Rob bring an excitement and intellect to every episode with their thoughtful deep dives and quirky sense of humor. I find myself looking forward to what they have to say after watching each episode. It feels like I’m listening to my friends chat about our favorite shows in a cozy setting. Thank you for introducing me to The Pitt! It’s my favorite show of the year. White Lotus and Severance recaps were wonderful as well. Love your energy and fresh takes - keep it up!

One of the heaviest, darkest dramas in years and these two are joking like it’s a podcast about curb your enthusiasm… so bad…

Sorry, love ringer content, but can’t with Joanna Robinson. Does a great job scouring the internets for nuggets and that’s great, but I have to hang out with you for 90 minutes and I can’t.

It’s a simple question. Please add the search option to save us all some time… THANKS!

Jo is perhaps the most annoying voice in The Ringer universe. Awful faux-Valley vocal tics. Barely concealed pettiness. A real chore. Rob is awesome, though.

I don’t know if they’ve cut back on staff or are just producing too much content, but across all ringer podcasts there is a lack of quality control when it comes to editing. A host will misspeak, ACTUALLY ASK the producer to take a line again, and it’s all left in the episode. Do better by your hosts, production team!

Jo and Rob’s coverage of Severance and White Lotus has been nothing short of fabulous and captivating. I’m always excited to tune in to their episodes. Bill’s takes, meanwhile have been increasingly bad as time goes on. It’s time for Bill to step down. He has consistently made the first White Lotus episodes worse with bad takes. Let the ladies speak up Bill! And admit when your bad take is just wrong.

they both talk over jo and are super annoying on white lotus. can you not suspend disbelief for 50 minutes? can you not go over the big picture first before nitpicking? Here for jo all day every day she is so thoughtful.

I enjoy listening to this podcast, especially the deep dive White Lotus episodes with Rob and Jo, but my God it is frustrating how much Mal and Bill and Jo interrupt each other and talk over each other. Please work on this, the show would be so much better if everyone was given time to clearly communicate their thoughts.

5 stars for jo and rob but I gotta say… that bill guy has one of the most annoying voices of all time. how do you manage to sound like both a gross old man and a frat bro at the same time

Just started listening but dont understand all the bill and Mallory hate. They are fantastic

Sorry but- the episodes with Mal and Bill are unlistenable! Their takes are so cringe and embarrassing. They add nothing except extreme awkwardness, like literally wincing when I hear their takes. Jo is great! Please find more mature people to review with. Those two are so out of touch- do they even leave the house, live in the real world? Unsubscribed :/ even though I appreciate Jo’s takes.

Love Jo + Rob’s episodes…especially good lately with Severance and WL, but historically great. Opinion: presently, they really should be the primary TWL pod host ; their version is always worlds better than the one directly after the show. SO much more thoughtful. Jo shines way more in conversation with Rob; they’re both great and have great intellectual chemistry.

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I love these podcasts. Rob, joanna, and mal enhance my viewing experience at every turn. I truly can’t wait to hear what they have to say and then I go back and watch again. This makes it so much better and I really enjoy them. Bill should never be on another ep. He is basically always wrong and spouting the dumbest opinions. Just let the smart people you hired do their job bill. You are not cut out for this

The repeated and entirely unnecessary comments about Meghan Markle by the male host made me stop listening. The show has more than enough content to discuss without someone bringing her up in multiple episodes. Do better. If I could look past that, the content is ok but there are better podcasts about WL so I won’t bother with this one again.

I have started watching many shows I wasn’t planning to just to hear various Ringer hosts talk about them. Mallory Rubin is a master of her craft and the fact that she’s also a human who loves to talk about dicks and gets to do it at work is a bonus for all involved. I find it interesting that Bill also has much to say about dicks, but it only seemed to bother someone when a woman did it.

I love listening to Joanna and Rob. I don’t know why others are not, I think they’re thoughtful, witty and have a great rapport

Many different hosts, some better than others. Episodes are generally way too long and please fact check - latest missteps-insisting that Charlotte and Simon LE Bin are related because another host told you so. That’s absolutely not true. I expect better.

This podcast somehow manages to make the show’s masterful storytelling and amazing acting sound boring and superficial.

She is obsessed with talking about penises. It’s really really weird and creepy. I’m not Puritanical and the least but it’s really creepy and I have to turn it off whenever she starts going on about how much she loves watching naked men it’s just weird. And it’s really creepy because I sound like I’m watching a teenage girl talk about it which is just gross and juvenile.

I appreciate the different angles that Jo, Rob, Bill and Mallory come at analyzing White Lotus and Severance. Good times.

You guys are so smart and so entertaining. I love your thought analysis and theories. Your chemistry and humor is perfection. Thank you!

If you want all analysis based on skin color and queerness this is you pod. Just awful and sad

Please stop putting spoilers in the pod titles! Love the pod tho

Impossible to follow what they’re talking about with everyone giggling and talking over each other.

White Lotus pod -It’s really hard to listen when everyone is talking at once and interrupting each other. Had to turn it off - it’s awful.

Mallory is once again ruining another podcast with her grossness and if a man spoke about a female actress as Mallory did with Patrick Schwarzenegger and his penis people would be outrage and calling for him to be fired.

5 stars for the Teen Girl Squad reference!

People, just skip the episode and watch the one with Jo and Rob if you don’t like listening to bill. It’s additional, optional, free content

Just read a review that did not properly honor Mallory and I just can’t stand for that. I’ve had a parasocial relationship with her for years and literally watch shows so I can listen to her. Imagjne being as brilliant as she is and then someone writes something stupid about you. Thank you Mallory, I love your earnest fandom, and binge mode got me through my worst grief. Never change

Echoing previous review of white lotus— female host was very insightful- especially with Room with a View references. Male host who relished calling Mia and lucia hookers over and over had nothing to offer. I’ll try one more episode to see if he gets better. I still listen to Jo and Rob podcast but sad to miss out on new season of White Lotus — zero interest in listening to Bill Simmons

The two girls are so excited and their voices are similar that when they speak over each other it’s impossible to make out what either one is saying. Slow down ladies. We want to hear each one of you. Love the pod!

Would be a weekly go to especially for white lotus, just can’t stand how Mallory and Joanna are constantly talking over each other, Bill, and laughing over anything even if it isn’t remotely funny 👍

Queens, I am desperately waiting for you to cover Yellowjackets again. We are three episodes deep and other podcasts aren’t cutting it 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Just listened to The White Lotus Ep 1 with Bill, Jo and Mallory. Mallory was insufferable and absolutely obnoxious. She talked over everyone and wouldn’t shut up. Jo is a superior podcaster- much smarter, insightful and informed and I kept wanting to be able to hear her! Between Amanda Dobbins and Mallory, The Ringer has the two most annoying women in podcasting.

If I’m watching a show, and Prestige TV is covering it, this pod will be my first (and often only) stop. Joanna & Rob are my favorite combo. Anytime Mal is also involved it adds extra spice.

So disappointed to hear that Bill is back to discuss the white Lotus season three. I don’t know what kind of podcast this guy should be on, but it’s not this one. He’s in a different world from Joanna and her colleague and just incredibly stupidly offensive. Doesn’t he do sports? Why does he need to be on this ego trip of doing this show too? He seems like the kind of guy who prob knows his wife wouldn’t be thrilled about his description of her slack-jawed watching the show (who would) but says it anyway because he thinks it makes him “edgy.”

So long as she keeps talking about Birving, I'm in.

Love the breakdowns they provide (was especially a fan of the Shogun and Fargo S5 shows). They’ve gotten me into shows that were off my radar or that I thought weren’t for me, and they provide great insights & analysis. Really love all the work they do & definitely recommend this podcast.

I absolutely love these podcasts. The hosts are super insightful interesting and funny. Everyone’s talking about Birving!!

This show has different hosts depending on the show but the shows I came here for happen to line up w Jo and Rob. Simply put, Jo goes way too big on Reddit theories, trade gossip, and wish casting. This is less a deep dive and more a meandering name dropping exploration of anything tangentially related to the show, which leaves me more disoriented than immersed. It plays like a forum reads, unfocused, bloated, and mostly a waste of time.