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TV & Film #136

Every week, Joanna Robinson, Dave Gonzales, and Neil Miller enter the pop-culture discourse with a lively (and occasionally heated) debate pegged to the biggest new releases in film and television. In addition to bringing their own answer, they also consider submissions from listeners and the occasional special guest. Together via rigorous debate and a listener poll, the hosts and audience venture on a quest to find the perfect answer for each of the greatest pop culture questions of our time.

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  • ak1897
    Heartbroken
    So sad this trio is done. Best chemistry of all the podcasts on the ringer. Best part of my week. I can’t bring myself to listen to the last episode yet.
  • amanda103114
    Don’t leave us!
    I am so very sad this pod was cancelled. Please come back in some way as a trio. Thank you for the laughs and thank you for introducing me to so many new movies/shows.
  • Amanda175
    Bye pals
    I will miss my paradoxical friendship with Joanna, Dave, and Neil so much. Hope you all can pod together again in one form or another.
  • S Yaya
    My favorite pod ever
    I can’t believe it’s over. This IS not WAS my favorite podcast. It cheered me up every time I got a notification of a new episode until now. I’ll miss you three and Carlos so much!
  • TheToriStory2
    A goodbye to what feels like old friends.
    I am devastated to learn I will not be hearing my three favorite people in my podcast feed anymore. I have listened for so many years. I remember finishing a game of thrones episode and counting down to hear you all relive it with me. I have learned about so many other shows I loved from the off seasons like Letterkenny and Killing Eve. I have not called yet in 2025! Hope to see a new show from you soon. Hope this review makes it to your eyes so you know how impactful you have been.
  • MamaMagda28
    Ugh
    So really sad to hear of the cancellation. You sure helped me a lot during our post covid haze that we live in. Hearing such a true, real friendship was refreshing to hear every week
  • Pita Pan Piper
    we'll miss you
    Fun formt!
  • Podcast listener 46
    Incredible show
    Thank you for such a thoughtful, intelligent and riveting show. Really excellent on every level! You will be missed. Good luck and thank you for such great programming.
  • Comfort music
    Devastated by the cancellation
    I’ll miss this show tremendously. The hosts and Carlos feel like friends. I recommended this show to everyone I knew. I hope to hear you all back together on the mics soon.
  • Darbyact
    The Best Podcast on The Ringer
    Please bring back this amazing trio!! This was the best thing on The Ringer. Maybe one more episode to say goodbye!! Please!! Poor choice Bill.
  • Mel Kruep
    Boooooo Ringer
    I’m beside myself my beloved TBC is gone. How dare you, Bill? Who will I Thumptump with now? Dang 2025.
  • heyred22
    Miss this pod!
    This pod was a breath of fresh air. Can’t believe Ringer cancelled it and didn’t announce anything. Please bring it back, or at the very least do a farewell episode!
  • KateD716
    Canceled and not saying anything?
    I really enjoyed this show and will miss it a bunch. I don’t understand why they wouldn’t announce anywhere that it has been canceled though.
  • BenAtCornersliceATL
    Bring it back
    This pod was awesome and I miss it. Bring it back!
  • Ms. Newmi
    No accent necessary
    My mother is from Poland, I am from Boston, and my dad’s an American mutt from Connecticut. So if you’d like to try an accent read for this review, good luck! On another note, I thank you for all the good times and watch alongs. I actually haven’t and probably won’t watch Game of Thrones. But I’ve been here for lost, gods of America, Westworld, and many more. I admire and care for each of you hosts, and when one of you is bothering me, another one, surely isn’t. It’s a whack a mole of love and eye rolls. A perfect mashup of the process of making friends along the way. Thank you, I wouldn’t change a thing.
  • Fezfactiry
    Excellent episode
    The big movie bet 2025 was a fantastic episode of the show. Loved the concepts and categories and have something to look forward to when we finally get to the end of this year!
  • ohshish
    Live Together, Die Alone
    Dave, Joanna, Neil thank you. Listening to this show feels like sitting around with my friends debating the bests and worsts. Consensus, schmasensus. More fun to duke it out. I love these guys so much that I went back and watched Lost and GoT for the first times to get to enjoy the old Storm casts. Came to know Joanna from Buffering appearances and now I’m a ride or die (ride together, park alone?). Love y’all.
  • YUsucksobad
    Jo is an insufferable dullard
    When Jo is gone from this earth, who will care or even notice? Imagine your only contribution to this world is recorded musings about other people’s creations? Jesus, that’s depressing. Oh well, at least her spouse and children will remember her….oh wait.
  • StillDixieLandingsToMe
    Like sending time with friends!
    Joanna, Dave and Neil are so much fun together. Easy to see they are long time friends with inside jokes and great energy. Really enjoying the HotD discussions!
  • Saucy318
    Giga-Joanna
    Joanna’s a once in a generation podcaster while also being a once in a generation nerd, just incredible stuff (Shouts House of R)
  • mdv808
    We get it.
    The opening where they each say what they have and have not read in the got universe is so incredibly annoying. It’s not even a funny bit so what is the point of that? And guess what, it’s also the ad for the podcast that you’ll catch often when listening to other podcasts so they double and triple down on the awful bit. That they repeat every episode!! And every ad! It’s an utterly baffling choice.
  • RJG2772
    Solid
    Enjoyed the topics!
  • BelleMohr
    Great Podcasters
    I have no idea whether they choose their topics or if their hands are tied by the Ringer network but this format and the topics they cover (baseball for opening month?) is just NOT what I loved about these podcasters BEFORE the Ringer acquired them. Back when their “off season tour” between GoT seasons, their non-Ringer show was AMAZING (not too mention how great their GoT coverage was while in season). Now I’ll check in time to time but more often than not, the topics feel forced upon them. The sound design on this podcast is fine but makes me miss Da7e’s production style on Storm of Spoilers. Luckily there’s still the Fighting in the War Room Podcast. Joanna’s wealth and Bay Area life has lifted her further and further out of touch with the rest of us not wealthy folk. Her smugness and elitism feels deeper than ever. I’ve lived in California for 20 years now (both north and south); and Joanna is now the type of person that I feared becoming when I moved from Jersey to California. She feels like the smugness cloud from that South Park episode about the Bay Area and Priuses. Miss you guys and the way it used to be.
  • flangeslammer
    MCU crossover content is gross at this point
    Want to listen to two writers who have turned their MCU book manuscript into their publisher explain to you why the phase 4 films aren’t as bad as you thought they were when you watched them yourself?! yeah, me either. they don’t actually acknowledge the conflict of interest from that lens anywhere either, they’re just like… “if you notice it don’t call us out on it!”. they’re not smart of funny either, to be fair to them.
  • Hellysil
    The best!
    Would listen to them discuss literally anything! Smartest podcast at The Ringer!!
  • I. C. Weeener
    Pretty good
    I mostly love this show, but every now and then it feels a bit too scripted. Sometimes it seems like the hosts are trying to show off their film knowledge by picking a black and white movie from 1956 seen by less than a hundred people instead of picking the popular movie that grossed a billion dollars. But it’s a fun concept and the best parts of the show are when they actually banter back and forth.
  • AccioPixie196
    Staying tuned… for now
    I really like the concept & the hosts overall but their delivery & flow makes it difficult to listen to… I don’t think they’re actually smirking as they speak but it sounds like they are the majority of the time… there is also a distracting amount of “um”s… the debates are what makes the show interesting but it undermines the faith in the host’s position when it sounds like they aren’t totally sure of their own opinion… not sure if this is something that can be tightened up with more prep or possibly with editing but there’s too much unconvincing attempts at convincing …
  • douggernaut92
    Big Mouth erasure!
    Love the format of this show. But not a single mention of Big Mouth on the adult animation episode? Dense jokes, relatable characters, and probably the greatest single premise ever!
  • jkg101288
    Winning Trio
    I love Lost and that is how I found this trio. Was so happy they came back with this great podcast that relates to pop culture going on but not just a review cast. Great content and fun people to hang out with.
  • fdoconnorii
    Good idea for a show
    The hosts can make any topic boring.
  • skdast
    Love the chemistry…
    The chemistry of the hosts is unbelievable. Love the topics, the research, and the inherit comedy.
  • Jimbobsama
    An Excellent pop culture show
    The team that brought "A Storm of Spoilers" continues to make your laugh and think each week.
  • SMK197500000
    One less host would be preferable
    Neil and Dave are pretty great. But it ends there.
  • kristi history
    Amateur poseurs
    Oh for the days of actually trained cinema writers
  • dceagle123
    Batman pods
    are awesome! Some of your best work yet! Truly Royale.
  • HereToMakeFriends
    Joanna Fan for Life
    I would follow Joanna and her podcasting/writing anywhere and I’m so excited by this Ringer show! The hosts have settled into an excellent format of chatting about the topic at hand broadly, giving a bunch of examples, and then presenting their (and the listeners) top picks. I love the banter they all bring and have loved the dynamics they have brought to all their podcasts.
  • Brad from Austin
    Pure silliness
    And that’s the point. Delightful to listen to these three gab about anything. When it comes to tv podcasting, Joanna Robinson is the GOAT, and here she’s at her most unleashed. They have the ability to sound like the conversation is happening off-mike.
  • sntky
    needs some spice
    I just feel like they’ve been spinning the wheels lately. Some really boring choices in the past several months, like we really spent a month on zombies?
  • SafetyFirstFish
    My favorite trio!
    Love this show and love these 3. I’ve been a listener of them since storm of spoilers days and am so happy that they are now doing this podcast. The format is fun and engaging and I always learn something new!
  • Jamaikn
    The worst thing…
    I know this maybe petty but I’m gonna have to unfollow because how did Dr Strange end up on the worst list & not Black Adam or Morbius. Those movies are way worse. It was fun while it lasted.
  • lovetohearmyselflisten
    Hosts rock
    LOVE Dave & Joanna. They are an amazing anchor for any guest host, with Dave’s endearing humor and Joanna’s insightful, constructive critiques
  • hbdinwid1
    Please dont draft again
    Beetlejuice made me wary. Galadriel made me turn it off. The Big Picture has conditioned us to take it serious while having fun. If youre lacking seriousness, just dont do them
  • Alex G :) hi
    Super fun
    I started listening to Rewatchables but now my favorite Ringer pods are Mallory and/or Jo talking about Westeros. Great balance of insight and frivolity lol. The debates are fun— both on their own and alongside a rewatch. Love this podcast
  • Junior Space Lizard
    Awesome
    Love the Pod. Detailed, but they still have fun. Joanna almost dropped a “Monday morning quarterback” metaphor in reference to Lord Orwyle in F&B, had she landed that I would have given 7 stars!
  • Jusadonis
    No cackling.
    Now…this is the one.
  • shreya4815162342
    Story discussions > weekly debates (but you’re great regardless)
    Love having all my friends together again talking about a tv show week to week 😊 Please keep this discussing a single tv show format even when HOTD ends! We need/love your insight
  • Eff Cue
    Too much babbling
    Do they even discuss the episode? Sheesh what a bunch of windbags!
  • chat 1 01
    Why has this become a House of Dragon Pod?
    Please get back to what this show is instead of solely reviewing each episode of house of dragon. If I wanted a that podcast I’d subscribe to one
  • Cray 8988
    Love this trio!
    I like the concept and the playful interaction between cohosts. I also love the focus they put on feedback and input from listeners! Despite all the other HotD Ringer content, this groups HotD episodes provide different insights from Da7e and Neil, and their chemistry is fantastic!
  • jonrv
    Great premise and awesome hosts
    A little different from what the Ringer usually does and a welcome addition
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