The Bill Simmons Podcast

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HBO and The Ringer's Bill Simmons hosts the most downloaded sports podcast of all time, with a rotating crew of celebrities, athletes, and media staples, as well as mainstays like Cousin Sal, Joe House, and a slew of other friends and family members who always happen to be suspiciously available.

Recent Episodes
  • Denver’s a Mess! Plus, Live at the Masters With the Simmons Crew
    Apr 9, 2025 – 01:47:24
  • The 2025 Made-Up NBA Awards, Plus Duke’s Collapse With Ryen Russillo
    Apr 6, 2025 – 02:02:21
  • Lakers-Warriors Takeaways, Wilt Chamberlain, 'White Lotus,' and Half-Baked Ideas With Rob Mahoney and Kevin Wildes
    Apr 4, 2025 – 02:00:09
  • The 25 Most Intriguing NBA Playoff Guys With Zach Lowe
    Apr 1, 2025 – 02:18:21
  • The Memphis Lowdown, and Forgotten NBA Playoff Teams With Ryen Russillo and Chris Vernon
    Mar 31, 2025 – 02:13:23
  • Guess the 2025 NFL Over/Under Win Totals With Cousin Sal
    Mar 27, 2025 – 01:25:46
  • Talking NBA, March Madness, JuJu, MLB and 'The Bachelor' With Callie Curry, Tate Frazier, J. Kyle Mann, and Anthony Dabbundo
    Mar 25, 2025 – 02:04:25
  • A 2024 NBA Redraft, Plus 2020s Sliding Doors With Ryen Russillo
    Mar 23, 2025 – 02:08:48
  • The Luka Buzz, NFL Draft Scoops, and a Huge Celtics Sale With Todd McShay and Chris Mannix
    Mar 20, 2025 – 01:42:44
  • The Future of Everything With Derek Thompson
    Mar 19, 2025 – 01:38:03
  • Phoenix in Shambles, Cleveland’s Ceiling, Best Third Bananas, NBA Refs, St. John’s, and ‘Season on the Brink’ With Ryen Russillo
    Mar 17, 2025 – 02:15:41
  • Minnesota’s Coming, OKC’s Here, and We Can Save the NBA Season With Kirk Goldsberry and Bill’s Dad
    Mar 13, 2025 – 01:52:57
  • The 2025 NFL Free Agency Awards With Danny Heifetz, Craig Horlbeck, and Danny Kelly
    Mar 11, 2025 – 01:36:37
  • SGA vs. Jokic, Celts-Lakers, and the State of NBA Media With Ryen Russillo and Bryan Curtis
    Mar 10, 2025 – 02:10:23
  • The 2025 NBA Worst Contracts Draft With Joe House and Wosny Lambre
    Mar 6, 2025 – 01:42:42
  • Mavs Fans in Hell, Bleak NFL Situations, an Oscars Recap and RIP Gene Hackman | With Peter Schrager and Wesley Morris
    Mar 4, 2025 – 02:16:13
  • Talking Basketball, NBA, and Hoops With Ryen Russillo
    Mar 3, 2025 – 02:11:48
  • A Cooper Flaggasm, NBA Trends, Lorne Michaels Stories, and a Celtics Pyramid With J. Kyle Mann and Susan Morrison
    Feb 28, 2025 – 02:21:21
  • Luka’s Revenge, NFL QB Roulette, and Tales from 'White Lotus' With Sheil Kapadia and Dave Bernad
    Feb 26, 2025 – 02:29:13
  • Celts-Knicks, the Sleeper Lakers, and 12 NBA Stories to Watch With Ryen Russillo
    Feb 24, 2025 – 02:12:51
  • A Basketball Movie Character Draft LIVE From Austin, Texas, With Shea Serrano, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey
    Feb 20, 2025 – 01:43:43
  • An NBA All-Star Fix, Kendrick Vs. Drake, and the 'SNL' 50th Anniversary Show With Van Lathan and James Andrew Miller
    Feb 17, 2025 – 01:51:10
  • Steph’s Last Ride, Philly’s Swoon and Bill’s ‘SNL 50’ GOAT Lists | with Rob Mahoney
    Feb 15, 2025 – 01:37:18
  • Mavericks Fans Revolt, ‘SNL 50’ Guesses, Oscars Watch, and Super Bowl Leftovers With Bryan Curtis and Matt Belloni
    Feb 12, 2025 – 02:05:06
  • Philly Ruins the Chiefs and Mahomes Craps the Bed With Cousin Sal
    Feb 10, 2025 – 01:28:42
  • Part 2: NBA Trade Team Grades With Rob Mahoney and Wosny Lambre. Plus, Super Bowl LIX Million-Dollar Picks.
    Feb 6, 2025 – 01:31:20
  • Part 1: NBA Trade Deadline Reactions With Rob Mahoney and Wosny Lambre
    Feb 6, 2025 – 01:26:10
  • San Antonio Gets Fox, Luka-Lakers Day Two Angles, and Super Bowl Props With Kirk Goldsberry and Cousin Sal
    Feb 3, 2025 – 02:17:04
  • Luka Gets Traded to the Lakers… What??? | With Ryen Russillo and Rob Mahoney
    Feb 2, 2025 – 01:03:47
  • An NBA Roundtable With Eddie Johnson and Justin Termine
    Jan 31, 2025 – 01:41:18
  • The 2025 NBA Trade Value List With Ryen Russillo
    Jan 28, 2025 – 02:07:09
  • The Chiefs Break Buffalo’s Heart, Philly Rolls, and Guess the SB Lines With Cousin Sal
    Jan 27, 2025 – 01:33:55
  • An Official Celtics Funk, Plus Todd McShay and Million-Dollar Picks
    Jan 24, 2025 – 02:12:30
  • An NBA Fake-Trade Fiesta With Kevin O’Connor
    Jan 23, 2025 – 01:31:17
  • Baltimore Blows It, Jayden Daniels Grabs It, and More From the NFL's Divisional Round With Cousin Sal
    Jan 20, 2025 – 01:41:05
  • Part 2: Josh Vs. Lamar, Mahomes’s F-You Game, and the Round 2 NFL Mega-Preview With Sheil Kapadia and Joe House
    Jan 17, 2025 – 01:15:46
  • Part 1: An NBA Midseason Power Poll, Plus OSU vs. Notre Dame with Joel Anderson and Van Lathan
    Jan 16, 2025 – 02:06:47
  • The Vikings Get Rammed, Dallas’s Next Coach, and Bad NFL Owner Habits With Cousin Sal and Peter Schrager
    Jan 14, 2025 – 01:42:57
  • Round 1 NFL Reactions With Cousin Sal
    Jan 13, 2025 – 01:28:37
  • The Patriots Are Pathetic, Detroit Crushes Minnesota, Plus Wild-Card Guess the Lines With Cousin Sal
    Jan 6, 2025 – 01:33:08
  • The Feel-Good Knicks, Award Movies, Week 18 Picks, and a Boston Sports Report With Sean Fennessey, Joe House, and Bill’s Dad
    Jan 2, 2025 – 02:23:12
  • The All-Positive NBA Show With Kirk Goldsberry
    Dec 31, 2024 – 01:33:24
  • Believe in Darnold, Burrow’s Playoff Shadow, Week 18 Madness and Guess the Lines With Cousin Sal
    Dec 30, 2024 – 01:34:22
  • As the NBA Turns, 2024 Teen Culture Awards, and Million-Dollar Picks with Joe House and Zoe Simmons
    Dec 27, 2024 – 01:51:53
  • The NFL’s Holiday Overload, Darnold’s Crazy Year, Week 16 Murders, and Guess the Lines
    Dec 23, 2024 – 01:42:41
  • Is the NBA Too Afraid of Football? Plus, Jets Dysfunction and Million-Dollar Picks With Wosny Lambre, Joe House, and Peter Schrager
    Dec 20, 2024 – 02:23:18
  • The NBA’s Danger Cycle, Plus Usyk Is Invincible, ‘Landman’ Can’t Lose, and Chalamet Will Win the Oscar With Chris Mannix and Chris Ryan
    Dec 18, 2024 – 01:46:44
  • A Bad QB Draft, Josh Wins Multi-view MVP, Philly’s the NFC Shot Caller, and Guess the Lines with Cousin Sal
    Dec 16, 2024 – 01:33:00
  • An NBA Six-Pack, Belichick to UNC, and Million-Dollar Picks
    Dec 13, 2024 – 02:13:01
  • OKC’s Revenge, NBA Cup Nitpicks, and NFL Season Fun Grades with David Jacoby, Kirk Goldsberry, Kyle Brandt, and Craig Horlbeck
    Dec 11, 2024 – 02:04:19
Recent Reviews
  • I am Scott a
    Sunday nights
    Sunday night’s podcast should only be Bill and Sal in the fall and winter and only Bill and Russillo in the spring and summer. Please don’t add people. It ruins it. Thanks.
  • i just dont wanna be fired
    Didn’t just not play well he had great defense on him anddd Steph made him be on Smitty top plays
    Lakers shouldn’t be upset Luka didn’t play well lmaoo . I turned it off right there not that listen regularly lmaoo . Idk his Bill Russell liked you champ ! Major white guy lover or unless they played for Boston ! You get the point though , anyway I know my dubs won on y’all floor , best feeling ever !! Lames ! Back to the BLACK PODCASTS
  • albert_g
    Intrusive Thoughts
    Wildes’ let his intrusive thoughts win and so did Nico Harrison.
  • moguts
    White Lotus
    Bill slurps White Lotus so much, his family is in season 3. I didn’t know Bill was a Duke alum.
  • Beo4115
    Zach Lowe
    The Lowe Post is back
  • scottweidner
    ANNOYING
    D1 Celtics glazer
  • Shea 1st
    Get Lowe
    So happy Zach is back. Really missed his work
  • JoeMac7345
    5 Stars except when Vernon’s on
    That Chris Vernon guy is incredibly annoying. I can’t listen if he’s on.
  • Nazegod
    Verno
    Vernon is legit a moron and it’s clear bill and ryen think the same
  • WeirdEra
    Less is More
    The Sunday NBA episodes with Russillo are Bill’s best. I wish he would stop diluting them with extra guests, like the loud and often insufferable Chris Vernon on 3/30.
  • AK0008
    If Wos is on I’m out
    Chris Vernon and Wos are unlistenable. Real Ones is great without Logan. Wos and Logan are not voices fit for broadcasting. And their repeated cussing just seems to show a lack of imagination or intelligence. Bill- there are MANY black broadcasters that are awesome- don’t be cheap. Hire them. Other than that love the podcast.
  • Diddy7227
    Memphis
    Less Verno and his shouting
  • Zkjsmcw90
    Top of the pod
    Couldn’t care less
  • mja.18
    Bill
    Just clear your throat you monster
  • Clark745
    Great podcast
    This is a great podcast for keeping up with anything sports. I only really listen to the NFL parts but that is what makes this podcast so good, you can like either sport and be fine.
  • Dadadadad()()
    Great
    Perfect podcast for me!!!!! SPORTS LOVER! Please give us more!
  • Slendermannn
    Simmons stopped maturing in 1991
    The podcast Is good for shallow thinkers.
  • Danny Pots
    Goldsberry Pod
    Classic Bill to have the great Kirk Goldsberry on to talk about how his college class worked on solutions to fix the league, and then proceed to spend 81-82% of the time espousing his own solutions.
  • mrb55OR
    House and Wonsey-the best!!!
    Those two guys together with you make the absolute best podcast, funny, CORRECT & ACCURATE INFO., and just plain enjoyable to listen to. Give us more!!
  • Bill wake up
    Dead basketball podcast
    If you want to join a Celtics circle jerk, this is the pod for you. My god. It’s almost worse than Mallory’s god forsaken laugh.
  • Raj Fan
    Peter S
    I normally like his appearance but his Rodgers’ bias is absurd. Rodgers stinks and needs to go away.
  • Rodgers Mustache
    Stick to basketball bill
    Russillo and Simmons sundays are the best. Everything else is whatever
  • yaboyfonzi
    Bill and Ryan the best for bball
    Simmons and Ryan the best besides Brian talking hoop love them together.
  • ACBoy326
    Funny
    Too many ads and gambling stuff, but otherwise great
  • Csaw21
    Lorne
    Seriously, not one single criticism of King Lorne Michaels. I get that you are both sycophants but Good God, that was boot licking of the highest order.
  • 541red
    Tastes
    NFL cousin sal and Joe house-ness. Otherwise it’s LOTS of NBA filler lol 🤙
  • gritngrindbasketball
    Bill remains the GOAT
    It is amazing he still has this passion all these years later. Thank you for all the memories Simmons
  • Back to ESPN
    Seriously?
    The NBA is a Ponzi scheme and so is this podcast
  • great i say
    An incredible pod
    Love this pod. Great insight and discussions on sports and culture. Bill is awesome
  • Microphone buy one
    No more Shea Serono
    Skip Shea.
  • Mcconn23
    No one cares NBA
    Dying league like this pod
  • Bronx ok
    Still Great
    Love the pod, still makes me laugh
  • Seamus Cannon
    Pushing addiction
    Could be a good pod, but 70% of it is unpaid promo for Fanduel. You’re already sponsored by fanduel, have shows about betting on fanduel, have ads from fanduel, yet instead of talking about the sports part of sports, you mostly just talk about your insane level of gambling and how it relates to fanduel. I don’t gamble, but a lot of listeners do and if they haven’t had a company bought by Spodify, having gambling pushed on them so heavily could be damaging.
  • Prmtym
    Week of the Super Bowl
    I’ve never left a podcast review before for any show. The fact that Bill spent 6 hours talking about NBA this because of the Luka trade is dumb. Man he really got every gram of meat off that bone. Bill said “sorry, sometimes NBA wins”. No Bill, you lost. Lost a listener until next season when Guess the Lines returns. Update. Really want to listen to this SuperBowl recap episode, but really afraid the 1st hour will be about NBA trades. Wish me luck.
  • Jazzdelmar
    Wosny
    Wosny is terrible. Still.
  • Sam in Portland
    More NBA conspiracy content please
    It’s what NBA “fans” need right now.
  • Left coastal
    Good pod
    But, no shade to Justin and Eddie, if I wanted to hear people yell, I’d watch first take, which I don’t.
  • @stickystache_bbq
    He is the PodDaddy
    I don’t miss an episode… EXCEPT when he is doing an all NBA episode. I can’t stand the NBA. I could listen to Bill talk about literally any other subject. I would rather listen to his yearly segment with his daughter. (Which I do 😂) Love “guess the lines” during football season with Cousin Sal. Everything with Joe House is fantastic. Needed weekly Pods. All hail the PodDaddy Bill Simmons ✋🏻🤚🏻
  • Wildcat_Steamer
    Do Ryen and Bill Get Along Anymore?
    I love the pod, and when I first started listening a few years ago Ryen and Bill was my Favorite Combo. They had great Chemistry and seemed to be really good friends. Hearing them reference and laugh about obscure nba players and moves from the past, listening to them slightly disagree but often find common ground with positivity in their voices. But starting last year, I wanna say, The vibe completely changed. After thinking this about most of their podcasts last year I kinda wrote it off. But after listening to the most recent podcast, and first Ryen and Bill one of the 24-25 NBA Season, I was reminded of their seeming negativity and frustration with each other. So I decided to some investigating and listen to some old podcasts between them to see if my feelings were warranted. I listened to a few pods from 2022, 2021 and 2018. I quickly realized that the banter was much more light hearted, positive, and fun. And I’ve concluded that Bill is mostly the same, I love hearing him talk to House, Sal, and even KOC, who I don’t care for much. Many say he’s changed and are upset about Bill having “bad takes” and being reactionary. But those kinda of takes make sports talk entertaining and ultimately whats most important in any podcast, in my opinion, is the chemistry between the hosts. But Ryen has just changed. He’s become way more critical towards bill, and has a lot of negativity surrounding his commentary. He’s always called out bill but they used to find some common ground in a light hearted way, but idk, Ryen just seems sick of Bill and like he hates doing these pods. Idk what changed, maybe they need to go to some clippers games and get hammered a few times to reignite their friendship? Pod still gets 5 starts, as it’s great but these are just some observations I have about my favorite duo becoming my least favorite.
  • Capnclutch
    Spoiler Alert
    Love the show. I hope Drake Maye is a bust since Bill ruined the finale of Landman so casually.
  • gfdfrt
    My friends!
    Bill and Sal together are the absolute best. Enough said.
  • Minor League Sports Capitol SD
    Self absorbed and tone deaf
    I think the fame and fortune has eroded his once rapier wit. Now he just loves talking about how incredible he is.
  • Denise in DC
    Wife of sports fan secretly enjoys
    I only mildly follow professional sports, but my husband is sports obsessed. He listens to every sports podcast under the sun, so I’ve heard them all and find most of them pretty intolerable. Love the Simmons podcast mix of interesting sports commentary and banter. This morning I found myself thinking “I wonder what Bill Simmons will say about the Commanders win!” But don’t tell my husband, that will completely throw off my bargaining power.
  • kdub35357
    Enough
    Enough with the talk about Bill’s daughter’s boyfriend. WE DON’T CARE.
  • nilbogpilgrim
    So long cowboy
    Listened to this podcast invariably the past 12 years, finally unsubscribed due to the soul-crushing gambling talk. It is incessant. It is irresponsible. People are already losing their homes & their lives to online gaming & you privileged old prunes center countless hours of content around your lovable ineptitude that will never make a deleterious dent in your pockets. The behavior is gross, lazy & irresponsible—you guys are spending the latter halves of your lives peddling parlays, teases, & other garbage on an audience that is largely financially insecure & obscuring it as harmless fun. Peace out, bozo.
  • Wood rest
    2025 = No Joe House
    Every time Joe House jumps on it’s just impossible to listen to him. PLEASE. PLEASE. Stop having Joe House on, he has the worst insight. And never adds any value.
  • Bushwick8822
    Joe House..
    Please give us a break from House. He’s just blurting out middle aged cringe and posing as an expert. The other ringer guys or Schrager have actual research and information to share. 🙏
  • hillomspa
    Generally solid
    No more family guests or family friends. Terrible takes, mispronouncing names of movies. Otherwise it’s great.
  • William Kruppiak
    Listen to this pod
    Landman is pure gold thank you for the recommendation
  • Bgirlgagaspears930
    Clear Celtics Bias
    Overall enjoy the show, but some of the NBA takes are so bad and extremely biased. Fair to have some bias. But its almost hard to listen to.
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