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New year, new recommendations! Join the Ringer-Verse and House of R crews as they gush about geek content in the latest installment of their monthly mini-pod about fandom favorites from TV, anime, movies, video games, books, comics, and beyond that were (mostly) released recently but not yet covered in-depth on a full-length episode.
Host: Ben Lindbergh 
Guests: Mallory Rubin, Steve Ahlman, Jomi Adeniran, Matt James, Arjuna Ramgopal, Johnathan Kermah, Charles Holmes
Producer: Steve Ahlman 
Social: Jomi Adeniran 
Additional Production: Arjuna Ramgopal

Ben is a writer, podcaster, and editor who covers culture and sports. He hosts ‘Effectively Wild’ at FanGraphs and previously wrote for FiveThirtyEight and Grantland, served as editor-in-chief of Baseball Prospectus, and authored ‘The MVP Machine’ and ‘The Only Rule Is It Has to Work.’

Ben Lindbergh

Charles Holmes

One-fourth of ‘The Midnight Boys,’ one-half of ‘Mint Edition,’ one whole fan of all things fandom.


Jomi Adeniran

Jonathan Kermah, also known as Kerm, has been producing podcasts for us since 2020. When he’s not producing pods, he can be found reading X-Men comic books, writing poems, or getting his hopes crushed by another underperforming Lakers team.


Jonathan Kermah

Mallory Rubin is the head of editorial at The Ringer and the cohost of ‘House of R’ and ‘Binge Mode.’

Mallory Rubin

Matt has been creating original art for The Ringer since 2017. In addition to his design responsibilities, he is a regular guest on the Button Mash podcast and a writer on the topic of video games.

Matt James

Steve joined The Ringer in 2019. He is a producer, host, and lover of all things fandom. He’s been fortunate to be able to write, produce, host, and participate in some of the podcasts on the Ringer Podcast Network, which have been some of the best experiences of his career!

Ringer-Verse Recommends: January 2025

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