Adam Friedland

Adam Nayman is a film critic, teacher, and author based in Toronto; his book ‘The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together’ is available now from Abrams.



Adam Nayman

Alan covers a mix of movies, music, TV, and general nostalgia. He lives in Los Angeles and is the author of ‘Stupid TV, Be More Funny:
How the Golden Era of “The Simpsons” Changed Television—and America—Forever.’


Alan Siegel

Amanda Dobbins

Amy Poehler

Andrew Gruttadaro

Andy Goode

Andy Greenwald

Andy Steiner writes about pop, prog rock, music culture, and more. His work can be found in Paste and The Daily Beast, among others. Follow him on Twitter @nofinersteiner. 

Andy Steiner

Anna Done

Anthony Dabbundo writes about all things sports and is a podcast host featured on Ringer Wise Guys and The Ringer's Philly Special. He is a graduate of Syracuse University, and a proud Philadelphian who spends his summers at Citizens Bank Park.

Anthony Dabbundo

Aric Jenkins is the deputy managing editor at The Ringer, primarily covering culture. He previously worked as a staff writer at Fortune and Time magazine. A native of Philadelphia, he is now based in Brooklyn, New York, and spends most of his free time agonizing over Tottenham Hotspur.

Aric Jenkins

Ariel Epstein

Senior podcast manager for Ringer NFL, Ringer-Verse, ‘House of R,’ and more.

Arjuna Ramgopowell

Austin Gayle writes about the NFL, surviving horror movies, raw-dogging flights, and other weird stuff. He’s The Ringer’s audience engagement manager (big numbers guy) and a longtime *Oakland* Raiders season-ticket holder with his dad. Gayle still thinks about Derek Carr’s leg every Christmas.

Austin Gayle

Austin Rivers

Bakari Sellers

Barry Hertz is the award-winning chief film critic for The Globe and Mail, Canada’s leading national newspaper, based in Toronto. Over the past two decades, he has reviewed thousands of movies, interviewed hundreds of actors and filmmakers, and covered every angle of the industry from festivals, sets, and markets around the world.

Barry Hertz

Barry Levitt is a writer based in London. His work has appeared in such publications as Time Magazine, Vulture, and Rolling Stone, and he is a member of the London Film Critics' Circle.

Barry Levitt

Becky Taylor-Gill

Ben Cruz is a host of ‘The Ringer Wrestling Show’ and podcast manager at The Ringer. He has covered the NBA since the pre-dynasty Golden State Warriors and pro wrestling since pre–“Yes! movement” WWE.

Ben Cruz

Ben Foster

Ben Glicksman

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

Bill Simmons is the founder and managing director of The Ringer, which he launched in 2016. He hosts ‘The Bill Simmons Podcast’ and ‘The Rewatchables,’ and also serves as head of podcast innovation and monetization for Spotify.

Bill Simmons

Billy Gil

Bobby Manning has been the Boston Celtics beat reporter for CLNS Media since 2020 and is the host of the Garden Report Celtics Post Game Show. He's been a national NBA columnist for Boston Sports Journal since 2021 and a contributor to SB Nation's CelticsBlog since 2016.

Bobby Manning

Bobby Wagner

Brad Balukjian is the author of 'The Six Pack: On the Open Road in Search of WrestleMania.' You can find full interviews, deleted scenes, and supplementary material from this article and from 'The Six Pack' at patreon.com/TheBradPack

Brad Balukjian

Brandon Streussnig is a film journalist based in New York with bylines in GQ, Men's Health, The Playlist, and Vulture, for whom he created the annual Stunt Awards.


Brandon Streussnig

Brian Barrett is a contributor to The Ringer and host of the Boston sports podcast ‘Off the Pike.’ He’s also done some work on ‘The Ringer Gambling Show.’ He’s known for his analytical approach and in the past has worked as a radio host for Red Sox pre- and postgame coverage.

Brian Barrett

A pro wrestling fan from birth, Brian H. Waters is a Baltimore native living the dream. He enjoys playing sports video games such as ‘WWE 2K,’ ‘NBA 2K,’ ‘Madden,’ and ‘MLB: The Show.’ His guilty pleasure is watching the ‘Power’ series, which he has completed multiple times.

Brian H. Waters

Brian Phillips is the New York Times bestselling author of ‘Impossible Owls’ and the host of the podcasts ‘Truthless’ and ‘22 Goals.’ A former staff writer for Grantland and senior writer for MTV News, he has written for The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine, among others.

Brian Phillips

Brian Raftery is the author of the book ‘Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen’ and the host of the Ringer podcasts ‘The Hollywood Hack,’ ‘Do We Get to Win This Time?,’ and ‘Gene and Roger.’ He’s currently working on a book about the late, great Hannibal Lecter.

Brian Raftery

Bryan Curtis is the editor-at-large of The Ringer and cohost of ‘The Press Box’ podcast. A native of Fort Worth, Texas, he's written for The New Republic, Slate, Play, and Grantland. He plays a deejay in a movie about the end of the world.

Bryan Curtis

Brynn Whitfield is a marketing and communications professional, with experience on award-winning, globally recognized campaigns spanning CPG brands and tech companies, and the cofounder and chief marketing officer of new dating app Hoppy.

Brynn Whitfield

Callie Curry

Casey Gallagher

Charles Holmes

Chelsea Stark-Jones is an Emmy Award–winning producer who joined The Ringer in 2021. She currently oversees our reality TV and pop culture content and currently cohosts ‘The Morally Corrupt Bravo Show’ and the narrative podcast ‘Blackballed.’

Chelsea Stark-Jones

Chris Ryan

Chris Stanton is a Brooklyn-based journalist writing about movies and politics. His work can be found in New York magazine, The Atlantic, and elsewhere. 

Chris Stanton

Chris Vernon

Chris Ying

Cissie Cobb

Claire covers sports and culture. She has written about Malört, magic, fandom, and seasickness (her own). She lives in Washington, D.C.


Claire McNear

Clifford Augustin

Colby Payne recently graduated from Pace University and is a fact checker at The Ringer. He’s from Maryland and is avidly waiting for the Orioles to win a World Series in his lifetime.


Colby Payne

Cole Cuchna is the host of ‘Dissect,’ a music analysis podcast that examines the lyrics, music, and meaning of one album per season, one song per episode.


Cole Cuchna

Conor Nevins

Cory McConnell

Cousin Sal Iacono

Craig Gaines

Cohost of ‘The Ringer Fantasy Football Show.’ Producer of ‘The Rewatchables’ and ‘The Town With Matthew Belloni.’ Development at Ringer Films.

Craig Horlbeck

Daniel writes about TV, film, and scattered topics in sports that usually involve the New York Knicks. He often covers the never-ending cycle of superhero content and other areas of nerd culture and fandom. He is based in Brooklyn.


Daniel Chin

Daniel works primarily in sports podcast production but spent his first three years at the company as a fact checker on the copy desk. As a proud ATLien, he’s always looking for excuses to wax poetic about Atlanta sports teams, Outkast, and late-night Waffle House runs.

Daniel Comer

Chau writes about the NBA and gustatory pleasures, among other things. He is the host of ‘Shift Meal.’ He is based in Toronto.

Danny Chau

Danny is the host of ‘The Ringer Fantasy Football Show.’ He’s been covering the NFL since 2016.


Danny Heifetz

Danny has been covering the NFL since 2011. He cohosts ‘The Ringer Fantasy Football Show’ and ‘The Ringer NFL Draft Show,’ contributes to The Ringer’s Fantasy Football Rankings, and writes scouting reports for The Ringer’s NFL Draft Guide.


Danny Kelly

Dave Chang

Dave Gonzales is a writer, producer, and podcast host living in Denver, Colorado. He is the coauthor of the New York Times bestseller ‘MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios.’ His other podcasts are ‘Fighting in the War Room’ and ‘Da7e and Neil’s Pop Culture Adventure.’

Dave Gonzales

David Jacoby

David Shoemaker is the host of The Masked Man Show With Kaz and the author of ‘The Squared Circle: Life, Death, and Professional Wrestling.’

David Shoemaker

Derek Thompson is the host of the ‘Plain English’ podcast. He is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of several books, including ‘Hit Makers’ and the forthcoming ‘Abundance,’ coauthored with Ezra Klein. He lives in North Carolina, with his wife and daughter.

Derek Thompson

Devon Renaldo, aka dev.m4a, is a songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist from Los Angeles. Known for genre-blending music and innovative sound design, they've been featured in American Songwriter, Billboard, and Wonderland. And yes, they know they look like Adonis Graham.

Devon Renaldo

Diante Lee joined The Ringer as an NFL writer and podcaster in 2024. Before that, he served as a staff writer at The Athletic, covering the NFL and college football. He currently coaches at the high school level in his hometown of San Diego.

Diante Lee

Donald Morrison

Eduardo Ocampo Garcia

Emma Swords

Erika Cervantes

Flo Lloyd-Hughes

Franz Nicolay is a musician, member of the Hold Steady, and author of books including 'Band People: Life and Work in Popular Music.'

Franz Nicolay

George Yang is a freelance writer who specializes in video games and tech. His work has appeared at CNN, Rolling Stone, Business Insider, NPR, and more.

George Yang

Gilly Flaherty

Graham Ruthven is a soccer writer based in the U.K. He is a cohost of the Total Soccer Show, contributes regularly to The Guardian, and has a newsletter called The Soccer Dispatch.

Graham Ruthven

Helena Hunt is a copy editor for The Ringer who loves TV and sometimes writes about it. She lives in San Diego, but no, she doesn’t surf.

Helena Hunt

Howard Beck got his basketball education covering the Shaq-and-Kobe Lakers for the L.A. Daily News starting in 1997, and has been writing and reporting about the NBA ever since. He’s also covered the league for The New York Times, Bleacher Report, and Sports Illustrated. He’s a co-host of ‘The Real Ones.’

Howard Beck

Ian Wright

Isaac joined The Ringer in 2018 as a copy editor. These days, he’s probably editing a story about the NBA or watching Manu Ginóbili highlights.

Isaac Levy-Rubinett

Isaiah Blakeley

J. Kyle Mann

Jack Lubin is a writer based in New Orleans and the author of ‘Never Hungover.’

Jack Lubin

Jack McCluskey

Jake Kleinman

James Lawrence Allcott

Jason Goff is a contributor to The Ringer and host of the Chicago sports podcast ‘The Full Go.’ He is also the pre- and postgame host for the Chicago Bulls and a longtime media personality in the city of Chicago.

Jason Goff

Jason Schwartz is a writer and editor who has previously worked at Sports Illustrated, ESPN, Politico, and Boston Magazine. He is originally from outside Boston and now lives in Brooklyn.


Jason Schwartz

Jayson Buford

Rejoining the hobby after decades away, Jesse left the corporate finance world after seeing how his former card-collecting pastime had become a booming marketplace that married nostalgia and art with the thrill of a treasure hunt! Sports Boi’s biggest supporters—Sam and Charlie!

Jesse Gibson

Jim Hamilton

Joanna Robinson is a cultural critic appearing on several podcasts, including ‘House of R,’ ‘Prestige TV,’ and ‘Trial by Content.’ Formerly a senior writer at Vanity Fair from 2014-21, she is the author of the New York Times bestselling book ‘MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios.’

Joanna Robinson

Jodi covers pop culture, internet obsessions, and, occasionally, hot dogs. You can hear her on ‘We’re Obsessed,’ ‘The Morally Corrupt Bravo Show,’ and ‘The Prestige TV Podcast,’ and yelling into the void about daylight saving time.


Jodi Walker

Joe House is a successful business consultant who also happens to be Bill Simmons’s college buddy and trusted betting consultant. House cohosts the sports betting podcast ‘East Coast Bias’ and golf podcast ‘Fairway Rollin’.’ He’s a massive D.C. sports fan. When he’s not betting or golfing, he’s eating delicious food. 


Joe House

Joel Anderson is a senior staff writer at The Ringer and a cohost of ‘The Press Box.’ He most recently worked at Slate, where he was host of Seasons 3, 6, and 8 of the award-winning ‘Slow Burn’ narrative podcast series. He’s also worked at ESPN and BuzzFeed News, among several other outlets.

Joel Anderson

John Jastremski hosts ‘New York, New York,’ a podcast covering all things sports in New York City, and features across many of our sports betting shows, including ‘East Coast Bias’ and ‘The Ringer Sunday Pregame Show.’ JJ is also a proud Syracuse grad, and when he isn’t at a Yankees game he’s likely on the golf course.

John Jastremski

Johnny Bananas

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

Jordan Ritter Conn writes features for The Ringer. He is the author of ‘American Men,' a New York Times Editors' Choice, and ‘The Road From Raqqa,’ runner-up for the 2021 Dayton Literary Peace Prize.

Jordan Ritter Conn

Julianna is a writer and editor based in Los Angeles. She covers music and film and has written about sped-up songs, Willy Wonka, and Charli XCX. She can often be found watching the Criterion Channel or the Sacramento Kings.

Julianna Ress

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