Ankler Agenda - Podcast Rankings and reviews

The Ankler is my favorite podcast about the film/TV industry. I love the 360-degree view from all the hosts, and the humor. Every week I laugh out loud. I especially enjoyed Richard's episodes about the 90s. I only wish The Ankler came out twice a week (or more)!

I began listening to The Ankler Podcast a few months ago and enjoyed it enough to listen to it occasionally. However, when I heard Lesley Goldberg had resurfaced after TV’s Top Five, I was stoked to hear her on the Ankler. Now, I never miss a show & always look forward to when the next episode drops because of Lesley. She’s a great reporter, sharp as a tack, funny, compassionate & ran my favorite podcast. The Ankler scored when they brought in Lesley.

I love The Ankler and am a subscriber. The pod is a great extension of the newsletter BUT it needs some TLC, particularly on the script they read in the intro . We’re passed the point of needing to explain what the podcast is and it sounds so forced/scripted. I cringe every time. This is a Paramount-like shortfall.

Hosts have genuine chemistry and the conversations are informative. I do wish they would go into more deeply but perhaps that's what their paid content is for

I started listening to this podcast because I love “inside Hollywood” podcasts and I was hoping to hear Katey Rich (I miss her so much on Little Gold Men). But I just can’t keep going. I was listening to the episode discussing the dueling Lively-Baldoni lawsuits and Richard admitted he doesn’t know the details of the dispute. Then he tried to claim that the rumor mill can’t destroy people’s careers (ignoring everything we’ve learned thanks to the MeToo movement). And when Elaine tried to gently educate him, he came back with the classic male response - based solely on his personal experience, with a complete refusal to learn from his co-host or the past eight years, and dismissing women’s experiences and problems - and proceeded to give his opinion as if it was objective truth instead of an ignorant opinion. I can’t waste any more time listening to people like him. I just wanted others to know first what to expect before I said goodbye to this show.

They titled their most recent episode “AI Stole My Scripts” but they only covered it in the last 15 minutes of a 54 min episode. There are also too many hosts and guests speaking during an episode and is distracting.