Pivot Podcast - Podcast Rankings and reviews

I love these guys. Full of compassion, insight, experience, and humanity. And they’re funny. You don’t have to be a sports fan to enjoy their show. Each host brings a healthy perspective to each topic and each interview. A true joy being along for the ride as a listener/learner. Well done, gents! Keep up the great great (needed!!) work.

This podcast is Emmy Award winning for a reason and I definitely see more awards in the future. The topics they approach cover a wide range of issues that are PIVOTAL in our current environment. I’ve recommended this content to family and friends because what they’re covering is germane to all of us. Keep giving us this incredible content Channing, Fred and Ryan. 🎙️

I am definitely not your demographic for sure. 60 year old black woman who don't know anything about sports! Nothing . But I have three black sons who are my windows into sports. Two die 49ers and the other a pained Raider. We are Cali people. I discovered your podcast on FB and subscribed because I fell upon Ryan Clark talking about black women. It was tone - the respectful appreciative tone that made me stop. After that I looked him up and the other gentlemen and the Pivot. One day my sons are arguing with each other about the WNBA (which I never watched) until Angel Reese. It was the analysis on the Pivot that informed my understanding of the systemic racism and the WNBA and the whole Angel Reese/ Caitlin Clark. And I was able to give my sons another take - a more nuanced take away from the media noise. It was great. They were "impressed" LOL Thank you for all your discussions that opened my world to the intersections of sports and culture. It's been so interesting.

I’m a big fan of the show and how you guys discuss difficult and important topics week in and week out. I would just like to share some things as I found this week’s episode quite infuriating. I agree that Brady Quinn was unprofessional in making a massage joke regarding Deshaun Watson, however I could not disagree more about the statement that legal matters shouldn’t be brought up and analysts should move past the Deshaun charges. They should be mentioned every time he takes the field. It’s disrespectful and insensitive to act like it never happened. The independent investigation stated that the league provided the burden of proof necessary to prove that he was guilty. He deserves to live with the consequences which sadly means having his transgressions mentioned while he earns $45M a year to play a bottom 5 starting QB level.

I will also just add in that the same applies to tyreek hill who is held up as a superhero despite threatening his girlfriend on a recorded phone call after being investigated for potentially breaking his 3 year old son’s arm and who also committed domestic violence in college.

These are not matters of race. I am a black man. These are a matter of criminals, who happen to be black, getting a pass because they are (or used to be) good at football.

The league should be embarrassed for allowing men like them to play in their league, but as long as they do, those men should be scrutinized for their actions.