The Ringer WNBA Show - Podcast Rankings and reviews

When a new podcast launches, particularly in the sports space, you can tell the quality of the host by the guest they bring on. Seerat Sohi has had incredible guests since the launch in this pod and has jumped up among the best pods covering the WNBA, right next to The Dunker Spot.
Her talent and enthusiasm for the sport is so obvious and infectious, very excited that she got this opportunity.

I want to support all podcasts that discuss the WNBA. I expect podcasts, such as this one, to treat their discussions of the teams fairly. If I wanted to listen to a biased podcast about a team, I would listen to a fan podcast about that team. I was hoping that this podcast would be the former, rather it is the latter. I have given this podcast many chances but the host - Seerat - is clearly biased against the New York Liberty. Initially, I took it in stride because even impartial podcast hosts have some sort of bias or favorite team. But in the most recent episode where she calls the Minnesota Lynx “the rightful champions“ really illustrates her anti- Liberty bias. The fact that she watched game 5 of the finals - where the Lynx blew every opportunity in OT - yet still maintains this position, shows me her bias is clouding her fundamental understanding of the game. Now that the WNBA audience has expanded, I am expecting better quality podcasts to be released.

I’m happy to have a new WNBA podcast to listen to! She has a deep knowledge of the game and some great insights! I agree with the previous review in that I haven’t quite latched onto her interview style, but the only thing that makes it challenging to listen to is there’s a lot of background noise, particularly while her guests are talking. I’m not an audio expert, so I’m not sure if it’s a hardware issue or if someone is making sounds too close to the microphone like drinking or moving things around.

But overall it’s a great show and I’ll keep listening!

Just started listening and am going back and listening to the back episodes reliving the end of the season. Love the guests love the host love the vibe! Happy to have a new bball podcast

I love WNBA podcasts and was excited to add this one to my rotation but the host talks in circles and touches on 8 different topics that are unrelated before asking her guest a question. I’m all about having a dialogue but it’s really hard to follow. I noticed it in both the Ros and Indiana Fever beat reporter episodes - she’s essentially talking to herself and having too many trains of thought in a really long monologue before inviting the guest to speak. I guess it’s fine when it’s a solo episode like the recap of Game 5 but the last two episodes have been *rough*. Would encourage her to listen to a few other podcasts to understand how to interview people and how it should flow because she’s taking up way more airtime than her guests and because she’s saying so much in the lead up to her question, the guest seems to be having a hard time responding because they don’t even know which topic out of the 8 she just said to even respond to.

Love having a new WNBA podcast, but wish there was a bit more structure/production value similar to how it seems like The Ringer invests in their NBA podcasts. Would love more guests or even a co-host to give more variety of takes, most of the episodes are only about the big names (CC, Liberty, Aces, etc.) when there’s a lot more storylines in the W at the moment.