The Ryen Russillo Podcast

Russillo is the best out there. I have listened to him since the SVP days (even before they put Ryen’s name on the show, which is still unreal to me). I loved those two together and continue to love them both separately. Ceruti is also great and has really great points (despite what others may say). My only complaint is Kyle. Everyone else seems to love him, and he has gotten a little better lately, but normally during life advice, I find myself disagreeing with everything Kyle says and wondering why he tries to finish Ryen’s sentences. But Ryen is the best and will bring a unique perspective about sports that is pretty unmatched.

During the “Greg Olsen on the NFL QB Problem” interview, Greg gives a great breakdown of the cowboys offensive problems and then isn’t going to go over the defense because he’s going long, Ryen says “take all the time you need” and allows Greg to do a better breakdown than anyone else I’ve heard on the cowboys this season.

If you hate sports, maybe it’s four stars. If you’re here for more than five minutes, it’s five stars. Perfect? Of course not. But the dude clearly works his sss off and is innately good at talking into a microphone. That is what we are presumably rating here, no? And of the ten billion podcasts in existence, this one was ‘earned’ in the sense that Russillo came up through the ranks. Proven commodity over multiple decades. Even if you disagree with the takes, isn’t that kinda the point? But when rating, we should objectively reward talent, even if it’s not our personal favorite. What else do you want?

Love Ryen’s pod.. Haven’t missed an episode in years.. Life Advice is the best of its kind.. Love Kyle on there with Ceruti.. Ryen cares a lot more about basketball than I do, so sometimes I’ll skip through that (Reg season).. Keep up the good work boys!!

Ryen spends the first half simply rambling and going on tangential monologues. His guests are forced to hear his long-winded, circuitous thinly veiled humble brags or pseudo-intellectual diatribes. Learned a long time ago to stop listening once his ‘couch therapist’ sessions started aka life advice. His insecurities are often on display based on his interview style. For listeners to think an unqualified, hopeful Hollywood screenwriter is their valuable sounding board, makes one wonder the purpose of this show. It always feels like a desperate need of the host to be validated and admired.

Loyal listener since episode one but lately can’t ignore how badly these episodes are edited. Chunks of conversation are repeated, while other chunks get skipped. I wouldn’t say anything if it didn’t matter- it totally ruins the flow of the pod.