Trial by Content The Ringer

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna are debating who’s the best member of the X-Men! But first, they discuss the importance of the original ‘X-Men’ animated series and why ‘X-Men '97’ is so successful, their favorite live-action film, and their dream cast for the upcoming MCU iteration of the team (07:08). Then, they discuss some pretrial awards and dismissals (42:44), before revealing their top three picks and hearing some of your picks to figure out which four should make it to the final poll (46:34).
Now it’s up to you to decide! Who is the best member of the X-Men? You can vote for the winner at ⁠⁠⁠⁠TheRinger.com⁠⁠⁠⁠, on The Ringer’s X feed, and in the Spotify app, where you’ll find ‘Trial by Content.’ The winner will be announced on the next episode!
You can send your picks for the next topic and a few sentences to support your pick to ⁠⁠TrialByContent@gmail.com⁠⁠. You can also submit suggestions for future ‘Trial by Content’ topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you’d like us to settle? Send it on over!
For a list of all the movies discussed on this week’s episode and a preview of what's to come on ‘Trial by Content,’ head on over to ⁠⁠Letterboxd.com/TrialByContent⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us there!
Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller
Producers: Carlos Chiriboga and Eduardo Ocampo
Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal
Theme Song and Other Music Credits: Devon Renaldo
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This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna wrap up their Baseball Trial Royale!
They start with another round of baseball trivia for Joanna (9:27). Then, they give out some final awards and talk about all of the movies they missed so far (23:17). Later, they discuss the two movies that were automatically placed in the finals and which one of the final four they think will be the all-time winner (1:01:36).
Now it’s up to you to decide! What is the best baseball movie? You can vote for the winner at ⁠⁠⁠⁠TheRinger.com⁠⁠⁠⁠, on The Ringer’s X feed, and in the Spotify app, where you’ll find ‘Trial by Content.’ The winner will be announced on the next episode!
You can send your picks for the next topic and a few sentences to support your pick to ⁠⁠TrialByContent@gmail.com⁠⁠. You can also submit suggestions for future ‘Trial by Content’ topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you’d like us to settle? Send it on over!
For a list of all the movies discussed on this week’s episode and a preview of what's to come on ‘Trial by Content,’ head on over to ⁠⁠Letterboxd.com/TrialByContent⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us there!
Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller
Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga
Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal
Theme Song and Other Music Credits: Devon Renaldo
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This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna are joined by Ben Lindbergh to continue their Baseball Trial Royale! Now it’s time for the Minor League division!
They start by discussing why baseball movies work so well (6:11). Then, they play a little trivia game (16:39), and go through some pretrial awards and dismissals (38:46). Finally, they reveal the movies that will be represented in the second-round poll and debate which one should move on to the final round (56:25).
Now it’s up to you to decide! What is the best Minor League baseball movie? You can vote for the winner at ⁠⁠⁠⁠TheRinger.com⁠⁠⁠⁠, on The Ringer’s X feed, and in the Spotify app, where you’ll find ‘Trial by Content.’ The winner will be announced on the next episode!
You can send your picks for the next topic and a few sentences to support your pick to ⁠⁠TrialByContent@gmail.com⁠⁠. You can also submit suggestions for future ‘Trial by Content’ topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you’d like us to settle? Send it on over!
For a list of all the movies discussed on this week’s episode and a preview of what's to come on ‘Trial by Content,’ head on over to ⁠⁠Letterboxd.com/TrialByContent⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us there!
Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller
Guest: Ben Lindbergh
Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga
Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal
Theme Song and Other Music Credits: Devon Renaldo
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This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna are back for another Trial Royale! In this multi-week series, they’ll be debating the best baseball movie. They begin with the Major League division!
They start by discussing what makes a good baseball movie (6:00). Then, they play a little trivia game (19:58) and go through some pretrial awards and dismissals (32:01). Finally, they reveal the movies that will be represented in the first-round poll and debate which one should move on to the final round (47:29).
Now it’s up to you to decide! What is the best Major League baseball movie? You can vote for the winner at ⁠⁠⁠⁠TheRinger.com⁠⁠⁠⁠, on The Ringer’s X feed, and in the Spotify app, where you’ll find ‘Trial by Content.’ The winner will be announced on the next episode!
You can send your picks for the next topic and a few sentences to support your pick to ⁠⁠TrialByContent@gmail.com⁠⁠. You can also submit suggestions for future ‘Trial by Content’ topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you’d like us to settle? Send it on over!
For a list of all the movies discussed on this week’s episode and a preview of what is to come on ‘Trial by Content,’ head on over to ⁠⁠Letterboxd.com/TrialByContent⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us there!

Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller
Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga
Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal
Theme Song and Other Music Credits: Devon Renaldo
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This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna wrap up their Steven Spielberg Trial Royale! But before they dive once more into the many great Spielberg movies, they discuss some of his worst (8:43). Then, they give out some “Stevesies Awards” as they celebrate all things Spielberg (17:30). Later, they discuss what movie they think will win the final round of the Spielberg Trial Royale (58:55).
Now it’s up to you to decide! What is Steven Spielberg’s best movie? You can vote for the winner at ⁠⁠⁠⁠TheRinger.com⁠⁠⁠⁠, on The Ringer’s X feed, and in the Spotify app, where you’ll find ‘Trial by Content.’ The winner will be announced on the next episode!
You can send your picks for the next topic and a few sentences to support your pick to ⁠⁠TrialByContent@gmail.com⁠⁠. You can also submit suggestions for future ‘Trial by Content’ topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you’d like us to settle? Send it on over!
For a list of all the movies discussed on this week’s episode and a preview of what is to come on ‘Trial by Content,’ head on over to ⁠⁠Letterboxd.com/TrialByContent⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us there!
Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller
Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga
Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal
Theme Song and Other Music Credits: Devon Renaldo
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This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna continue their Steven Spielberg Trial Royale. This time, it’s the Non-Sci-Fi Division! They start by discussing Spielberg’s dramas and the major themes he tends to focus on (8:17). Then, they go through some pretrial awards and dismissals (31:04). Finally, they reveal the movies that will be represented in the Non-Sci-Fi Division and debate which two should move on to the final round (43:41).
Now it’s up to you to decide! What is Steven Spielberg’s best non-sci-fi movie? You can vote for the winner at ⁠⁠⁠⁠TheRinger.com⁠⁠⁠⁠, on The Ringer’s X feed, and in the Spotify app, where you’ll find ‘Trial by Content.’ The winner will be announced on the next episode!
You can send your picks for the next topic and a few sentences to support your pick to ⁠⁠TrialByContent@gmail.com⁠⁠. You can also submit suggestions for future ‘Trial by Content’ topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you’d like us to settle? Send it on over!
For a list of all the movies discussed on this week’s episode and a preview of what is to come on ‘Trial by Content,’ head on over to ⁠⁠Letterboxd.com/TrialByContent⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us there!

Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller
Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga
Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal
Theme Song and Other Music Credits: Devon Renaldo
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