The Bill Simmons Podcast

C’mon man

Do you instruct your podcasters to laugh all the time they talk? It’s very insincere and distracting. Your women all stink, Bill.

The Windhorst interview is a prime example of our society needing to recalibrate. When a SPORTS REPORTER says multiple times over the course of a 30-minute chat (presumably about sports): “Eh, I really shouldn’t share that”…Rome may be on the ropes. The athletics ecosphere is just entertainment, folks. “Big business”…sure…but it’s still grown men putting a ball in a basket at its core. Professional sports’ only value to the other 99.9999% of us lies in the entertainment quotient. This disproportionate deification of individuals that don’t tangibly move a society forward is misguided, at best…and if you think that the slope doesn’t get more slippery from there, take another listen to Deepthroat Windhorst and his cryptic codes…about grown men putting a ball in a basket. Deify appropriately, gang, because this consumer base is the only force that can move this particular needle. If these dudes wanna play “I have a secret,” just quit clicking. Or at least write a scathing review. A few more million of these shouts from the darkness, and who knows, maybe reporters will go back to reporting. What a world. Shhhhh, don’t tell though!

Bill is a big NBA fan which I appreciate being a hardcore basketball fan. He’s a Celtics fan (duh) but appreciates the history of the game. Good guests and solid interviews. People that are educated and specialize in the topics. I have read his articles 20 years ago and still enjoy his takes even when it’s conspiracy Bill.