The Viall Files

i mostly love this podcast and the themes it explores. i enjoy nick’s on-air advice column. it’s surprising how good his advice is for not being a practicing therapist; he truly has a gift. and i love the reality recaps and going deeper episodes. i enjoyed the podcast more when there were less people in the “household.” they all seem to scramble to talk at the same time. the energy becomes too frenetic. i would enjoy it more if there were less household members or if they were on just once a week. it’s *painful* to listen to natalie’s voice cadence, she speaks like a robotic high schooler and she has an air of beings so pretentious and fame-hungry. it takes away from all that’s good about the podcast. i’m also completely confused with the imbalance of ages between nick and the “household.” i wish there would be others on the team closer in age to nick. it’s just weird to have a wise host in his 40’s and everyone else was just in high school kid just a few years ago (in fact, justin even commented on that in the episode i listened to today). it’s just odd and makes me wish for more. i am leaving 4 stars, but…if the rating was based just on nick and the Reality Recap and Going Deeper themes, as well as his Ask Nick call ins, i’d leave 5 stars. if i were rating satisfaction with the household team and natalie infiltrating and trying to take over the show, or the imbalance in age and maturity levels between nick and everyone else, id’ leave just 1 star. Please take note of all the feedback people are leaving and make changes, because Nick and his show are great, the others…not so much.

Love your podcast as a Jaguar fan. Also, the Jags are not leaving Jacksonville for London. Jax is about to start building a new stadium. Anyway, will continue to listen to your podcast but be nice to the Jags during football segment. 😊

I have been a fan for years and completely understand that it is hard work to keep up with a podcast for years, however I’m not sure that the current co-hosts match what Nick has always offered to his audience. While everyone is nice and all, the articulate maturity is missing from what it used to be. Painful to listen because everyone is just talking over eachother .

There was such a noticeable decline in the quality of content and advice as I got to current episodes. To the point where I was like “wow, I wonder what recent reviewers are saying” and it felt validating to see that it wasn’t just me. Nicks wife always has to interject and doesn’t add anything interesting to the conversation. One of the main reasons I had to unsubscribe. The new people make it painfully obvious they are only there to pull a younger audience. Advice does seem tired and repetitive. Old episodes were great to binge on! Sad it’s changed.