Adam Nayman is a film critic, teacher, and author based in Toronto; his book ‘The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together’ is available now from Abrams.



Adam Nayman

Alan covers a mix of movies, music, TV, and general nostalgia. He lives in Los Angeles and is currently writing a book about ‘The Simpsons’ that will be published in 2025.


Alan Siegel

Amanda Dobbins

Andrew Gruttadaro

Andy Goode

Andy Greenwald

Andy Steiner writes about pop, prog rock, music culture, and more. His work can be found in Paste and The Daily Beast, among others. Follow him on Twitter @nofinersteiner. 

Andy Steiner

Anna Done

Anthony Dabbundo is a sports betting writer and podcast host featured on ‘The Ringer Gambling Show,’ mostly concentrating on the NFL and soccer (he’s a tortured Spurs supporter). Plus, he’s a massive Phillies fan and can be heard talking baseball on ‘The Ringer’s Philly Special.’ Also: Go Orange.

Anthony Dabbundo

Aric Jenkins is the deputy managing editor at The Ringer, primarily covering culture. He previously worked as a staff writer at Fortune and Time magazine. A native of Philadelphia, he is now based in Brooklyn, New York, and spends most of his free time agonizing over Tottenham Hotspur.

Aric Jenkins

Senior podcast manager for Ringer NFL, Ringer-Verse, ‘House of R,’ and more.

Arjuna Ramgopal

Austin Gayle

Austin Rivers

Bakari Sellers

Ben Cruz is a cohost of ‘Ringer Wrestling Worldwide’ and podcast manager at The Ringer. He has covered the NBA since the pre-dynasty Golden State Warriors and pro wrestling since pre–“Yes! movement” WWE.

Ben Cruz

Ben Foster

Ben Glicksman

Ben is a writer, podcaster, and editor who covers culture and sports. He hosts ‘Effectively Wild’ at FanGraphs and previously wrote for FiveThirtyEight and Grantland, served as editor-in-chief of Baseball Prospectus, and authored ‘The MVP Machine’ and ‘The Only Rule Is It Has to Work.’

Ben Lindbergh

Bill Simmons is the founder and managing director of The Ringer, which he launched in 2016. He hosts ‘The Bill Simmons Podcast’ and ‘The Rewatchables,’ and also serves as head of podcast innovation and monetization for Spotify.

Bill Simmons

Bobby Wagner

Brian Barrett is a contributor to The Ringer and host of the Boston sports podcast ‘Off the Pike.’ He’s also done some work on ‘The Ringer Gambling Show.’ He’s known for his analytical approach and in the past has worked as a radio host for Red Sox pre- and postgame coverage.

Brian Barrett

A pro wrestling fan from birth, Brian H. Waters is a Baltimore native living the dream. He enjoys playing sports video games such as ‘WWE 2K,’ ‘NBA 2K,’ ‘Madden,’ and ‘MLB: The Show.’ His guilty pleasure is watching the ‘Power’ series, which he has completed multiple times.

Brian H. Waters

Brian Phillips is the New York Times bestselling author of ‘Impossible Owls’ and the host of the podcasts ‘Truthless’ and ‘22 Goals.’ A former staff writer for Grantland and senior writer for MTV News, he has written for The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine, among others.

Brian Phillips

Brian Raftery is the author of the book ‘Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen’ and the host of the Ringer podcasts ‘The Hollywood Hack,’ ‘Do We Get to Win This Time?,’ and ‘Gene and Roger.’ He’s currently working on a book about the late, great Hannibal Lecter.

Brian Raftery

Bryan Curtis is the editor-at-large of The Ringer and cohost of ‘The Press Box’ podcast. A native of Fort Worth, Texas, he's written for The New Republic, Slate, Play, and Grantland. He plays a deejay in a movie about the end of the world.

Bryan Curtis

Callie Curry

Casey Gallagher

Charles Holmes

Chelsea Stark-Jones is an Emmy Award–winning producer who joined The Ringer in 2021. She currently oversees our reality TV and pop culture content and currently cohosts ‘The Morally Corrupt Bravo Show’ and the narrative podcast ‘Blackballed.’

Chelsea Stark-Jones

Chris Ryan

Chris Vernon

Chris Ying

Claire covers sports and culture. She has written about Malört, magic, fandom, and seasickness (her own). She lives in Washington, D.C.


Claire McNear

Clifford Augustin

Colby Payne recently graduated from Pace University and is a fact checker at The Ringer. He’s from Maryland and is avidly waiting for the Orioles to win a World Series in his lifetime.


Colby Payne

Cole Cuchna is the host of ‘Dissect,’ a music analysis podcast that examines the lyrics, music, and meaning of one album per season, one song per episode.


Cole Cuchna

Conor Nevins

Cory McConnell

Cousin Sal Iacono

Craig Gaines

Cohost of ‘The Ringer Fantasy Football Show.’ Producer of ‘The Rewatchables’ and ‘The Town With Matthew Belloni.’ Development at Ringer Films.

Craig Horlbeck

Daniel writes about TV, film, and scattered topics in sports that usually involve the New York Knicks. He often covers the never-ending cycle of superhero content and other areas of nerd culture and fandom. He is based in Brooklyn.


Daniel Chin

Daniel works primarily in sports podcast production but spent his first three years at the company as a fact checker on the copy desk. As a proud ATLien, he’s always looking for excuses to wax poetic about Atlanta sports teams, Outkast, and late-night Waffle House runs.

Daniel Comer

Chau writes about the NBA and gustatory pleasures, among other things. He is the host of ‘Shift Meal.’ He is based in Toronto.

Danny Chau

Danny is the host of ‘The Ringer Fantasy Football Show.’ He’s been covering the NFL since 2016.


Danny Heifetz

Danny has been covering the NFL since 2011. He cohosts ‘The Ringer Fantasy Football Show’ and ‘The Ringer NFL Draft Show,’ contributes to The Ringer’s Fantasy Football Rankings, and writes scouting reports for The Ringer’s NFL Draft Guide.


Danny Kelly

Dave Chang

Dave Gonzales is a writer, producer, and podcast host living in Denver, Colorado. He is the coauthor of the New York Times bestseller ‘MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios.’ His other podcasts are ‘Fighting in the War Room’ and ‘Da7e and Neil’s Pop Culture Adventure.’

Dave Gonzales

David Jacoby

David Shoemaker

Derek Thompson is the host of the ‘Plain English’ podcast. He is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of several books, including ‘Hit Makers’ and the forthcoming ‘Abundance,’ coauthored with Ezra Klein. He lives in North Carolina, with his wife and daughter.

Derek Thompson

Devon Renaldo, aka dev.m4a, is a songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist from Los Angeles. Known for genre-blending music and innovative sound design, they've been featured in American Songwriter, Billboard, and Wonderland. And yes, they know they look like Adonis Graham.

Devon Renaldo

Diante Lee joined The Ringer as an NFL writer and podcaster in 2024. Before that, he served as a staff writer at The Athletic, covering the NFL and college football. He currently coaches at the high school level in his hometown of San Diego.

Diante Lee

Eduardo Ocampo Garcia

Erika Cervantes

Flo Lloyd-Hughes

Helena Hunt is a copy editor for The Ringer who loves TV and sometimes writes about it. She lives in San Diego, but no, she doesn’t surf.

Helena Hunt

Howard Beck got his basketball education covering the Shaq-and-Kobe Lakers for the L.A. Daily News starting in 1997, and has been writing and reporting about the NBA ever since. He’s also covered the league for The New York Times, Bleacher Report, and Sports Illustrated. He’s a co-host of ‘The Real Ones.’

Howard Beck

Ian Wright

Isaac joined The Ringer in 2018 as a copy editor. These days, he’s probably editing a story about the NBA or watching Manu Ginóbili highlights.

Isaac Levy-Rubinett

J. Kyle Mann

Jack McCluskey

James Lawrence Allcott

Jason Goff is a contributor to The Ringer and host of the Chicago sports podcast ‘The Full Go.’ He is also the pre- and postgame host for the Chicago Bulls and a longtime media personality in the city of Chicago.

Jason Goff

Rejoining the hobby after decades away, Jesse left the corporate finance world after seeing how his former card-collecting pastime had become a booming marketplace that married nostalgia and art with the thrill of a treasure hunt! Sports Boi’s biggest supporters—Sam and Charlie!

Jesse Gibson

Jim Hamilton

Joanna Robinson is a cultural critic appearing on several podcasts, including ‘House of R,’ ‘Prestige TV,’ and ‘Trial by Content.’ Formerly a senior writer at Vanity Fair from 2014-21, she is the author of the New York Times bestselling book ‘MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios.’

Joanna Robinson

Jodi covers pop culture, internet obsessions, and, occasionally, hot dogs. You can hear her on ‘We’re Obsessed,’ ‘The Morally Corrupt Bravo Show,’ and ‘The Prestige TV Podcast,’ and yelling into the void about daylight saving time.


Jodi Walker

Joe House is a successful business consultant who also happens to be Bill Simmons’s college buddy and trusted betting consultant. House cohosts the sports betting podcast ‘East Coast Bias’ and golf podcast ‘Fairway Rollin’.’ He’s a massive D.C. sports fan. When he’s not betting or golfing, he’s eating delicious food. 


Joe House

Joel Anderson is a senior staff writer at The Ringer and a cohost of ‘The Press Box.’ He most recently worked at Slate, where he was host of Seasons 3, 6, and 8 of the award-winning ‘Slow Burn’ narrative podcast series. He’s also worked at ESPN and BuzzFeed News, among several other outlets.

Joel Anderson

John Jastremski hosts ‘New York, New York,’ a podcast covering all things sports in New York City, and features across many of our sports betting shows, including ‘East Coast Bias’ and ‘The Ringer Sunday Pregame Show.’ JJ is also a proud Syracuse grad, and when he isn’t at a Yankees game he’s likely on the golf course.

John Jastremski

Johnny Bananas

One-fourth of ‘The Midnight Boys,’ one-half of ‘Mint Edition,’ one whole fan of all things fandom.


Jomi Adeniran

Jonathan Kermah, also known as Kerm, has been producing podcasts for us since 2020. When he’s not producing pods, he can be found reading X-Men comic books, writing poems, or getting his hopes crushed by another underperforming Lakers team.


Jonathan Kermah

Conn writes features for The Ringer. He is the author of ‘The Road From Raqqa,’ the runner-up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and currently working on a book about masculinity in America.

Jordan Ritter Conn

Julianna is a writer and fact checker based in Los Angeles. She covers music and film and has written about sped-up songs, Willy Wonka, and Charli XCX. She can often be found watching the Criterion Channel or the Sacramento Kings.

Julianna Ress

Juliet Litman is head of production and host of the podcasts ‘Bachelor Party,’ ‘Jam Session’ (found on Ringer Dish), and ‘Food News’ (found on Ringer Food).

Juliet Litman

Justin Charity

Justin Sayles is an editor, writer, and producer who covers primarily pop culture. He’s also the host of ‘The Wedding Scammer’ and the world’s foremost expert on Jose Altuve’s bad tattoo.

Justin Sayles

Justin Verrier edits, writes, and talks about the NBA. Previously, he spent nine years as an editor and writer at ESPN. Don’t DM him on Twitter.

Justin Verrier

Kai Grady is a production assistant on ‘The Ringer Fantasy Football Show’ and ‘The Prestige TV Podcast.’ He helps produce the audio, video, and social components of both shows. He also contributes to the Streaming Guide and covers fandom, prestige television, and music for the site.

Kai Grady

In addition to her main role on the operations team, Kate Halliwell writes about pop culture and fandom, covering everything from K-pop to ‘The Great British Baking Show.’ She cohosted the ‘Tea Time’ and ‘Everything Is Cake’ podcasts and still pops up occasionally on ‘The Prestige TV Podcast' and 'Ringer Dish.' 

Kate Halliwell

Katie Baker is a senior features writer at The Ringer who has reported live from NFL training camps, a federal fraud trial, and Mike Francesa’s basement. Her children remain unimpressed.

Katie Baker

Kaya McMullen

Kazeem Famuyide

Kellen Becoats is a fact checker based in Brooklyn, New York. When he isn’t complaining about the Bulls’ incompetence, he can be found (loudly) advocating for women’s sports.


Kellen Becoats

khal is a New Jersey–based senior editor at The Ringer and part of the faction known as ‘The Ringer Wrestling Show,’ cohosting ‘Ringer Wrestling Worldwide.’ His hobbies include scrolling Instagram Reels, watching horror movies, and searching for the perfect beat.

Khal Davenport

Kirk Goldsberry is the New York Times–bestselling author of ‘Sprawlball.’ He previously served as the vice president of strategic research for the San Antonio Spurs and as the lead analyst of Team USA Basketball. He’s also the executive director of the Business of Sports Institute at the University of Texas. He lives in Austin.

Kirk Goldsberry

Kyle Crichton

Emmy Award–winning producer, actor, comedian, writer, magician, and host of ‘Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air’ who weighs in on current issues and interviews guests in the worlds of politics, entertainment, culture, sports, and beyond.

Larry Wilmore

Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air

Lex writes about race, pop culture, and sports for The Ringer. His work has appeared in the ‘Year’s Best Sports Writing’ anthology. He lives in Harlem.


Lex Pryor

Lindsay edits, writes, and occasionally podcasts about the NFL, which she has been covering since 2008 for outlets including The Denver Post, USA Today, and The Athletic. She’s a graduate of Emory University and is a proud mom and marathoner.


Lindsay Jones

Liz Kelly

Logan Murdock

Mallory Johns

Mallory Rubin is the head of editorial at The Ringer and the cohost of ‘House of R’ and ‘Binge Mode.’

Mallory Rubin

Matt Dollinger

Matt James

Matthew Belloni

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