A Quick NBA Power Poll, Minny’s QB Mess, Josh vs. Pat, and Week 9 Picks With Joe House and Peter Schrager

The Bill Simmons Podcast

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4.5 • 29.4K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2025

⏱️ 110 minutes

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons and Joe House talk about their “uh-oh” teams before doing a power poll 10 days into the NBA season (4:01). Then, Peter Schrager joins the pod to help Bill and House make their Ringer 107 picks (41:04). Host: Bill Simmons Guests: Joe House and Peter Schrager Producers: Chia Hao Tat and Eduardo Ocampo 15% off $15+ on NFL Gamedays with CODE: GAMEDAY at https://littlecaesars.onelink.me/vc9i/n15m71zn The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit⁠⁠ www.rg-help.com⁠⁠ to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Bill Simmons podcast is brought to by Fandall Sportsbook.
0:03.1	We are also brought to you by the Ringer podcast network, where I put up a new rewatchable
0:09.7	on Monday.
0:10.3	That was super fun.
0:11.7	We did Halloween too because it's Halloween.
0:14.5	This is my favorite week of the year.
0:17.2	Me, Van Lath, and Chris Ryan, a lot of jokes.
0:19.5	Halloween two, one scary, now more of a horror comedy, and we had a lot of laughs. So you're going to check that out. Next week, Monday, we're going to have a celebrity guest, and we're also, I'll tell you the movie, we're doing Truman Show, which is just an awesome, awesome, awesome movie, and had a lot of fun talking about it.
0:40.6	So you have the whole weekend to watch The Truman Show.
0:45.2	I call it Truman Show, but it is the Truman Show.
0:48.2	Anyway, that's all coming up.
0:51.0	No prestige TV anymore for me because Task is done.
0:53.9	I guess I'm just waiting for the
0:55.2	next show. It's not going to be the morning show. I'll tell you that much. Wow. I can't believe
1:00.0	the morning show. Not a horror, not a comedy. I don't know what it is. I don't know what's going on
1:05.3	with that show. But I watched every episode. I do like the Murdoch show on Hulu. I've been
1:10.4	watching that one. That one's pretty solid. Although I do like the Murdoch show on Hulu. I've been watching that one. That one's
1:12.4	pretty solid. Although I do feel like everybody's worried about AI taking over Hollywood and yet all
1:17.4	of these true crime shows start with. There's some sort of murder that happened and the person's
1:23.2	either covered in blood or you see body and then it goes backwards three years.
1:32.4	Like, don't complain about AI, but then start every true crime series the exact same way.
1:36.0	I do like that show, though, and I like Jason Clark.
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