An NBA Scoring Boom, NFL Holiday Picks, 'Landman' Is on Fire, the Return of 'Stranger Things,' and the Future of TV With Kirk Goldsberry, Joe House, Chris Ryan, and Zoe Simmons

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

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4.5 • 29.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 191 minutes

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is first joined by Kirk Goldsberry to discuss trends around the NBA, top 10 point guards, and lots more! (2:05). Then, Joe House joins to make their Ringer 107 picks for the week before talking about their top three Thanksgiving dishes (01:18:09). After that, Chris Ryan hops on to talk Philadelphia sports and ‘Landman’ (01:56:41). Finally, Zoe Simmons catches her dad up on ‘Stranger Things’ and other TV shows she’s been watching (02:46:48). Host: Bill Simmons Guests: Kirk Goldsberry, Joe House, Chris Ryan, and Zoe Simmons Producers: Chia Hao Tat and Eduardo Ocampo Post your job today at https://linkedin.com/simmonsbill 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 brought to you by the Ringer Podcast Network.
0:03.0	I put up a new rewatchables on Monday.
0:04.7	We did Two for the Money.
0:06.1	That is a gambling movie from 20 years ago that has aged beautifully as an unintentional comedy classic.
0:12.5	Also a pretty good movie.
0:14.0	Pacino, McConaughey, and it was me and Chris Ryan and cousin Sal breaking it down.
0:19.4	So I'll just give you a heads up because we don't have
0:21.8	another podcast till Sunday. Rewatchables next Monday, it's time. We're doing Rocky 2. It's the last
0:29.5	Rocky that we haven't done out of the first four. So we did, I think we did three, four,
0:36.1	one, two. And that's probably the right order. I think that's what we did.
0:39.8	Anyway, that's coming on Monday. So you have five days to watch that. I have a megapod coming up,
0:45.1	because this is my last podcast of the week. We're talking NBA with Kurt Goldsbury.
0:48.6	We're going to talk NFL picks and some best point cards ever with Joe House. We're going to talk to Chris Ryan about the Philly sports scene and the future of TV. And then last but not least, my daughter's home for Thanksgiving. And Stranger Things is launching soon. And we're going to talk Stranger Things at the end. She's going to give us a report card. She really just bullied her way into this
1:11.2	podcast. I don't know what to tell you. It's all coming up next. We'll take a break and then Pearl Jam.
1:16.3	This episode of the Bill Simmons podcast is presented by State Farm. Having insurance isn't the same
1:21.6	as having State Farm. It's like needing the protection, offensive guard on the football field,
1:26.3	but getting an elementary school crossing
1:28.2	guard. Sure, they're both guards, but you can only trust one to keep your quarterback safe when the game
1:33.3	is on the line. So don't settle for just any insurance. When you can have State Farm, like a good
1:38.2	neighbor, State Farm is there. The word's All right, Kurt Goldsbury is here.
2:07.5	He has a new piece on Theringer.com today.
2:09.8	We're going to nerd it up.
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