Ringer-Verse Recommends: October 2025 (Featuring 'The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon')

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🗓️ 1 November 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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No tricks, all treats! Recommends returns for a dose of fall fun. First, Ben brings on CBR writer Katie Doll to talk about the rise, fall, and future of 'The Walking Dead' in honor of the 15th anniversary of the franchise, with an emphasis on 'Daryl Dixon' Season 3. After that, other Ringer-Verse and House of R hosts and friends salute unsung releases to complete another expanded installment of the monthly roundup of fandom favorites from TV, anime, movies, video games, books, comics, and beyond that were released recently but not yet covered in-depth on a full-length episode. ‘The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon’ (03:08) ‘Star Wars: Visions’ Season 3 (45:15) ‘Once Upon a Katamari’ (46:10) ‘Haunted Hotel’ (47:02) ‘Tron: Ares’ soundtrack (48:09) ‘Ball x Pit’ (49:05) ‘LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy: Pieces of the Past’ (50:45) ‘Dispatch’ (57:27) ‘Listener Recommendations’ (58:47) Host: Ben Lindbergh Guests: Katie Doll, Jomi Adeniran, Steve Ahlman, Van Lathan, Mallory Rubin, Matt James, Devon Renaldo, Arjuna Ramgopowell Senior Producer: Steve Ahlman Social: Jomi Adeniran Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello there and welcome into the Ringerverse, your Nexus feed for all things fandom.
0:14.8	I am Ben Lindberg, senior editor for the Ringer, buttonmash host and wearer of fall flannel,
0:20.1	bringing you the October
0:21.4	2025 edition of Ringerverse Recommends.
0:24.8	We hope you've had fun watching the World Series or apple picking or pumpkin carving or
0:29.9	dressing up and trick-or-treating, and the fall fun isn't over, because today we've got some
0:36.0	goodies for you.
0:50.3	For those listening but not watching, I just dumped out my daughter's Halloween candy.
0:53.1	Those are not the treats I'm talking about.
0:55.4	You can't have her Halloween candy. However,
1:01.2	you can have some great recommendations for nerd culture content released over the last month that we haven't had a chance to cover yet on a full-length episode, because that's what we do here
1:05.8	at the end of every month on Ringaverse recommends. Today's spotlight conversation between me and CBR writer Katie
1:13.3	Dahl will be about the Walking Dead Daryl Dixon, which just wrapped up its excellent third season.
1:20.1	Its second season is now on Netflix. Katie and I are the last two people in the world watching
1:25.8	The Walking Dead diligently, and we're going to tell you why.
1:28.7	If you haven't seen Daryl Dixon or watch The Walking Dead in a while, that's okay.
1:33.6	This will be a wider-ranging conversation about the rise and fall and future of the franchise.
1:39.8	Because believe it or not, Halloween was the 15th anniversary of the Walking Dead. And it's still,
1:46.4	well, I won't say going strong, but shuffling along. Thanks to those of you who have written in
1:52.1	to let me know that you've liked the last couple of episodes with our extended segments on
1:56.9	Foundation and Star Trek Strange New Worlds. A few people have told me they missed the old
2:01.5	format, and if you do, I've got good news. The old format is essentially still here. It's like Luke
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