Greetings.

And welcome to House of R, a Ringerverse podcast on the Ringer Podcast Network.

I'm Mallory Rubin.

She's Joanna Robinson and Friend of the Pod Month would not have been complete without Jason fucking Manzukis. Let's go. Let's go. I'm setting the tone. We're getting this done. Shorzy style. Shorzy reference right away. I love it. Would you say he's the friend of the pod? This is our last friend of the pod month episode. Oh, am I the last? Oh, wow. What an honor.

You won't be the last guest in the history of the podcast unless something goes really wrong today, which like, don't roll it out. But for this inaugural friend of the pod month, I'm honored to please be batting cleanup. Yeah. To do a sports reference.

We both made a baseball reference.

Did I do it right?

Well, I went with Closer, which I think is slightly more appropriate at the mat and clean up.

But I think that's also acceptable. What I was the promise is that you don't care for sports. I hate sports. Great. Here's my deal. Where's my camera right there? Right there? I hate sports. They're all yours. Not interested ringer.com. Yeah. Well, you've mentioned a hockey show. Yeah. And you've made a batting cleanup reference. God damn it.

I fucked it up already. Not interested ringer.com. Yeah. Well, you've mentioned a hockey show.

Yeah.

And you've made a batting cleanup reference. God damn it. I fucked it up already. I can't wait to see how you incorporate the NBA finals into the discussion today. Are they happening right now? And I don't know. I couldn't tell you which teams are in the NBA finals if it's happening. The Knicks. Must have enough Knicks fans in your life. The Knicks?

Oh, I know the Knicks are a thing.

Oklahoma is city, Thunder.

That's right.

Wow. You must have enough Knicks fans in your life. The Knicks. Oh, I know the Knicks are a thing.

Oklahoma is city.

Yeah. Thunder. That's right. Wow. Look at you. Don't. Don't. Joanna. Don't. I know you're a Spurs. You're a Spurs fan because of Wemby. Because Wemby is a fantasy literature nerd. So the spurs are a part of your life because of Wembe.

I do know that Wembe showed up to a game wearing a garment last night.

He did?

That's all I know. fantasy literature nerds. So the spurs are a part of your life because of Wembe. I do know that Wembe

showed up to a game wearing a garment last night. He did. That's all I know. He sits down in the locker room. He reads like Brando Brando Sando, Brandon Sanders. We're going to talk about all that. We're going to talk about season one of Spider-Noar. We're going to talk a little freer in. you're going to recommend some other animator

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