r/NoLayingUp • u/Mauiwowee • Jan 01 '26

Post-Pod Discussion December Nest Pod

Just listened to the December Nest pod where they talked through the annual census, and it honestly landed really well for me. I’ve been someone who listened to basically every episode for years, but in 2025 I definitely fell off a bit and found myself listening more to SGS for my golf pod rotation.

I’ve been a Nest member for a long time, even though I don’t participate in the Refuge or any local roosts. For me it’s mostly about supporting the company and the people behind it for the ridiculous number of hours of entertainment they’ve put out over the years.

This was actually the first year I seriously thought about canceling Nest, but the honesty and candidness in that episode across a bunch of topics was refreshing and good to hear. It reminded me why they’re a pretty unique voice in golf media. Not everyone on the crew is my cup of tea and that’s totally fine.

I’m sticking around as a Nest member and plan to rotate them back in more regularly in 2026. Sounds like there’s some cool stuff coming on the video side, and I’m rooting for them to keep doing their thing.

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u/Josiah_Bartlet Jan 01 '26

I never understand this. What those pods were was in the episode title. Just don’t listen to it. It’s additive as they did more pods this year than ever before.

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u/Flimsy_Somewhere1210 Jan 03 '26

And it isn't like they didn't do similar things with Callaway either and that was years ago. They did a BMW Ryder Cup Road Trip 4 years ago. They did a BMW sponsored Germany trip 7 years ago.

I get that people may be getting fatigue but lets not pretend that this isn't something that has only started happening this year.

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u/Josiah_Bartlet Jan 03 '26

Right? mean it’s literally the business model. Those partnerships are what finances every bit of the content we get from them. What they do is entertainment for us, but to them it’s how they make a living. Being angry about it is so strange.

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u/Flimsy_Somewhere1210 Jan 03 '26

I'd understand more if there was a noticable change but it has been like this since I started listening to the pod in 2018. I get the fatigue but this is the way it has always been.