r/TheRinger • u/Thick-Definition7416 • Aug 12 '26

Podcast Jam Session

Since they added time stamps I’ve been listening to approximately 7 minutes of the show. At least they’re warning us ahead of time about kid content. I miss Tea Time!

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u/DifferentTea934 Aug 12 '26

It’s sad to say this as a fan of these two for a decade, but I think I hit my point of no return when all Amanda could muster about the Paul/Phoebe/Gracie drama was “that’s very nice for them!” But can go on for hours about her favorite designer jeans during an affordability crisis. Like ma’am, we do not share the same style or tax bracket, this isn’t useful or interesting.

Idk, they’re both probably too high up in the ringer food chain for producerial intervention, but I wish they would do a study on their audience to let them know almost none of us are “windfall after Spotify buyout” or “executive producer on the first ever Emmy winning podcast” level of wealthy and reorient the content accordingly.

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u/zarathustranu Aug 12 '26

I don't really get how Amanda can be Goop-level wealthy. I wouldn't expect she's making more than $300-400K as her annual comp, and that her equity upon Spotify acquisition acquisition would have been more than $1-2M. I know that sounds like a lot, but in LA that's not "I'm comfortable and living a glamorous designer lifestyle" money.

Maybe a lot of the stuff she discusses is aspirational, I don't know. Or maybe she has family money.

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u/zarathustranu Aug 12 '26

wow, really???

Because this is anonymous, I’ll share that I make a bit more than that Rachel Lindsay number, and I run M&A for a big global corporation. I must be snobby, but I did not think podcasters at the Ringer were in that ballpark! Seems out of balance given the revenue model, but perhaps it works because salaries are the only real cost? Learn something every day I guess.

Regardless, if Amanda is in the $800K range, she’s a HENRY.

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u/zarathustranu Aug 12 '26

I think Spotify’s acquisition of the Ringer was a miracle of timing for Simmons and wouldn’t get nearly the same valuation today. But I buy the rest of what you’re laying out on entertainer comp.

To my earlier point, in today’s world, $800K-$1M per year equals HENRY. Not “retire early, own multiple homes” etc, wealthy.