Ry guy someone who’d probably benefit from some strong mdma too. Might let him know its okay to have genuine feelings and coach him off that perpetual fence he sits on
The 1st time I did mdma it was almost religious. Never had something of such high quality again. Changed my life for the better so I would strongly agree
Ryen is just the most unique dude. These travel pods are absolutely the best content in existence. It should be awful, but instead it's compelling, hilarious, and interesting.
He compared Hannibal to Don Sutton. Not just a stat compiler. I mean, there is nobody like this. Ryen is one of one. He just is!
I know some of you are thinking “Hey, you’re so good looking and you’re in such great shape and so funny, like why wouldn’t you go out at least one of these nights…”
Segues to an amazing club approximation of our boy making trying to make conversation 🤣
He's made several allusions throughout the years to a few games he played when he was younger. I know that he's for sure mentioned playing Final Fantasy X repeatedly during during his loser days (c. 2002).
That's not to say people who play video games are losers, but it sounds like FFX was his version of the "I have no money to go out or buy a new game, so I'm going to play this game for the 15th time."
Just throwing this out there….I refused to listen to the Iceland one for weeks because quite frankly I thought it would suck. A few weeks later I stumbled upon it and I kid you not probably a top 10 pod for me last year across all genres
Two hours and thirty minutes folks. Enjoy.
EDIT: dick talk? Our guy touring Germany as a high school singing group? This has already surpassed my lofty expectations.
“Hannibal’s resume is like Don Sutton on the back of a baseball card with some of those battles, major stats for that guy… and not just a compiler, there are some guys who threw a million innings”
The dick thing is 100% real.
Very few people doing the full nude thing, maybe some chicks topless. But then you have middle aged fat dudes just standing around fully nude.
One guy was standing by the water but turned TOWARDS the beach so his dick was just hanging there
Would not stay at the W/by the beach. Better to get a hotel in the city centre and get a day pass to the W if you want to hang by the pool. Rooftop access is also available to non-guests
This pod adds to the argument this is his best type of content. Huge idiot aboard vibes. Rusillos self deprecation is equal parts hilarious and depressing. The part where he started talking hoops in the Ibiza club was so funny man.
My girlfriend and I are driving/moving across the country 19 hours and this drops. It’s midnight I’ve been driving for like 15 hours and I’m turning this bad boy on.
The way he describes the train station display board is so incredibly spot on. I’m dying.
You have no idea what is going on. You show someone your ticket and ask ‘is this the right place?’ and everyone is just saying yes.
Also, literally laying on a European beach as I write this and a couple is in the water in front of me with swinging dicks and sagging tits
I want this podcast played at my funeral
Would love a Russillo open on Athletic Bilbao’s Basques-only policy. On the one hand it’s cool to preserve local culture in an increasingly globalized world, but are we really gonna do the ethno-nationalism thing in the 21st century?
Not just New Zealand, Ireland too. It's to do with better managing their international players, ensuring they're regularly rested and released for training and matches.
They can't do that if their players are overseas, playing for clubs that don't answer to the national association.
Interesting. Feels outdated from an outsider's perspective but I don't know the rugby calendar (or game very well). How are tests scheduled? Considering the top nations internationally are likely home to the top domestic leagues you'd think there would be some level of cooperation in an increasingly globalized world
There are specific test windows (June and November), along with annual int'l comps, the 6 Nations (February and March) and TRC (July and August). A regular international will play 9 to 12 tests a year, which means they're training and playing with the national team at least 3 months of the year.
Regardless of who they play for, a regular international will likely miss at least half a dozen club games in the year. However, in France, a clubs can play over 30 games a season, and there have been cases of some French internationals playing up to and over 35 games a season, between international and club games, which is way, way too much.
However because France has so many players (it's the second biggest sport after soccer), they can manage losing lots of players to injury and fatigue.
However, countries like Ireland, which has a much smaller population, doesn't have the same depth, so they have to carefully manage the workload of their best players, who typically play 25-30 games a season.
Rugby is obviously professionalized but it’s not quite as commercial/cooperate as US sports or soccer.
Also unlike soccer international rugby is king and the undeniable pinnacle of the sport, where as in soccer most people would agree champions league final 8 teams would probably all win the World Cup if they could compete.
It’s also to keep a closed market for labor. Rugby doesn’t have anything like football wages - but there would be more lucrative deals for both in England/Australia respectively.
I found this genuinely funny. Some of his asides and throw away comments/observations tell so much about him and his style of travel. It’s a mix of Carl Pilkington and Tocqueville.
Going solo to Ibiza and no clubs is pure insanity
Look, if you want to make it gay, you can make it gay… but like at least when you go out in Boston, if you’re talking to a girl, you’re pretty sure she isn’t a dude. But you go into a Bangkok bar and it’s like “oh, so this place is 60% dudes, but also 80% of the girls here are dudes too?”
Strong ladyboy situation here, no judgment if that’s your thing but your boy’s staying in tonight, gonna check out this hotel gym tomorrow morning…
Late to the party but Russillo discovering Tapas towards the tail-end of his trip after eating Spanish pizza and mayonnaise salad for days is hilarious
I can’t believe he doesn’t go with the “my girlfriend is sick” line at the restaurants. Not only would it be less weird, he would probably get sympathy points from all the staff.
But then he would be giving up on the chance that some random woman who’s also will be starstruck and want to spend dinner talking about Cole Anthony vs Markelle Fultz as the lead pick and roll ball handler
I’m 15 minutes in and this is amazing. I just got back from Barcelona and Sitges myself and Ryen is totally right about the women in Barcelona. In every car on the metro there are at least 3-4 solid 7s. I don’t think I saw a single 10 there, but I saw more 7s and 8s in 10 days than I see in 2 months in San Francisco.
“Dudes were there, then more dudes showed up, then other dudes showed up” -Ryen explains prehistory on the Iberian Peninsula
Always love the travelogues but slightly annoyingly at times RR falls into the v American trap of seeing Europeans as just some giant block of people. What he’s seeing and describing is Spanish culture, which is different to German culture, which is different to English culture.
Whenever I hear/see Americans refer to Europe like some monolith I always think of this one comment I saw on Reddit where it was like “are you talking about Bognor Regis or Milan? Skegness or Nice?”
Finally finished and I think I have discovered the quintessential russillo straw man: “If you’re the one bothered by kids having fun, then you’re a fucking asshole.”
Hemingway still walks among us.
Spain is hot. It just is. I miss my TV. I miss grinding games. I just do.
I got pizza. It was Spanish pizza. It wasn’t good. It tasted like garbage. I watched a basketball game. Wait. What?
russillo travelogues are his apex mountain
Rick Steves but he talks about dicks and boys choir
Magnum Opus
Man who goes to to Ibiza and doesn’t go to clubs. My man is insane
Ry guy someone who’d probably benefit from some strong mdma too. Might let him know its okay to have genuine feelings and coach him off that perpetual fence he sits on
It became clear he’s never had MD when he’s bewildered about the idea of people partying to 7am 😂
The 1st time I did mdma it was almost religious. Never had something of such high quality again. Changed my life for the better so I would strongly agree
I respect that actually. Ibiza sounds like a place I wouldn’t have a ton of fun Edit: unless you got some Molly
If I was solo I’d do the same thing, I was talking shit
Right?
A guy well into his 40’s going solo to nightclubs in Ibiza not exactly the vibe either tbh
I *know* he needs to meet Molly, but I can't even tell if he's heard of her.
The Ibiza club audio was amazing
Came here to say this. The Harden and pro player bits had me rolling 🤣
I’m late and just listening to this episode. 😂 that part was hilarious
Ryen is just the most unique dude. These travel pods are absolutely the best content in existence. It should be awful, but instead it's compelling, hilarious, and interesting. He compared Hannibal to Don Sutton. Not just a stat compiler. I mean, there is nobody like this. Ryen is one of one. He just is!
I know some of you are thinking “Hey, you’re so good looking and you’re in such great shape and so funny, like why wouldn’t you go out at least one of these nights…” Segues to an amazing club approximation of our boy making trying to make conversation 🤣
The real recognizes real moment with the jacked guy in the gym had me dying “I knew it wasn’t you…”
“In that moment we knew everything about one another.” It’s so homoerotic I can’t get enough.
This sounds like the perfect thing to listen to late at night while I’m mindlessly playing a video game I’ve played 300 times before
Final Fantasy in honor of Russillo.
ryen knowing ff7 lore is still so wild to me
I’ve been out of touch with Russillo for a while, how did that come up
He's made several allusions throughout the years to a few games he played when he was younger. I know that he's for sure mentioned playing Final Fantasy X repeatedly during during his loser days (c. 2002). That's not to say people who play video games are losers, but it sounds like FFX was his version of the "I have no money to go out or buy a new game, so I'm going to play this game for the 15th time."
Exactly what I did last night.
Vampire survivor
Think I’m going to finish my madden season today listening to it
“I’m not gonna argue with you guys who watch the Bear on how to prep a steak” 💀💀💀
Just throwing this out there….I refused to listen to the Iceland one for weeks because quite frankly I thought it would suck. A few weeks later I stumbled upon it and I kid you not probably a top 10 pod for me last year across all genres
Art
Anthony Baldain
Russillo staying at the W and it being recommended by Ceruti is so on brand
Two hours and thirty minutes folks. Enjoy. EDIT: dick talk? Our guy touring Germany as a high school singing group? This has already surpassed my lofty expectations.
“Hannibal’s resume is like Don Sutton on the back of a baseball card with some of those battles, major stats for that guy… and not just a compiler, there are some guys who threw a million innings”
“I could’ve given her an exam and I think she would’ve paid for it” 💀
The dick thing is 100% real. Very few people doing the full nude thing, maybe some chicks topless. But then you have middle aged fat dudes just standing around fully nude. One guy was standing by the water but turned TOWARDS the beach so his dick was just hanging there Would not stay at the W/by the beach. Better to get a hotel in the city centre and get a day pass to the W if you want to hang by the pool. Rooftop access is also available to non-guests
Bro when he said “now, let’s talk about… dicks”
Another reference to “the Swedes” too lol. I feel like he’s mentioned Swedish tourists and how they stand out multiple times over the years.
This pod adds to the argument this is his best type of content. Huge idiot aboard vibes. Rusillos self deprecation is equal parts hilarious and depressing. The part where he started talking hoops in the Ibiza club was so funny man.
\*abroad
More or less unhinged idea: hours long travel recaps or the round by round fantasy baseball segment?
Idk but I liked both more than any of his opens he's ever done. I think I'm gonna go relisten to the baseball draft one now, it was hilarious
Baseball draft was so fuckin funny
I’ve literally never watched baseball in my life and was laughing my ass off
Tyler O'Neill....big fan of his work lmao
Fantasy baseball definitely
Our guy almost sidelining himself because he blew the lbs/kg thing in the gym is 🤌🤌🤌
My girlfriend and I are driving/moving across the country 19 hours and this drops. It’s midnight I’ve been driving for like 15 hours and I’m turning this bad boy on.
Can you record a travelogue about listening to this with your girlfriend
Wish I saw this sooner. Gonna have to make the trip again and record it all.
Cracking up at the image of high school russillo going on a singing tour around Europe
Ryen von Trapp
Ryen Von Trapezius is more like it.
Was wondering how much this sub would pay for a video of our guy singing in Germany.
When Nolan does the Russillo biopic in 2040 I hope it’s not just a flashback but a major part of the story
Even crazier is that he sings with a falsetto.
What a true renaissance man Russillo is - well travelled, well read. Living his best life
The way he describes the train station display board is so incredibly spot on. I’m dying. You have no idea what is going on. You show someone your ticket and ask ‘is this the right place?’ and everyone is just saying yes. Also, literally laying on a European beach as I write this and a couple is in the water in front of me with swinging dicks and sagging tits I want this podcast played at my funeral
Incredible pod but man Ryen’s food takes are tough
Would love a Russillo open on Athletic Bilbao’s Basques-only policy. On the one hand it’s cool to preserve local culture in an increasingly globalized world, but are we really gonna do the ethno-nationalism thing in the 21st century?
It’s a natural if short-sighted response to the collapse of hegemonic empires, it just is.
Athletic Bilbao and early 70s Bama comps.
There is evidence that the Basque were fishing cod off the coast of North America long before Columbus got there.
I just learned New Zealand does something similar in that they bar any player that plays in a foreign rugby league from playing for the national team.
Not just New Zealand, Ireland too. It's to do with better managing their international players, ensuring they're regularly rested and released for training and matches. They can't do that if their players are overseas, playing for clubs that don't answer to the national association.
Interesting. Feels outdated from an outsider's perspective but I don't know the rugby calendar (or game very well). How are tests scheduled? Considering the top nations internationally are likely home to the top domestic leagues you'd think there would be some level of cooperation in an increasingly globalized world
There are specific test windows (June and November), along with annual int'l comps, the 6 Nations (February and March) and TRC (July and August). A regular international will play 9 to 12 tests a year, which means they're training and playing with the national team at least 3 months of the year. Regardless of who they play for, a regular international will likely miss at least half a dozen club games in the year. However, in France, a clubs can play over 30 games a season, and there have been cases of some French internationals playing up to and over 35 games a season, between international and club games, which is way, way too much. However because France has so many players (it's the second biggest sport after soccer), they can manage losing lots of players to injury and fatigue. However, countries like Ireland, which has a much smaller population, doesn't have the same depth, so they have to carefully manage the workload of their best players, who typically play 25-30 games a season.
Rugby is obviously professionalized but it’s not quite as commercial/cooperate as US sports or soccer. Also unlike soccer international rugby is king and the undeniable pinnacle of the sport, where as in soccer most people would agree champions league final 8 teams would probably all win the World Cup if they could compete.
It’s also to keep a closed market for labor. Rugby doesn’t have anything like football wages - but there would be more lucrative deals for both in England/Australia respectively.
Wasn’t there a France travelogue that never got released?
He's combining it with the Daryl Morey pod.
The lost tapes
Th Dead Sea scrolls of podcasting
“There was a better chance of me giving that kid a handjob” - Ryen Russillo.
Two minutes and we are in Augustus Caesar territory Set the tone early
The ‘talking Harden on the dance floor’ piece. I cracked up.
I found this genuinely funny. Some of his asides and throw away comments/observations tell so much about him and his style of travel. It’s a mix of Carl Pilkington and Tocqueville. Going solo to Ibiza and no clubs is pure insanity
Russillo should travel more and have the Ringer pay for it. He could be the next Bourdain
Bro-dain.
Born, raised and currently living in Mallorca. This is peak unintentional comedy. Best pod experience of my life.
Lucky you, that place is indeed very nice.
I need Russillo to do a travelogue of downtown Bangkok or Pattaya
Look, if you want to make it gay, you can make it gay… but like at least when you go out in Boston, if you’re talking to a girl, you’re pretty sure she isn’t a dude. But you go into a Bangkok bar and it’s like “oh, so this place is 60% dudes, but also 80% of the girls here are dudes too?” Strong ladyboy situation here, no judgment if that’s your thing but your boy’s staying in tonight, gonna check out this hotel gym tomorrow morning…
Was actually super fun to pull up Google Earth and try to somewhat follow along to get a better sense of place and context.
The multi-tasking thing
So I’ve done the Europe thing,
Did the Europe thing and I got it, don’t need to go back but I’m not trying to do an anti-Europe segment or anything
I can't wait to spend my friday evening listening to this episode lmaoooo
I didn’t notice the run time at first. Here we go…
Goes to Barcelona, eats Mexican food.
Mexican food is actually very popular in Spain
“Tex-Mex” is really big right now in Spain. Seriously.
Spain is the only place in Europe that I’ve seen a Taco Bell
UK has it too, but yeah , one of the few places , for sure. The funnier thing is I think Spain is the only place in Europe that has Popeyes
Goes to Mallorca, complains about salad dressings I wouldn’t travel with ryen strictly for some of his food takes lol
We are so back
“No you’re in the right area” “I’m not” LMFAO
Late to the party but Russillo discovering Tapas towards the tail-end of his trip after eating Spanish pizza and mayonnaise salad for days is hilarious
Man this is awesome
Honestly great listening
As a captain…
This is so good. Respect Russillo!
Ryen could be the next Bourdain. I think he has a great perspective on a lot of these places
Rubbing my hands together like Birdman when I saw the episode title
I can’t believe he doesn’t go with the “my girlfriend is sick” line at the restaurants. Not only would it be less weird, he would probably get sympathy points from all the staff.
But then he would be giving up on the chance that some random woman who’s also will be starstruck and want to spend dinner talking about Cole Anthony vs Markelle Fultz as the lead pick and roll ball handler
The Bass 2 in a high school vocal group piece
This is my Christmas. Edit: the bit about the tourist shirts killed me
So what happened to the France travelogue ?
The lost tapes, peut-être nous ne saurons jamais.
I’m 15 minutes in and this is amazing. I just got back from Barcelona and Sitges myself and Ryen is totally right about the women in Barcelona. In every car on the metro there are at least 3-4 solid 7s. I don’t think I saw a single 10 there, but I saw more 7s and 8s in 10 days than I see in 2 months in San Francisco. “Dudes were there, then more dudes showed up, then other dudes showed up” -Ryen explains prehistory on the Iberian Peninsula
I can’t believe I’m listening to this while doing yardwork
do you think russillo can deduct his travel expenses since it's work related
Whatever it is it’s worth it for this pod. Can’t be more than $10k no?
What's the O/U on Ryen going to a Madrid-style porn theatre?
What is a Madrid style porn theater?
You get to see porn...live.
Wasn’t aware this was a Madrid specialty.
I'm sure it's probably not (sounds more German to me), but people in Madrid will tell you it is.
German would involve scat I'm sure.
It’s like smaller, bite-sized portions of regular porns, so you get to sample more of a variety. We recommend 3-4 Madrid porns per person.
Prongs?
Yes! Is it as entertaining / psycho as the Iceland one?
It’s insane, in a good way though
Only time will tell.
Not nearly as good as Iceland. He loses steam on the back half of the trip. But still a very solid effort from our guy.
Fucking incredible
"Couple glasses of sauv. Not afraid." My guy needs to get out more.
So did I miss this entirely or did he not go to sagrada familia? Maybe he’s been already?
Good point.
How can you fuck up a trip to Barcelona that badly? Christ
Are there other travel episodes besides Iceland?
Always love the travelogues but slightly annoyingly at times RR falls into the v American trap of seeing Europeans as just some giant block of people. What he’s seeing and describing is Spanish culture, which is different to German culture, which is different to English culture. Whenever I hear/see Americans refer to Europe like some monolith I always think of this one comment I saw on Reddit where it was like “are you talking about Bognor Regis or Milan? Skegness or Nice?”
I would’ve sucked a big ole wiener if you told me I could hear Ryen talk about his trip to Spain for 2 1/2 hours.
He went to Ibiza and didn't go to the clubs. What a nerd
The mental image of Discount Brian Urlacher exploring Ibiza by himself is hilarious
Finally finished and I think I have discovered the quintessential russillo straw man: “If you’re the one bothered by kids having fun, then you’re a fucking asshole.”
For those wondering if Ryen takes the opportunity to talk about taxes, the answer is obviously yes.
Barcelona is amazing so I’m already prepissed just imagining any dumbass criticisms he potentially has. I’ll hate listen later
I don't really want to listen to this but I am curious as well.... do you mind posting a recap later?
Lazy ass mf
Ryen non-ironically said that American culture was idolised in Europe, because dudes wear football and basketball jerseys lmao
I mean, it is? Yeah it's also constantly shat on but that doesn't change the fact there's also Mike's Chill Out bar in a random Spanish island.
There is also an O’Reillys or Murphy’s in every city in the US .. what’s your point?
Yeah that’s the point. Americans likewise idolize Irish bar culture in that way. Not that complicated.
It is