Ride Home Rants

Send us Fan Mail The NBA season is almost here, and we’re not easing into it. We’re going straight to the arguments that every fan ends up having anyway: who are the best three NBA players right now, what “face of the league” really means, and which teams are actually built to survive a playoff series when everything tightens up. I’m joined by TJ, Mister Askew and Coach Mike for our annual NBA pre...

Send us Fan Mail John Rambo doesn’t just survive movies, he survives arguments. We sit down for a loud, honest roundtable on the full Rambo film series and get into the questions action fans actually care about: which movie is the best, which sequel is the weakest, and what moments still hit after all these years. Fiddy is joined by D Frank, Mister Askew and Lando, and we waste no time turning per...

Send us Fan Mail Theme parks bring out the best opinions because everyone remembers their first big coaster, their worst line, and the one food bill that made them pause. We sit down with Wendy, TJ, and Rudy to talk amusement parks the way people actually experience them: what’s worth the money, what’s secretly overrated, and what you should do differently next time you plan a trip. We start with...

Send us Fan Mail Fall brings out everyone’s strongest opinions, and we lean all the way into it. We start with the important questions that somehow reveal everything about a person: pens or pencils, and beer from a bottle or a can. Then we get to the real mission, settling the annual debate about where fall belongs in the season rankings and why that first run of crisp mornings, flannels, boots, a...

Send us Fan Mail You can learn a lot about higher education by listening to the people who live the college admissions grind every week. I sit down with Madison Federman, an undergraduate admissions counselor at Baldwin Wallace University in Berea, Ohio, to talk about what the job really looks like when “every day is different” isn’t a slogan, it’s the schedule. We get into travel season planning,...

Send us Fan Mail The NFL season is back, and we’re doing what fans actually do best: making bold predictions and daring each other to call them ridiculous. I’m joined by our yearly roundtable Mike, Tony Bogan, Bill Stoy, and legendary coach Hal Mumme for a fast-moving NFL season preview built around real questions: who wins the AFC North, who takes home MVP, and which teams are about to flip the l...

Send us Fan Mail MySpace made you pick a top eight and live with the consequences, AIM away messages were basically therapy, and if you missed one turn on your MapQuest printout your whole night was over. We’re throwing it back to the early 2000s with a full nostalgia panel: me, Mike Bono, with Tony, D Frank, and Mister, digging into the decade that flipped the world from analog to digital in real...

Send us Fan Mail County fairs are supposed to be simple, so why do they spark such strong opinions? We jump into a fast, funny roundtable on everything that makes a county fair worth the heat, the crowds, and the inevitable hit to your wallet. Joined by Mister (the vampire coach) and TJ, we trade personal fair memories from Ohio and beyond, plus the tiny details that instantly tell you whether a f...

Send us Fan Mail One question can instantly time-travel any wrestling fan: WWF or WCW? We sit down with a full panel and let the memories fly, from Hulk Hogan’s era-defining run to Stone Cold’s anti-hero peak, Rey Mysterio’s impossible longevity, and the never-ending debate about The Rock’s place in wrestling history. If you grew up on the Attitude Era, Nitro, SmackDown, or late-night highlight re...

Send us Fan Mail Boxing arguments never stay polite for long, and that’s exactly what makes this roundtable so fun. We sit down and go straight from laughs to legacy: who we grew up watching, why certain fighters still feel untouchable, and how the sport shaped our idea of toughness, discipline, and greatness. We debate favorite fighters and the greatest heavyweight of all time, with names like Mi...

Send us Fan Mail Road trips sound romantic until you’re 18.5 hours deep, your exit disappears behind construction, and the weather turns on you. We sit down and trade the kinds of travel stories you only earn with miles: a nonstop Cincinnati to Winnipeg run, a late-night Carolina scramble with dark winding roads, Cleveland to Omaha bonding time, and the comedian truth of driving nearly 19 hours ju...

Send us Fan Mail Friday nights are almost here, and we wanted a real high school football season preview from people who live it. I’m joined by a roundtable of coaches and media to talk through what actually shapes a season in Ohio high school football and neighboring Pennsylvania high school football: building culture, keeping kids bought in, and handling the constant pull of other sports, school...

Send us Fan Mail Family Guy has been called “too much” for more than two decades and somehow that’s part of the point. We sit down with a full panel to talk through why Seth MacFarlane’s animated chaos machine is still running after 24 years, and why the show’s brand of dark humor keeps pulling people back even when it crosses lines. If you’ve ever quoted “giggity,” replayed a cutaway in your head...

Send us Fan Mail Shaving can be the fastest way to look put together or the fastest way to wreck your skin. We sit down with Brandon Wiley and JJ Phillips to talk beards, bald head maintenance, and the small grooming decisions that add up to a clean lineup instead of razor bumps and irritation. From the jump we compare how much we actually hate shaving, why some of us put it off for weeks, and wha...

Send us Fan Mail 200 mph sounds fun until you remember it can be 140 degrees inside the car, your cool suit might fail, and you have to stay laser-focused for four straight hours with zero timeouts. That’s where our NASCAR roundtable starts: are race car drivers athletes, or is the word “athlete” getting stretched too far? I’m joined by Tony Bogan, Mike Worrell, and Dave Frank to argue it out with...

Send us Fan Mail A baseball season can feel like a coin flip until you hear how a veteran coach prepares for the moments when the game gets weird. I sit down with Brian Harrison, the longtime head coach at Baldwin Wallace University baseball, fresh off another NCAA Division III World Series run, to talk about what actually travels in the postseason: confidence, toughness, and a team culture that h...

Send us Fan Mail A quarterback journey rarely goes the way you draw it up, and Andrew Zimmerman proves it. We sit down and trace his path from growing up in Chesterton, Indiana to chasing college football opportunities, choosing Baldwin Wallace University, and learning what Division III football really demands when you’re fighting for reps at the hardest position on the field. From there, the conv...

Send us Fan Mail You can learn a lot about someone from the way they talk about family, food, and the job they chose when nobody was watching. I’m joined by Dom Baglier, an admissions counselor at Baldwin Wallace University, and we start where every serious life conversation should start: mustache loyalty, loud Italian households, and the kind of family stories that never die at Thanksgiving. Then...

Send us Fan Mail You can learn a lot about leadership from someone who once graduated with a 2.0, started at junior college, and still fought his way to a master’s degree and a long head coaching career. We’re talking with Baldwin Wallace University head wrestling coach Jamie Gibbs, a Division III wrestling staple in Northeast Ohio who’s built his program the hard way: by betting on people, settin...

Send us Fan Mail The Spurs and the Knicks meeting in the NBA Finals sounds like a history book… until you remember the center of it all is a 7’3 force who blocks shots, hits threes, and makes every game plan feel incomplete. We bring the full Ride Home Rants panel back for our yearly Finals preview, starting with some rapid-fire fun and then getting straight into the real question: who controls th...

Send us Fan Mail You ever have a week where the smallest thing feels like a full-contact sport? We’re back to an old school, just-me rant, starting at home where my wife is recovering from surgery and the real challenge is convincing a “go-go-go” person to actually rest. Recovery isn’t just about healing, it’s about patience, boundaries, and trying not to lose your mind when the whole house is out...

Send us Fan Mail College gets expensive fast, and most families are forced to make big decisions with only half the story. We sit down with Rudy Kuntz, a financial aid counselor at Baldwin Wallace University, to talk through what the financial aid process actually looks like from the inside and why it’s rarely just “here’s your number, good luck.”  We dig into Rudy’s path from Cleveland to BW, how...

Send us Fan Mail Fast food opinions get personal fast, and we lean all the way into it. We start with the big four chains and rank Wendy’s, McDonald’s, Burger King, and Arby’s based on what actually keeps people coming back: breakfast consistency, app deals, coupons that save your wallet, and whether the food matches the hype. If you care about McDonald’s breakfast, Wendy’s hit-or-miss streaks, or...

Send us Fan Mail The draft is over, the highlight reels are everywhere, and now comes the part that actually matters: figuring out who got better and who just talked themselves into it. We sit down as a panel and break down the biggest NFL Draft storylines coming out of Pittsburgh, starting with the teams everyone is arguing about most. Are the Giants truly set up for a fast turnaround? Did the Br...

Send us Fan Mail Being “the guy” in high school feels great until you land in a gym where you’re suddenly the third shortest player and everyone is faster, stronger, and more polished. That’s where this conversation with Kyle Mars, the men’s volleyball coach at Baldwin Wallace University and a former Penn State D1 player, gets real fast. We talk about Kyle’s path from Rochester, New York to the Bi...