Riter Radio

Episode 269 of Riter Radio opens with Brad in a very good mood and looking noticeably less feral, thanks to a fresh Buffalo Trim haircut and an impromptu father-son cleanup mission for Nate. What starts as a sponsor shoutout becomes a full-on endorsement, with Brad weaving together stories about haircuts, coupons arriving at the exact right moment, parenting battles over shampoo, and the strange w...

Episode 267 opens with Scott Wilson barging in “right out of the gate,” and somehow that turns into a surprisingly thoughtful (and dumb) sociology seminar on why “6-7” was funny — not because it means anything, but because it’s the modern version of being a kid who knows “69” is funny without knowing why. From there it’s a quick nostalgia spiral: dirty joke books, the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit i...

Brad comes back to the basement for Riter Radio, Episode 266 , immediately greeted by chaos: a weird on-screen glitch, jumbled framing, and the familiar “this is what happens when I leave everything in my hands” energy. After a two-week stretch of doing 10 fill-in shows on WGR (plus Brain Vault, plus life), he explains why the daily grind temporarily nuked the home show schedule—and laughs about f...

Episode 265 is part adrenaline rush, part gratitude tour, and part behind-the-scenes career checkpoint. Brad opens by recapping a whirlwind Friday that already included a morning appearance on WGR before jumping into Riter Radio live — complete with the obligatory “Friday” music bit and a schedule shakeup to bring Scott Wilson on early. The big announcement: there will be no traditional 10–noon Ri...

Brad opens Episode 264 mid–self-roast, annoyed that he let the intro music fully run out and turned a three-second timing hiccup into a full-blown “we’ll never compete with the big boys” production rant—then immediately apologizes to the audience for catching strays. After some chaotic soundboard/slide-whistle fumbling, he gets to the real point: Episode 264 is happening today, Episode 265 is happ...

Episode 263 opens with Brad spiraling from a flashback to February 2000 — the day the Bills cut Bruce Smith, Thurman Thomas, and Andre Reed — into a broader meditation on what it actually feels like when a football window slams shut. Using that “Black Monday” moment as emotional reference, he questions the obsession with Super Bowl appearances vs. championships, the randomness of legacy, and wheth...

Episode 262 opens exactly how Brad warned it would: no plan, no rundown, and full Tuesday chaos. What starts as “this is a nothing show” turns into a live-wire mix of ice fishing recaps (including the now-legendary one-minute bass catch), Olympic mixed doubles curling hype (Corey & Korey forever), and a wide-ranging conversation with Ben Turnbull about niche sports, life roles, and why being t...

Episode 261 of Riter Radio opens with a deep exhale across Western New York: the season ends with the Seattle Seahawks winning the Super Bowl, and—more importantly—the New England Patriots getting thoroughly exposed on the biggest stage. Brad breaks down why the Patriots’ collapse matters more for perception than punishment, arguing that their rise this season was real but wildly overstated. The S...

Episode 260 of Riter Radio turns into one of the most unpredictable—and memorable—shows in the program’s history. Brad opens by celebrating the evolution of the show across radio, audio-only streaming, and YouTube, before leaning fully into experimentation by attempting a live remote broadcast from Ballston Lake , where a group of longtime friends is ice fishing. What begins as a casual check-in i...

Episode 259 opens with Brad doing what Riter Radio does best: thinking out loud in public . He crowdsources the chat on the show’s visual layout—full-production graphics vs. a cleaner, tighter shot—and walks viewers through real-time experimentation with banners, overlays, backgrounds, and green screens, breaking just about everything along the way. From there, the episode drifts into family life...

Brain Vault week two at The Caz went way smoother than the debut — a bunch of the early problems got fixed — but Brad felt the room energy dipped because he didn’t come out and clearly “take control” with the full how-it-works explanation (QR code, phone play-along, where to sign up, what the vault is, etc.). He raves about the venue (and its absurdly nice green room), recaps a rare post-show hang...

Riter Radio Episode 257 opens with Brad juggling sleep deprivation, tech gremlins, and a full day that includes both the morning show and a live Brain Vault trivia night at The Caz. Running on fumes after waking up at 5 a.m., he sets the table for a busy Tuesday: ticket promos, stage prep, sponsor shoutouts, wardrobe upgrades courtesy of Buffalo Trim, and the quiet realization that Tuesday morning...

After a technical meltdown and a near hour-long late start, Brad finally gets the stream stable—only to realize his yellow hoodie is basically camouflage against the green screen. He apologizes (to everyone, for everything), jokes that there’s nobody to yell at when tech fails, and tees up a show that’s largely built around Scott Wilson—because in Brad’s words, the dream is Scott doing the show ev...

Brad tries to cram an entire sports-and-life tornado into one episode, built around the stuff he “couldn’t stop watching”: new Bills head coach Joe Brady at the podium, Brady’s appearance on the Pat McAfee Show , plus surprise pop-ins and updates from Josh Allen (on crutches after foot surgery) and Brandon Beane . The theme becomes less “winning the press conference” and more “winning the room”—Br...

Episode 254 opens in classic Riter Radio fashion: Brad battling audio gremlins, basement noise, and his own organizational habits while trying to confirm—mostly confidently—that this is indeed episode 254. He explains his new ritual of ditching old show sheets, debates whether to replay a lost-but-great Nick Bakay conversation that never properly aired, and ultimately commits to keeping the show l...

Episode 253 is Brad running entirely on adrenaline, reflection, and momentum after a chaotic, unforgettable 24 hours. He walks through how a carefully planned shortcut show turned into anything but, thanks to breaking Bills news, time pressure, snow, traffic, and the debut of Brain Vault —his first-ever live, ticketed trivia show—at The Caz in South Buffalo. Brad details the scramble of prepping a...

Moments after news breaks that Joe Brady has been hired as the Bills’ head coach , Episode 252 pivots into raw, real-time reaction as Brad brings on “Bubba” to serve as the voice of the angry fan blowing up his phone. Bubba lays out a blistering critique, calling the hire a lazy organizational move that fails to properly protect or maximize Josh Allen during the heart of his prime. He argues that...

Episode 252 unfolds as a classic Riter Radio whirlwind that suddenly turns into true breaking news. Brad opens the show in pre-event scramble mode, juggling nerves, tech hiccups, ticket anxiety, and last-minute prep ahead of the debut of Brain Vault at The Caz. Between reflections on how far the show’s production has come, fraternity-party metaphors for promoting a new live event, and extended ple...

Episode 251 opens with Brad navigating a continuation of recent technical chaos, as audio routing issues, missing music, and lingering software problems force another stripped-down, talk-first episode. He revisits the revelation that Episode 250 never actually went live—despite being one of the strongest shows he’s ever done—after forgetting to hit the “Go Live” button, only realizing the mistake...

Riter Radio - Ep 250 Spectacular -- an episode so good that we forgot to air it! Yes, this show was so jam-packed with guests (Tim Graham, Scott Wilson, and Nick Bakay) that we forgot to hit "Go Live!" Luckily, we DID remember to hit "record" because this would be a tough one to replicate. Riter Radio hits a major milestone with Episode 250, and fittingly, it opens in chaos. Br...

Riter Radio hits a milestone (episode 249 with the big 250 right around the corner), and Brad admits he’s not exactly the official historian of his own show—but he knows this one should feel like a thing . The week has been a blur: what was supposed to be playoff talk turned into full-on organizational whiplash after Sean McDermott’s firing, followed by a messy, credibility-draining press conferen...

Episode 248 opens in full improvisation mode as Brad scraps a planned start and pivots live into a revived version of his old “Truth Detector,” reacting in real time to the Bills’ Sean McDermott firing press conference. What begins as a technical and procedural reset—countdowns, opens, sound effects, and getting comfortable—quickly becomes a meticulous dissection of ownership and front-office mess...

Episode 247 opens with Brad Riter reacting — with a full night’s worth of perspective — to the shock firing of Bills head coach Sean McDermott. Drawing on nearly 30 years in Buffalo radio, Riter explains why this moment felt fundamentally different from every coaching change he’s lived through since 1997. Unlike past firings driven by obvious failure or fan revolt, McDermott’s exit followed sustai...

Episode 246 detonates five minutes before air when Brad wakes up to dozens of texts announcing that the Buffalo Bills have fired head coach Sean McDermott . What was supposed to be a carefully planned show — including a video breakdown of a controversial playoff play and a conversation about Brain Vault — instantly turns into a live, unfiltered reaction to one of the most shocking moves in franchi...

In a scheduled appearance that quickly turned into breaking-news analysis, Jay Skurski of The Buffalo News joined the show moments after we all learned that the Buffalo Bills had fired head coach Sean McDermott. Skurski addressed the now-viral detail that McDermott personally called him after Saturday’s game, explaining that while the call was highly unusual, he did not believe it directly factore...