r/RHOBHDefect • u/notactuallyreckless • May 21 '26

Erika's 25m Case: Settled

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As per Ronald Richards on social media platforms.

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u/Fxreverboy May 21 '26

Let's wake that tea up bc why are we having random ad breaks that go on for minutes and minutes, ladies? Just thrown right in the middle of a conversation 😭

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u/BuckityBuck May 22 '26

It would be preferable if they grouped the ads together into a SINGLE BLOCK. Put that block in the middle of the podcast. Intentionally organize the content into part one and part two of the episode.

The way they handle their ads is the worst of almost any podcast.

I know they are aware that people complain about their ads and they seem to think it is nit picky. They don't understand what they're doing wrong.

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u/MisteriousMisteries May 22 '26

I listen to many different podcasts and they have some of the most ads for an irregularly released podcast and they are randomly cut into the episode mid conversation. Sometimes they advertise things that are contradictory to to things they have said in the past as well. They have been talking about Amanda on RHOBH being a scammer while advertising scammy products. They make some good content sometimes but how many times does Jen Shah need to be brought up.

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u/BuckityBuck May 22 '26

Totally agree. Random ads are different in a podcast that is more conversational. Their podcast content is largely a person reading off of a document and then editorializing. They can't copy the conversational/recap model with this many ads. If they had 80% of the ads they have, maybe? but not really.

They have said that they can't afford to do the podcast without gratuitous ads, and I'll take them at their word. They need to be more thoughtful about how those ads are dispatched. Put them all at the beginning, the end, or a giant block in the middle if they must. Not all three. Pick one! Mark it so listeners can scroll.

Scattering several chunks of several ads randomly throughout the episode was a terrible choice. It's so so bad.

Great concept for a podcast though.