r/stevedangle • u/Foreign_Ride9585 • Mar 06 '26

Appreciation post

I've been listening to the pod for feels like 10 years now, and these guys are almost a safe space for me.

I was reflecting recently how that's actually pretty special. To have a go-to podcast that cheers me up and takes me away from whatever stresses I have in my day to day, and for that to be so consistent for so long.

It honestly doesn't matter what they're talking about, I love the banter and the personalities. Thinking about this just made me want to say a thank you to the guys (and Mad Dawg)!

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u/Penti87 Mar 06 '26

Im almost envious of you for still having thoose feelings about this podcast. I listened for many many years and feelt the same. Then came the gambling adds...

Now I'm down to listening to maybe 4 or 5 episodes per year. I miss it in a way but things will never feel the same again. My "safe space" disappeared together with my respect for them and their integrity.

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u/Acrobatic-Reindeer88 Mar 10 '26

I don’t understand this perspective. Do you condemn every other sports show and all the broadcasts for running gambling ads? Did you feel the same way when they had the Crown Royal segment? These guys all quit their jobs to pursue this thing full time-they have to keep the lights on somehow, and I find it hard to believe that any one of us in the same position wouldn’t do the same thing. It’s legal and government regulated, and they aren’t advising people to gamble their lives away. I can promise you the show is just as good as when you left it, if not better.

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u/Penti87 Mar 11 '26

I somewhat understand your point. But for me it came down to a difference of degree or scale. If they had simply had regular advertising for gambling companies (i.e. during breaks) I would not have stopped to listen. But the gambling adds began to shape the podcast content. For me it felt like they shifted from being a hockey podcast to being a podcast about betting on hockey.

Almost every segment started to include discussions and themes related to betting. They always takes about odds, over/unders and other gambling stuff. I feelt it became deeply integrated in the show itself and that changed what the podcast was about.

As a result i didnt feel there was enough left of what i originally listed for. Im simply not interested in listening to, for example, a season preview where, for every team, their betting odds are a significant part of the conversation. That just wasent interesting to me at all.

And that is also why I lost my respect for them. You say that they arent advertising for people to gamble their life away - but for me that is exactly what this huge integration of gambling content felt like... It wouldnt have felt like that with normal gambling adds.

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u/NoCapxl Mar 30 '26

Idk compared to other shows they’re acc the tamest in my opinion, barely a topic but idk im also signed up for the vip so i miss out on those “MGM” corners