Puck Soup - Puck Soup: Version 3.0

Episode Date: December 3, 2021

Your Puck Soup friends have some news to share 

Sticks and hits and goals and saves and slap shots and goons. We've got sportly commentary to what if you commute. We also cover movies, TV shows, it's and tunes. It's your weekly bowl of Hockey and Nonsense. All right, folks. As you could tell by the name of this little dude ad, some changes are a common for the podcast. It turns out that this week's episode is my last as a co-host of the Puck Soup podcast for the foreseeable future, which is a big bummer, but not a total bummer, which is the good thing.

So let me explain what the deal is. And give you a little background. When I first signed with the SPN in 2017, I had to negotiate the chance to still do. puck soup into my contract. Dave, remember Dave? No, I don't remember Dave. No, not really. We were just starting to Patreon.

Things were going good. And, you know, they wanted me to do the podcast with Emily and having a pod with them and doing a pod of my own that was in the same subject matter was kind of something that wasn't really commonplace at the company. But we worked it out. And so I was able to do puck soup for the entirety of my three-year deal. I re-signed with them in October 2020, which it wasn't the thing I made a big deal about because if you remember October 2020, not a lot of hiring going on.

A lot of people kind of losing their gigs. So didn't really want to pop champagne on that, but I resigned with them in October 2020. And their policy had changed over the course of my first contract, which was that they were no longer letting talent do things within their own genre of coverage outside the company. So like if, like, for example, if you're a hockey writer, they didn't really want you co-hosting a weekly Pocky podcast. Do things for us, they say, we're paying you.

And that makes a lot of sense. But I also figured that it would make a lot of sense to, I don't know, like, you know, allow people to kind of like publicize their work and bring people to the company through different means. and that sort of thing. So I was hopeful that the policy would change. And they were kind of hopeful that the policy would change. So what we did was in the contract, we agreed to let me do Puck Soup for another year, and we were all waiting to see if there would be a change. Spoiler, there wasn't. In October, I was told that the policy was still in place. The year was up. And so it's in my contract that I got to step down as co-host of Puck Soup. which is tough because I love these boys

one more than the other but I'm not going to tell you which way the seesaw goes I have a guess and I don't I don't like it and I love this show you know I don't know if it's just because I've been listening more intently knowing what was coming but like or maybe just because I've been out more into the world after you know a year and a half of quarantine and such

but like I've just had a number of people tell me in the last month on much they love the show. And so it's been great to hear that, but also heart-wrenching to hear that, knowing what it was going to be coming up pretty soon. So love the show, love the boys, love hockey podcasting. The fact that I'm unable to do this on a regular basis now is kind of a bummer because obviously ESPN has moved on from ESPN at ice

and I'm not really able to do anything on a weekly basis anymore with Puck Soup. So I'm like Sands hockey podcasting on a weekly basis for the first time. maybe in like a decade, which is kind of weird. So I'm going to stay on this and hope that they do change things on the policy side. I feel like maybe we just ran out of runway a little bit is the sense I get. So the minute of changes, obviously going to come back to Puck Soup, the show I love. But, you know, it's a giant company. I'm not really holding my breath on how quickly things could change.

And as of right now, obviously, they are what they are. That's the bummer news. But from bummer news, like the mighty Phoenix emerges really, really good news. And I think that's actually how the saying goes. Yes, that's right. I'm not really of my mythology. But I believe that's exactly how it went. The show is not going anywhere.

The show is now in the capable hands of Lambert and Sean. They're going to handle the mailbags. They're going to handle the bonus episode. They're going to handle the main show. Main show is now Puck Soup 3.0 And we'll go in new and exciting directions. I'm sure the first thing they will do is... We're not doing any of that shit.

I'm sure the first thing that will do is hire a third host that does a multitude of impressions. A real rich little type. I know how excited they are for that. And so that's a really good news there. But even better news for yours truly and for those of you who are subscribers versus the Patreon is that while I am not able to be a compensated co-host of a weekly hockey

podcast, I am in fact allowed to guest on podcasts and create my own non-hockey podcasts. So the Pucksoo Patreon is going to get a lot more interesting starting this month, and I'm excited because I'm going to have a chance to do some things that I wanted to do for a very long time on said Patreon. So here are the changes in brief. We'll have a full rundown to this on the Patreon so you can kind of follow along and see what you like and where you want to, you know, hopefully, you know, stick around on the tiers and consume the multitudes of content we're going to create for you. Okay. One dollar tier.

Did you know there's a $1 tier? Like 50 of you know this. And you contribute every month. That's amazing. We love you. I think that's incredible. And so we're going to keep that. If you just want to say, hey, love you boys, love the show.

Here's 12 bucks a year. Don't really love it, but, you know. I mean, I love it a lot. I mean, think of it this way. A 12 bucks a year pays for the majority of a low-end six-pack of beer. So that's great. And we love you for that. $5 a month.

This is a team. here where a lot of you are. Here's what you're going to get. Four puck suit mailbags with the hosts. One puck soup bonus episode with the host. That's the host choice one. One Supolet with Ryan and Sean and me. Talking about the topic of your choice.

Now, sometimes those topics, according to the poll, veer into the territory of pop culture. Other times they veer into the territory of hockey. I can't tell you what to vote for. Or it's the listener's choice. I go and do it blind as a guest of Ryan and Sean. Just leave that there. Also, in this tier, you will get two pop culture articles by me, Greg Wyshensky.

I've long said I wanted to do more writing on the Patreon. I've done some stuff here and there. As Ryan pointed out, I think on a recent episode, my epic defense of the rise of Skywalker was on the Patreon. It featured three background actors. Oh, that guy, that guy was dressed cool. Free background actors and a full, a full, a full, throated defense of exigal as a concept. This is where, like, the Taco Bell article's going to live and rankings and stuff. I think it's going to be mostly little rankings and stuff.

There has been some discussion on the Discord about me doing a newsletter. We'll see where it goes. We'll see what you guys think, and it can mold and shape and change like that. But you'll get two of those a month from me in this year, along with the four mailback. bonus episode and the Sepulte with me and Ryan and John reunited and it feels so good. Plus early access to any live shows that we do. Plus Discord privileges, which includes access to the live call-in shows that we'll occasionally do, which I will take part in as a guest.

$8 tier. This is also something that's already existing, but here's what you get on this whole thing, and this is where we're really blowing it out. Everything in the $5 tier, right? Plus two episodes of Stick to Stee, sports with Lambert and Gentilly. One episode of a brand new show. So we hear what you say, and we heard you say, hey, when you and Gentile and Lambert,

we're all talking about Halloween candy, it's fucking great. Well, guess what? Stick to soup with Lambert Gentilly and Wichenski will be on the $8 tier. Once a month, me and the boys chatting about everything, you know, but hockey, as per their other podcast. No sports allowed, period. Oh, shit. Well, fuck.

Hence the name. One episode of Measonpod, which will go monthly with me, Ruby, likely, Ryan, and then we'll go weekly when Top Chef comes back. Measn Pod, for those that don't know, is a Top Chef-centric podcast, but we'll be expanding to all food TV. Ruby and I have been dying to talk about the sensation that is beat Bobby Flay for quite a long time. So MezenPod will go monthly as well And then weekly when Top Chef comes back And then we are spinning off One of the most popular features of Puck Soup

Into its own podcast One episode of month of OUFL Overrated, underrated favorite Leaves favorite Hosts will be on the show Guests will be on the show One of my things that I want to do is I want to reach out to some of my internet friends

who have specializations in certain categories, whether it be comedy or comics or movies or whatever, and have them participate in our reindeer games as well. So OUFL will be its own podcast, Mizampod, own podcast. They will be monthly, stick to soup, stick to sports, plus all the usual stuff. $8 tier will also give you access to prize giveaways.

We keep getting swag, and I keep forgetting to give it away. So you're going to be able to get it on the $8 tier. plus Discord, plus all the other stuff, you get $5 tier. Again, this will all be on the Patreon. If you're there and you like it, hopefully you stick around because I think that we are really adding a lot of cool features. And through lack of co-hosting duties, opportunity arises to do some fun and different things

that I'm really excited to do. So there you go. That's the Puck Soup 3.0 announcement. As it were, anything for you guys to share? I think I've nailed it all, haven't I? Yeah, that's right. I didn't know about we have prizes coming in. It would have been nice for me to know.

Get some freaking prizes going. Don't get excited. I mean, it usually is prizes from the advertisers. And if you know our advertisers, you know what one of them is. And let's just say that a good portion of our audience will be excited to receive these gifts. But some of them might not be because they don't have balls. Yeah. Greg has barely used it, so it's almost completely new.

Well, I mean, I want to test it out to make sure that should save for the customers. Yeah, exactly. The other thing, too, I should mention that if you are someone who is paying $4 currently just for the stick to sports content, you can choose whether you want to upgrade to eight or do whatever. if you are already paying one five or eight, you'll be ported over to those tiers automatically. And then, you know, hopefully you stick around.

Hopefully you dig it. Yeah. A better way to put that, I think, is if you're already paying $5 a month, nothing really changes for you. If you're already paying $8 a month, you get a bunch more podcasts for nothing, basically. So yeah Regular old Don Draper over here

Look at that pitch That's right It's a carousel Remember that? And then freaking what's his name Gets out of the room He's crying Remember that?

Good show Picture yourself as a child Walking on a beach You see your footprints That was when That's him working for the Catholic church I guess That's

All right, so there you go. Puck Sube 3.0. All this stuff will be on the Patreon. You can peruse it when you like, probably go into a little bit more detail about some of the projects. And yeah, like, thank you all for supporting the show in its various incarnations.

And hopefully for your continued support. We love making stuff for you. And if there's one thing that I've come to really appreciate, I think, about Puck Soup, is the vibe. It's a vibe that I think you find on a Discord every day of people just kind of like finding a group of friends to talk to. It's a vibe that I think I hear about when I talk to people about Puck Soup. It's not the show with the ex-players, you know, calling each other donkeys and talking about who they slept with.

and it's not a super egghead show and it's not a podcast version of a TV show. It's just puck soup. It is a show that is a celebration of hockey and humor and the weirdness of life. And I think that vibe has been captured in the various things we've done on the Patreon and we'll continue to be. So I can't thank you guys enough for all of us. I mean, my God, like, this has been, uh, without question a top three podcast for its entire run, and we'll continue to be so. Uh, so that's really cool. And, um, yeah, that's all I really got to say. You guys are the best. I ain't going anywhere. Uh, it's just going to be a little different, right?

So, there you go. Uh, Sean, put a cherry on it. I got nothing to add. Thanks to everyone, uh, echo what Greg said. And we will, uh, as per puck soup rules, we will be looking for somebody named Greg to replace him going to be congratulations there's like 10 of you left on the planet but

congratulations to Fox News is Greg Gutfeld I was hoping it was going to be Greg Norman the shark himself remember golf yes yeah Greg

the dude from that was in the disaster artist or the room the movie that The disaster. Oh, yeah, that guy. I don't remember him, his name now, but oh, well.

I just remember, I just read it something that said that as a child, he sent a treatment for a sequel to Home Alone to Disney, where Kevin McAllister and his friend, who would have been played by the titular Greg from the room, would have been trapped in Disney World. We'd have been the home alone sequel. Wow. Which I think seriously jeopardizes the chance for both a pigeon lady and a Donald Trump campaign. amio like we got out of Home Alone too lost in New York, but would have been fun regardless, I think. I mean, they just let you leave Disney World too. That's the other thing.

They're not like, no, you have to stay and go on Space Mountain again. They're just like, okay, thanks. Also, like, leaving your child home alone is one thing. But like, in the McAllister home in suburban Chicago, there weren't like people cleaning up the park at all times to see that there was an abandoned child, which is. exactly what would happen to Disney World. I don't know if you guys know this, but after people leave Disney World, they make Disney World good again. And then people come in and relieve their shit all over the place.

Yeah. So I don't think he would have, I don't think it really adds up. This eight-year-old really didn't think this shit out. Fucking 1993 or whatever. Oh, well. So for more tangents like this. Oh, shit, you're right. We just fucking tangented the announcement.

Oh, well. All right. Well, there you go. 3.0 coming soon by soon, like next week. Yeah. And, uh, thanks everybody for everything.

Um, and hopefully this is, uh, I don't want to say temporary. I don't want to get like this ain't like fucking, you know, like, I want to leave people with a false sense of, of hope here or something. Uh,

or maybe a false sense of fear. Fuck. A lot of you are probably happy I'm not on the podcast anymore come to think of it. So, well, congratulations to you. We didn't want to say anything, but. I don't.

Yeah, I don't want to lose, I don't want to like, you know, overlook this, this component of the Puck Soup audience that is like, fucking finally. So congratulations to you. Condolence us everyone else. And we'll talk to you soon. Thanks for the support of everybody. Bye-bye.

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