The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Knicks (and a Crowded East)

Sep 22, 2026 · 2h 37m · take 39 of 42

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Billyou look at the stuff we did in 2020 and i always joke about this but it honestly looks like we're in like a fucking bunker in iraq and that was the look the camera's like pointing up it's just pointing up at my chin like through your nose and you can't it's fuzzy yeah and i think what eventually people realized is hey it's not that hard the equipment's also better now but so much better it's not that hard to actually

Billmake this stuff nice no i think with you with the la piece of this even though i know a lot of the book people aren't here i do think if we can build this pod up to a certain level they're gonna fly out the same way they would fly out to do kimwell's show like the the book companies will send them out to be on the show absolutely i think once

Jeselniki think that's gonna happen i think i mean the fact that i if i announce a book for the book club it sells out everywhere i think it's a good sign and when new and i start doing newer books people are gonna be like book guys just don't buy books and if i can get guys to buy books, they will do anything.

JeselnikIt's like when Passion of the Christ came out and became this huge movie because people who didn't go to the movies went to go see that movie. Right. And if I can get people who do not buy books and do not read to buy books and read, then I think it would, I think it'll, it'll really change the industry.

JeselnikSo

Bill250 page limit for the most part. For now,

Jeselniknext year, I'll probably, I'll go three, 350 because people are getting better at it, but I'm picking books that are easy reads. I'm not getting anything that's too tough. I'm going to have some more time. And again, people don't have to finish the book or read it. It's on YouTube or wherever, Spotify.

From the episode transcript around 02:16:19. Speaker names are recognized by voice.

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