The PosCast with Joe Posnanski & Michael Schur

Joe Posnanski is one of the best living sportswriters in America. Michael Schur created The Good Place, Parks and Recreation, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Together they host The PosCast, a twice-weekly podcast that uses baseball as a launching pad for conversations about pretty much everything. The two have been friends for years, and that chemistry comes through in a show that reviewers describe as having no anger, no meanness, and no hate. They talk Hall of Fame cases with the same enthusiasm they bring to ranking movies or opening baseball cards for ALS charity. With 214 episodes and a 4.9-star rating from over 400 reviews, the audience clearly connects with the tone. Guests like Bob Costas and Molly Knight drop in for conversations that feel more like catching up at a bar than conducting an interview. The show bills itself as a sort of sports show but not really, and that is an accurate description. Some episodes are entirely about baseball history and statistics. Others wander into film, television, or whatever else the two find interesting that week. If you need strict MLB analysis, this is not the right fit. But if you want to hear two genuinely smart, funny people who love baseball talk about the sport and the world around it without any of the yelling or hot-take posturing that dominates sports media, The PosCast stands alone. It is comfort listening for anyone who thinks baseball fandom should be joyful.