Jason Concepcion Hosts ‘Wait a Second…’ Video Podcast From Spotify’s The Ringer About Conspiracy Theories, True Crime and More: ‘Stories That Make You Say What the F—‘
Spotify’s The Ringer is taking a deep dive into tinfoil-hat territory with “Wait a Second…,” a new video podcast hosted by writer and podcaster Jason Concepcion and featuring The Ringer’s Tyler Parker as co-host.
“Wait a Second…” premieres Feb. 19 on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube and other platforms. It will be released weekly on Thursdays. In each episode, Concepcion and Parker will unpack a bizarre news item or conspiracy theory that “we can’t stop talking about” and unpack “what actually happened, why it captured public attention and what it reveals about the society we live in,” per The Ringer. “The show treats these stories with genuine curiosity and intellectual rigor, while also embracing the absurdity and accidental comedy that make them spread in the first place.”
Concepcion and Parker will be joined by a rotating group of personalities from The Ringer, along with occasional outside experts and “oddballs.” Topics on “Wait a Second…” are set to include the Louvre heist, developments in the Jeffrey Epstein files release, unexplained radio signals coming from beneath the Antarctic ice, historical deep dives on stories like the JFK assassination and government coverups, and more.
“It’s a dark and twisted world, and we’re here to try and make sense of it,” Concepcion says in the podcast’s trailer. “We’re exploring the grim rabbit holes and weird webs that connect our modern world. Each week, my co-host Tyler Parker and will tackle the kind of stories that make you say ‘What the fuck?!'”
Spotify has a licensing deal with Netflix for video versions of a range of original podcasts, but currently “Wait a Second…” is not slated for the Netflix queue.
The “Wait a Second…” podcast is Concepcion’s first project with Bill Simmons’ The Ringer, which was acquired by Spotify in 2020, in five years.
Concepcion is a screenwriter and pop culture and sports commentator. He is the co-producer and co-host of “The Official Game of Thrones Podcast: House of the Dragon” with Greta Johnson for HBO, and hosts weekly pop-culture show “X-Ray Vision” with Rosie Knight. He has also hosted official companion podcasts for “Foundation” (Apple TV) and “3 Body Problem” (Netflix). Previously a senior creative at The Ringer, Concepcion co-hosted podcasts “Talk the Thrones” and “Binge Mode.” In 2019, he won a Sports Emmy for digital series “NBA Desktop.”
Parker, a staff writer at The Ringer, co-created series including “Takehunter” and “The Parker Tyles Show.” He also has been a regular contributor to podcasts such as “The Ringer NBA Show” and “The Hottest Take.”
Watch the trailer for “Wait a Second…”:
“Wait a Second…” premieres Feb. 19 on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube and other platforms. It will be released weekly on Thursdays. In each episode, Concepcion and Parker will unpack a bizarre news item or conspiracy theory that “we can’t stop talking about” and unpack “what actually happened, why it captured public attention and what it reveals about the society we live in,” per The Ringer. “The show treats these stories with genuine curiosity and intellectual rigor, while also embracing the absurdity and accidental comedy that make them spread in the first place.”
Concepcion and Parker will be joined by a rotating group of personalities from The Ringer, along with occasional outside experts and “oddballs.” Topics on “Wait a Second…” are set to include the Louvre heist, developments in the Jeffrey Epstein files release, unexplained radio signals coming from beneath the Antarctic ice, historical deep dives on stories like the JFK assassination and government coverups, and more.
“It’s a dark and twisted world, and we’re here to try and make sense of it,” Concepcion says in the podcast’s trailer. “We’re exploring the grim rabbit holes and weird webs that connect our modern world. Each week, my co-host Tyler Parker and will tackle the kind of stories that make you say ‘What the fuck?!'”
Spotify has a licensing deal with Netflix for video versions of a range of original podcasts, but currently “Wait a Second…” is not slated for the Netflix queue.
The “Wait a Second…” podcast is Concepcion’s first project with Bill Simmons’ The Ringer, which was acquired by Spotify in 2020, in five years.
Concepcion is a screenwriter and pop culture and sports commentator. He is the co-producer and co-host of “The Official Game of Thrones Podcast: House of the Dragon” with Greta Johnson for HBO, and hosts weekly pop-culture show “X-Ray Vision” with Rosie Knight. He has also hosted official companion podcasts for “Foundation” (Apple TV) and “3 Body Problem” (Netflix). Previously a senior creative at The Ringer, Concepcion co-hosted podcasts “Talk the Thrones” and “Binge Mode.” In 2019, he won a Sports Emmy for digital series “NBA Desktop.”
Parker, a staff writer at The Ringer, co-created series including “Takehunter” and “The Parker Tyles Show.” He also has been a regular contributor to podcasts such as “The Ringer NBA Show” and “The Hottest Take.”
Watch the trailer for “Wait a Second…”: