ESPN Presents: Never Tell Me The Odds

About ESPN Presents: Never Tell Me The Odds

From Nevarro to Coruscant, host Ryan McGee jumps in the star fighter to talk the latest from Disney+’s Star Wars shows and beyond in the galaxy far, far away.

Publisher

ESPN, Ryan McGee

Category

tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Apr 2023

Latest episode

24 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 32 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   24 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The Mandalorian & Grogu Episode (ft. Brendan Wayne)

   Host Ryan McGee interviews Brendan Wayne, suit performer for The Mandalorian, about embodying the iconic bounty hunter and his career.

2. 

   30 Mar 2026

   LEGO STAR WARS SMART PLAY

   The guys host a show in front of a live audience at ESPN headquarters in Bristol, CT, demonstrating the new LEGO STAR WARS SMART PLAY sets and are joined by Mike Ilacqua of LEGO and Chris Gollaher of Lucasfilm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

3. 

   26 Jan 2026

   When Sphere Becomes the Death Star

   The guys recap their recent visit to Las Vegas where they had the opportunity to attend the launch of LEGO® SMART Play™ Star Wars sets at CES. As part of the launch, they participated in a once in a lifetime opportunity to sit in a life size LEGO® X-Wing and take down the Death Star at Sphere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Inside a recent episode

The Mandalorian & Grogu Episode (ft. Brendan Wayne)

Published 24 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] But, uh, finally on this, you put a helmet on me and, uh, you know, I was, I was confident in the Western style from the get go. And I knew that's what I was going to bring to Mando. If that's what I was, you know, if they chose me, that's how I was going to go. So somehow when I went in on this audition, which is, you know, usually you're just, you're making guesses. I felt like I knew how he moved and, and, and how he went about things. I wasn't right. Like I, I had to learn a lot, but I mean, we're talking like, At first I try on the costume and they're like, you look great in this. Oh my gosh. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

33,837,770

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

38 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

9 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 41 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

14

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

77