Ride Home Rants

About Ride Home Rants

"Ride Home Rants" is a podcast brought to you by Comedian Mike "Bono" Bonaventura. The podcast has a different guest each week from a different career field and background talking about what led them into their career and the stops along the way. These guests are your everyday people who provide insight into their own journeys and life goals which we all have. Tune in, check us out, and hear from these great guests!

Publisher

Mike Bono

Category

comedy · comedy · sports

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

9 Dec 2020

Latest episode

4 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

324 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   4 Nov 2026

   We Build Mount Rushmores For Everything And Defend Them

   Send us Fan Mail Four spots. No tie-breakers. No “honorable mention” safety net. That’s the whole Mount Rushmore challenge, and it turns a normal ride-home conversation into a rapid-fire debate you can’t stop listening to. We kick things off with some quick personality tells, then we start carving names into stone. We go big with an NBA Mount Rushmore where “greatest” is not the same as “most influential.” Jordan is the anchor, but the arguments get real when we weigh era-defining dominance ...

2. 

   28 Oct 2026

   Halloween Costumes, Candy Rankings, And Spooky Season Debates

   Send us Fan Mail Halloween brings out everybody’s strongest opinions, so we pulled up with a full panel and let it fly. I’m Mike Bono, and Rusty, JJ, and Mister join me for our annual Halloween roundtable, starting with the kind of ridiculous warm-up questions that instantly turn into real debate. Then we get into costumes, including Rusty’s full Guy Fieri setup, vampire-era throwbacks, and my plan to go Doctor Strange for a work costume contest because I’m not shaving my beard for anybody.&n...

3. 

   23 Oct 2026

   Brewers Vs Rays World Series Preview

   Send us Fan Mail A Brewers vs Rays World Series for a first-time championship sounds like a baseball purist’s dream, but it also raises a real question: how do teams without constant hype keep ending up on the biggest stage? We sit down with TJ Lett and Tony Bogan for a fast, opinionated World Series preview that mixes hard baseball takes with the kind of fan debates you only have with people who actually watch the sport. We start with our series picks and why all roads keep pointing to Brew...

Who has been a guest on Ride Home Rants

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Luke Secrist
• John Middleton
• Bethany College football legends
• Blake Burkhart
• Grilling enthusiasts

Reach and audience

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

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

11 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 62 / 100

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

Quality

93

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

77

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.