The Yacht or Nyacht Podcast
JD Ryznar, Steve Huey, Dave Lyons, Hunter Stair
4.9from 422 ratings
- 168
- Episodes
- 134
- Transcribed
- 422
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
About The Yacht or Nyacht Podcast
This podcast does one thing and one thing only: It determines whether songs are "yacht rock" or "nyacht rock." "Hollywood" Steve Huey, David Lyons, JD Ryznar, and Hunter Stair, the team that coined the genre "yacht rock" with their legendary webseries, rate curated and listener-suggested tracks on the highly-accurate Yachtski Scale to build out the playlist of certified yacht rock songs. Their analysis employs a precise scientific method that involves a deep well of musical knowledge, impeccably trained ears, sophomoric banter, and, most impressively, uses a spreadsheet algorithm to add scores & divide them by four. This may sound intimidating but fear not! The hosts let you in on their decades-long friendship and make you feel like part of the team. Can you guess how they'll rate each song? The more you listen, the better you'll get.
- Publisher
- JD Ryznar, Steve Huey, Dave Lyons, Hunter Stair
- Category
- comedy · music
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 22 Aug 2023
- Latest episode
- 27 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
134 of 168 episodes have a transcript.
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162. "My Wine"
Published 27 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It's a little too gentle, too soft. It's way too gentle and soft. But the thing about the buy shop is that there's not much jazz for sale. Yeah. Except on like very isolated tracks. This has the warmth that I was missing on the last one but ultimately it's slowed down too schmaltzy not doing enough to try to pick it up and get on the boat but I will give it a 46 because I feel like it's there it's just stretched out and too much acoustic I'm going to give it a 25 I have a 41 I don't think it comes very close to Yacht Rock. There's not too much you can do for this one. Yeah, it's just easy listening. […]
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 240 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 182 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 53 / 100
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- Quality
- 70
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 91
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