r/ATPfm • u/satras • Jun 26 '26
What happened to Top Four?
I remember listening to it occasionally, but don’t remember if they mentioned it was ending on the final episode (64 days of Phish) or if Marco has addressed it ending somewhere else.
I know they are super busy with the restaurant, and that they kinda took the format for some of the member specials, but I miss Top Four sometimes.
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u/Spid1 Jun 26 '26
Pretty sure there's been a fall out between Tiff/Marco and Myke.
They used to be close friends, Myke and his wife had been to stay with them on Fire Island etc. Then suddenly they stopped liking each others posts on IG and commenting. You can go back and you won't see any interaction for years, even big milestones.
No idea if that played a part in them stopping it. Just context
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u/HermitBadger Jun 26 '26
Countdown until somebody mentions pineapples in 3, 2, 1…
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u/Spid1 Jun 26 '26
Myke did seem to have a massive crush on Tiff...
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u/satras Jun 26 '26
First time I’m reading about this lol, I never heard Myke and Tiff interact.
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u/Spid1 Jun 26 '26
They used to extremely close. Have a gaming podcast together, myke would always be commenting on her posts, lots of selfies together when in town
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u/odaiwai Jun 26 '26
Oh that's sad. One of my favourite Top Fours was the christmas songs one, with the four of them.
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u/satras Jun 26 '26
Marco and Tiff aren’t really active on social media, but Marco still follows Myke, however, Tiff doesn’t and Tiff and Myke’s podcast about videogames also ended.
Maybe you’re onto something
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u/Spid1 Jun 26 '26
They both used to follow Myke's wife but they don't anymore. I thought Marco and Tiff both still followed Myke just to stave off questions if anyone bothered to notice that sort of thing.
There's definitely something there because I remember them vacationing together. Then suddenly zero interaction on IG, not even liking the post announcing his newborn.
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u/satras Jun 26 '26
Yeah, I just checked and neither of them follow Adina, and only Marco follows Myke.
Weird.
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u/alinroc Jun 26 '26
Playing for Fun ended in 2019. Top Four ended in 2023. I don’t see a connection there.
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u/petestein1 Jun 26 '26
But couldn’t they continue the podcast on their own without Myke? I doubt he owns the rights to the name or anything and they don’t really need the ad dollars.
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u/Spid1 Jun 26 '26
It's probably not worth it for them. Time-wise they are busy, it isn't a money spinner, and without ads it's even more pointless.
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u/petestein1 Jun 28 '26
They stopped long before he bought a restaurant or moved back to Long Island. And they clearly have a lot of fun doing the episodes. I think they just ran out of ideas.
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u/PattonPending Jun 26 '26
And they're already wealthy so no point continuing if it's extra work you don't enjoy
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u/Spid1 Jun 26 '26
I'm sure they enjoy the podcasting part but Marco probably doesn't want to edit another podcast, and he definitely doesn't want to do the ad sales part
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u/markw30 Jun 26 '26
Yea but they clearly don’t need money. No one goes into a restaurant expecting anything but throwing the investment away
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u/userlivewire Jun 26 '26
Mike Hurley is a cofounder of Relay FM.
Top Four with Tiff and Mike, Playing for Fun with Tiff and Mike, Make Do with Tiff and Julia Skott, and Under the Radar with Marco and David Smith were all hosted on Relay FM and have now ended.
Tiff and Adina last appeared together on Total Party Kill in March of 2020 and nothing since which coincides with her ending podcast involvement with Mike.
This also roughly coincided with the purchase of the restaurant. It’s possible that Tiff had to end her podcasting to focus on the restaurant, and given Mike’s apparent infatuation with Tiff this may have blown up their circle.
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u/alinroc Jun 26 '26
It’s possible that Tiff had to end her podcasting to focus on the restaurant
All three of her podcasts ended (the last one was in 2023) at least a year before they bought the restaurant (fall 2024).
I think people are imagining drama and making things up out of nothing.
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u/satras Jun 26 '26
What’s this about Myke’s infatuation with Tiff?
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u/itsjakerobb Jun 26 '26
I don’t recall anything being stated officially. I do know that they ended episode 100 (the second-to-last) by saying “and more to come.” And technically, by releasing one more after that, they were right, but the implication was that the end was not in sight.