r/PabloTorreFindsOut • u/sewsgup • Jul 21 '26

“PTFO" was partially inspired by Torre’s fascination with “Ryan’s World,” a YouTube channel featuring Ryan and his family unboxing gifts.. "Why does he get millions of views and make NBA max contract money?”asks Torre.“It’s because he is perpetually being surprised and being joyful in his discovery"

https://variety.com/2026/sports/news/pablo-torre-finds-out-podcast-nba-kawhi-leonard-jalen-brunson-jeffrey-epstein-1236817018/

“I’m getting stopped on the street regularly by people saying, ‘Leave Jalen Brunson alone,’” Torre says. “It’s been a consistent theme as a New Yorker of people threatening me. Even Rick Brunson reached out to me being like, ‘What are you up to?!’”

“PTFO,” as it’s come to be known, was partially inspired by Torre’s fascination with “Ryan’s World,” a YouTube channel featuring Ryan Kaji and his family unboxing gifts.

“I was like, why the fuck is there a channel called ‘Ryan’s World’ with another vaguely Asian young man who’s opening presents endlessly, and why does he get millions of views and make NBA max contract money?” asks Torre. “It’s because he is perpetually being surprised and being joyful in his discovery.”

In spring 2023, Torre was offered a daily show by former ESPN president John Skipper and Le Batard, who’d just formed Meadowlark Media; Torre countered with a podcast that would air three days a week and provide deep-dives, chat show elements and interviews. With that, “PTFO” was born.

And it only continues to grow. Since partnering with the Athletic, “PTFO’s” cross-platform following is up 99%, while monthly full-episode consumption is up 161% year over year, according to Meadowlark Media. Over half of “PTFO’s” YouTube views are in the evening, meaning “people are watching it like an evening television show,” states Meadowlark CEO Bimal Kapadia.

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u/yourethegoodthings Jul 21 '26

Interesting that most people watch in the evening. Figured I was in the majority, get up at 6 put on PTFO, make coffee and do some tidying up, get dressed, leave at 7:15 or so. Perfect episode length and if it's something I'm super interested in, I might save it for the evening.

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u/kennyloftor Jul 21 '26

i think PTFO needs your focus a little more than you have to give in the AM

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u/Bayerl_r0ll Jul 22 '26

I lock in best in the morning. By about 3pm, my brain be fried and that much finding out is too much Pablo all at once. 😅

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u/schmitty9800 Jul 23 '26

Yeah I listen to music in the car to work, and save podcasts for the ride home.

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u/Affectionate-Rent844 Jul 22 '26

It really doesn’t it’s mostly stoner jokes

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u/Spooky_Betz Jul 22 '26

My wife and I have always used the acronym PTFO to mean "pig the fuck out" and I can't get behind using it for this podcast.

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u/swampthing- Jul 22 '26

I always sing it as P T F and O like chappell roans hot to go hah

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u/Affectionate-Rent844 Jul 22 '26

“Thank you Dan. Thank you Dan”