Bobbi Althoff Revives The Really Good Podcast for Sept 30

Bobbi Althoff is reviving The Really Good Podcast. The creator's viral interview show returns with a new season premiering September 30, 2026, according to Deadline, as reported by ComingSoon. The Bobbi Althoff podcast revival ends her run with the replacement series she launched in the original's place, a year after her public reconciliation with Drake.

Althoff shelved the original show and introduced Not This Again as its successor. That series carried her through the past year with guests including Kevin Durant, Trevor Wallace, and Kevin Gates, and its debut episode drew attention for all the right reasons. But the numbers tell the story of why the old name is coming back. The Really Good Podcast became a viral sensation on the strength of its awkward, deadpan interview style, collecting more than one billion views and 250 million likes across platforms during its run, as also reported by Mandatory.

The original run stacked a guest list that most established talk shows would envy. Beyond Drake, guests on The Really Good Podcast included Jimmy Kimmel, Lil Yachty, Mark Cuban, Offset, and Shaquille O'Neal, and each appearance leaned on the same trick: guests doing most of the talking while she stayed deadpan. That contrast is what made clips of the show travel so far on social feeds, and it is the tone the revival will be judged against.

The Drake fallout that set the stage

Drake's connection to The Really Good Podcast goes back to 2023, when he sat down with Althoff for an in-bed interview that became one of the internet's defining viral moments of that year. The episode set the template for much of what followed: almost no preparation, flat delivery, and a famous guest playing along with the awkwardness. Then the episode vanished. Althoff removed it from YouTube and social media, and the two unfollowed each other on Instagram, which set off months of fan speculation about what had gone wrong between them.

They finally addressed the rift face to face in September 2025, when Drake appeared on the debut episode of Not This Again. Althoff opened the conversation by asking him, "Why did you hate me?" Drake denied that he hated her and said the tension had come from a disagreement after one of his concerts. He admitted he had added to the strain himself, describing his own behavior toward her as "a little chippy." The two apologized to each other during the interview, which closed a chapter that had powered a full year of gossip about the pair.

Why the timing works

A September 30 premiere puts Althoff's return right at the start of the fall podcast season, when listening picks up and big guests begin their press rounds. That window gives The Really Good Podcast its best shot at recapturing the cultural momentum it once had. The formula is difficult to imitate and, apparently, difficult for its creator to leave behind either. Deadline's report frames this as a new season of The Really Good Podcast rather than another rebrand, which suggests Althoff wants the name recognition and the built-in audience of the original.

The arc is also unusually tidy for internet fame. Althoff built the show from scratch, then lost its most famous episode in a public feud, then reconciled with the guest at the center of it on camera. Walking back into The Really Good Podcast is the full-circle move her audience has been predicting since the reunion interview. The guest list for the premiere week will answer the real question: whether this is a nostalgia play built on the Drake reunion or a genuine second act with a fresh lineup of names.

For the wider podcast business, the Bobbi Althoff podcast revival fits a pattern. Star-driven interview shows are consolidating around established hits instead of chasing new formats, a trend visible in recent network expansions and platform moves. The Really Good Podcast is one of the biggest hits of the social video era. Althoff kept her audience. She just needed the show back, and now she has it. Listeners already know the format, so the guest list will do the talking.