Speaker Profile

Jason Concepcion is Senior Creative at The Ringer. He is the host and creator of the Emmy-Award-winning digital series NBA Desktop and the cohost, along with Mallory Rubin, of the popular podcast Binge Mode, which was named the best podcast of 2017 by Time Magazine. He has written about subjects as diverse as Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Esports, and whether Paul Pierce soiled himself during the 2008 Finals.

In addition to his work at The Ringer, Concepcion cowrote the script for the video game NBA 2K18, including all of LaVar Ball’s in-game social media posts and text messages.

Before joining The Ringer in 2016, Concepcion wrote for Grantland from 2014 until the website’s demise. He began his career by tweeting about the NBA in his spare time.