The 35-year-old explained that he wanted to pen an essay about losing both of his parents prior to returning to the baseball podcast.

Jake Reiner remembers bonding over baseball with dad Rob in podcast return following parents’ deaths

The 35-year-old explained that he wanted to pen an essay about losing both of his parents prior to returning to the baseball podcast.

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May 7, 2026 1:02 p.m. ET

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- Jake Reiner is remembering his late parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, as he returns to his Dodgers baseball podcast.

- The 35-year-old explained that he wanted to pen an essay on his experience losing his parents before returning to the podcast.

- He also recalled bonding with his dad over the team and sport.

Jake Reiner is honoring his late parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, in his podcast return.

The writer and actor rejoined his cohost Kevin Kline on Wednesday’s episode of *The Incline: Dodgers Podcast*, where he thanked everyone for their well-wishes and discussed his and his father’s deep connection to the Los Angeles baseball team.

“I’m really honored to be back. It's been a long time coming,” Jake said. “If I could just say a few words to start us off here tonight, I just wanna thank everybody that I've heard from, near and far, since everything's happened.”

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Jake temporarily stepped away from the podcast after his parents were found dead in their Los Angeles, Calif., home in December 2025. His brother, Nick, was later arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder in connection to their deaths. He has since pleaded not guilty, with his trial set to start in September.

“I've tried to get back to every one of you, and I will continue to try and respond to people, but just know that I've seen all the love, all the support out there,” Jake said, noting that he “couldn’t appreciate” it more.

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The 35-year-old explained that he had been thinking about returning to the podcast for a really long time, but first wanted to pen an essay about his experience losing his parents. He published the piece on Substack in April.

“I just felt like, with everything going on, people saying a bunch of nice, wonderful things about my parents in terms of their career and their activism, and just who they were as public figures… it's been really cool to see, but I felt like I wanted to put my words out there and let people in as to the kind of people that they were at home,” he said. “And for those that really knew and loved them, I felt it important to share that.”

Jake added that the essay was also a way for him to “connect with people that are going through their own kind of grief,” adding, “I know that not everybody's grief is the same. And even though everyone's grief is unique to them, I'm sure that there are aspects of everyone's grief that we can all connect with.”

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He went on to describe the Dodgers as “his first love," adding, “It's something that I've always connected with my dad, first and foremost, and it's something that I will continue to connect with him for the rest of my life.”

Jake wrote about his and his father’s shared passion for the blue crew in his Substack essay, writing, “We loved the Dodgers more than anything. We went to so many damn games. I’ll never go to Dodger Stadium again without feeling my dad’s presence and hearing his voice tell me why Shohei Ohtani should never bat in the leadoff spot.”

He added that the pair went on baseball trips every summer and had managed to visit every Major League Baseball stadium together.

“It’s not lost on me that I was able to have these incredible experiences, that most people don’t get to have, because of who my parents were,” Jake wrote. “But I would trade every Dodger game, every Broadway show, every vacation, if I could just spend just one more hour talking to them and to say goodbye.”

Watch Jake make his podcast return in the clip above.

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