32 Fans Podcast
By Akiva Wienerkur and Alexander Chester
32 Fans PodcastDec 15, 2020
415. Av's Top 83 Movies of 2020
Av is back for his annual review of all the movies he saw over the past year (though in this instance it's actually the past 14 months thanks to a change in Oscar rules).
You can see Av's full ranking of 2020 movies on his Letterboxd account here.
414. Best Logo in Sports Bracket Part III
Bracket SZN is long gone, but Ali is back with the Orthodox dads to complete the trilogy and determine the best logo in sports.
Click here to see a blank copy of the bracket prior to any of the Ali/Keev/Alex votes.
413. Emergency Episode 2.0: UCLA/Gonzaga
Alex logs on seconds after the holiday ends to catch up on last night's Madness with Akiva.
411½. Emergency Podcast: Keev Ruins Alex's Survivor Bracket
Alex signs online after a 72-hour holiday absence and to his horror discovers Keev has messed with his March Madness Survivor picks. Emergency bracket chaos ensues.
411. Worst Person in Sports 2021 Bracket (& Sports Logos Part II)
Bracket SZN continues with a bracket to determine the worst person in sports in 2021. When Alex and Keev can't agree, random listeners are brought on to cast tiebreaking votes. The final of these listeners happens to be the guest for the sports logo bracket and so sticks around for a mini-part two of that bracket.
410. March Madness Preview
Keev picks his bracket live on the pod and exposes Alex as ignorant about college basketball.
409. Best Logo in Sports Bracket
Bracket SZN keeps on truckin' ... Ali Lasher is known for her aesthetic eye (she is, after all, the inventor of Lash Tweets™), so she joins Alex and Keev as the tiebreaker judge to determine the best logo among teams in the NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL.
Follow along the bracket here. Or don't, and rely on Ali to describe each logo to you.
408B. NBA Draft Bracket (Part 2)
It's the thrilling conclusion of the NBA Draft Bracket. Click here to see the bracket at the Sweet 16 stage at the start of this episode.
408A. NBA Draft Bracket (Part 1)
Bracket SZN is here and we welcome Jerome to determine the best NBA draft since 1969.
This episode may be a bit confusing to listen to without some background info, so here are the rosters and here is the bracket (incomplete, so no spoilers).
P72. Presidential Basketball Draft
Keev and Alex and guest Jason Steinhauer draft basketball teams made up exclusively of US presidents. Hat tip to Justin Ramsay for the idea.
This is a "Patron Preview" of 32 Fans Patron Episode #72. For Patron Episode #74, the guys provided play-by-play of the three teams playing each other in NBA 2K. If you're not interested in becoming a Patron, you can still click here to watch the video without the podcast.
Jason Steinhauer served as founding director of the Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest, is a Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, and is a contributor to CNN and TIME. He's also the founder and host of the History Club on Clubhouse and historian-in-residence at the new media startup, MTTR. He is currently writing a book about history on the Internet. @JasonSteinhauer.
407. Greatest American Sports Rivalry Bracket (Part II)
Listener John Gilpatrick asks for a bracket to determine the best sports rivalry.
405. Royal Rumble
Keev makes Alex watch the Royal Rumble again. Then (41:10) the guys talk about the Matthew Stafford/Jared Goff trade and other QB moves that could be coming.
404. The Crying Baby
Benjamin ("Coach") Chester won't stop crying, and Keev and Alex forgot to plan this episode, so the conversation meanders, covering the baseball hall of fame, Alex's historical NFL playoff MVPs, the pro football hall of fame, changing diapers, future 32 Fans episode ideas, shabbas meals post-COVID, vaccination schedules, bat mitzvahs, suits, true crime podcast recommendations, Deshaun Watson to the Jets, and Super Bowl vaccination policies. The worst episode ends with a tribute to the greatest song.
P60. Alphabet Draft
Two months ago Meaghen Thee Librarian asked Keev and Alex to draft the 26 letters of the alphabet, which they did for patron episode #60.
Alex's baby interrupted an attempt to record a new episode tonight, so in lieu of that here is that episode.
403. Three Football Games Left
Keev and Alex talk about the new NFL head coach hires, the Mets offseason, and just about anything else they can to avoid discussing an underwhelming weekend of NFL playoff games.
This episode's outro is Your Ex-Lover Is Dead by Stars. (Which is not how Alex feels about Stefon Diggs.)
402. Wild Card Weekend
Keev and Alex recap the wild card weekend and make picks for the divisional round.
This episode's outro is "I Know the End" by Phoebe Bridgers.
401. NFL Regular Season Recap
Keev and Alex recap the season for the 18 teams not headed to the playoffs and then make picks in this week's 6 Wild Card games.
This episode's outro is "Chester", an American Revolutionary song by William Billings sent to us by a former guest.
400. 40 Top Ten Lists
For episode #400 we rank 400 things from worst to best by reading through 40 listener-submitted top ten lists in an effort to determine who submitted the best list in order to send that person 400 pennies on Venmo. A surprise guest crashes the Zoom halfway through.
399. Monday Night Madness in the 32 Fans Survivor Fantasy Football League
Tim Loux, Jason "Beet Rose" Stitt and Lawson Campbell join the podcast to relive a crazy Monday night in the 32 Fans Survivor fantasy football league. Then Keev wakes up to make week 16 picks.
398. NBA *Decade* Preview
Other podcasts are going to preview the upcoming NBA season. But here at 32 Fans we think bigger, so instead we're previewing the upcoming NBA decade. In a league that is driven by players more than teams, which players will be the most impactful over the coming decade? Amateur George Costanza impersonator Jared Jerome joins Alex and Keev to draft the 54 best players for the 2021 through 2030 NBA seasons.
If you want to see the draft results click here, but then you'll be spoiling the podcast.
Appropriately, this episode's outro is 2030 by Fetty Wap.
397. Week 14 NFL Picks
Keev and Alex make week 14 NFL picks.
Chanukah starts tomorrow, so this episode's outro is Puppy for Hanukkah by the Jewish Hamilton star Daveed Diggs. Happy Holidays!
396. Alex Conducts an Among Us Intervention on Akiva
Alex interventions Keev for his Among Us addiction and talks about his emotional reaction to the Vikings comeback win. Keev guesses the week 13 spreads on air.
395. NFL Coach Rankings (Part 2)
Alex ranks the top 16 coaches and the guys make week 12 picks and talk about Thanksgiving.
394. 2020 NFL Coach Rankings (Part 1)
Alex ranks the 16 worst coaches in the NFL from 31-17 and then the guys make week 11 picks. This episode's outro is, appropriately, Le Coach by le French rappeur Soprano.
393. Ranking QBs
Alex ranks the current NFL starting QBs from 32-1. Keev speculates on where Jets 2021 starter Trevor Lawrence fits in.
This episode's outro is Neil Young's The Needle and the Damage Done (h/t Zvi Rapps), the first half of that title in honor of the 32 Fans Patron Chat, the second half in acknowledgement of Donald Trump's four years as president.
392. Election Day
Keev and Alex try to waste away an hour of election day afternoon and distract themselves from worrying by talking about ... I don't even remember anymore. Oh, we made week 9 picks at some point.
391. Could This be the Last Week of Football for a While?
How would high profile athletes respond to a Donald Trump victory? Keev and Alex talk weddings, elections, and do a couple NFL prop bet drafts (results here).
Keev has finally realized this week that Sam Darnold is not the Jets' QB of the future, so this week's outro (requested by Kevin Donnelly) is New Perspective by Panic! at the Disco.
390. The Worst Teams and Divisions in NFL History.
Keev complains about the Jets and Alex ranks them against the worst teams in NFL history. Then the guys make fun of the NFC East and Alex ranks the division against the worst divisions in NFL history. Let's hope listeners don't rank this episode among the worst 32 Fans episodes in NFL history.
This episode's outro is Elephant by Tame Impala.
389. NFL Power Rankings After Week 5
Keev asks Alex for new NFL power rankings and the guys talk about random other stuff as well.
This episode's outro is "Ooh LA LA" by Run The Jewels feat. Greg Nice & DJ Premier.
388. Keev Catches Alex Up On the Weekend's News
Alex turns his devices on for the first time in 49 hours and immediately podcasts with Keev.
This episode's outro is After the Gold Rush by Neil Young.
387. MLB Playoff Picks & NFL Week 4 Lines
Alex is not interested in talking about football after yesterday, so he makes his picks for the first round of the baseball playoffs. Then Keev convinces him to guess the NFL week 4 lines live on the air.
This episode's outro is Kissing the Lipless from The Shins.
386. Akiva Tells Alex What Happened in NFL Week 2
Immediately after Rosh Hashana has ended, Keev gets Alex on the horn so he can tell him what happened in the 13 NFL games from Sunday afternoon.
This episode's outro is Blue Monday, which represents how Alex and Keev feel about their teams' performances in week 2.
385. NFL Power Rankings After Week 1
Keev asks Alex to power rank all 32 NFL teams after just one game.
In honor the end (hopefully?) of Tom Brady, this week's outro is the last great american dynasty by Taylor Swift.
384. 32 Fans in 32 Days: #23 Detroit Lions
The NFL season starts tomorrow, which means it's time for the final NFL team preview episode of 32 Fans in 32 Days. Jeremy Hyman feels defeated as a Lions fan. Is this the rare squad for which Alex is more hyped than our guest?
383. 32 Fans in 32 Days: #19 Cleveland Browns
Akiva and Alex record their final preview episode (another one drops tomorrow -- but it was recorded a while ago). As their fatigue seeps in from recording 32 episodes in 32 days, do they have any energy left to discuss the Browns?
382. 32 Fans in 32 Days: #6 Minnesota Vikings
Jerry Chester joins his son (and Akiva) to preview the Vikings. Will Jerry's annual optimism pay off in 2020?
(This episode gets bombed at 32:00, but the full version is available to patrons at https://www.patreon.com/32Fans.)
381. 32 Fans in 32 Days: #4 San Francisco 49ers
Eric Gillen previews the defending NFC champs with Alex.
380. 32 Fans in 32 Days: #13 Green Bay Packers
Alex regrets ranking the Packers where he did a month ago, as he’s come to the conclusion that Aaron Rodgers is done and the Packers are trash.
379. 32 Fans in 32 Days: #22 Denver Broncos
Evan Desroches joins 32 Fans to preview the Denver Broncos.
378. 32 Fans in 32 Days: #20 Houston Texans
Keev and Alex discuss the Houston Texans, which animals would be the best at basketball, and whatever else they can squeeze in before the bomb
377. 32 Fans in 32 Days: #14 Buffalo Bills
Alex and Keev try to make up their minds about how they feel about the Bills.
376. 32 Fans in 32 Days: #18 Atlanta Falcons
Keev and Alex preview the Falcons.
375. 32 Fans in 32 Days: #15 Tennessee Titans
Titans fan Brandon Hilyard wants to know why the Titans can’t get any damn respect.
374. 32 Fans in 32 Days: #3 New Orleans Saints
Alex talks about why God will not permit the Saints to win the Super Bowl this year, while Keev tries to play some games.
373. 32 Fans in 32 Days: #24 Chicago Bears
Jake Freud joins Keev to discuss the scintillating QB controversy between Mitch Trubisky and Nick Foles in Chicago.