With the Vikings season effectively over (and the Jets season over since October), Alex and Akiva take a week off from football to rank their top 10 podcasts of 2016. (Akiva also asks listeners to send us their top 10 TV show lists of the year for next week’s episode.) After Alex and Akiva run […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 20, 2016•1 hr 17 min
Akiva start off this week’s episode by raving about NFL Scorigami and wishing Alex dead (and more). Then the guys give an update about the 32 Fans Pick Em Pool playoffs and complain about fantasy websites including dead leagues in their percentages. Akiva asks listeners to leave iTunes reviews and then the guys finally get to […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 15, 2016•56 min
Recorded Monday afternoon (but posted later, yet another shortcoming Alex will blame on his new baby), Akiva introduces the Pool of Pools: We are looking for people interested in joining a 12-month pool for 2017 in which the participants will make picks on something different each month (i.e. January: NFL playoffs; February: Super Bowl Props; […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 07, 2016•53 min
Alex has sired a child and is recording this week’s podcast from his wife’s hospital room (at least until she kicks him out). Alex also provides a resolution to his son’s missing birthday party truck. Alex has ranked every team’s remaining schedule based on how interesting/exciting it is, and the guys use these rankings to predict week 13 […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 01, 2016•54 min
The podcast is back after just 1 day, as Alex provides an update on his son’s missing birthday party favor. Also Superfan Robby is here to preview Michigan/Ohio State and call out podcast listeners who have criticized him on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 23, 2016•43 min
It’s Thanksgiving week and Alex is not thankful for children’s birthday parties on the Upper East Side. Akiva asks listeners to let him know when they hear egregious NFL announcing and tries to fire a bunch of NFL coaches (13:00), which leads Alex and Akiva to their weekly bet. Alex discusses tiebreakers based on his […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 22, 2016•49 min
Alex and Akiva rank the 32 starting NFL quarterbacks and discuss which ones have moved up or down since the beginning of the season. Akiva complains about announcers (59:30), the guys pick all the week 11 games (1:01:45) and at the end of the episode (1:05:00) we don’t #StickToSports but instead wade into politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 15, 2016•1 hr 14 min
32 Fans is back with new episodes on consecutive days for the first time in over a year! Today we discuss Akiva’s daughters’ athletic achievements and then preview week 8 in the NFL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 26, 2016•58 min
As a totally normal (for Alex) thing to do, Alex has already predicted the outcome of every game this NBA season, so Akiva has Alex rank the teams from 30-1 in their predicted final 2016-17 season record. The guys hope to be back tomorrow with their weekly NFL podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 26, 2016•55 min
Akiva is apoplectic about the Jets turning to Geno Smith at QB (so apoplectic he forgets to plug in his mic, so apologies for the echo in his audio). Alex is out of the loop due to international travel and the Jewish holidays, and only knows that the Vikings are still undefeated. The guys preview week 7 and Akiva does a horrible job guessing the lines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 19, 2016•42 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Live from Alex’s brother’s wedding, it’s the 32 Fans podcast! Akiva and Alex record the first 13 minute segment between the ceremony and the beginning of family photos, planning on picking it back up later, but that never happens, so all you get this week is a 13 minute minisode. We’ll be back next week […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 13, 2016•15 min
Akiva and Alex are recording while watching the Mets Wild Card game, so they start by recapping their preseason baseball bets. Then the guys announce plans to record a live episode next week from Alex’s brother’s wedding (where Akiva is coming as Alex’s +1). Also Akiva tries to intervention Alex and the two discuss the food and dress code […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 07, 2016•51 min
Akiva & Alex recap week 3 in the NFL and the first presidential debate and explain the rules of the 32 Fans Trivia Contest. They also complain about NFL games overlapping with the Jewish holidays and for some unclear reason end a football podcast by previewing Team Israel and Team USA in next year’s World […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 27, 2016•1 hr 1 min
Alex & Keev recap week 2 of the NFL and also preview week 3. Keev also gives some TV recommendations and introduces a new fan trivia competition and they guys discuss Rob Cesternino’s fantasy football team and his game show hosting abilities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 20, 2016•1 hr 14 min
Akiva and Alex recap week 1 in the NFL and preview week 2. Akiva is already depressed about the Jets season, and he doesn’t think anyone is interested in watching the Vikings’ horrible QB on Sunday Night Football. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 14, 2016•46 min
Fresh off 31 fans in 32 days, Alex and Akiva give their preseason power rankings and their postseason predictions. Will Akiva go out on a limb and predict the Miami Dolphins to go to the Super Bowl this year? Or will it be Alex’s turn to predict a championship from a coach and quarterback who […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 08, 2016•52 min
Akiva and Alex wrap up their division-by-division preview, finishing with the dirtiest bird of them all, the NFC South. They’re joined by Andrew Juge, who runs Saints Nation, Kyle Appleyard, co-host of the Word of the Bay podcast, Tony Dunn from CarolinaCatChronicles.com and the C3 podcast (on Tuesdays at 10 PM on YouTube or iTunes) and the buzzworthy Gavin Napier, who when not talking […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 05, 2016•1 hr 27 min
Alex is recording live immediately after completing the draft for his most important fantasy league. He also drops a hot take against the Jaguars WRs. Today’s guests include Cole Pepper from the Cole Pepper Blogs and Sam and Cole Podcast, Jamal Black, co-host of The Two Tone Crew podcast, the official podcast of Titans Report, Yoni Pollak, editor of House […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 01, 2016•1 hr 10 min
Akiva calls an emergency podcast to check in on Alex in the wake of Teddy Bridgewater’s horrendous injury. The guys are joined by Superfan Robby Weisenfeld, who makes his 32 Fans debut to offer the Vikings some replacement QBs and then help 32 Fans with its inaugural college football preview. Robby shares his itinerary for […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 31, 2016•56 min
This week Akiva and Alex argue about better causes for your charitable dollars than the 32 Fans podcast, Akiva keeps talking about the Olympics a week after saying it was too late for anybody to talk about the Olympics, Alex criticizes Hillary Clinton’s MLB bigamy, and Akiva wonders what teams Donald Trump supports. We also preview […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 28, 2016•1 hr 36 min
In today’s episode Akiva recaps the Olympics, Alex discusses why ignorance is the secret weapon to winning your fantasy pools, and the guys (pretend) to take a strong stance against offensive language by banning the guest for the Washington Professional Football Team. (The RISE promo referenced can be seen here, the USA Today article referenced by […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 24, 2016•1 hr 19 min
Like the NFL playoffs, today’s episode starts without the Cleveland Browns. But eventually we get everyone together to talk AFC North, including Zach Sosna for the Bengals, Jim Hersperger for the Steelers, Michael Pottash for the Ravens, and Raanan Lefkovitz for the Factory of Sadness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 19, 2016•55 min
Terrible technical problems as Akiva is stuck in his in-laws’ attic in South Florida, where Zika mosquitoes have destroyed the wifi. So a week after recording this episode, Alex and Akiva rerecord the podcast intro, in which they discuss the Olympics, Meryl Streep, summer beach reads, and writing things with other people. Once they get to […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 16, 2016•1 hr 9 min
In today’s episode Alex proposes five new Olympic basketball competitions and Akiva makes a crazy prediction for an Olympic game in which Team U.S.A. is a 29 point favorite (and is proven correct). Then Akiva is felled by Zika Sushi (hashtag: #zikasushi) and Alex has to preview the AFC West without him. Joining Alex is Broncos fan Travis […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 12, 2016•1 hr 15 min
We’re just 32 days from the opening of the 2016 NFL regular season, which means it’s time for the 32 Fans podcast to go back to its roots as 32 Fans in 32 Days. We kick off the 2016 previews by looking at the NFC North. Alex will blather on about Teddy B and the Vikings of course, and Ari Gleicher is back to talk Bears. Case Dillon of the Detroit Lions Podcast (and website) also joins us to preview the Lions, and Jeremy VanDerLinden of Titletown Sound Off (on Twitter @titletownsound) is here to ...
Aug 08, 2016•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Akiva has flown into New York and plans to get together for dinner and a live podcast recording with Alex on Thursday evening. Akiva even invites 32 Fans listeners to join him and Alex for dinner and/or a live podcast recording. Alex invites listeners who want to help preview their favorite NFL team to contact us about […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 27, 2016•24 min
Recorded at 5:30 in the morning, Akiva shares the last few days of his harrowing life, and then (11:20) Alex tricks Akiva into finishing the all-time NBA top 15 (which Akiva finally starts to suspect at 34:30, and only confirms at 1:03:48). The guys also try to prognosticate the 2017 NBA MVP race (47:19). (Also Alex […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 21, 2016•1 hr 9 min
If you come to 32 Fans to hear Alex and Akiva fight, this is the episode for you. Akiva drops more #hottakes than a Trump supporter, and Alex gets madder than he ever has in podcast history. Akiva tunes out Alex’s shenanigans by reciting the rosters of the 2006 St. Louis Cardinals and talking about how much […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 15, 2016•1 hr 6 min
Alex is excited to announce his rankings of the top 100 NBA players of all time. He also compares himself to Manu Ginobili. Meanwhile, Akiva tells everyone to watch All or Nothing (Amazon’s new docuseries on the Arizona Cardinals) and he tries to keep Wheels Wienerkur going. Alex’s mother questions Yao Ming’s ethnicity. Alex outs himself as […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 08, 2016•1 hr 41 min
The podcast series ranking the greatest 100 movies of the last 25 years has come to a conclusion, giving Akiva and Alex time to discuss other topics. Season 6 of Game of Thrones has caused Alex to redo his all-time top TV show rankings. The guys introduce the cumulative top 19 movies of the last 25 […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 28, 2016•54 min