With the NBA Finals and Game of Thrones both coming off among their greatest performances ever, Akiva finally consents to discussing those topics before jumping into the top 30 of the rankings for the greatest movies of the last quarter century. Akiva also reviews Bill Simmons’ new HBO show. Alex runs through his movies that […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Akiva and Alex try to power through their top 100 movies of the last 25 years, but Alex keeps telling embarrassing stories (one he hopes his wife never hears, the rest about how big of a nerd he was in junior high) and then Akiva threatens him not to edit them out of the podcast. […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If you tuned in today expecting Akiva and Alex to continue ranking the top 100 movies of the last 25 years, you’re gonna have to wait one more week (which also gives you one more week to submit your own ranking to Alex and/or Akiva). This week 32 Fans welcomes special guests Mike Bloom, Jessica […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Alex tries to rope Akiva into some NBA playoffs talk, but Akiva quit basketball when the Spurs lost in the second round (making him one of the few people who didn’t watch). Alex also tries to talk about this week’s episode of Game of Thrones, but GOT hater Akiva hasn’t even watched it yet. But Akiva […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Alex wants to start this week’s episode by discussing Hodor and the NBA playoffs, but Akiva wants to jump right into the top 100 movies of the past 25 years, so Alex surreptitiously hits record, starting the podcast a few minutes before Akiva is ready. Once they get going the guys run into frequent diversions, […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this week’s episode Alex and Akiva catch up on some 32 Fans miscellany, and then at the 11:30 mark they make this week’s bet, which is on Bovada’s debut of the 2016 NFL over/unders. If you’re not interested in discussing NFL futures in May, skip ahead to 25:30, when we switch topics and welcome a […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In Part I (iTunes) we covered the 51st to 100th greatest TV shows of all time. In Part II (iTunes) we covered the 50th to 11th best TV shows of all time (except for Akiva, who only went up to #12). So here on Part III Akiva introduces his top 11 television shows of all time before Alex […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Akiva goes through 50 to 12 of his all time TV show rankings, with Alex providing commentary, including where he, mainstream critics and the 30+ listeners who have submitted lists have ranked the shows Akiva ranked. Alex also lists the shows he ranks 50-11 that Akiva doesn’t mention, and the guys meander down a variety of unrelated […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Akiva and Alex started recording this morning planning to discuss the top 50 TV shows of all time, but they were so depressed about Trump that they got sidetracked. So enjoy this minisode discussing Trump, an NFL draft postmortem, a brief discussion of the NBA playoffs and Prince’s legacy, and then (if only for SEO) Game of Thrones. Then Alex […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Alex forgot his mic, but even poor audio quality can’t temper Akiva’s excitement as he debuts the bottom half of his greatest TV shows list. Although the episode was supposed to include all 100 shows, after 2 hours we’re just halfway through, so we’ve decided to split this exciting list across two podcast episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week Alex gives his regular season NBA awards and then the guys make a bet about NBA playoff predictions. Akiva also tries translating a tweet from Millennial to English, and he orders Alex to leave the jokes to him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Akiva starts off this week’s episode by trying to commit Alex to attending the RHAP afterparty in New York next week. Then Alex whips out his notebook where he jotted down thoughts while watching basketball and sipping chardonnay Wednesday evening, and the episode quickly dives further into Alex’s demented mind. Topics covered this week include: […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Akiva and Alex start this week by drafting the remaining teams in the NCAA Sweet 16. They search Twitter to look into the popularity of Alex’s moniker for the tournament’s second round, the Thrifty 32. Then Akiva runs through Sports Illustrated’s greatest 100 moments in sports history. Finally it’s time to get to the final four of […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It’s March Madness at 32 Fans! We start with an NCAA Tournament preview, highlighting the best first round games and making Final Four picks. Then we turn to the Elite Eight of the Greatest Living American tournament, which frustrates Alex’s wife, who is waiting for the podcast recording to end so she can watch the Real Housewives of […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Akiva and Alex talk NFL free agency a little bit before jumping into the second and third rounds of the Greatest Living American bracket, which include the guys listening to a scene from The Devil Wears Prada, a discussion of Jeffrey Goldberg’s piece in The Atlantic on Obama’s foreign policy, Alex outing himself as a Harvard snob, and […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Who is the greatest living American? This is the question Akiva & Alex try to tackle in this week’s episode, in which they introduce an NCAA-style bracket featuring 68 contenders for this prestigious honor. But what happens when Akiva and Alex disagree as to who should advance in a given matchup? To resolve this conundrum, Post Show Recaps star podcaster Antonio […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Akiva lists his top ten movies of 2015, Alex argues that TV is better than movies, and the guys get into a big argument about whether Akiva should have thought that Alex saw the premier of 99 Homes (skip to 30:00 to jump right to the fight). Alex also accuses Akiva of recycling podcast jokes […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
32 Fans is back with a slightly abridged name, plus Akiva brought new topics and intro music for the NFL offseason! Today we preview the second half of the NBA regular season, along with our usual collection of random diversions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The NFL season may be over, but the podcast lives on! This week Akiva & Alex discuss beer power rankings and draft each of the past 16 Super Bowls (in order of how good the game was). The guys complain about how terrible it is watching important football games with people who don’t know anyting about football. […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Akiva and Alex preview the Super Bowl and make 42 prop bets. Akiva is dismayed by Alex’s anti-jersey position. Alex shares a story about being unable to determine gender on the ski slopes, and his kids repeatedly interrupt the podcast, which partly explains why he doesn’t attend Super Bowl parties anymore, to Akiva’s chagrin. Later […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today’s podcast begins with a brief celebration by Alex of his beloved Peyton Manning beating Tom Brady for the third time in four AFC championships, but that is quickly followed by an intense conversation about the WWE’s Royal Rumble, which is the first professional wrestling Alex has watched in at least 25 years. Eventually Akiva replaces Alex […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Akiva and Alex experiment with a new format, recording a podcast live on a new app called ZCast. Thanks to some technical difficulties only a few diehards stay through to the end, but those that do get to hear a lot of Andy Reid mockery, Tom Brady deification, and predictions for the entrants to the […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Alex is too depressed to host a podcast this week … or to correctly set up his fancy new microphone. Akiva steps in to pinch hit as host, but his voice is deeper than usual (making him even better looking, according to Alex’s wife) thanks to a cold. Rather than discussing the Vikings game, Akiva tries to […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
An action packed episode of 32 Fans in 32 Days this week. We start off with Akiva mourning both the Jets and his poor prognostication. In addition to recapping our various bets and picks, we review our preseason guests’ predictions, giving special shoutouts to the most (Jayden Watts, Steven Apter, Michael Bateman, Zach Sosna) and least […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Akiva and Alex open this week’s episode with an announcement about a new weekly wager. They read a listener review which leads to more questions than answers. Alex complains about dollar stores and the guys solicit listeners to propose a new name for the podcast. This week’s wager draft is about NFL coaches to be fired, and Akiva jumped […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Akiva & Alex start out this week by discussing Odell Beckham Jr. and NFL tiebreakers. Then at about the 11 minute mark Akiva’s requested ranking of the top 10 podcasts of 2015 commences. If you’re interested in a lot of tangents hop aboard, otherwise skip to the 45 minute mark when we return to discussing […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Alex and Akiva are back and better late than never. They start this week’s episode by spending too much time talking about fantasy football, including describing the punishments for the last place team in Alex’s league. They then compare Jameis Winston to Marcus Mariota, and also criticize the peculiarities of NFL award voting. Alex argues […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week Akiva & Alex rank the week 13 games from 16 to 1 in order of excitement. The podcast gets off to a rough start because Akiva isn’t paying attention. When he finally starts listening, Alex asks whether Tony Romo is finished, which leads to a discussion of Donovan McNabb’s borderline Hall of Fame […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Alex ranks the teams from 1-32 in terms of how interesting the remainder of their schedule is (spoiler alert: the Niners and Browns are must-miss TV), and Akiva chides Alex for a bit of homerism. Akiva also complains about announcers and Alex pines for networks to provide alternate announcer options on lesser network channels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Back to the basics this week, as we’re gimmick free in previewing week 11. Akiva says NFL refs can’t pay attention in the last 30 seconds, perhaps because they don’t get paid overtime. Alex provides an update on Peyton/Brady career ranks, with Brady making a huge jump on Peyton this year, but Brady needs another […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
