If the title of this episode confuses you, Akiva's rules confuse Alex too ... and ultimately confuse Akiva himself. But here's an attempted quick explanation: We each draft an NFL team (starting 11 on both offense and defense) with one player each from each of the top 22 picks of the NFL draft (based on where those players were actually drafted). Who wins? You can see the draft results here, but if you click that before you listen you're spoiling yourself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
Jul 21, 2022•1 hr 24 min
Isaiah is back as Keev and Alex tackle another region in their Song of the Century bracket. This episode's outro is a song that Alex's kids think got snubbed from the bracket. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 13, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Season 7Ep. 74
Wheels and Alex welcome Will From America to whittle the 2004-07 region of the Song of the Century bracket from 20 songs to 1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 06, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 7Ep. 73
We skip over Episode 500 to bring an emergency pod with Brett Farrenkopf and T-Wolves fan Jonathan Donath to discuss the Wolves blockbuster acquisition of Rudy Gobert. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 01, 2022•52 min•Season 7Ep. 72
From December 2019 through March 2020, 32 Fans patrons partook in a seven episode long series to determine the best song of the 90s. But some of our listeners weren't even alive in the 90s, and they want to know what we've done for them lately. So today we begin the 32 Fans Song of the Century bracket to determine the greatest song from 2000 to 2022. (Or 2001 to 2022. Don't worry, we have that fight.) But first we need to determine which song enters the bracket from artists with multiple hits. S...
Jun 16, 2022•1 hr 30 min•Season 7Ep. 71
Akiva and Alex and guest zookeeper Mike Christiansen draft the best animals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 07, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 7Ep. 70
Netflix recently came out with the inaugural class of "The Hall", its version of the standup comedy hall of fame. So of course Alex responded by making his own standup hall of fame. But needing additional ammunition to critique Alex's list, Keev turns to the guy who literally wrote the book, stand-up comedian and historian Wayne Federman. This episode's outro is Dovshaniya by Shahar Saul. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 01, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Season 7Ep. 69
Keev ranks every 2022 NFL regular season game from 1 to 272 and presents his worst NFL prop bets. But mostly the guys talk about mishegas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 17, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 7Ep. 68
A year after dominating Alex and Keev in the best words draft, Naomi Calhoun returns to 32 Fans to draft the worst words. Here is the link to the draft results for both the best words and worst words drafts. (Don't click the "Worst Words" tab before listening to the podcast unless you want to spoil yourself.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 11, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 7Ep. 67
A replay of a patron episode from April 2021 when Naomi Calhoun joined us as we drafted our favorite words. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 10, 2022•1 hr 22 min
Which NBA uniform is the best? Special guest Rob "Sandwich" Lasher joined Alex and Keev during BRACKET SZN to pick the best NBA uniform in 2022 to start our best uniform in sports uber-bracket. Given the visual nature of the topic, this episode is probably best enjoyed with video, which can be seen here. You can also see the bracket (without winners, so you won't be spoiled) here. This episode's outro is Uniforms by Pete Townshend. (All rights to the song belong to Pete!) Learn more about your a...
May 05, 2022•1 hr 43 min
With no QBs at the top of the draft, excitement is somewhat dulled for this year's NFL draft. So as we do every year, we've invited fans to tell us not who they think their team will take, but who they'd like their team to take, but this year we stop halfway through the first round. In addition to trying to guess the fans' picks, Jordan Kalish provides us with his mock draft. The full draft (both the fans and Jordan) is available here. This episode's outro is "Watch Out For Her" by Subliminal fe...
Apr 27, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Season 7Ep. 66
When Akiva was working at the Winter Olympics a couple months ago, he tweeted a photo of a list his colleague John had made of things he hated. Now John joins 32 Fans to work through the list bracket-style and determine the most hatable things. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 21, 2022•2 hr 2 min
Alex gives his 2022 NBA regular season awards and the guys make their NBA playoff picks. This episode's outro, requested by MJC, is Wolf by the Ballroom Thieves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 11, 2022•43 min•Season 7Ep. 65
Baseball is back tomorrow, so Keev and Alex draft MLB over/unders as a way to discuss the upcoming season. You can see the draft results here. This episode's outro is It's Gonna Rain by the Rev. Milton Brunson Thompson Community Singers (requested by Zvi Rapps) because it's gonna rain dingers all summer! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 06, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 7Ep. 64
Alex yells at Keev about the lack of sports episodes on this sports podcast, and Akiva yells at Alex that this episode better not show up in the main feed. Could this be the final ever episode of 32 Fans, or has Alex called Keev's bluff? Eventually they stop fighting long enough to review the free agency moves of every AFC team. This episode's outro was requested by Zvi Rapps. Hit up Alex to request future outro songs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 30, 2022•59 min•Season 7Ep. 63
Av joins us to discuss the best 95 movies of 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 24, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 7Ep. 62
Keev and Alex and Guy-Who-Actually-Watched-a-Lot-of-Men's-Division-I-Basketball Zach Brooks create the official podcast bracket for the 2022 men's tournament. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 16, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 7Ep. 61
Bracket SZN continues with -- finally -- the publication of a podcast recorded live in August 2020 ... the Yucky Juice Tournament. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 07, 2022•2 hr 13 min•Season 7Ep. 60
We kick off March (BRACKET SZN) with the 32 Fans Cookie Tournament, recorded live just last week on President's Day. Here's the complete (blank) ballot so you can follow along at home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 01, 2022•2 hr 9 min•Season 7Ep. 59
A sneak peak at a patron episode that was originally published on February 10, Akiva takes us into the dark recesses of his 36-day life in a hotel before a surprise guest joins to play a game with Uncle Keevy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 25, 2022•1 hr 1 min
Alex and Keev talk about the Super Bowl we just saw and discuss the major questions for each team aspiring to get there next year. This episode's outro is Crip Ya Enthusiasm, a mashup between the theme to the show starring Super Bowl commercial star Larry David (also the star of Alex's podcast Pretty Pretty Pretty Good!) and Super Bowl halftime performer Snoop Dogg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 15, 2022•48 min•Season 7Ep. 58
Keev and Alex draft the greatest 32 moments in Super Bowl history. They also briefly discuss the NBA trade deadline and finish by making their Super Bowl picks. This episode's outro is David Broza Crying to the Walls, which is what we'll all be doing Sunday night when there's no more football. Click here for video of all 32 moments, but don't do so until after the podcast, or you'll be spoiled. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 11, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Season 7Ep. 57
So much big NFL news to discuss since the championship games were completed barely 50 hours ago. This episode pulls a clip from episode 432, the Bengals preview episode, when the guys ranked the Bengals #27 in their preseason power rankings. Whoops. This episode's outro is Tell Me Why by Neil Young (h/t Zvi Rapps). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 02, 2022•45 min•Season 7Ep. 56
Keev and Alex react right after the completion of the greatest divisional round ever. This episode's outro is The Best by Davido feat. Mayorkun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 24, 2022•45 min•Season 7Ep. 55
Keev and Alex both share stories from their sojourns to Chassidic Brooklyn last weekend before getting around to talking football. In honor of our trips to Brooklyn, this episode's outro is It Ain't Hard to Tell from Brooklyn's own Nas (requested by Zvi Rapps). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 18, 2022•51 min•Season 7Ep. 54
After an incredible finish to the NFL regular season, Keev and Alex take stock of where we've been and where we're going. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 10, 2022•49 min•Season 7Ep. 53
Keev and Alex predict the final week of the NFL regular season. In honor of Alex's son's newfound hockey fandom, and by request of Jim Crumley, this episode's outro is Warren Zevon's hockey song Hit Somebody. Message Alex if you'd like to nominate a song outro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 04, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Season 7Ep. 52
On Thursday's patron episode Keev and Alex previewed what was termed the Division III Game of the Century. Alex was there in person with Jared Jerome, and they gather right after the game to discuss Yeshiva's defeat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 31, 2021•45 min•Season 7Ep. 51
Alex quizzes Keev on the most valuable active player on every NFL team and then Keev guesses the week 17 lines and the guys picks the games. Talk of all the old NBA vets returning to the league due to COVID puts us in the mind for this episode's outro, Sweet Lew by Pearl Jam (originally requested by Jim Crumley). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 28, 2021•58 min•Season 7Ep. 50
