Hot Takedown

About Hot Takedown

Hot Takedown is the weekly sports podcast from FiveThirtyEight. On it, the crew uses numbers to dissect the week in sports, taking down some silly hot takes in the process.

Publisher

FiveThirtyEight, 538, Neil Paine, Geoff Foster, Sara Ziegler

Category

sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

13 Mar 2015

Latest episode

9 Nov 2021

Latest episodes

349 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   9 Nov 2021

   Football Is Weird, Part Infinity

   In our last Hot Takedown, the team looks at NFL chaos from this week and college basketball chaos to come. Plus: a Rabbit Hole with a curse.

2. 

   2 Nov 2021

   Analytics, But From The Gut

   Hot Takedown discusses the World Series and a new college football playoff format. Plus: a Rabbit Hole that has all of the sports.

3. 

   26 Oct 2021

   It's Anybody's World Series

   Hot Takedown discusses the World Series and the Chiefs' woes. Plus: a RATPOR Rabbit Hole.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.6 / 5

208 ratings