Hot Takedown

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

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.... more

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How many episodes does Hot Takedown have?

The podcast currently has 396 episodes available.

Hot Takedown episodes:

January 19, 2016 Hot Takedown - NFL Craziness, Dugout Decisions, Super Simmons
Neil Paine and Kate Fagan discuss why Mike McCarthy should have gone for 2, whether bad baseball plays are dying out and the potential of LSU's Ben Simmons.
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46min
January 12, 2016 Hot Takedown - College Football Final, Wild Card Surprises, Outstanding Ovechkin
Chadwick Matlin and Neil Paine discuss Alabama's onside kick magic, the unpredictability of this year's race to the Super Bowl, and rate just how good Alex Ovechkin really is.
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41min
January 05, 2016 Hot Takedown - NFL Playoffs, Ultimate Frisbee Stats, Millennials Ruining Basketball
Chadwick Matlin, Neil Paine, and Allison McCann discuss parity in the NFL playoffs, Ultimate Frisbee analytics, and conduct a statistical investigation into NBA Millennials.
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44min
December 29, 2015 Hot Takedown - NBA Stat School
Statman Neil Paine gives Kate Fagan and Chadwick Matlin a tour of basketball scoring stats, from points per game through usage percentage.
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32min
December 21, 2015 Hot Takedown - Adam Silver Discusses Sixers, Tanking, Draft and More
Special episode with NBA commissioner Adam Silver on the state of the draft, the Sixers tanking strategy, and whether he will ever ride a bear at the lottery.
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43min
December 15, 2015 Hot Takedown - Dominant UConn, Prince Porzingis, NCAA Academics
Chadwick Matlin, Neil Paine and Allison McCann discuss UConn's dominance, how Porzingis isn't like Dirk Nowitzki, and the College Football metric that doesn't make sense.
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48min
December 08, 2015 Hot Takedown - Perfect Panthers, Wonderful Warriors, Little Leicester
Chadwick Matlin, Neil Paine and Allison McCann discuss the perfect Panthers, whether the Warriors can be the best NBA team of all time, and Leicester leading the EPL.
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44min
December 01, 2015 Hot Takedown - Goodbye Kobe, Complicated College Football, MLS Playoffs
Chadwick Matlin, Neil Paine and Allison McCann discuss Kobe's retirement, the wackiness of College Football playoff scenarios, and the MLS playoffs.
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46min
November 24, 2015 Hot Takedown - A Crash Course In RB Stats
The latest edition of Stat School with Professor (aka Stat Man) Neil Paine. This time Kate Fagan and Chadwick Matlin get a lesson in how we evaluate NFL running backs.
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29min
November 17, 2015 Hot Takedown - Peyton's End Of The Road, Patriots' Age, Chelsea Sucks
Chadwick Matlin and Nate Silver discuss the downfall of Peyton Manning, whether anyone can stop the Pats, and ask ESPN's Mike Goodman whether Chelsea are doomed.
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36min

FAQs about Hot Takedown:

How many episodes does Hot Takedown have?

The podcast currently has 396 episodes available.