Hot Takedown

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

4.6 (209)
SPORTS

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.

11/09/2021

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.

1h 1m
11/02/2021

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.

53 min
10/26/2021

It's Anybody's World Series

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

51 min
10/19/2021

Why Our Model (Still) Hates The Lakers

Hot Takedown discusses our NBA predictions and the MLB playoffs. Plus: a Rabbit Hole all about first (and second) wins.

52 min
10/12/2021

Championships, Random-ships

Hot Takedown discusses this last week in the NFL, MLB, WNBA and College Football and previews the NHL. Plus: A Rabbit Hole for losers.

49 min
10/05/2021

The Dodgers Need A Reseed

Hot Takedown discusses the MLB playoffs and Cincinnati's CFB playoff chances. Plus: a special guest joins us for a family-themed Rabbit Hole.

47 min
09/28/2021

Brady vs. Belichick: Round Whatever

Hot Takedown discusses Tom Brady vs. Bill Belichick and the chaos in college football. Plus: a Rabbit Hole on what's wrong with match play.

47 min
09/21/2021

Math Nerds (And The Ravens) Win

Hot Takedown discusses the Ravens' win over the Chiefs and the WNBA playoffs. Plus: a Rabbit Hole that's quite the catch(er).

46 min

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TRAILER

Episode Zero

The podcast where the hot sports takes of the week meet the numbers that prove them right or tear them down.

03/13/2019

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3 min

4.6

out of 5

209 Ratings

Please come back!

01/21/2022

EBMG1981

Looked forward to this show every week…golf conversation and all. Please come back in 2022. It would add some good news to a year needing it.
Not in a rush to try a second episode

04/04/2022

TomatoBoyNickyV

I tried listening to Hot Takedown recently for the first time, but found it more like an episode of Car Talk than any Fivethirtyeight podcast I’d heard. All the panelists made frequent jokes, laughed at their own jokes, or paused after telling jokes to wait for their colleagues to join in the laughter. I don’t remember what the topic was, but the panelists were too busy cracking each other up to discuss it in any detail. It was clear after 10 minutes that it would be much more efficient to look up the topic in the New York Times, the Athletic, or another serious sports site. Maybe I’ll try listening to Hot Takedown again sometime, but for hosts laughing at their own jokes, give me Car Talk any day.
Miss this show already!

12/02/2021

BTGoldberg

Hot Takedown was my favorite sports podcast. I’m really missing Sara, Neil, and Geoff especially now that there is an MLB Lockout. I need a rabbit hole on previous lockouts and stoppages.
Come back

12/02/2021

PR 3672

Please bring the show back. I can’t believe that ABC can’t afford to spare resources to support this podcast. Please bring it back!

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.