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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.
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4.6 stars from 240 ratings
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...Read full review »
Fivethirtyeight fan via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 04/04/22
Please come back!
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.
EBMG1981 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 01/21/22
Miss this show already!
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.
BTGoldberg via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 12/02/21
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