Episodes

  • The 2024 NCAA Tournament Bracket Manifesto
    Mar 19 2024

    It's that time of year again! Alex runs through the ten rules he follows when filling out a bracket (0:00) before picking every matchup of the 2024 NCAA Tournament (23:13).

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    45 mins
  • The J. Cole Song Draft (Feat. Mario Destephen and Garrett Shooter)
    Feb 20 2024

    Alex, Mario and Garrett run through their Big Boards as they take turns drafting their favorite J. Cole songs. Alex explains why J. Cole was his very first unnecessary basketball comparison before the three draft one song from each J. Cole album. The crew closes out by rating their favorite J. Cole project.


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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Album Tour: The Postal Service - Give Up
    Jan 16 2024

    Alex give an in-depth breakdown of one of his favorite albums ever - The Postal Service's "Give Up." He starts explaining what the album has meant to him over the years and how he inspired Anthony Fantano to review the record (1:48) before walking through and analyzing each individual track (14:29).


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    47 mins
  • Games of the Year 2023 (feat. Schaefer Edwards and Dylan Jones)
    Dec 21 2023

    Alex along with special guests Schaefer Edwards and Dylan Jones cry tears of kingdomly joy as they discuss their favorite video games of 2023. They start by talking about their respective years in gaming (1:00) before counting down their top 5 games of 2023 (16:00). Finally, they list off the games they're most excited about coming in 2024 (1:18:39).

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    1 hr and 34 mins
  • Albums of the Year 2023
    Dec 19 2023

    We did it! In the final music episode of 2023, Alex recaps his year in music, including his thoughts on classic albums that he listened to for the first time this year (0:00) before getting into his top 4 albums of 2023 (26:30). Alex closes it out with some of his most anticipated albums of 2024 at the end.

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    52 mins
  • Songs of the Year 2023
    Dec 7 2023

    It's that time of the year again! Alex introduces a special gimmick for this episode (0:00) before discussing the year's themes and handing out miscellaneous awards (3:33) as a prelude to counting down his top ten songs of 2023 (16:17).

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    55 mins
  • Fixing College Football (Plus: Chet vs. Wemby!)
    Dec 6 2023

    In this special edition of Fansville, Alex recaps how Florida State got screwed out of the College Football Playoff, explains the eternal difficulty of picking the "best four teams," and brainstorms some of the solutions to fix the college football playoff (0:00).

    Then, Alex wades into the Chet Holmgren vs. Victor Wembanyama rookie of the year debate (22:38) before discussing the State of the Spursafter watching most of the team's 3-16 start (38:26).

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    53 mins
  • Can You Separate Art From Artist?
    Sep 6 2023

    Alex discusses a conundrum as old as music itself as he walks through various examples of popular artists who have committed crimes or engaged in offensive rhetoric. He examines the relationship between the listener, the music, and the artist and weighs in on the difficulty in figuring out and justifying what music is okay or not okay to listen to. Examples include Kanye West, R. Kelly, and discussion of Noname's new album, Sundial. Check it out - if you're real.

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    24 mins