Show overview
A Closer Look has been publishing since 2021, and across the 5 years since has built a catalogue of 35 episodes. That works out to roughly 15 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a roughly quarterly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 23 min and 33 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. The publisher flags most episodes as explicit, so expect adult themes or strong language throughout. It is catalogued as a EN-language Comedy show.
There hasn’t been a new episode in the last ninety days; the most recent episode landed 5 months ago. The busiest year was 2024, with 9 episodes published.
From the publisher
A Closer Look is a podcast hosted by Nate Fisher and Will Sennett, two comedians investigating the most forgotten and most deranged sports stories throughout the past, present, and future. Subscribe to our Patreon for new, bi-weekly episodes! https://www.patreon.com/c/ACloserLook
Latest Episodes
View all 35 episodesSeason 4 Ep 8 - A Party Can Last Forever
EThe Necromancer of Easter Island and his army of the dead wage one final battle with the olympic athletes inside their stadium.
Season 4 Ep 7 - All I Roll Are Sevens
EA different mysterious new ship washes ashore. This one has the world’s coolest guy on it. But basking in his warm velvet embrace is tragically interrupted by a series of bad things happening.
Season 4 Ep 6 - D’gock Faa Faa Nfiblib Reebly Zow Mar
EAfter the food orgy, the 1944 Olympics finds itself in a starvation scenario. The Olympic events become less about competition and more about hunting for food. And the OSS’s plot is finally revealed when a mysterious new ship washes ashore.
Season 4 Ep 5 - The Questions Three
ETroy Helenov sets out on a worldwide plea for help, and will be tested in ways both spiritual and tantric. And the 1944 Olympics descends into something far more disgusting than the beer olympics…
Season 4 Ep 4 - Bring Me the Head of the Necromancer
EIf you thought things were bad for the 1944 Olympics when the Necromancer attacked, guess what? The people of Easter Island also prank the olympic athletes really hard and steal all their toiletries. Faced with some harsh realities, the stranded olympians do what any well-adjusted adult does. They get turbo wasted and do pointless drinking games with their boys.
Season 4 Ep 3 - "Pulled Pork, Tri-Tip, Ribs, Brisket"
EWhat are yall's favorite bbq items? Events begin in the 1944 Olympics. Many of the athletes do not know how to swim, or how to play basketball, or how to jump. And some of them are not who they say they are. There is also the steeplechase in this one, which is real and stupid.
Season 4 Ep 2 - "World War 2 1/2, or The Tragic Death of Gurglord Elmer"
EEaster Island is one of the most remote land masses on earth. And it’s going to host the 1944 Olympics. But before that, it’s going to host a war between all ten countries competing at the neutral olympics, many of whom loathe each other.

Season 4 Ep 1 - "The 1944 Olympics"
EAs most of the planet is plunged into the greatest conflict the world has ever seen, about a dozen neutral countries get bored. A plucky aristocrat has an idea: Hold the 1944 Olympics as scheduled, with only the neutral countries.
Season ∞ Ep 17 - "The Assassination of Seven Bucks" (Pt.2) [Patreon Preview]
ESeason ∞ Ep 17 - "The Assassination of Seven Bucks" (Pt.2) [Patreon Preview] by Will Sennett and Nate Fisher

Season ∞ Ep 16 - "The Assassination of Seven Bucks" (Pt. 1)
EChaser Trapp was the worst driver in NASCAR until one day when he suddenly found his fate intertwined with that of infamous Arkansas Senator Seven Bucks. Featuring guest voices from the Blowback Boys. FEATURING Noah Kulwin as Ecksman Mudd Brendan James as Senator Seven Bucks
Season ∞ Episode 10 - "Goondor Is Burning" (Pt.3) [Patreon Preview]
EListen to the rest of this episode at: Patreon.com/ACloserLook Hugh Jackman does the blood test scene from The Thing except with garlic fries and it's to find a vampire.
Season ∞ Episode 9 - "Goondor Is Burning" (Pt.2) [Patreon Preview]
EListen to the rest of this episode at: Patreon.com/ACloserLook Money McDonalds, Luc Charizard, and the Secretary of Agriculture escape the hockey arena like how a frog would do it.

Season ∞ Ep 8 - "Goondor is Burning" (Pt.1)
EFour Malices at the Palaces. All in one night. Across all four major sports. An event so violent, so devastating, that it completely erased one of the country's most promising cities from the map.
Season ∞ Episode 7 - "The Sexberry Offense" (Pt.2) [Patreon Preview]
EListen to the rest of this ep and all other Season ∞ stories at https://www.patreon.com/c/ACloserLook Mark and Topher's relationship disintegrates.

Season ∞ Episode 6 - "The Sexberry Offense" (Pt. 1)
EJeff Sexberry is an an eccentric football genius with a groundbreaking offenseive scheme. The only people who can help him run it are Mark Asbich and Topher Christopher, two once-promising quarterbacks who let their mutual lifelong hatred ruin their respective careers. Featuring: Hesse Deni as Lexgie Nelson

Season ∞ Ep 4 - "Seabiscuit's Grandson" [Patreon Preview]
EListen to the rest of this ep and all other Season ∞ stories at patreon.com/ACloserLook Will and Nate learn something unbelievable about Money Mcdonalds.

Season ∞ Ep 3 - "The Most Persecuted Man in The World" [Patreon Preview]
EListen to the rest of this ep and all other Season ∞ stories at patreon.com/ACloserLook Unlucky stories from Sheridan Taylor's early life

Season ∞ Ep 2 - "The Shoe" (Pt.2) [Patreon Preview]
EListen to the rest of Part 2 and more episodes at patreon.com/ACloserLook Fred Gentle's Basilica shoes display their terrifying power on national television.
Season ∞ Ep 1 - "The Shoe" (Pt. 1)
EFred Gentle is one of the most talented players in professional basketball, but is so boring that nobody is ever able to remember his name. In the sneaker-mad world of the 1990s NBA, Fred’s mother enlists an evil scientist to create a signature shoe for Fred. Listen to Part 2 and more episodes at patreon.com/ACloserLook
Season 2 Ep 8 - "Somewhere Outside of Heaven and HelI"
EBattle comes to the set of Cyber Cowboys. Who survives, and can Nate and Will find them? FEATURING: Big Dave as General Marvin S. Room Cooper Lyden as ArmenianEminem Sarah Goldstein as Suzy Short Patrick Doran as Michael Chiclets Caleb Pitts as Frank Castle Cameron Fetter as Zack Bogart April Clark as Pearl Whett Thomas White as Bobtail Nag Laura Peek as Meg Benedict Dan Donohue as Billy Clientele Will as Will Nate as everybody else