I’m a sucker for a good sports fan quest.

Among my former guests on Conversations was been Craig Caswell (S:2, E:16), the Ohioan who wanted to see all 364 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Teams play in person. He then set off in pursuit of that goal and, thanks to spreadsheets, careful planning, and an understanding spouse (not to mention an unusual Hawaii Rainbows trip to Champaign-Urbana for a game) he accomplished his goal.

Similar to Craig, the Basketball Mavens (S:3, E:12) decided it was their mission to maximize the Madness each March so they set off on a goal to see all the Round of 64 and Round of 32 games at a pair of geographically close sites, then attend the three games at a Regional, before ending their annual hoops travel at the Final Four. Over 600 NCAA games later, the Mavens are still going strong.

It should come as no surprise, then, that when I learned about Las Vegas Raiders’ fan Brian Fowler‘s desire to establish a pair of new Guinness World Record for most NFL games attended in a regular season as well as the fastest to see a game in each stadium, you just knew I wanted to speak to him.

I’m happy to report both Brian and my missions have been accomplished.

He had both of his record attempts certified by Guinness (56 games in one NFL regular season shattered the previous mark of 33 and spectating in all 32 stadiums took him a scant 72 days, 20 hours, and 56 minutes). And, in this episode, I’m delighted to share my Conversation with Brian.

He discusses not only his sports fan origin story, but also how he came to love the Raiders and why, exactly, he decided to pursue these two records and what it was like pulling off the feat.