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Podcast One presents Starving for Attention with Richard Blaze, an entertaining behind-the-scenes look at the world of food,

where you'll hear from anyone and everyone from the culinary industry,

including restaurateurs, TV hosts, celebrity chefs, producers of your favorite cooking shows,

and many more. Now here's your host, Richard Blaze.

Hey, everyone. Welcome to Starting for Attention. Richard Blaze here. Here we are. Jasmine Blaz is here.

Jeff is here. Not behind the glass. He's across from me in the guest seat technically at the moment.

We are in the bowels of the podcast one studio. Yeah, we're deep. Who knew they even had more than one office?

We have been, we have been kicked out of the normal studio. It's probably because of your behavior. Because Stephen A. Smith is up in there. He was, Stephen A. Smith is up in there. He's fired up. So like, you know, to be honest with you, I am quite okay. I thought you would be. Our chair for Stephen A. Smith to call into the studio. He's not even up there in person, Jasmine. That's the funny part. Yeah, right. He's just calling in. That's the funny part. But I'm going to guess even without a video feed, his brow is still furrowed. Definitely. And like Stephen A. Smith, he is fired up. I often want to be, this is a totally like a weird intro, but I have most of the time want to be the Stephen A. Smith of the food world. We were talking that on the way down here. And I don't know if I have the guts, though. I'm not. Jeff doesn't think you have the guts. Jeff knows that doesn't have the guts. That's true. You don't think I have the guts. I don't see you. Wish what wish what wish he No, but I don't see you as that type of personality.

You don't like to pick fights typically. Does he pick fights? I mean, he goes after people. And people go after him. I've been seen him do a lot of, like they've been covering a lot of boxing on ESPN lately. And he's been like, the boxing guy they have, literally, is like dancing around the studio like this. And he goes after Stephen A pretty hard.

Because I don't think that's his, like, Stephen A. Smith's have, literally, is, like, dancing around the studio like this. And he goes after Stephen A.

Pretty hard. Because I don't think that's his, like, Stephen A. Smith's, like, obviously, I think basketball's his main sort of sport. Sure. But anyway, we're down here. This episode's a lot of fun. Andrew Zimmerin. Back. Back again. Round two. Speaking of boxing. Yeah. by choice and also request.

I mean, his episode was really great.

He brings a lot of, you know this about A. Z. He brings a lot of gravitas. Anytime he's around, I literally, I just like pull up a chair. Like, I almost cry. When he talks, he's like, we were holding hands, not to spoil what's about to happen.

That's where I saw that picture. I know this is only audio, but if you can envision us for the first 10 minutes of this podcast, holding hands. Did you hold hands with him for 10 minutes? I would be really surprised from you. Not from him. I'm sure he would do it. But from you, I don't see that happening. We held hands. I could see you just like dying to get out of it. He was like, you're uncomfortable.

Yeah. would do it but from you I don't see that happening we held hands I could see you just like dying to get

out of it he was like you're uncomfortable yes highly I bet and I was and like the thing was I was a little

uncomfortable of course I know you but I was the one was probably 10 seconds yeah it was probably like yeah

less than a minute it's like literally but I initiated the physical contact. Okay, but he grabbed your hand. But then he held my hand. Yeah, right. And it was. He's like, why? And then, you know, it was a very interesting thing. But it is true. Why can't guys? I want him to be your therapist. Can we get, can we arrange that? Or he kind of maybe life coach, but you know either. Now that, we've spent a couple of, I mean, we've spent much time with AZ, but like now even like on the podcast, a couple of hours with him. Yeah. There's always these moments where like there's like emotion that comes out in a podcast with AZ because, I mean, his job is basically, you know, to travel the world. Right. And, you know, feature people that you would never really maybe even see on television to explore new worlds and find food. It was almost a Star Trek intro. Almost, yeah, I heard it. But he was, we were in New York City for the Food and Wine Festival for Food Network's 25th birthday. We got to hang out. He was also, he's doing some MSG sort of stuff. So we talk about MSDry, the ingredient. Right. He's on the, not Madison Square Garden. No, not Madison Square Garden. That would be for the, like Stephen A. Smith. Right. Is Madison Square Garden the most overrated stadium in the history of the NBA? Right. I don't think they call it a stadium. Arena.

There you go.

The world's most famous arena.

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