Ep 141 | The American Dream - Nik Wallenda Is Living His...

Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher

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🗓️ 5 July 2019

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Nik Wallenda an American acrobat, aerialist, daredevil, high wire artist, and author. He is known for his high-wire performances without a safety net. He holds nine Guinness World Records for various acrobatic feats, but is best known as the first person to walk a tightrope stretched directly over Niagara Falls. He joins the show today to share about his life, his family, and what's next for him! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you live in America and you don't know about the Flying Willendez.
0:14.4	Get out. Get out.
0:16.4	Get out.
0:17.4	Get out.
0:18.4	No, but seriously, the what?
0:19.4	The Flying Wallendez.
0:21.4	Is that like a dish? Get out. He served up with Brazilian. Like I said, get out, if you don't know who they are. Get out.
0:28.0	Joining us now is Nick Willendez on chewing the fat. Nick, how in the world are you, sir?
0:34.0	Good to see you.
0:35.0	I'm doing great.
0:36.0	Listen, Sunday night was another exciting
0:38.0	Willenda Walk with you and your sister.
0:41.0	How much fun was it or was it fun at all?
0:45.0	It was fun once I got on the wire, but there wasn't much fun leading up to it.
0:48.5	I had spent about six years in the making and took an act of God to get New York City to approve that long.
0:55.0	Again, once I got on the wire I was relieved, especially once the tension was
0:59.3	right and stabilized properly and I knew that my sister was comfortable and I was able to kind of take it all in and enjoy it.
1:06.0	That's almost a family affair. Your sister said about the same thing that she was so nervous and you know since her fall and her accident and you know
1:15.3	she's been struggling and she wanted to get back up there and once she was
1:18.8	back up there she said all was right with the world.
1:21.2	Yeah yeah you know it was one of my biggest
1:24.0	concerns you know those you know my history walked over the Grand Canyon Niagara Falls
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