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PTFO - “Fifty Shades of Brown”: The Ins and Outs of Competitive Eating, with Joey Chestnut

Le Batard & Friends Network

Dan Le Batard

Sports

4.88.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Competitive eating is a sport. That’s the belief of Joey Chestnut, the greatest eater of all time — and man, do we agree with the 16-time Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest champion now. Ahead of his Labor Day duel against rival Takeru Kobayashi, Joey reveals everything we ever wanted to know about jaw exercises, coffee enemas, and what he refuses to eat. Also: chokeholds, milk chugging, the danger of endorsing veganism, and inadvertent excrement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Pablo Torrey finds out. I am Pablo Torrey and today we're going to find out what this sound is.

0:06.0

50 Shades of Brown, brother. 50 Shaves of Brown.

0:10.0

Right after this ad.

0:12.0

You're listening to Draft Kings Network. How vividly do you remember the 2006 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating contest.

0:35.0

I was 22 years old and that was the year I lost.

0:40.0

That is the voice of Joey Chestnut, the greatest competitive leader of all time.

0:47.0

Also, the very first person I ever interviewed as a sports illustrated intern 18 years ago.

0:56.0

I've been doing good in practice going into it and I just I got nervous. Nervous. The one to score for it as we approach the halfway point.

1:06.0

Six minutes, seven seconds to go.

1:10.0

Joey is pushing himself right now.

1:12.0

You can see he's got a little bit of a shake perhaps the synaptic misfiring but he is a trained eater.

1:16.3

There is a lot of eating to go here at the wall.

1:19.3

I was sitting 10 feet away from you watching you on stage.

1:25.0

Joe a chest not doing everything he can continuing with his style, continuing to trouble it down.

1:30.0

Somewhat maniacal jaw movement, but Kobayashi again,

1:35.0

realizing that he has a little bit of a lead

1:38.0

and it's all about the win.

1:40.0

He's obviously not looking to prove something.

1:41.0

He's lost by two. I want to say 54 and I did 52.

1:47.0

Four, three, two, five,

1:49.0

one,

1:50.0

and Koveashi takes some. And Kobiasi takes it again, unbelievable, but Joey Chestnut.

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