S4 EP7: Sean Evans discusses his upbringing in Chicago, interview techniques, and no-go guests on ‘Hot Ones’
The Louis Theroux Podcast
Spotify Studios
4.3 • 696 Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2025
⏱️ 78 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | One two, one two. Are we rolling? |
| 0:04.6 | Hello, Louis Theru here and welcome back to my podcast called The Louis Theru Podcast. |
| 0:15.0 | Today I'm joined by Sean Evans, the co-creator and host of the YouTube sensation, Hot Ones. It's a show on YouTube |
| 0:23.2 | where he talks to people. If you haven't heard of Hot Ones, where have you been? It's the show |
| 0:28.9 | with heart questions and even harder wings, a celebrity interview format where the guest has |
| 0:34.1 | to eat their way through a platter of spicy wings, each one spicier than the last. |
| 0:38.7 | And the idea is that the increasing inferno in the guest's mouth |
| 0:44.4 | disables them from answering coherently, which is funny. |
| 0:48.5 | Or possibly that they're being disarmed by what's happening in their mouth, |
| 0:52.8 | they are more likely to answer the question in a way |
| 0:56.5 | that feels authentic and surprising. Anyway, it's just funny to see people suffer, is the bottom line. |
| 1:02.5 | Since its inception, the show has produced 26 seasons and 358 episodes as of time of recording, |
| 1:09.6 | amassing over 4 billion views. |
| 1:13.6 | Sean estimates he's eaten over 3,000 wings during the show's run. |
| 1:17.3 | And yes, I have been a guest on Hot Ones. |
| 1:19.9 | My episode is available on YouTube. |
| 1:22.3 | We reference it. |
| 1:24.2 | I'll tell you at the end how many views we have because that comes up |
| 1:26.8 | and maybe the suspense will be helpful in keeping your interest to listen to the whole episode. |
| 1:32.3 | This one was recorded in August of last year. |
| 1:34.7 | Sean joined me remotely from the Spotify studio in New York. |
| 1:37.9 | I was keen to speak to him because I admire his broadcasting technique and his ability to carve out a significant place for himself in the new media landscape. |
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