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Spike Feresten (Writer, Seinfeld)

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4.7960 Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2018

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

We are joined by Talking Watches alum Spike Feresten for our first live show, recorded in Los Angeles. The panel (featuring Ben Clymer, James Stacey, and host Stephen Pulvirent) talks about Spike's career, his favorite watch/car pairings, the origins of Seinfeld's "Soup Nazi", and much more. Enjoy.

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0:00.0

Hey everybody. This week we thought we'd try something a little bit different. We have your first ever live episode of Hodinke Radio.

0:08.0

We recorded this at the UTA Artist Space in Beverly Hills during the Hodinke Pop-up. We had a number of Hodinkie team members out in

0:15.7

LA for a full week including a pop-up shop, a lounge space, some events, and what you're

0:20.5

about to hear was recorded there in front of a live audience.

0:23.7

Before we get into it, I just want to say thank you on behalf of the entire Hodinky team to everybody who came

0:28.5

out to see us at the UTA artist base.

0:30.6

It was an incredible week. We had so much fun meeting everybody and we can't wait to see you again soon.

0:35.0

On a brisk Saturday morning, we had over a hundred people come out for an amazing cars and coffee with dozens of incredible cars. One of the people was

0:44.3

Spike Farriston who in addition to being a noted car guy actually hosts his very

0:48.5

own car podcast, Spike's car radio which you should definitely be listening to.

0:54.0

Spike's also a legend in the comedy world, where he's written for Saturday Night Live,

0:58.6

The Late Show at David Letterman, and of course, Seinfeld. He sat down with us to talk about everything from his

1:04.7

start in comedy to the origins of the soup Nazi to how he pairs cars and

1:09.3

watches to his greatest passions. I'm your host Stephen Pulverin and this is a special live edition of

1:15.3

Hodinke Radio. This week's episode is brought to you by Tudor.

1:25.0

Stay tuned later in the show for a look at the Black Bay Bronze, a dive watch inspired by True

1:29.7

Naval Engineering. You can also learn more at tutorwatch.com.

1:34.0

All right, thanks everybody for coming out on a Saturday morning to the first ever live episode of

1:47.2

Hodinke Radio.

1:48.7

I'm your host Stephen Polverin and we have a pretty great panel of people here.

1:53.0

How about I let everybody introduce themselves today?

1:56.0

Let's start with my left.

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