The 4th of July Hot Dog Eating Contest: A Brief History

The History of Fun

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Film Reviews, Tv & Film, Hobbies, Video Games, Leisure

4.8 • 605 Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

On this, the week of America's independence, we celebrate the ability for humans to consume low-grade meat at extremely fast rates. Chris Plante digs into the surprisingly-fraught history of the world famous Nathan's Hot Dog Eating contest, as well as its most famous (and controversial) competitor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to the history of phone where we explore the hidden back stories behind the things you love to do.
0:14.0	My name is Russ Freshick, and today I'm joined by Allegra, Frank.
0:16.6	Hello, Allegra.
0:17.5	Hello, Russ.
0:18.7	And we have a very special guest in Chris Plant, who is our expert today on a very interesting topic.
0:27.6	Yes, and I will set it up on my own.
0:30.9	Thank you for politely letting me do my job.
0:33.6	I will let you relish the experience.
0:36.7	I'm going to ignore what you just said and pretend it's not a pertinent punitant pun.
0:42.1	Today, here's my elevator pitch.
0:44.5	We're talking about one of the nation's most iconic sports.
0:49.7	It involves a battle between two world record breakers, the cops, arresting all-star talent in front of a screaming audience and a rulebook that prohibits barfing.
1:09.5	I'm talking about competitive eating.
1:13.8	Specifically, the Super Bowl of competitive eating, the hot dog eating contest.
1:21.6	Yes.
1:22.8	That's the reaction, Allegra.
1:25.3	I was thinking in my head, like, should there be any warnings?
1:28.4	Are you going to talk about barf a lot?
1:30.8	I'm not.
1:31.5	There's actually...
1:32.5	There's a very little barf.
1:34.7	There is a considerable bount of pathos.
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