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Le Batard & Friends Network

The Legend of The Paul Finebaum Show (PTFO Vault)

Le Batard & Friends Network

Dan Le Batard

Sports

4.9 • 8.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

His callers are a portal to the college-football universe — and the American South today. As Finebaum himself says, "We found this audience before Donald Trump did." We're talking poisoned trees, an on-air heart attack... and one Alabama super-fan with a truly haunting past. (This episode originally aired December 19, 2024.) • Subscribe to Pablo's Substack for exclusive access, documents and invites https://pablo.show/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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On that front.

1:04.3

And this, this episode today is a handpicked episode from deep inside the PtFO vault that we sincerely hope you enjoy.

1:14.9

Welcome to Pablo Torre finds out. I am Pablo Torre, and today we're going to find out what this

1:20.6

sound is. Blame Paul Vanbom! He's the reason for this monster. Right after this ad.

1:33.8

This is surreal, though.

1:35.5

The setup we have right now, I do feel like a caller on your show, which is...

1:39.8

Well, you're a FaceTime caller.

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