This is That, a CBC Radio program, produced a segment about Camp Odoon, "the world's number one training facility for those who consider themselves to be 'food athletes.'". The show describes itself as "a current affairs program that doesn't just talk about the issues, it fabricates them".
Zagat produced a behind the scenes video recorded at this year's Nathan's finals starring Yasir Salem and Crazy Legs Conti. Fink Beats the Stomach makes a cameo.
Crazy Legs Conti did an interview on Kiss 108 this morning with the following description: "Boston competitive eater #CrazyLegs on @MattyShow about how to beat @joeyjaws at @originalnathans @eatingcontest". (According to the eatfeats database, Conti is winless (0-47) for his career vs Chestnut).
live105.cbslocal.com has a podcast of Joey Chestnut's appearance yesterday on the Kevin Klein show. He says that he has broken off his relationship with Neslie Ricasa after proposing to her during last year's Nathan's finals and that MLE prevented him from wearing an item promoting a military charity during a previous Nathan's finals.
Tracy Goode has an interview with the co-hosts of the Fink Beats the Stomach podcast on Rake & Herald. They are doing a short series of podcasts with Nathan's competitiors: Crazy Legs | Erik Denmark | Nate Biller | Juan Rodriguez | Michelle Lesco | Dave Wood
Dave "The Termite" Wood is the guest on the latest FBTS ppodcast. The current Nathan's wild card leader hopes to guarantee a finals spot by winning the Pocono qualifier.
The guest on the latest episode of the Heads Up Poker Podcast is competitive eater Brian Taylor. (No results for that name show up in the eatfeats database).
Philadelphia.CBSLocal.com has a podcast of Wing Bowl 12 in 2004, the sole victory of Sonya Thomas in that event.
"Max Carnage" and "Honey Badger" of the Portland Big Eaters Club are the guests on the latest episode of the Fink Beats the Stomach podcast.
The Chicago White Sox are promoting pitcher Carlos Rodon to the major league baseball club. Last year, the left-hander did a podcast about his competitive eating fandom for the Cespedes Family Barbecast where he discussed which baseball players would have the best chance against Joey Chestnut.
A podcast of the first Wing Bowl from 1993 is available on philadelphia.cbslocal.com
Molly Schuyler will be the guest on this evening's episode of Bottoms Up: Appetite for Discussion. The program will start at 6:30pm eastern. update March 13 The program is available online.
Eric “Badlands” Booker on Fink Beats the Stomach
Eric “Badlands” Booker interview on the Fink Beast the Stomach is now available. Some notes:
- He says he used his payment from Wife Swap for a down payment on a house and that Charles Hardy, Cookie Jarvis and Joe Menchetti were finalists for that program
- He plans to collaborate with Crazy Legs Conti on a “hip hopera” set in the competitive eating world
- He would like to see the release of Stick to Blogging 2 by Brian Seiken, which he claims is 50% finished
Fink Beats the Stomach is requesting questions to ask their next podcast guest, Eric "Badlands" Boooker.
Barberas Autoland has a picture of Bob Shoudt taking possession of a Chrysler 300, his prize for winning the local division of Wing Bowl 23. Fink Beats the Stomach have posted their podcast about that event.
Bleed Philly has a response to Philadelphia Magazine's column examining if the Wing Bowl should be terminated. Barstool Philly has a podcast with "Skin & Bones" about competing in the Wing Bowl.
Crazy Legs Conti is the guest on the latest episode of the Fink Beats the Stomach podcast. At 1:02, he addresses the controversial 2010 Nathan's qualifier in Escondido, CA (and calls Dave Wagner a "douchebag" for uploading his contest footage.) He talks about the chaotic end of the most recent sweet corn eating contest at 1:09 and says he might not return to that event unless Bob Shoudt is banned.
The most recent episode of the Fink Beats the Stomach podcast previews Wing Bowl 23.
Fink Beats the Stomach latest podcast featuring Miki Sudo is now available on the Heavy Hitter Network. (mp3 link).
The Fink Meets the Stomach podcast is requesting questions for Miki Sudo, who will be the guest on their next episode.
Washingtonian has an interview with Brandon Wetherbee, host of the You, Me, Them, Everybody podcast. He claims that a competitive eater guest, billed as a winner of Nathan's hot dog eating challenge, was so drunk that his interview segment was truncated from 12 minutes to 90 seconds.
Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez is the guest on the most recent episode of the Fink Beats the Stomach podcast.
Brian Seiken is the guest on the latest episode of the Fink Beats the Stomach competitive eating podcast.
Molly Schuyler co-hosted Omaha Morning Blend this morning. She will appear on the Chewing The Fat w/ Big & Beefy radio show tonight starting at 8 pm eastern. update Link to podcast of show
Joel Podelsky talks about losing 100 pounds in a year in the most recent episode of Brian Seiken's podcast.