Competitive eating is a modern "sport" that's very popular in the United States. Join Josh and Chuck as they delve into the fascinatingly gross world of competitive eating in this podcast from HowStuffWorks.com.
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Josh and Chuck dive into the wild and somewhat stomach-turning world of competitive eating, where people compete to consume massive quantities of food in record time. They explore the evolution from simple county fair pie contests to the organized sport we know today, featuring legendary competitors like Japan's Takeru Kobayashi and America's Joey Chestnut who can down 68 hot dogs in just minutes. The hosts discuss the techniques, training methods, and surprisingly serious science behind competitive eating, while also examining the darker side including health risks and the ongoing debate about whether it glorifies wastefulness.
Cool Hand Luke
1967
2h 7m
★ 7.7
"Have you seen Cool Hand Luke? Oh, yeah, sure. You know the hard-boiled egg eating contest — Chuck references Cool Hand Luke's famous hard-boiled egg eating scene when discussing competitive eater Sonya Thomas's record."
— Chuck
Die Hard
1988
2h 12m
★ 7.8
"Die hard. I'm an idiot. Die hard. Kobayashi, the usual suspects. Yeah. That's Nakatomi. — Josh corrects himself about confusing Kobayashi from The Usual Suspects with Nakatomi from Die Hard."
— Josh
Stand by Me
1986
1h 29m
★ 7.8
"Great scene. Fantastic scene. But yes, so that was a county fair pie-eating contest. — Chuck references the pie-eating contest scene from Stand by Me when discussing county fair pie-eating contests."
— Chuck
The Usual Suspects
1995
1h 46m
★ 8.2
"Not to be confused with the attorney in the usual suspects. — Chuck mentions Kobayashi from The Usual Suspects when discussing the competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi."
— Chuck
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