FIELD TRIP! Jamie heads to Las Vegas to see the closing moments of the Kobi-Chestnut sixteenth minute -- and watches them face off live on Netflix after fifteen years without competing in a broadcast called Unfinished Beef. We talk more with documentarian Nicole Lucas-Haimes, and take a look at what the greatest hot dog and sports rivalry of all time looks like at the highest level.


Watch 30 for 30: The Good, The Bad, The Hungry on Netflix here: https://www.netflix.com/title/81752194 

Watch Unfinished Beef: https://www.netflix.com/title/81743617

Read Jodi Walker's terrific coverage of the event on The Ringer: https://www.theringer.com/tv/2024/9/19/24248057/joey-chestnut-takeru-kobayashi-netflix-unfinished-beef-hot-dog-eating

Buy Jamie's book Raw Dog here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250847768/rawdog

FIELD TRIP! Jamie heads to Las Vegas to see the closing moments of the Kobi-Chestnut sixteenth minute -- and watches them face off live on Netflix after fifteen years without competing in a broadcast called Unfinished Beef. We talk more with documentarian Nicole Lucas-Haimes, and take a look at what the greatest hot dog and sports rivalry of all time looks like at the highest level. 
Watch 30 for 30: The Good, The Bad, The Hungry on Netflix here: <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81752194" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="686f6854-6f11-4b78-8018-40c1a2a24fdd">https://www.netflix.com/title/81752194 </a>
Watch Unfinished Beef: <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81743617" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="f1ecc9b8-0680-466f-a183-2df5ab6d7ef3">https://www.netflix.com/title/81743617</a>
Read Jodi Walker's terrific coverage of the event on The Ringer: <a href="https://www.theringer.com/tv/2024/9/19/24248057/joey-chestnut-takeru-kobayashi-netflix-unfinished-beef-hot-dog-eating" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="3ffa1825-bb3d-48e3-8fee-f11097318886">https://www.theringer.com/tv/2024/9/19/24248057/joey-chestnut-takeru-kobayashi-netflix-unfinished-beef-hot-dog-eating</a>
Buy Jamie's book Raw Dog here: <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250847768/rawdog" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="862dd109-75df-423e-a47c-09c688d28293">https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250847768/rawdog</a>

Sixteenth Minute (of Fame) is a weekly show from Jamie Loftus that takes a closer look at the internet’s main characters – one part reported, one part interviews, and one part Jamie collapsing her permanently internet-damaged brain. Whether it’s an enduring meme or a dreaded Character of the Day distinction, it’s the kind of notoriety that often results in little money, unwarranted attention, and a confusing blurred line of consent. What do you do when you get more attention and judgement than any one person is built to handle? The Sixteenth Minute of Fame is the place where we figure that out, putting people in the context of the moment they've been frozen inside of.

Sixteenth Minute (of Fame) is a weekly show from Jamie Loftus that takes a closer look at the internet’s main characters – one part reported, one part interviews, and one part Jamie collapsing her permanently internet-damaged brain. Whether it’s an enduring meme or a dreaded Character of the Day distinction, it’s the kind of notoriety that often results in little money, unwarranted attention, and a confusing blurred line of consent. What do you do when you get more attention and judgement than any one person is built to handle? The Sixteenth Minute of Fame is the place where we figure that out, putting people in the context of the moment they've been frozen inside of.

Sixteenth Minute (of Fame)

Sixteenth Minute (Of Fame)

bonus episode: the kobayashi vs. chestnut rematch, live in las vegas

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/89ade0c8-3c2e-414c-990b-b20d0023eb4a/transcript

Once a year, Joey Chestnut becomes the main character of the internet -- but it wasn't always that way. This week, we're talking about the greatest hot dog rivalry of all time, and the media ringmaster that made it possible.

Before Joey's annual stint as a main character, the hot dog eating champion of the world was one Takeru Kobayashi, a Japanese eater who turned a novelty event in the U.S. into a full-blown sensation in the early 2000s. Then, contractual issues and a huge wave of xenophobia pushed Kobi out of the professional scene in America, until Labor Day 2024 when he faced off with Chestnut for the first time in 15 years. A lot has changed since their last meeting... more than anything, the way stories are told using the internet.

Jamie speaks with documentarian Nicole Lucas-Haimes, director of the 30 for 30 about the Kobi and Chestnut rivalry: The Good, The Bad, The Hungry. She's also the executive producer of the Netflix rematch, Unfinished Beef.

This Thursday, Jamie ventures to Las Vegas to see the Kobi-Chestnut Netflix rematch in person.

Watch The Good, The Bad, The Hungry: https://www.netflix.com/title/81752194
Watch Unfinished Beef: https://www.netflix.com/title/81743617
Buy Raw Dog (now in paperback): https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250847768/rawdog
Now

Once a year, Joey Chestnut becomes the main character of the internet -- but it wasn't always that way. This week, we're talking about the greatest hot dog rivalry of all time, and the media ringmaster that made it possible.
Before Joey's annual stint as a main character, the hot dog eating champion of the world was one Takeru Kobayashi, a Japanese eater who turned a novelty event in the U.S. into a full-blown sensation in the early 2000s. Then, contractual issues and a huge wave of xenophobia pushed Kobi out of the professional scene in America, until Labor Day 2024 when he faced off with Chestnut for the first time in 15 years. A lot has changed since their last meeting... more than anything, the way stories are told using the internet.
Jamie speaks with documentarian Nicole Lucas-Haimes, director of the 30 for 30 about the Kobi and Chestnut rivalry: The Good, The Bad, The Hungry. She's also the executive producer of the Netflix rematch, Unfinished Beef.
This Thursday, Jamie ventures to Las Vegas to see the Kobi-Chestnut Netflix rematch in person.
Watch The Good, The Bad, The Hungry: <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81752194">https://www.netflix.com/title/81752194</a> Watch Unfinished Beef: <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81743617">https://www.netflix.com/title/81743617</a> Buy Raw Dog (now in paperback): <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250847768/rawdog%20Now">https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250847768/rawdog</a> <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250847768/rawdog%20Now">Now</a>

takeru kobayashi vs. joey chestnut & the art of the narrative

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/2fbb5540-bacc-4da2-b08a-b20601513ae4/transcript

Ken Bone reflects on the eight-year anniversary of his overnight viral success, how becoming a main character changed his life, and how his moment moved his politics forward.

Donate to St. Patrick's Center here: https://www.stpatrickcenter.org/donate

Los Angeles area heads, see Jamie live this November at the Lyric Hyperion! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-tiny-man-is-trying-to-kill-me-tickets-1039733048537?aff=oddtdtcreator

Ken Bone reflects on the eight-year anniversary of his overnight viral success, how becoming a main character changed his life, and how his moment moved his politics forward.
Donate to St. Patrick's Center here: <a href="https://www.stpatrickcenter.org/donate" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="0cc291f2-466f-4261-a516-6d43d8909812">https://www.stpatrickcenter.org/donate</a>
Los Angeles area heads, see Jamie live this November at the Lyric Hyperion! <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-tiny-man-is-trying-to-kill-me-tickets-1039733048537?aff=oddtdtcreator" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="1f8e34f7-bcf0-4693-8c3a-9e75217e3823">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-tiny-man-is-trying-to-kill-me-tickets-1039733048537?aff=oddtdtcreator</a>

ken bone, pt. 2

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/fffbe8c5-9d9d-4633-bdca-b202015e7174/transcript

In 2016, one man in a red sweater became the nation's sweetheart... until he didn't. Ken Bone became a celebrity overnight after a star turn at the height of an October 2016 political nightmare. Just two days after the infamous Access Hollywood tape made many think Trump's first run for president was a lost cause, after a year of "her emails" and what felt like an infinity war of an election cycle, the world took comfort in a normal midwestern man who worked at a power plant and loved anime. 

What made Ken so appealing, and -- apologies for taking us back to such a cursed period -- what shitstorm was he caught in the middle of? In part one, Jamie examines the media environment that made Ken a star, and the milkshake duck cycle and a Reddit scandal that made him one of the seminal internet main characters to this day. 

Next week... we talk to Ken.

Donate to Ken's nonprofit of choice, the St. Patrick Center of St. Louis here: https://www.stpatrickcenter.org/donate

In 2016, one man in a red sweater became the nation's sweetheart... until he didn't. Ken Bone became a celebrity overnight after a star turn at the height of an October 2016 political nightmare. Just two days after the infamous Access Hollywood tape made many think Trump's first run for president was a lost cause, after a year of "her emails" and what felt like an infinity war of an election cycle, the world took comfort in a normal midwestern man who worked at a power plant and loved anime. 
What made Ken so appealing, and -- apologies for taking us back to such a cursed period -- what shitstorm was he caught in the middle of? In part one, Jamie examines the media environment that made Ken a star, and the milkshake duck cycle and a Reddit scandal that made him one of the seminal internet main characters to this day. 
Next week... we talk to Ken.
Donate to Ken's nonprofit of choice, the St. Patrick Center of St. Louis here: <a href="https://www.stpatrickcenter.org/donate">https://www.stpatrickcenter.org/donate</a>

ken bone, pt. 1

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/07e35361-c37c-4c60-b1d7-b1fc001e0a9f/transcript

bonus episode: the kobayashi vs. chestnut rematch, live in las vegas

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