Postgame Show: Snack Fixations

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz – Postgame Show: Snack Fixations Release Date: January 16, 2025

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Introduction

In the January 16, 2025 episode of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz, hosts Dan Le Batard and Stugotz dive into a lively discussion centered around their latest snack fixations. The episode, aptly titled Postgame Show: Snack Fixations, blends humor, personal anecdotes, and insightful commentary on various snack trends, athlete quirks, and their beloved Thursday Thunder segment. This detailed summary captures the essence of their conversations, enriched with notable quotes and timestamps for easy reference.

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Stugotz’s Peloton Experience

[00:12 – 01:20]

Stugotz kicks off the episode by sharing a humorous and relatable story about his foray into using a Peloton bike. Prompted by his wife and daughters, he purchases the high-end exercise equipment, only to have it gather dust in his office. His wife and daughters’ gentle coercion leads him to finally give in and use the Peloton.

Notable Quotes:

• Stugotz: “I want to tell you a story. I'm serious here. My wife and my two daughters, they begged me to buy a peloton. So I bought a peloton. And then I watched that peloton sit in my office and stare at me.” [00:12]
• Stugotz: “Peloton coaches are walking the walk. I love the coaches. I do the Grateful Dead one. It's fantastic.” [01:00]

Stugotz highlights the rigorous nature of the Peloton coaches and the challenge he faced, ultimately growing to enjoy his workouts despite the initial struggle.

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Snack Fixations: Macadamia Nuts and More

[01:42 – 05:18]

The conversation seamlessly transitions into the central theme: snacks. Mike Ryan initiates the discussion by questioning whether the hosts go through phases of obsessing over specific snacks before moving on to new favorites.

Notable Quotes:

• Mike Ryan: “I am really into something right now and it is very expensive and it is very random and I can't stop eating it.” [01:20]
• Mike Ryan: “Probably Macadamia nuts.” [02:13]
• Mike Ryan: “They’re not cheap. They’re like slightly more expensive than almonds, which was my previous snack.” [01:55]
• Jeremy: “Have you ever had an Iranian pistachio?... It doesn't even taste like a pistachio.” [02:19]

The hosts discuss macadamia nuts as their current indulgence, debating their healthiness and comparing them to other nuts like pistachios and almonds. Juju contributes by ranking nuts based on calories and fat content, sparking a light-hearted yet informative debate on the nutritional aspects of various snacks.

• Juju: “I've got on this list almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, peanuts, pecans, pistachios.” [03:53]
• Mike Ryan: “I thought so. They taste like butter. They're so good.” [03:41]

The dialogue touches on the cultural aspects of snacking, such as corn nuts being a traditional baseball snack, and the hosts share personal preferences and memories associated with these treats.

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Discussion on Athletes with Small Hands

[05:21 – 06:39]

Shifting gears, the hosts delve into a discussion about the challenges faced by athletes with smaller hands, focusing on a specific football player, Tommy Reese. Mike Ryan expresses his support for Reese, despite concerns about his hand size affecting his performance.

Notable Quotes:

• Jeremy: “So I know once he goes through the process, you're going to see a whole bunch of his hands are small.” [05:04]
• Mike Ryan: “I want Tommy Reese, though. I want him to be successful.” [05:36]
• Jeremy: “It's a thing. So I know once he goes through the process, you're going to see a whole bunch of his hands are small.” [05:07]

The hosts discuss the implications of hand size on performance, referencing Tommy Reese’s history of fumbles and questioning whether his hand size could be a significant drawback despite his evident talent.

• Jeremy: “Fumbling, I mean. Yeah. Like, when he was at Wazoo, he fumbled once a game.” [06:03]

This segment blends sports analysis with personal opinions, providing listeners with both statistical insights and conversational perspectives on athlete performance factors.

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Thursday Thunder Picks

[07:01 – 08:03]

As the episode progresses, the focus shifts to the popular Thursday Thunder segment, where the hosts discuss their latest draft picks and betting lines. Juju introduces her picks for the upcoming games, emphasizing overs in receptions for key players.

Notable Quotes:

• Juju: “Something I love about the way Juju does Thursday Thunder is that he's always picking overs and that makes it more entertaining.” [07:12]
• Juju: “Dallas Goddard over three and a half receptions... Travis Kelce over five and a half receptions.” [07:39]
• Jeremy: “I like what Juju's head's at because there was a lot of people talking about Travis Kelce last season...” [07:50]

The discussion highlights Juju’s strategy of betting on high-reception performances, particularly singling out Travis Kelce’s potential to defy criticisms and excel in the postseason. Jeremy supports this by citing Kelce’s stellar postseason performance last year, suggesting that current picks are well-founded.

• Juju: “Let that body heal for a week as well.” [08:01]

The segment concludes with light banter about the integration of sponsorships and the hosts’ enthusiasm for their picks, maintaining the show’s signature blend of sports analysis and entertaining dialogue.

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Conclusion

The Postgame Show: Snack Fixations episode of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz offers a delightful mix of personal stories, snack debates, athlete discussions, and betting insights. Through engaging conversations and humorous exchanges, Dan, Stugotz, and their co-hosts provide listeners with both entertainment and thoughtful commentary. Whether sharing struggles with a Peloton bike, debating the merits of macadamia nuts, or strategizing their Thursday Thunder picks, the hosts create an inviting and dynamic atmosphere that resonates with sports and pop-culture enthusiasts alike.

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Notable Moments & Quotes Recap:

• Stugotz’s Peloton Revelation: “Peloton coaches are walking the walk. I love the coaches.” [01:00]
• Macadamia Nuts Discussion: “Probably Macadamia nuts.” [02:13]
• Athlete Hand Size Debate: “I want Tommy Reese, though. I want him to be successful.” [05:36]
• Thursday Thunder Strategy: “Travis Kelce over five and a half receptions.” [07:39]

This episode encapsulates the vibrant energy and insightful discourse that fans have come to expect from The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz, making it a must-listen for those interested in the intersection of sports, culture, and everyday life.

Transcript

[Mike Ryan]

You're listening to Giraffe Kings Network.

[Stugotz]

Stugach. I want to tell you a story. I'm serious here. My wife and my two daughters, they begged me to buy a peloton. So I bought a peloton. And then I watched that peloton sit in my office and stare at me. So you know what I did one day I looked at it and so I decided to get off my ass and I jumped on the peloton because no one else was using it and I paid for it. I mean, so why not? Then I realized eventually that they bought it for me. And I got to tell you, way more challenging than I could have ever imagined. Peloton coaches are walking the walk. I love the coaches. I do the Grateful Dead one. It's fantastic. They have a sub 3 hour marathon runner, military trained athlete, a former college basketball player, and so many other well rounded coaches on their team. All this experience really shows in their classes, which are never short of challenging, especially for me. So I jumped on it that first time. It was challenging, more challenging than I thought. And then I wanted to beat the bike and so I kept jumping on it. And I absolutely love it. I mean, I'm the only one who uses it, but again, they got it for me. I mean, I had no idea. That's a little passive aggressive that you think. Find your push, find your power. With [e-mail].

[Mike Ryan]

Do you guys go through phases where you get really into one snack for a while and then you just like eating that snack a lot and buying it a lot and then you kind of get sick, sick of it over a span of time and then you're like onto a new snack, something that you're just like munching on. I am really into something right now and it is very expensive and it is very random and I can't stop eating it.

[Chris Cote]

Cocaine.

[Dan Le Batard]

Give more details without saying what it is.

[Mike Ryan]

Macadamia nuts.

[Stugotz]

Okay.

[Chris Cote]

The exact opposite.

[Jeremy]

Are they so hard to find? Like there was like a Mac nut shortage?

[Mike Ryan]

There was, yeah. That's terrible.

[Jeremy]

Like the price went up like crazy.

[Mike Ryan]

They're not cheap. They're like slightly more expensive than almonds, which was my previous snack. But they're very, you know, almonds are very filling, lots of protein. So I was like waking up in the morning, I eat some almonds, go out, get some lunch, then have some almonds after. It was like my little like palate cleanser. After I.

[Jeremy]

You eat like a squirrel.

[Dan Le Batard]

What's the unhealthiest nut?

[Mike Ryan]

Probably Macadamia nuts.

[Dan Le Batard]

I think I've heard pistachios. I've heard.

[Mike Ryan]

I think all nuts are healthy, though.

[Jeremy]

Have you ever had an Iranian pistachio?

[Chris Cote]

Okay.

[Mike Ryan]

I've heard they're amazing.

[Juju]

They're not.

[Jeremy]

Do the Iranian pistachio. Like, I don't. I don't know how much I can reveal because I don't even think that it's legal to eat them here. I found I was given them by an Iranian Iran, and it was incredible. It doesn't even taste like a pistachio. It's the greatest pistachio I've ever guys ever see.

[Mike Ryan]

Best in show. Because I feel like, what a movie.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm just two left feet all time.

[Mike Ryan]

It was a Harlan Crow. Christopher Guest. I'm just naming nuts. Pistachio nut, pine nut.

[Dan Le Batard]

Christopher Guest, one of the most awkward interviews in our show's history.

[Chris Cote]

Oh, for real awkward.

[Dan Le Batard]

Guest.

[Mike Ryan]

He was on the show.

[Dan Le Batard]

He was on for about three minutes.

[Jeremy]

It was bad. I don't think Dan got. No Dan. Like, Dan did one of those collapse and, like, when he puts two claps over his. All right, we're done here.

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, no. But Christopher Guest is a comedian.

[Jeremy]

Yeah. He was deadpan.

[Dan Le Batard]

I was gonna say Guest didn't bring a lot of energy, and Dan checked out on it.

[Jeremy]

We just kind of. It was just two left feet. It was essentially two left feet.

[Chris Cote]

Those are the days. REM Dan would just, like, show also, right. Dan would just unplug an interview like.

[Dan Le Batard]

The clap and done with an interview. Like. We haven't seen that in a while, dude.

[Chris Cote]

That was. Those are the.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, now we just, you know, grit our teeth through it. We haven't had one in a while, though.

[Jeremy]

No, it's been. It's been pretty good there.

[Mike Ryan]

Maybe we're due.

[Jeremy]

Yeah.

[Juju]

Bad news, Jess. Macadamia nuts. Most unhealthy nut.

[Mike Ryan]

I thought so. They taste like butter. They're so good.

[Dan Le Batard]

I thought pistachio.

[Juju]

I've got on this list almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, peanuts, pecans, pistachios.

[Dan Le Batard]

Just naming all the.

[Chris Cote]

That's all the nuts in the middle.

[Juju]

You guys named other nuts.

[Dan Le Batard]

Was that a ranking? Like, these are the ones that are there.

[Juju]

Calories and total fat.

[Jeremy]

Look up the corn nut.

[Mike Ryan]

But fat. I think calories and fat are good for you.

[Juju]

I mean, I'm just going based off the main.

[Mike Ryan]

Obviously, it's a moderation game.

[Dan Le Batard]

Thanks for helping, Jeremy.

[Jeremy]

Yeah, it's amazing that I haven't broken my teeth on a corn Nut.

[Chris Cote]

You like corn nuts like that?

[Mike Ryan]

I used to really like corn. I would, like, eat them in class all the time. It was so loud.

[Dan Le Batard]

I've never corn nutted.

[Jeremy]

The ranch.

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, the flavored ones, dude.

[Jeremy]

The ranch.

[Chris Cote]

Ew.

[Jeremy]

I know. I understand why ill. I get it. Look, I'm not actively eating corn nuts right now. I haven't had a corn in a couple years. Sometimes you're like, man, I could go for a corn.

[Mike Ryan]

Whereas macadamia nuts right now, to me, it's the opposite. I'm like, I feel like I'm eating a nice buttery piece of chocolate.

[Dan Le Batard]

I don't know if I've ever had a corn nut.

[Mike Ryan]

I love it.

[Chris Cote]

Really?

[Jeremy]

Aren't you a baseball guy? Yeah. Isn't that, like, one of the baseball snacks?

[Juju]

Sunflower seeds.

[Jeremy]

I understand. That's why I'm classifying it as one.

[Chris Cote]

One of.

[Dan Le Batard]

I've never seen the.

[Juju]

I've never seen corn nuts on a baseball field, but maybe it happens.

[Jeremy]

I kind of. I think it kind of plays. And you don't have to spit this one out. Yeah. Like, it's crunchy. Gives you.

[Mike Ryan]

Mike Ryan. You have some, like, occasional midwestern tendencies.

[Jeremy]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

And I think corn nuts is one of them.

[Jeremy]

What are my other midwestern tendencies?

[Mike Ryan]

Rooting for the Browns. Yeah, that's like, those are the only two.

[Jeremy]

But real city slicker type of view, though, by saying, no, I'm sorry, I can't go on with this.

[Mike Ryan]

Cornuts.

[Jeremy]

No. Well, both the Browns and corn nuts.

[Chris Cote]

Although he might come back to the Browns. Will you go back to.

[Jeremy]

I'm in a. Look, everyone says this guy's going to be the number one pick, and the Browns are presently slotted at two. But we haven't measured his hands. And I never know. Those hands are small. They're kind of small.

[Stugotz]

They're small.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, they were right about. Can you pick it with the hands?

[Jeremy]

It's a thing. So I know once he goes through the process, you're going to see a whole bunch of his hands are small.

[Mike Ryan]

I am rooting for Tommy Reese, though. I want him to be successful.

[Chris Cote]

I asked you this.

[Mike Ryan]

I want the Browns defense to suck.

[Jeremy]

Did I deflect enough? I think I did.

[Chris Cote]

I asked you this question last week. All fair, though, like, given how incredible he was at playing the position. So what if his hands are small? Like, he's not catching? Why? Why is that an issue?

[Jeremy]

Fumbling, I mean. Yeah. Like, when he was at wazoo, he fumbled once a game. Not fumbles loss, but, like, fumbled the ball and Then I actually like watch the film on like Those fumbles all 22. And his protect, his protection was so bad at Wazoo that he would literally be at the line and he did this a lot in Miami we didn't have like that super fast of a pacey offense. He would really just try to read the defense to the very last second. A lot of the fumbles were just like him doing that, not looking. The snap comes at him and he picks it right up and he goes. But the small hands, it is a thing. He had a couple of like high profile fumbles this season with Miami that you can maybe attribute a bigger hand.

[Mike Ryan]

Going in the Georgia Tech game. If I recall at the end I. I was drunk. Speaking of, my grandma just texted me. I'm still laughing at him sitting on a pool table. Holy.

[Chris Cote]

Thursday Thunder.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's right, it's Thursday thunder.

[Jeremy]

It's a good song.

[Chris Cote]

It's a great song.

[Dan Le Batard]

And it's sponsored by DraftKings. DraftKings the C. Wow. The crown is yours.

[Chris Cote]

Oh yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

Jeremy, what do we got?

[Juju]

Something I love about the way juju does Thursday Thunder is that he's always picking overs and that makes it more entertaining. So in the Rams at the Eagles he has Dallas Goddard over three and a half receptions. Then Commanders at Lions we have Amon Ra St Brown over six and a half receptions in that game. The Lions are gonna need them.

[Jeremy]

Yeah, I like that.

[Juju]

And then finally, and this is to me may be the most controversial, Travis Kelce over five and a half receptions.

[Jeremy]

I like what juju's head's at because there was a lot of people talking about Travis Kelce last season and then he entered the postseason and he had an all time postseason. So it's another opportunity for Travis Kelce to put some of those criticisms.

[Juju]

Let that body heal for a week as well.

[Jeremy]

And you know Patrick Mahomes is going to go to the well.