Hi, I'm Ethan Sopli, welcome to American Glutton. Outside of acting, my two favorite things

to do are diet and eat. I have a very complicated relationship with food and on this podcast,

we're going to talk about all of it. Food as entertainment, food as sport, food as fuel.

I'll talk to experts and the average person, just like you and me.

Today I sit down with my old friend Shane Powers. Shane is a podcast host and former survivor

contestant. We're talking about diets, his survivor weight gain, anarchy, video games, and chicken

fried steak. You can find Shane at Shane Head Boy.

Shane Powers. Wow. I want to say something before we jump into it and I want to say that

Grace this morning said, who are you talking to today? And I said, I'm talking to Shane

Powers and she went, oh my God, well first, you have to thank him for tickets to the blog

blog blog blog blog blog blog blog blog blog blog. I didn't do I didn't do any of that.

She did all that. Okay. It's not true, but I heard Grace call was made and something

happened and Grace wanted to thank you. Many people call during that weekend. I'm

sure Tyler's festival is a big deal. Yeah. I'm like, don't know, they'll miss it. The

thing I hear Grace. Whatever you need. Yeah. And Grace. So it was hard. Grace has been

stuck. And Grace has every time been like, when am I going to see Shane, I need to thank

Shane. Shane has the shoes were kindred spirits. That's Grace's universe. Okay. So I said,

okay, I will thank him and she's and she then went, wait, but dad, he's not fat. And

I said, well, Grace, first of all, everybody has something in their body that they want

to change or do better or they're this is a conversation I think could apply to anyone.

Sure. But secondly, Shane was on survivor, which is a starvation fest. Right. And like

that's interesting. And we're going to talk about that a little bit or just the how the

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