{"podcast":{"title":"The Dan Le Batard Show","slug":"the-dan-le-batard-show-with-stugotz-745415","podcast_index_feed_id":745415,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ESP2298543312","website_url":"https://lebatardaf.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/353b02e2-4f64-11eb-938f-27ae6b16a7ea/image/dfafed6e502111909da5caedf08ce224.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Meadowlark Media","episode_count":350,"summary":"Live from the Elser Hotel in Downtown Miami, Dan Le Batard and company share their unique perspectives on all things sports, pop culture, and more. This is the place for original content from Le Batard's daily 3-hour live show, including the daily “Local Hour,” generally focusing on the South Florida scene and a few more surprises along the way.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T06:21:35.202740+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dan-le-batard-show-with-stugotz-745415"},"episode":{"title":"LAF PRESENTS THE STEP BACK - The Chosen One (feat. Sonny Vaccaro)","slug":"laf-presents-the-step-back-the-chosen-one-feat-sonny-vaccaro","published_at":"2026-05-12T18:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dan-le-batard-show-with-stugotz-745415/laf-presents-the-step-back-the-chosen-one-feat-sonny-vaccaro","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dan-le-batard-show-with-stugotz-745415","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/arttrk.com/p/DF7K3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/titlepl.us/redirect.mp3/MEADOWLARK/1/traffic.megaphone.fm/LBE9921714892.mp3?updated=1778595525","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/arttrk.com/p/DF7K3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/titlepl.us/redirect.mp3/MEADOWLARK/1/traffic.megaphone.fm/LBE9921714892.mp3?updated=1778595525","summary":"In the season premiere, Dan, Amin, and Izzy go back to the Sports Illustrated cover that turned a teenager into an industry, re-reading the prophecy with the very people who helped craft it. Plus: a resplendent Sonny Vaccaro joins us to re-live his failed $100 million offer to bring The Kid from Akron to Adidas. All that AND real talk about LeBron's untold origin story. Homework for this episode: • \"Ahead of His Class\" by Grant Wahl (Sports Illustrated, 2002) https://vault.si.com/vault/2002/02/18/ahead-of-his-class-ohio-high-school-junior-lebron-james-is-so-good-that-hes-already-being-mentioned-as-the-heir-to-air-jordan Homework for the next week's episode: • \"The Decision\" (ESPN, 2010) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afpgnb_9bA4 From our guest: • \"Legends and Soles: The Memoir of an American Original\" by Sonny Vaccaro with Armen Keteyian https://www.harpercollins.com/products/legends-and-soles-sonny-vaccaroarmen-keteyian Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"In the season premiere, Dan, Amin, and Izzy go back to the Sports Illustrated cover that turned a teenager into an industry, re-reading the prophecy with…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2680,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-dan-le-batard-show-with-stugotz-745415/episodes/laf-presents-the-step-back-the-chosen-one-feat-sonny-vaccaro/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dan-le-batard-show-with-stugotz-745415/laf-presents-the-step-back-the-chosen-one-feat-sonny-vaccaro.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}