Episode 285 features inspiring stories from athlete, Dave Stevens, a seven-time Emmy Award winner and congenital amputee, while Jimmy Carbone and Sean Ludwig promote upcoming barbecue events and barbecue's enormous growth. 
Dave Stevens is an athlete and a seven-time Emmy Award winning sports broadcaster.  Dave is a congenital amputee and has wrestled, played football, and played baseball, all without legs.  Dave played college football and had a tryout with the Dallas Cowboys.  Dave was featured on the television show, That’s Incredible along with a very young and future golf pro, Tiger Woods.  Dave had baseball tryouts with the 1984 Olympic baseball team, the Cincinnati Reds, and the Minnesota Twins, as well as a three-week contract with the minor league baseball team, St. Paul Saints where he played alongside Darryl Strawberry and even pinch-hit for Strawberry.  Dave worked at ESPN for over 20 years.  He has covered Super Bowls, World Series, Final Fours and many other events.  Dave volunteers as a board member for NubAbility Athletics, which organizes sports camps for “Limb-Different” Athletes. He also co-hosts the Celebrity Amputee Golf Classic and is an Ambassador Athlete for the Dave Clark Foundation which hosts free clinics with Minor League baseball teams for children with disabilities.
Jimmy Carbone is back with a preview of his food events which we can look forward to this year, including Brisket King, Rib King, and Pig Island NYC.  Each year these events become more popular and we spend part of our time discussing the outstanding growth of barbecue and the various flavors being added which are changing the way we think of the cuisine.  It is an exciting time to be a foodie in New York as well as the surrounding areas and Jimmy's events are among the reasons why.
Sean Ludwig is the founder of NYC BBQ, <a href="http://www.nycbbq.com/" target="_blank">http://www.nycbbq.com</a> a website and newsletter with news and information on all things barbecue in the NYC metro are.  He is also a co-founder with Ryan Cooper of The Smoke Sheet, <a href="https://www.bbqnewsletter.com/" target="_blank">https://www.bbqnewsletter.com</a> which is a weekly newsletter that curates the latest national barbecue news, upcoming events, books to read, podcasts to listen to, videos to watch, recipes, and so much more.  Barbecue is experiencing tremendous growth and Sean provides unique insights as to why.
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We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky.
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Episode 285 features inspiring stories from athlete, Dave Stevens, a seven-time Emmy Award winner and congenital amputee, while Jimmy Carbone and Sean Ludwig promote upcoming barbecue events and barbecue's enormous growth.

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Dave Stevens, Athlete, Seven-Time Emmy Award Winner, and Congenital Amputee Tells Inspiring Stories While Jimmy Carbone and Sean Ludwig Discuss Upcoming Barbecue Events and Barbecue's Enormous Growth