Stu Feiner UNLOADS on 9/11, Perfect Sex Method & "The One w/ the Mouse Head | 357
Julian Dorey · 20 Nov 2025 · 3h 4m
Guest: Stu Feiner · Host: Joey Def, Julian Dorey
This conversation features veteran sports gambling handicapper Stu Feiner recounting a chaotic, high-volume life story that spans four decades in the sports betting industry. Feiner explains his gambling philosophy—betting home underdogs against public sentiment and following late "sharp money"—and describes the mechanics of how odds lines are set and manipulated. He walks through the collapse and rebuilding of his career: a hugely profitable phone-based tout and scorephone business in the 1980s and 90s, brushes with organized crime figures who tried to muscle in on his operation, a costly NFL lawsuit over an ad campaign using retired players, and a catastrophic seven-year financial collapse triggered by the rise of the internet, which he says he badly misjudged. He also details how his story became loosely fictionalized in the film Two for the Money, and how a chance viral moment on Barstool Sports (stemming from a mocking impression by Big Cat and PFT) revived his career and led to his current persona, including his widely shared explicit "perfect sex" routine bit. Alongside the business anecdotes, Feiner speaks candidly about a childhood marked by antisemitic harassment, his father's domestic violence, his own compulsive behaviors around food, drugs, and gambling, and how growing up in that environment shaped his views on parenting, resilience, and why he thinks September 11 permanently changed American culture and parenting norms. The host frames much of this through broader commentary on entitlement, social media illusion, and generational hardship.
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- Introduction and life philosophy
- The viral Cowboys-Seahawks screaming clip
- Betting against the public and chasing sharp money
- How odds lines get set and manipulated
- Father's gambling lessons and domestic violence
- Origin story: 1980 Super Bowl and starting the handicapping business
- Generational entitlement and effects of 9/11 on parenting
- Mafia threats and protection deal in the 80s
- Sports Advisors TV show and Rupert Murdoch pushing him off networks
- NFL lawsuit over ex-coach endorsements
- Barstool Sports revival and Dave Portnoy
- The '15,15,30' sex bit and Two for the Money movie backstory
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“That's why gambling is for the rich to have fun and lose money, right?”
“60% winning is inhuman. It's unbelievable.”
“Jews are the chosen people by God and that's why people hate you.”