173. A Better Way to Eat

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🗓️ 3 July 2014

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Takeru Kobayashi revolutionized the sport of competitive eating. What can the rest of us learn from his breakthrough?

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0:00.0	Kobe, can you just count to ten in your microphone?
0:05.6	One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
0:10.8	Maggie? Do the same or say anything you want. He just needs to get a level.
0:14.0	Just keep talking.
0:14.8	One, two, three, four, five.
0:16.8	I'd like you to meet Takeru Kobayashi, known as Kobe, and his translator, Maggie James.
0:22.0	I was asking Kobe about his favorite foods.
0:24.8	Yogurt tofu.
0:27.8	Yogurt tofu.
0:30.8	What kind of tofu?
0:32.8	Yeah, that's a soft one.
0:35.8	What's your favorite kind of steak?
0:38.8	Or filet.
0:40.8	Filet? You like filet. No fat. You like lean.
0:44.8	What's your favorite fish?
0:46.8	Fish.
0:47.8	I like salmon, but salmon.
0:49.8	You like the skin or no?
0:50.8	Yeah.
0:51.8	What's your favorite fruit?
0:54.8	It's strawberry.
0:55.8	Strawberry?
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