A Better Way to Eat (Rebroadcast)

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🗓️ 2 July 2015

⏱️ 28 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	Hey podcast listeners, I hope you are having maybe you've already had a great Fourth of July.
0:08.5	When you think of Independence Day, what comes to mind?
0:12.2	The Declaration of Independence, perhaps, and all those techy colonists, fireworks maybe,
0:18.3	but if you're like me, the first thing that comes to mind, hot dogs.
0:23.7	Lots and lots and lots of hot dogs, eaten in a very short time.
0:29.2	In the following episode, which originally aired around Independence Day of 2014, you
0:33.7	will learn more than you ever wanted to know about the art and science of high-speed hot
0:37.8	dog consumption.
0:38.8	I hope you relish the episode.
1:08.8	I'd like you to meet Takeru Kobayashi, known as Kobe, and his translator, Maggie James.
1:28.8	I was asking Kobe about his favorite foods.
1:37.8	What kind of tofu?
1:39.8	Softwae.
1:42.8	What's your favorite kind of steak?
1:46.8	Or filet?
1:47.8	Filet?
1:48.8	You like filet, no fat.
1:49.8	You like lean.
1:50.8	What's your favorite fish?
1:53.8	Fish.
1:54.8	I like salmon, but salmon.
1:56.8	You like the skin or no?
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