Beloved Dogs and Living in the Present

The Dave Chang Show

The Ringer

Food, Society & Culture, Arts

4.8 • 8.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Dave shares what he's learned about living in the moment from his dog Seve, who is sick. He makes his (and, more importantly, Seve's) favorite dog food recipe, while talking about their time together, as well as a bit about those topics we should all talk about more: mortality, loss, and love. Host: Dave Chang Majordomo Media Producer: David Meyer Majordomo Media Coordinator: Molly O’Keeffe Spotify Producer: Felipe Guilhermino Editor: Stefano Sanchez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today I'm going to talk about things I don't normally talk about, really things that we should.
0:11.0	We're talking about death.
0:12.0	We're talking about dogs dying.
0:14.0	And the thing I'm making you today is dog food.
0:19.0	So, you know, mortality, sickness, happiness. The holiday spirit. You know what I'm talking about. dog food mortality sickness happiness
0:22.0	the holiday spirit
0:23.3	you know what I'm talking about
0:24.4	welcome to the Dave Chang Show
0:28.9	part of the Ringar Podcast Network presented by Major Dome Media
0:31.1	thank you Yola Tango as always
0:32.5	I'm going to do two things that I never thought I'd ever do
0:36.1	I'm going to make dog food and I never thought I'd ever do. I'm going to make dog food.
0:38.3	And I'm also going to talk about my dog Sevi, who's dying.
0:43.8	And I'm not going to try to get emotional about it.
0:47.2	But I think it's an important thing to talk about because I'm just at a certain place in my life
0:51.2	where I'm okay to talk about it because listen I'm turning
0:56.1	49 years old and if you want to feel fucking old if you've been in food reading food blogs
1:02.9	and everything is like either you're really fucking old or you're as old as I am or now you're old in your
1:09.6	late 30s or 40s too.
1:11.5	So it's something, right?
1:14.4	And I think one of the cruelest jokes about being a human is you get older,
1:20.4	but at least your mind still thinks it's young.
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