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The Sporkful

Mission: ImPASTAble 3 | What Would Juan Guzmán Do?

The Sporkful

SiriusXM Podcasts

Arts

4.63.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Dan dusts himself off and goes on the hunt for a pasta company to partner with. Plus, he edges closer to a design for his shape. But the real challenge is convincing pasta industry insiders to take him seriously.  Want to see photos and videos from Dan’s journey? Follow The Sporkful on Instagram! // Get 500+ more great Sporkful episodes from our catalog and lots of other Stitcher goodness when you sign up for Stitcher Premium: www.StitcherPremium.com/Sporkful (promo code: SPORKFUL). Transcript available at www.sporkful.com.

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0:00.0

How were you actually getting advertised into post-shape and get lots of supermarkets to sell it?

0:07.0

What if the supermarkets people who choose like what the supermarkets sell,

0:11.5

doesn't even hurt a few?

0:13.5

Previously on the Sportful's Mission Impossible, we are going to set out to invent a new pasta shape.

0:21.5

I can't even think of a shape that doesn't already exist.

0:25.0

I think this is a fascinating project and I think it's going to be so much harder than you imagine it to be.

0:34.0

I guess I'm hoping to find like a mid-level company.

0:37.0

There aren't any.

0:38.0

I don't want to lose $20,000.

0:41.0

You want to like try something for fun.

0:44.0

I'm just like feeling very discouraged if I maybe this is stupid.

0:50.0

This is the Sportful. It's not for foodies, it's for eaters.

0:57.0

I'm Dan Pashman. Each week on our show, we obsess about food to learn more about people.

1:02.0

Welcome to Part 3 of Mission Impossible.

1:05.0

My quest to invent a new pasta shape actually get it made and actually sell it.

1:10.0

If you haven't heard Parts 1 and 2, please go back and start there.

1:14.0

Okay, let's do this.

1:21.0

When I was a kid, I was a huge baseball fan.

1:28.0

I collected and cataloged baseball cards obsessively and I read about all my favorite players in sports illustrated,

1:34.0

which arrived in the mail every week.

1:37.0

One day, I read a profile of Juan Guzmán, who was an all-star picture for the Toronto Blue Jays.

1:41.0

And it talked about his intense workout regimen.

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