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The Dave Chang Show

Nick Kroll, Part 1: The Origin Story | The Dave Chang Show (Ep. 15)

The Dave Chang Show

The Ringer

Food, Arts, Society & Culture

4.88.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Chef and Momofuku founder Dave Chang and comedian Nick Kroll discuss how they first met almost 20 years ago (5:08), Nick’s early days in comedy while he was still in college (11:21), why he’s glad his success came later in life (23:53), and finding the parallels between trying to become a comedian and trying to become a chef (29:34). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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And now The Day of Chang Show.

0:42.8

Welcome to The Day of Chang Show, part of the Ringer Podcast Network, and presented by Major

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Domo Media.

1:01.3

If I sound funny, it's because I'm still in the Rockies fishing.

1:05.4

But I have to introduce my good friend Nick Kroll for this podcast before I get to go fly

1:10.4

fishing.

1:11.4

So, Nick I have known for almost 20 years.

1:15.4

He's one of my close friends.

1:17.5

We've been able to support each other, even though I'm not in comedy and he's not in culinary

1:21.5

world.

1:22.5

We've been able to support each other for a long time, partly because we chose to do

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