Pack Your Bags!

The Wirecutter Show

The New York Times

Wirecutter, Education, Life Hacks, Product Testing, Products, Product Recommendations, Society & Culture, Advice, How To, Leisure, New York Times, Home & Garden, Testing, Recommendations

4.4 • 894 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	From the New York Times, you're listening to The Wirecutter Show.
0:06.6	Hey, everyone. It's The Wirecutter Show. I'm Christine Cyr Clissette. I'm Kyra Blackwell.
0:11.5	And I'm Rosie Garan, and we work at Wirecutter, the product recommendation site from the New York Times.
0:17.6	Each week, we bring you expert advice from our newsroom of 140 journalists who review everyday products that will make your life better.
0:26.1	This episode of The Wirecutter Show is called Pack Your Bags.
0:36.0	Hi, Ra, Rosie.
0:37.5	Hey.
0:38.0	It is my turn to bring a question to you.
0:40.6	I love it this week.
0:41.7	I am taking a big trip.
0:43.4	I'm so excited.
0:44.2	I'm going to Japan.
0:45.5	I'm so jealous.
0:46.7	It's going to be great.
0:47.7	We're coming, actually.
0:48.6	I forget if we told you.
0:49.6	Yeah, Kyra and I are coming.
0:50.5	I will let my family know.
0:53.0	We are your family now. Yeah, we are your family now. Well, I do have a couple problems. Okay. So the first thing is I don't speak Japanese. Okay. I think that's okay. Yeah, you think I'll get through. I am in a fierce duolingo battle with my 11 year old right now. We are getting our streaks. On brand. Yeah, learning things like water and sushi and bathroom.
1:14.1	Bathroom. I haven't gotten that far, but I'm hoping to. That's a good one to know. But beyond the language barrier, I don't really know if I have the right bags. I'm not sure. That's a tricky one. I'm very minimalist when it comes to my luggage. I have a backpack from college.
1:30.4	Wow, Christine.
1:32.1	And I have like a duffel bag that my family brings and we just, I know, Kyra's face is really offended.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The New York Times, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The New York Times and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.