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"Faint-Worthy Pork Zucchini," Steamed Layers of Pork Offcuts and Zucchini: A Dish Ryuji Presented With the Preamble Cut
This time, culinary researcher Ryuji took up "Faint-Worthy Pork Zucchini," a dish in which zucchini and pork offcuts are layered, steam-cooked and topped with a sauce of ponzu and doubanjiang. At the
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How Gambling Pulls In People Who Think They're Being Smart
Ramit Sethi, who says he has spent more than 20 years studying money behavior, reacts to a series of gambling clips from social media. His main claim is that many people who lose savings, homes, or re
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Kent Beck on Trust, Stupid Ideas, and Why Nobody Knows the Playbook Yet
Kent Beck created Extreme Programming, pioneered test-driven development, co-created JUnit, and signed the Agile Manifesto. In this long conversation on the Pragmatic Engineer podcast, recorded in per
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Inside Diljit Dosanjh's Bag: A Holy Book, Neem Oil, an "Illuminati Phone" and a Secret Gallstone
While on tour in the United States, Punjabi singer and actor Diljit Dosanjh walks through the contents of a bag he says he bought just two days earlier, explaining that he is on tour and loves shoppin
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Designer Shunsuke Ishikawa's 2026 First-Half Best Buys: Over ¥12 Million in Sneakers, Leather Shoes, Gadgets, Audio, and AI
Fashion designer Shunsuke Ishikawa, who runs the brands MARKAWARE and marka, opens the video by admitting that from January through June they spent more than ¥12 million, not counting a car. Ishikawa
24:24Recreating Saizeriya's "Tender Chicken with Cheese" at Home: A Tomato Juice Sauce and Homemade Garum Sauce
In this episode, prompted by news that two Saizeriya chicken dishes are being dropped from the grand menu, Ryuji takes on recreating the "Tender Chicken with Cheese." According to Ryuji, the dishes ar
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Grant Sanderson on AI That Disproves Conjectures, and What Mathematics Still Can't Measure
Dwarkesh Patel sits down with Grant Sanderson, creator of 3Blue1Brown, who is now working on a series documenting AI's progress in mathematics. The host's premise is that AI has advanced faster in mat
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Comparing Five Anessa Sunscreens
The video compares five Anessa sunscreens, milks and gels, in terms of formulation, how they feel on the skin, price, and UV protection.
23:19Chicken Nanban Made with Chicken Breast That "Surpasses the Ultimate," with Tartar Sauce Made from Iwashita's Pickled Young Ginger
In a sponsored video (PR) for Iwashita's pickled young ginger (Iwashita no Shin-Shoga), cooking researcher Ryuji made "Tartar Chicken Nanban That Surpasses the Ultimate" using chicken breast. A few ye
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From Toilet-Cleaning Robots to Space Construction: The Businesses and Winning Strategies of Five IVS2026 LAUNCHPAD Finalists
This year, more than 500 companies applied to "IVS LAUNCHPAD," the flagship pitch event of "IVS2026," a startup conference held in Kyoto. After document screening and multiple rounds of review, 15 com
1:23:56"I Make Twice What He Does": A Couple in Their 50s Confronts a Retirement Gap That Is Really About Identity
Maria is 53 and says she has a solid retirement plan. Her husband Andre is 50. He came to the United States from Brazil twelve years ago, received his green card only in September 2025, and has about
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Thirteen Years of Rails at the Auto Shop: How Shop-Ware Maintains a Mature Monolith With a Smaller Team
Shop-Ware makes software for independent automotive service shops. Its codebase started as a Rails app in 2013 and is still more than 90% Rails. On this episode of On Rails, host Robby Russell of Plan
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Bryan Johnson's Seven-Day Social Media Fast and What It Revealed
Bryan Johnson describes himself as someone who has spent "millions of dollars trying to not die." In this video he turns his self-experimentation approach to social media. He asks what happens to his
10:50Madonna's "Objects of My Affection": A Tour of Her London Home
In this Vogue home tour, Madonna walks through her London house, from the bathroom she calls her office to her bedroom, and presents what she calls "the objects of my affection." Most of the objects a
41:02Ryuji Drags SUSURU Around Toritsu-Daigaku: A Five-Stop Crawl from Soba-Shop Ramen to Butcher-Shop Roast Pork
This is the third installment of "Meguro Ward Shopping Street Tour" by cooking researcher Ryuji. This time the guest is ramen YouTuber SUSURU. The setting is the area around Toritsu-Daigaku Station on
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Andrew Ambrosino on why Codex and ChatGPT are merging and why AI has flipped product work
Andrew Ambrosino leads product and engineering for the Codex desktop app at OpenAI. Their background spans design, engineering, product management, and founding companies. In this conversation with Le
18:53Can One Person Finish 7-Eleven's Frozen "Rich G-Style Ramen"? Ryuji's Review and the "Ryuji Edition"
In this episode, cooking researcher Ryuji first prepares 7-Eleven's frozen "Rich G-Style Ramen" exactly as instructed and eats it, then tries an arrangement using only ingredients available at home. M
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When One Early Dating Mistake Feels Like It Cost You Everything
Relationship coach Matthew Hussey addresses a familiar kind of regret: the belief that a single slip-up in the first weeks of dating destroyed a connection that could have been special. Using a story
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Chained to Five Strangers for $250,000: Alison's 30-Day Trust Game
The premise, as host Jimmy lays it out, is simple: Alison will spend thirty days handcuffed to strangers, and if she gets through it she wins $250,000. The catch is that the stranger chained to her at
29:59Ryuji Explains "Minimal Effort" and "Umami Without Umami Seasoning" with a Simmered Dish of Chicken, Quail Eggs and Konjac
In this episode, culinary researcher Ryuji makes a simmered dish with staff member A-ko. In response to A-ko's request ("I want to eat a simmered dish"), Ryuji uses quail eggs, something never used be