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"We Spend 179% of What We Make": Ramit Sethi and a Los Angeles Family After a Netflix Layoff
Melissa and Taryn are a married couple in their 40s living in Los Angeles with five children. On paper they look secure: a net worth of about $761,000 and nearly half a million dollars invested. But w
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Cup Noodle Championship with a Cup Noodle Researcher, Part 2: Sugomen's Udon and Arizuki's Motsunabe Ramen Score High
This is the second half of a series in which Ryuji has cup noodle researcher taka introduce products, then eats and rates them. Last time, a ginger-forward bowl struck a strong chord with Ryuji. taka
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Mark Pincus on "Proven, Better, New": Why Great Products Start with Copying and Humility
Mark Pincus founded Zynga, the company behind FarmVille, Words With Friends, and Zynga Poker, and started several companies before it. In this conversation with Lenny Rachitsky, he lays out the produc
23:56Recreating Sekai no Yamachan–Style Chicken Wings at Home: Unbreaded Frying, Sweet Sauce, and a Peppery Spice Blend
In this episode, culinary researcher Ryuji recreates at home the chicken wings from Sekai no Yamachan, a Nagoya izakaya chain. He says he memorized the flavor when he visited the restaurant with his s
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Why the Backlash Against Family Estrangement Gets It Wrong
Matthew Hussey, who says he has spent more than 18 years coaching people on confidence, healing from the past, and what he calls relational intelligence, argues that the recent wave of criticism aimed
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MrBeast Gathers 50 Early YouTube Creators to Compete for $1,000,000 for Their Subscribers
To mark his channel reaching 500 million subscribers, Jimmy (MrBeast) brought together 50 creators he calls "YouTube legends," the people he says built the platform and whom he watched growing up. The
28:11The Thinking Behind a Pasta That Looks Like It's Just Topped with a Fried Egg: Ryuji's "Bacon and Egg Soy Sauce Pasta with Browned Garlic Butter"
In this episode, cooking researcher Ryuji makes a pasta that Ryuji personally considers "insanely good." The person asking questions is the familiar staff member A-ko. When asked to name the dish, it
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Earth 100 Million Years Ago, Antarctica, Everest, and Megaquakes: Exploring Our Planet Through "What If You Went There?"
This video is a compilation of the Earth-themed episodes from the science channel VAIENCE's "What would happen if you went to..." series. It covers, in order, Earth 100 million years ago, Antarctica,
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Gumloop's Max Brodeur-Urbas on Why AI Shortcuts Fail and What Actually Builds a Company
Max Brodeur-Urbas is the founder and CEO of Gumloop, an AI automation platform. In this interview he argues against a popular fantasy of the current AI boom: the founder who runs a company with dozens
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A Playthrough of Mina the Hollower to the End with Nothing but a Hammer
This video is a full let's play of Mina the Hollower, a new retro-styled 2D action-adventure game, from start to ending. The protagonist, Mina, is a burrower known as a "Hollower," and she lands on th
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Laufey's Simple Skincare Routine, Hormonal Acne, and Makeup as "Painting Yourself"
In this Vogue Beauty Secrets segment, singer-songwriter Laufey walks through a daily skincare and makeup routine while talking about adult hormonal acne, the strain constant touring puts on skin, Icel
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DHH on Basecamp 5, Agents, and Why Rails' Stability Matters More Now
Recorded the same week 37signals shipped Basecamp 5, this episode of On Rails has host Robby Russell asking David Heinemeier Hansson, the creator of Ruby on Rails and co-owner of 37signals, two relate
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2026 Edition: 10 High-Performing Drugstore Toners for Under ¥1,500
In recent years, the affordable toner market has seen a wave of product renewals across manufacturers, with active ingredients and proprietary formulation technologies once reserved for high-end cosme
20:43"Yaki Ramen" Without Tonkotsu Broth: Recreating the Taste of Fukuoka's Yatai Stalls with Chuka Aji
"Yaki ramen," a dish served at Fukuoka's yatai street stalls, is made by stir-frying tonkotsu ramen noodles and toppings together with tonkotsu broth. In this video, cooking researcher Ryuji shows how
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Arduino Nano R4 Review: The R4 Generation Finally Arrives in the Nano Form Factor
The Arduino Nano R4 came out in July 2025 with little fanfare, and the reviewer admits they only found out about it recently. In this video they compare the Nano R4 with the original ATmega328P-based
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A Day with fonfun's Tsubasa Mizuguchi, the Listed-Company President Who Takes Zero Executive Pay and Outworks Everyone
The president of a privately held company used personal funds to acquire a publicly listed company and made that listed company a "subsidiary." Comedian Shirai Chimon (Shirai) spent a day shadowing Ts
39:31Five Money "Lies" and What Ramit Sethi Says They Cost You
Ramit Sethi, author of I Will Teach You to Be Rich and host of Netflix's How to Get Rich, argues that politicians and the culture around them keep repeating five pieces of money wisdom that sound like
18:57Eating 7-Eleven's "Tororo Kombu and Ume Udon" and Creating a Home Copycat Recipe
In this episode, culinary researcher Ryuji tastes "Seven Premium Tororo Kombu and Ume Udon," the follow-up to a 7-Eleven cup udon Ryuji had previously raved about, with a staff member, gives it a rati
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From ¥700 Pack Tees to a ¥66,000 THE ROW: A Designer Picks Apart Ten White T-Shirts
Can a white T-shirt really be judged the way you'd judge a jacket? Fashion designer Shunsuke Ishikawa, who has worked as a designer for 25 years and runs the brands MARKAWARE/marka and cash&barba, arg
20:43Just Fry Frozen Gyoza and Soak Them in Sauce: Ryuji's "Zuke" Gyoza Bento
Cooking researcher Ryuji made the "gyoza bento," which Ryuji considers the best recipe in the new book Ryuji-Style Bento for Living. It uses store-bought frozen gyoza, and the key is to turn them into