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Molly Graham's Handbook for Leading Through Hypergrowth: Legos, J-Curves, and Why She Likes Being Scared
Molly Graham has spent roughly 18 years inside companies that were growing faster than anyone could keep up with: Google, Facebook, Quip, and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. She now runs Glue Club, a
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Stop Chasing Love Directly: Matthew Hussey's Five Oblique Ways to Change Your Love Life in 2026
Dating coach Matthew Hussey starts from a paradox. The most effective thing you can do to meet someone in 2026, he argues, is to stop focusing so hard on meeting someone in 2026. He expects the object
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Which Side Dish Goes Best with Tako Rice? Ryuji Taste-Tests the 10 Finalists of the "Tako Rice Side Dish Championship"
Culinary researcher Ryuji visited Tako, a town in Ryuji's home prefecture of Chiba, and sampled the 10 finalist dishes of the "Tako Rice Side Dish Championship," whose entries were gathered through a
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A "Ground Loop Isolator" From Amazon Turned Out to Be Plain Wire, So the Speaker Built a Real One
The speaker bought an audio "ground loop isolator" on Amazon, intending to test how well this kind of noise filter works. The product turned out to contain nothing but wire. The video explains what a
15:01After 10 Years Away, Ryuji Tries Every Yamaokaya Menu Item and Concludes "Start with Miso"
Cooking researcher Ryuji visited Yamaokaya in Chiba with friends and compared the shoyu, shio tonkotsu and miso ramen. Ryuji says they had only ever eaten the shoyu at Yamaokaya. The conclusion: the s
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A Shoulder-Blade Dance for Rounded Shoulders and Fat Burning: Hinata Kato's Short Cardio Routine
In this short session, Hinata Kato of the channel Hina Channel presents a fat-burning dance they created themselves. The dance is meant to move the shoulder blades, ease rounded shoulders and a hunche
39:09How to Eat Gyu-Kaku's 3,780-Yen All-You-Can-Eat: Grilling Methods and Hacks from Morita
In this episode, culinary researcher Ryuji asks Morita (Crossam Morita), who knows yakiniku well, to "teach me how to grill meat at Gyu-Kaku," and the two work their way through the 3,780-yen all-you-
14:38Ryuji Checks Out Sugitaya Chiba Sukemitsu, the Iekei Ramen SUSURU Called "the Best"
In this episode, cooking researcher Ryuji visits Sugitaya Chiba Sukemitsu, an iekei ramen shop that ramen YouTuber SUSURU reportedly calls the best, with a companion to see whether it really lives up
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From Hand-Mining to a Fully Automated Production Line in MineMogul: A Let's Play Building a Physics-Driven Mining Factory
This is a playthrough of MineMogul, a factory-building game set in an underground mine. The streamer looks back on the previous game they played, saying it was "not chill at all, to put it mildly," an
39:19Ryuji Took the Head Chef of Daikanyama's "In" to the Sushi Restaurant He Calls "the Best of My Life"
Culinary researcher Ryuji took the head chef of In, a sushi restaurant in Daikanyama that has appeared in his videos several times, to Sushi Ikki, the counter sushi restaurant he considers the most de
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Adam Marblestone on the Brain's Hidden Advantage: Reward Functions, Not Architecture
Dwarkesh Patel opens with what he calls his "million-dollar question": LLMs are trained on far more data than any human ever sees, yet they have only a fraction of human capabilities. How does the bra
30:34Chef Ryuji's Best Buys of 2025: 10 Items Taste-Tested, From Bulk Bō Ramen to Curry Roux
This episode is cooking researcher Ryuji's take on the classic YouTuber format, "This Year's Best Buys." Right at the start, Ryuji admits they aren't good at this kind of video, because they never buy
26:47Ryuji Remakes the "Tenkasu-Fried Chicken Tenders" That Went Viral on TikTok
In this episode, cooking expert Ryuji makes and eats the "tenkasu-fried chicken tenders" featured in his new book, The Great Chicken Bastard: 108 Legendary Chicken Recipes, together with his editor, H
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Deel Reaches a Valuation of About ¥2 Trillion Six Years After Its Founding: Why It Grew and How Japanese Companies Can Expand Overseas, with Deel Japan President Ryo Nishiura
Iijima of Business Journal spoke with Ryo Nishiura, President and Representative Executive Officer of the Japanese subsidiary of Deel, a global HR platform. The conversation focused on how Deel became
20:11Why the Familiar Feels Like Love: Matthew Hussey on Tanks, Walls, and Corrective Experiences
In this conversation on André Duqum's Know Thyself podcast, dating coach Matthew Hussey asks why people keep choosing partners who are bad for them, even when they can see what a healthier relationshi
23:31The Ultimate Torigen Soba Made with Cheap Dried Noodles and Chicken Tempura: Ryuji's New Year's Eve Soba
Culinary researcher Ryuji makes a video about toshikoshi soba, the soba eaten on New Year's Eve, around this time every year. The previous year, he covered kakiage soba and a soba made with chicken. T
26:07Ryuji's Garlic Camembert Mille-Feuille Hot Pot: Why He Chose a Dashi Blend Instead of Consommé
This episode is part of a series in which cooking researcher Ryuji makes and eats a "makanai" (staff meal) with cameraman Ebisu. The theme is mille-feuille hot pot. Mille-feuille hot pot has been popu
31:31Kei Tanaka on the "Wealthy Mindset": Imagine Vividly, Build Up Through Compounding, and Go Meet People One Level Above You
Kei Tanaka, who spent 17 years at Goldman Sachs and now manages money at an investment firm, spoke in a conversation with MC Nana Okui about how to apply the way wealthy people think to careers and wo
18:28Testing Belkin's "Zero Standby Power" USB Charger: Measurements, a Cable Surprise, and a Teardown
Ichiken reviews a Belkin 67W USB charger whose packaging advertises "zero standby power" as an energy-saving feature. (The video description lists it as the Belkin CubicCharger 67W.) The video asks th
26:16"Beyond-Supreme Ozoni" with Broth from Chicken Thigh, Kombu, and Katsuobushi, Plus Natto Fried Mochi
In this sponsored episode featuring Sato Foods' "Sato no Kirimochi" rice cakes, Ryuji (who calls themself "Mama" in the video) makes an "orthodox" ozoni with broth made from scratch. The "Supreme Ozon