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Dave makes a traditional Korean birthday seaweed soup and talks about getting older with Chris Ying. Dave fights against the idea of birthday parties, surprise parties, and giving gifts. With two guests at the counter who feel differently and still celebrate their birthdays, Dave and Chris hear new perspectives...and may or may not change their minds. For your chance to sit at our counter in Los Angeles, write us at [email protected] with your name, social media handle, and a little about yourself. With Vrbo, what you book is what you get. Premium lives in the details. Discover the new Lufthansa onboard experience across all classes. Visit lufthansa.com to book your next trip. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dave makes some scarily spicy cold noodles for guests before they dive into today's topic: fear. Dave and Chris decide what makes a fear irrational, discuss the things that scare them most, then interview two guests on how they feel about fear. What are you afraid of? Take a listen! For your chance to sit at our counter in Los Angeles, write us at [email protected] with your name, social media handle, and a little about yourself. With Vrbo, what you book is what you get. Try ZipRecruiter FOR FREE at https://ziprecruiter.com/CHANG Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dave serves a classic kitchen "family meal" of chicken and a salad that you can easily make at home. He and Chris Ying talk about whether people should be hoping for a dream job at all, as well as what is important in a career. They talk to guests at the counter about their jobs, the willingness to fail and switch paths, and why the dream job may be a myth. For your chance to sit at our counter in Los Angeles, write us at [email protected] with your name, social media handle, and a little about yourself. With Vrbo, what you book is what you get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dear John, Dave makes a stew and talks about the art of leaving without a proper farewell. Dave and Chris debate the respectfulness of saying goodbye, or maybe the respect it takes NOT to. They then discuss 'leaving' in general with guests, whether dinner parties, funerals, or the modern phenomenon of ghosting. For your chance to sit at our counter in Los Angeles, write us at [email protected] with your name, social media handle, and a little about yourself. With Vrbo, what you book is what you get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dave makes a classic hangover food, a bacon-egg-and-cheese sandwich, for guests while they talk about drinking. The Gen-Z experience is examined, stories about first drinks in the Amazon with strangers are told, and Dave recounts falling out of a window. At the end of the day, we learn some rules on how many drinks is the proper amount, the difference between great wine and bad wine and why it matters, and that flasks are, at this point, just for cowboys.For your chance to sit at our counter in Los Angeles, write us at [email protected] with your name, social media handle, and a little about yourself. With Vrbo, what you book is what you get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dave made some Korean fried chicken for The Ringer's Bryan Curtis and Tate Frazier, as well as Chris Ying, so it's time to talk sports. But not the usual sports. After discussing what makes a sport a possibility to be a global phenomenon, the four get into a bracket to find which sport might just be the next big thing...and they come up with a new sport that may beat them all.  Check out Bryan's newsletter 'Now They Tell Us': https://bryancurtis.substack.com/Get more of Bryan on the The Press Box podcast: https://www.theringer.com/podcasts/the-press-boxGet more of Tate on the Ringer Tailgate podcast: https://www.theringer.com/podcasts/ringer-tailgateGet more of Tate on the Ringer Wise Guys podcast: https://www.theringer.com/podcasts/the-ringer-gambling-show For your chance to sit at our counter in Los Angeles, write us at [email protected] with your name, social media handle, and a little about yourself.  With Vrbo, what you book is what you get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dave cooks a dish best served hot, Nashville hot chicken, while discussing a dish best served cold...REVENGE. Grudges, rivalries, and some good old-fashioned grievances are talked about in this episode, from how they help us innovate to how long they should last. Also talked about in this episode? Who won the East Coast versus West Coast rap beef, the greatest revenge ever inflicted upon Dave, and how to let anger go. For your chance to sit at our counter in Los Angeles, write us at [email protected] with your name, social media handle, and a little about yourself.  With Vrbo, what you book is what you get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today's episode, Dave serves jeon while the discussion centers around an inappropriate dinner topic: death. After a My Opinion is Fact discussing that we need to think about death more, the existence of ghosts, and the greatest obituary Dave has ever read, Dave and Chris talk about death with guests. Calling your friends is discussed, what you can find at an estate sale is revealed, and a rebrand for death doulas is pitched. Read John Fairfax's incredible obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/us/john-fairfax-who-rowed-across-oceans-dies-at-74.htmlFor your chance to sit at our counter in Los Angeles, write us at [email protected] with your name, social media handle, and a little about yourself. With Vrbo, what you book is what you get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"Why don't we have flying cars yet? Dave makes his version of the Costco chicken bake for Chris and two guests while they talk about transportation. From their least favorite forms to the ones that are actually scary, the four bring up some pertinent points about how we move from place to place, and what it might look like in the future. For your chance to sit at our counter in Los Angeles, write us at [email protected] with your name, social media handle, and a little about yourself. With Vrbo, what you book is what you get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Have you ever hunted for your own meat? Maybe you should. Dave serves Chris Ying and two guests some Southeast Asian-inspired pork jerky. They talk about hunting, why Dave and Chris are eating less octopus, and the ever-discussed Second Amendment. Also: are eels snakes?For your chance to sit at our counter in Los Angeles, write us at [email protected] with your name, social media handle, and a little about yourself. With Vrbo, what you book is what you get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We might be over-optimizing. Dave makes sujebi, hand-torn noodles, for Chris Ying and two guests, and they discuss the potential damage being done by making everything easier. Does suffering build character? Is the journey more important than the destination? Only one way to find out...do the work, take a listen, and don't skip to the end for a summary!For your chance to sit at our counter in Los Angeles, write us at [email protected] with your name, social media handle, and a little about yourself. With Vrbo, what you book is what you get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dave is turning 50, and a midlife crisis is just around the corner. He makes budae-jjigae for Chris Ying and two guests who have undergone some major life changes...and maybe not only when they hit midlife. The four discuss times in life when you have to make a change, why it should maybe be called 'clarity' and not 'crisis', and even discuss getting a motorcycle license - but not getting a motorcycle.For your chance to sit at our counter in Los Angeles, write us at [email protected] with your name, social media handle, and a little about yourself. With Vrbo, what you book is what you get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dave and Chris had so much to talk about with our guests that they needed a part two...They talk about why money is so difficult to talk about, as well as field a pitch for a global salary cap, and finally, they wonder how much money would need to be offered to make Chris Ying celibate.For your chance to sit at our counter in Los Angeles, write us at [email protected] with your name, social media handle, and a little about yourself. With Vrbo, what you book is what you get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dave makes million-dollar-bacon BLTs before Dave and Chris go through a money-themed MOIF, which reveals some wild secrets from Dave's childhood. Then, they start getting into that ever-uncomfortable topic with two dining guests: money.For your chance to sit at our counter in Los Angeles, write us at [email protected] with your name, social media handle, and a little about yourself. With Vrbo, what you book is what you get.Try ZipRecruiter FOR FREE at https://ziprecruiter.com/CHANG  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dave makes spicy pork burgers for his friends Chris Ying, Joe House, and Cousin Sal. While they indulge, they talk about that taboo subject of money, and, of course, get into some MOIFs and debates about gambling too. They also discuss the price they'd need to truly be the masters of their domains.Check out the Ringer Wise Guys to hear more from Sal and Joe: https://www.theringer.com/podcasts/the-ringer-gambling-showListen to this trio on the Bill Simmons podcast after a wild Vegas night years ago: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6VpBVx9gHjsFPXvgKzWtNt?si=goTk7N8OR32WKcFfOZWJAgFor your chance to sit at our counter in Los Angeles, write us at [email protected] with your name, social media handle, and a little about yourself. With Vrbo, what you book is what you get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices