Lights out and away we go! (Ep. 141)

Lights out and away we go! (Ep. 141)

Something happened earlier this year in Formula 1 that David has literally never seen in sports. Formula 1 superstar Lewis Hamilton announced he would be leaving his current team Mercedes Benz to drive for Ferrari. An athlete leaving a team is not new. But Hamilton said he wasn't leaving until NEXT season (2025), and for THIS entire current year, he would keep driving for Mercedes before jumping ship. As it turned out, Mercedes Benz didn't know about his announcement until the last minute. Imagine what would happen to a soldier from North Korea who told his government he was going to defect to the South, but not until a year from now? Perhaps that's an extreme example, but imagine even if Patrick Mahomes said he was leave the Kansas City Chiefs and already signed a contract with the Denver Broncos, but his preference was to plaone more season with the Chiefs before leaving. How would Chiefs head coach Andy Reid react to such news? In this second half of our discussion about Formula 1 and Drive to Survive, David and Eugene talk about Lewis's crazy contract announcement and why it somehow worked in his case. We also discuss why F1 cars are so incredibly complicated, how F1 driving is truly nothing like "normal" driving, and Eugene reacts to David's theory of the "futility" of supercars. As always, thanks for listening! Threads @davidchang99 X @davidgchang whatjustpodcast @ gmail . com "To drive an F1 car you have to be a little mad." - Jenson Button

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Home (Ep. 130)

Home (Ep. 130)

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To sleep, perchance to dream (Ep. 129)

To sleep, perchance to dream (Ep. 129)

Everyone I know, to a person, says they need more sleep. Yet the modern age is not conducive to getting a full eight hours. After a brief discussion about the modern weight loss "miracle cure" Ozempic...

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"Her" but in real life (Ep. 128)

"Her" but in real life (Ep. 128)

You can't pick up your smartphone these days without seeing the latest crazy headlines about artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, and how they will take over the world. David and Eugene wanted to take a ...

4 Apr 20231h 1min

4000 Weeks (Ep. 127)

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The average person lives about 4000 weeks. To author Oliver Burkeman, that sounded absurdly brief. So in response to this "radical finitude," Burkeman wrote the kind of self-help book that David has b...

21 Mar 202339min

The Importance of Hobbies (Ep. 126)

The Importance of Hobbies (Ep. 126)

The word "hobby" has connotations of something trivial or inconsequential. (The word's roots refer to "an activity that doesn't go anywhere.") But I'm coming to realize just how important and life sus...

7 Mar 202343min

Turning the Tables, Part 2 (Ep. 125)

Turning the Tables, Part 2 (Ep. 125)

As it turns out, when you put four middle age men in front of a microphone, they have a lot to say. It's a good thing none of our wives prefer the "strong silent type" haha! This is the second half of...

21 Feb 202349min

Turning the Tables (Ep. 124)

Turning the Tables (Ep. 124)

We hope everyone's 2023 is off to a good start! This week we bring back long time friends of the podcast and Ironman triathletes Sam Chung and Rob Koh. But this time around the tables have turned, as ...

7 Feb 202348min

The Karate Kid Part II (Part 2) (Ep. 123)

The Karate Kid Part II (Part 2) (Ep. 123)

In the second half of our discussion on the Karate Kid sequel, David and Eugene discuss Daniel-san, Miyagi, Sato, Kumiko, the romances, plot twists, final battle, what happens to these characters afte...

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