Show Notes
Here's the research we do for each episode, music licenses, and time codes. It's for anyone who wants to see where we get our info or for anyone who wants to learn more about this wonderful sport.
226 articles since March 4th, 2020.
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Episode 17: Shikona, Sumo Ring Names
June 2nd, 2020
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Episode 16: Mariah Holmes and Why Women Should Do Sumo
May 26th, 2020
Let's talk female trailblazers and hear from one of America's top sumo athletes and advocates, Mariah Holmes.
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Episode 15 - Sumo and Comedy
May 19th, 2020
Sumo and comedy are a good match. This is the perfect week to honor two wrestlers who excelled at them both, Shobushi and Byamba. Also, we explain the comedy sumo routine - shokkiri.
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Episode 14: Yokozuna in the Shadows
May 12th, 2020
google translate, kakuryu, yokozunaThis week, Laurie and Leslie talk all about yokozunas in the shadows (insert echo effect here). We talk about great and no so great yokozunas throughout history who have been overshadowed by other great yokozunas. We take a deep dive into the awesomeness that is Kakuryu and TRY to pronounce his real Mongolian name. Ya'll, we are terrible at pronouncing Mongolian.
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Episode 13: US Sumo and Justin Kizzart
May 5th, 2020
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Episode 12: The Tachiai
April 27th, 2020
The tachiai- what it is and how it's changed. Along with the latest news and questions about sumo wrestling, of course!
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Episode 11: Kanreki and the JSA
April 21st, 2020
What's a Kanreki dohyo-iri and what is the Japan Sumo Association?
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Episode 10: 3 Sumo GOATs
April 14th, 2020
Cornona virus. Bad sumo jokes. Terrible translation. Taiho, Chiyonofuji, and Hakuho. We talk about all that, and the flat out grossest thing we've ever heard about mawashi.
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Episode 9: Ladies of Sumo
April 7th, 2020
From the historical to the cheeky. From the onna-zumo to the fierce female wrestlers of today.
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Episode 8: Babies, Bodies and Babes
March 31st, 2020
This one is for the ladies. Why are there so many pictures of sumo wrestlers with babies? Why do sumo wrestlers look like they do? And, why do we find them sexy?