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863: Championship Window

2025/6/29
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Emmanuel Jochi: 我是阿森纳的球迷，过去20年里，球队的表现让我非常失望。但最近三年，球队的状态有所好转，我们似乎越来越接近再次成为赢家。我们有优秀的教练和明星球员，对手的状态也不好，这让我们觉得现在是阿森纳的冠军窗口期。在酒吧里观看比赛时，我既感到快乐和乐观，又感到恐惧和紧张，因为我们不知道这是否是最好的机会。如果错失这次机会，我们可能永远无法赢得冠军。这是一个冠军窗口期，所有获胜的条件都恰到好处。我们聚集在这里，见证历史性的一刻。今天的节目是关于冠军窗口期，以及人们努力抓住机会赢得个人冠军的故事。

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Connie Wang shares her experience with postpartum confinement, a traditional practice that helped her recover from back pain after childbirth. Initially skeptical, she later embraced confinement and found significant relief, highlighting the importance of listening to traditional wisdom.
  • Postpartum confinement helped alleviate back pain
  • Initially skeptical, Connie later embraced confinement
  • Confinement helped with physical and mental recovery

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  • Prologue: Guest host Emmanuel Dzotsi goes to a packed sports bar in Brooklyn for his favorite soccer team’s biggest game in years. (6 minutes)
  • Act One: Connie Wang tells the story of a championship window she didn't realize she was in — until it was too late. (14 minutes)
  • Act Two: Seth Lind, our Operations Director, isn’t a crier. But he wants to connect with his emotions, so guest host Emmanuel Dzotsi sets up an unconventional experiment. (14 minutes)
  • Act Three: Two college baseball teams with horrible losing streaks — a combined 141 games — are scheduled to play each other. One of them must finally win. (14 minutes)

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