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No-Fan NBA Games and 2020 Cooking Trends With Joe House and David Chang

Bill and House discuss the prospect of games without fans, and Bill and David Chang discuss the new season of ‘Ugly Delicious’ and food delivery’s impact on sit-down restaurants

By Bill Simmons and Joe House
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HBO and The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Joe House to discuss the possibility of pro sports in empty arenas, the NBA’s new media policy, how COVID-19 will affect March Madness, youth sports, the Masters, and more (2:38). Then Bill talks with renowned chef David Chang about Season 2 of his Netflix series, Ugly Delicious, the rise of food delivery and its effect on sit-down restaurants, food trends, Chang’s new book, Eat a Peach: A Memoir, grappling with success and failure, the importance of work ethic, and much more (36:39).

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