Someday, you might be fortunate enough to see Japanese sumo wrestling live and in person. If you are REALLY lucky, you might also get to watch morning practice at a heya and then sit on the 4th row to watch a sumo tournament. Enrique's experience just gets better and better! Chock full of real life rikishi meet-cutes and amazing access, this story is a treat. Enjoy.

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What is it like to be an actor in "SUMO" at The Public Theatre in NY? Interviews with actors Ahmad Kamal and Earl T. Kim. The Off-Broadway play "SUMO" opened at The Public in 2025. The story: "six men practice, eat, love, play, and ultimately fight. Step into the sacred world of sumo wrestling, with the New York premiere of Lisa Sanaye Dring’s mesmerizing new drama, SUMO. Akio arrives as an angry, ambitious 18-year-old with a lot to learn. Expecting validation, dominance, and fame, and desperate to move up the ranks, he slams headlong into his fellow wrestlers. With sponsorship money at stake, their bodies on the line, and their futures at risk, the wrestlers struggle to carve themselves—and one another—into the men they dream of being. SUMO is a thrilling new play set in an elite and rarely explored world." www.publictheater.org

We wondered how these artists prepared for a play about sumo wrestling. How did they train? How did they stay safe in every performance? And what did they learn in the process? This is fascinating insight into what's behind the scenes of sumo on stage.

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Special Guests: Ahmad Kamal and Earl T. Kim.

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Up top: our overall feelings about the basho, thank you's, the new Aonishiki's Fan Club (and how YOU CAN JOIN) sumo poetry and BINGO winners. Congrats Iliya and Elizabeth for having the winning BINGOs in March for this Osaka tournament!

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From 11:00 to the end, it's a sumo break down of our favorite bouts from the final 4 days.

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A few exciting moments from days 4 - 10 including Ura's flair, chinks in Onosato's armor, Hoshoryu's elbow, Ichiyamamoto's very good day, and Takayasu's dream.

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It's our 250th episode! The long and short if it is that 1. Hoshoryu's dohyo iri is ON POINT, 2. Onosato looks REALLY good, 3. Daieisho's pushes are sometimes like a battering ram, 4. Abi has to be feeling good right now, 5.Midorifuji's new mawashi is PERFECT.

HEADS UP! There's a bit of adult language in this episode.

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Extra! Extra! There's a new yokozuna at the top of the banzuke and a new Ukrainian wrestler near the bottom of makuuchi. We got the scoop on this new wrestler from our friend Angie in Japan as well as Sakura who started his fan club! Expect big things from this young wrestler.

0-5:00 News, Emails

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This week features a strange set of stories. First, more scandal news. Then, we trace how a new set of ceremonial aprons goes from donor to yokozuna. It's a wild story of plastic surgery, controversy, money, art, dragons and a new trio of aprons ready for Hoshoryu's dohyo iri.

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Rap, poetry, haiku - YOUR creativity and love of sumo wrestlers is on display this week. We're sharing YOUR answers to our annual sexiest rikishi poll.

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Leslie covers the latest news - the Hakuho Cup, the Fuji Tournament, wedding news, and the Tobizaru news. Laurie shares "Atamifuji's Sugar Cookie Crush" by listener Sarah, who was inspired to write a meet-cute about Atamifuji. It's the BEST intro to get you in the mood for our Valentines Day episode next week. Love could be in the air!

0 - 19:00 News

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Wanna know who won 2nd place BINGO or who wrote the best Sumo Chicken episode? Listen up! Also, our Sexiest Rikishi Poll is open for voting through Valentine's Day. Vote at tinyurl.com/sumokaboom25

Then we dive into all the week's news - from bean throwing to dohyo iris at the Meiji Shrine, from mean gyojis to retirement, from a yokozuna in a new suit to a new yokozuna and his relationship with a spicy uncle. So much happened that we had to focus on news and only news.

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