About this episode

Timothy Mahar celebrates the joy of eating hotdogs during the summer while reflecting on a recent visit to the cardiologist.

Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial kickoff to summer. That means hotdogs! I was recently a the cardiologist for testing, because that is what you do at this age. I told him that from Memorial Day until Labor Day I eat hotdogs! My test results were perfect and he almost seemed disgusted with me. The Hotdog is summer! It is America, whether at the hotdog stand in the city, the ballpark, Fair, or on the grill in the backyard it is our common ground. I am a hotdo...

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