I can just barely hear that there's something wrong with his accent on the first 2 examples... But I'm not good enough to point out what it is. It sounds like

I can just barely hear that there's something wrong with his accent on the first 2 examples... But I'm not good enough to point out what it is. It sounds like he's slurring some of it or something. He definitely speaks more fluidly on the last one, too. Thanks for that! I hadn't heard of Dogen before.