The Spectatorless, Segregated, Chinese Olympics (w/Meshida)
Japanese comedian Meshida talks what it's like to be a Japanese resident of Tokyo during the ramp up to the Olympics, and how yeah, we're "witnessing history," but so were Black Plague survivors.
Japanese comedian Meshida talks what it's like to be a Japanese resident of Tokyo during the ramp up to the Olympics, and how yeah, we're "witnessing history," but so were Black Death survivors.
Ollie recommends a cruise that accidentally discovers what's more popular than "canal."
Bobby gets into the rainy season cruise spirit.
Topics discussed on this episode range from:
Ollie recommends a cruise that accidentally discovers what's more popular than "canal."
Bobby gets into the rainy season cruise spirit.
Topics discussed on this episode range from:
- What Anti-Japanese Groups actually think about the Olympics
- How Brian's Eikaiwa work is going
- Bach-kaicho calling the Japanese, "Chinese"
- What Meshida thinks is the MOST racist thing you can say to a Japanese person
- Why Bach has China on the brain
- The super gracious performance by Bach's Japanese translator
- Which one is Ollie, and which one is Bobby
- A VERY REAL thought experiment
- Meshida's AIRBNB experience, hosting a comedy show for tourists, and what jokes they enjoy the most
- A full rundown of Olympic developments over the last two weeks
- Ollie's successful petition for a spectatorless olympics
- The personal opportunity loss we've suffered by how these Olympics have played out
- What Meshida thinks of the Japanese Honne and Tatemae in terms of why people care about the Olympics
- The Japanese fixation on being emotionally moved by sports
- How maybe most Japanese people just don't care either way at this point
- How Meshida feels about seeing news around new Olympic related corona infections
- Why Meshida hates BACH (the IOC chief, not the pianist)
- Whether or not this will be a HISTORIC Olympics, and the way Meshida draws a parallel to other Japanese history
- How the increase in "support" for the Olympics is actually "resignation to the Olympics."
- The change Meshida thinks we'll see in the media once the games start
- The elevator thing. YES, THE ELEVATOR THING
- Why we've seen an increase in foreign discrimination during pandemic/ahead of the Olympics
- Why we kind of feel bad for the hotel
- Why it is and isn't a big deal
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Matt's New Yorker Article "Japan's Olympic Sized Problem"
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Matt's New Yorker Article "Japan's Olympic Sized Problem"
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