All Episodes
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Japan's Gay Ideal: Macho Matcha Man? (w/Dr. Thomas Baudinette)
Lecturer Thomas Baudinette talks about Japan's young gay men and the emotional damage done by the pressure to act out their gayness in an unfortunate way, namely emula...
Five Rings That Rule Us All (w/Matt Alt)
Author of "PURE INVENTION," (sorry) Matt Alt takes us through his latest for the New Yorker on "Japan's Olympic Sized Problem." If you want to find out just WHAT exac...
Comfort Women: Why Deny? (w/Chelsea Szendi Schieder)
Japanese history scholar Chelsea Szendi Schieder talks about the ways Japan chooses to deal with the dark chapters of its past, and how denial is NOT just a river with...
What is Visual Kei? (w/Sarahphina)
Music industry and Visual Kei Insider Sarahphina teaches Bobby and Ollie about stuff they're totally unfamiliar with, like X Japan, Japanese rock fandom, and humility.
Games Japan ACTUALLY Wants (w/Stephen Case)
Co-founder of Tanuki Games, Stephen Case talks about the relationship between community building and quality of life abroad and how the rhythms of Japan expat experien...
Hiroshima's First Annual PCR-Palooza (w/JJ Walsh)
JJ Walsh and everyone else in Hiroshima gets a free PCR test! Here's hoping this saliva-filled undertaking amounts to more than just spitting into the wind.
The Children are the Mirai (w/Jason Mitchell from Nihongodomo)
Jason Mitchell, admin at Nihongodomo, a resource for parents "raising kids in Japanese," stops by to talk about how his parenting process is basically the opposite of ...
Japan Stories: More Wack, Less Fact? (w/David A McNeill)
David McNeill explains why sometimes the ancient art of jya-narizamu intersects with the even more ancient art of bullshitto, and how exoticizing foreign countries mea...
Olympick Your Battles (with Rochelle Kopp)
Rochelle Kopp tackles the question of whether or not Japan has finally crossed the Rubicon when it comes to going forward with the Olympics? If they have, we hope they...
Late Night Snacks (the Japanese kind) (w/Alice)
Former-idol, former-hostess, and current maid Alice talks about how the pandemic has devastated nightlife businesses, and how the fact that that they might never bounc...
Go Virtually Everywhere in Japan (w/Nick Szasz)
Long time editor of "Fukuoka Now" Nick Szasz brings his inbound expertise to bear on the proliferation of virtual tourism in Japan, a trend in which regional tourist d...
Yen-der Inequality (w/Marika Katanuma)
Bloomberg Journalist Marika Katanuma joins us to discuss the ways in which Japan's gender inequality has created a bleak financial outlook for Japan's women, and the g...
Cosplay for Pay (w/Kat "Mystik" Gunn, Reika)
Pro-cosplayers Kat Gunn and Reika talk to us about Japan's recent attention to the rules around copyrighted character cosplay. We'll look at why cosplay is okay if you...
You Can't Fire Me! (w/lawyer Atsuro Tsujino)
Attn: Non-Japanese employees in Japan who are likely to be fired! Atsuro Tsujino, member of the Japan Lawyers Network for Foreigners tells us how two wrongs don't make...
Coal, Mori, and Other Fossils (w/Stephen Stapczynski)
Bloomberg journalist Stephen Stapczynksi talks about Japan's renewable energy goals, its nuclear power plants, and its dependence on fossil fuels. Oh and speaking of w...
Woke Dad Japan (w/Daniel Yoder)
Co-host of "The Konnichiwa Podcast" Dan Yoder trades tips with Bobby on how to raise the perfect multicultural, well-rounded, native-level bilingual children in an epi...
Japan's Vaccination Vacillation (w/Lisa Du, Brian)
Lisa Du from Bloomberg tells us what she's learned on the Corona vaccine beat in Japan, which yeah, if you go by rollout DATE, Japan is behind the West, but if you go ...
♪ I Think I'm Learning Japanese ♪ (w/Loretta Scott AKA KemushiChan)
YouTuber KemushiChan, AKA Loretta Scott, shares lessons from her 20-year Japanese Odyssey, including how her husband did the same one in 18-months, and advice about th...
A State of Emergency for Suga's Approval Numbers (w/Jake Adelstein)
Outspoken LDP (& JBRC) critic Jake Adelstein updates his 100-day Suga progress report to include the State of Emergency soft reboot, and Suga's inability to commit to ...
Get Your 2021 Japan Visas Here! (w/Ann Kilzer)
Getting a work visa in Japan can seem like a daunting task, especially because it's currently IMPOSSIBLE. But just in case that changes, we talk to Ann Kilzer about th...