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Displaying episodes 61 - 90 of 127 in total
Oh Come All Ye Faithful Brians (w/livestream Brians)
We're doing a Christmas Day live record! Join us at 9pm JST!
Famous(?) Foreign(?) Faces (w/Black Samurai)
Japanese Comedian Go Takeuchi, AKA Black Samurai, joins us to talk about the changing media landscape in Japan and how it could affect the level of diversity in entert...
Nike Wins the Race... Debate (w/Baye McNeil)
Some Japanese folks are telling foreigners not to bring their racial problems into Japan. Baye McNeil joins us in wondering if by "racial problems" they mean that new ...
Tariff-ic News for Japan (w/Katsuhiko Hara)
What does a Biden Administration mean for Japan's economy? Will the US keep the pressure on China? Will the US get back on board the SS TPP? Nikkei Asia's Katsuhiko Ha...
Desperation is the Mother of Unnecessary Invention (w/Rochelle Kopp)
As Japan gets back into full-on Corona mode, the flailing Japanese business sector gets weird with it. Intercultural business consultant Rochelle Kopp looks at outsid...
VERY CROSS Cultural Communication (w/Tutti Quintella)
Misinformation about foreign communities going viral goes viral in foreign communities due to misinformation. Mercari's Diversity and Inclusion manager Tutti Quintella...
Why Japan Voted Trump (w/Saku Yanagawa)
Chicago based stand-up comedian Saku Yanagawa talks performing comedy in a country on the verge of civil war, and why some Japanese people think Trump is good for them.
Demon-strably Profitable (w/Matt Schley)
Everyone and their mother are getting into the animated series "Kimetsu no Yaiba," in which demons brutally slaughter... everyone and their mother. Film critic Matt Sc...
Wasei-Eigo Wide Show (w/Anne Crescini)
Anne Crescini, the authority on Wasei-Eigo (Japanese words coined from English ones), helps us guess what pandemic related English-y terms will be popping up on this ...
Bullshido (w/Oleg Benesch)
We ask scholar Oleg Benesch if the "samurai spirit" is the reason for Japan's voluntary compliance with corona guidelines, and should he fail in his duty to answer, we...
A List of Women (w/Yan Fan)
On this week’s show, Yan Fan talks about the need for SpeakHer, the database of female experts in Japan, and what it says about society that something as simple as a l...
Best bits of Season 2
The best bits from Episodes 1 - 54 of the award-deserving Japan By River Cruise Podcast.
The Worst Ways to Visit Japan (w/ JJ Walsh)
As Japan gets ready to reopen to tourism, sustainable travel consultant JJ Walsh thinks we should rethink harmful modes of travel like *koff koff* cruises, even though...
Let's War! (w/Jesse Johnson)
Is armed conflict in Asia inevitable? Would China ever really invade Japan? What does North Korea want? Japan Times senior editor Jesse Johnson tries to navigate the t...
That's What Yasashii Said (w/Ako Suzuki)
Ako Suzuki, our favorite online Japanese teacher, stops by to talk about Yasashii Nihongo: the effort to make Japanese "kinder" to foreigners. Time permitting, we'll a...
Super Suga Special! (w/Jake Adelstein and Derek Wessman)
Former pumpkin farmer Jake Adelstein and amateur firefighter Derek Wessman fill us in on everything you ever wanted to know about Japan's new Prime Minister, but he di...
Don't be a Bad Influencer (w/CurrentlyHannah)
YouTube Creator and Instagrammer CurrentlyHannah drops in to give her perspective on the challenges, responsibilities, and realities of travel influencers, for a conve...
Stay Home, Japan, You're Drunk! (w/ Matthew Boynton)
Craft Beer Pioneer Matthew Boynton of Sakamichi Brewing talks about starting an alcohol business in the new, smoke-free, covid-filled landscape of Japan, a country so ...
Feeling hot, hot, hot! (w/Oscar Boyd)
Japan Times Journalist and host of the Japan Times podcast that was ranked #1 in a Japan Times article entitled "The best podcasts about Japan" Oscar Boyd has bad news...
Sour Korean Grapes and Idol Chatter (w/Amina Dujean)
Former Japanese idol Amina Dujean joins the buoys to talk Johnny's Jimusho and why its boy bands can't compete globally like Korea can? What do you think? Is it the la...
Has-Been Hamster Turns to Politics (w/Matt Alt)
Author Matt Alt walks us through his new book "Pure Invention," especially as it relates to a democracy loving hamster, and other intersections between anime and polit...
Government-Subsidized Infection (w/Phoebe Amoroso)
NHK-World business reporter and first-class gourmet Phoebe Amoroso breaks down the will-they won't-they drama around Japan's Go To campaigns, including questions like ...
You (Legally) Can't Go Home Again(w/Rochelle Kopp)
Author Rochelle Kopp shares what she learned interviewing people affected by Japan's re-entry ban for the Japan Times, and probably credits the buoys for getting Abe t...
The Happiest Place to Die (w/Yumi Nagashima)
Vancouver-based Japanese comic Yumi Nagashima joins the boys to talk about a Japanese company in the US that has "no brand," and also "no money," plus explain how some...
When It Rains, It Pours (w/Angela Ortiz)
In the wake of devastating flooding, author, speaker, and expert in both Disaster Relief/Recovery and Corporate Social Responsibility, Angela Ortiz joins the boys to t...
Not Clear For Re-entry (w/Magdalena Osumi)
Japan Times journalist Magdalena Osumi joins the buoys to talk about Japan's priorities in reopening international travel, which can be summed up as "Let the money in,...
Bad News For People Who Want to Mainline Alcohol (w/Brian Ashcraft)
Kotaku journalist and author Brian (!!!!!!) Ashcraft, joins Ollie to break the disappointing news to our mostly alcoholic expat audience that Strong Zero could be goin...
In a way, NHK SUCCEEDS in Explaining Racism (w/Baye McNeil)
Author, columnist, speaker, and activist Baye McNeil joins the boys to discuss how we're all so offended by the racist NHK cartoon that we are continuing to not pay ou...
The Wizarding World of Disaster Prevention (w/Greg Lane)
Tokyo Cheapo Co-founder Greg Lane joins the boys to talk about a new Harry Potter theme park plus unmanned convenience stores. BTW, did you hear? JK Rowling says that ...
Social Activism and Decoy Panties (w/Phil Wang)
Comedian Phil Wang helps the boys to try and do what we do despite the world being on fire. You know what almost NEVER CATCHES FIRE? Rivers.