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Displaying episodes 91 - 120 of 127 in total
Small Foreign Paper takes on the Olympics; Loses (w/Jake Adelstein)
Investigative journalist, and author Jake Adelstein actually shows up to settle his beef with the boys, and also breakdown the David and Goliath story that is the FCCJ...
JAPLANDEMIC: Japan Covid Theories (w/Rochelle Kopp)
Rochelle Kopp is back to tell the boys why the political opinions of Japanese celebrities are culturally important, and to take a much-needed analytical look at the cr...
Sexy Cartoon Fish Talk (w/ Lisa Wallen)
Comedian and Anime Expert Lisa Wallen joins the boys to discuss the real cost of Japan's potential school calendar change: rendering cartoons out-of-date. Plus: Yeah, ...
The Golden Week That Never Was (w/Andy Curtain)
Australian comedian and river-swim record holder Andy Curtain joins the boys as they realize that it's actually Golden Week RIGHT NOW, and talk about Japan's tentative...
Best of Pandemic Profiteering
The boys discuss comedian Okamura Takashi's politically incorrect position on forced sex work, and the bogus PCR test kits going around.
Give Me Pachinko AND Give Me Death! (w/Ayana Wyse)
On this week's episode, "Black Creatives Japan" founder and Osaka-based river photographer Ayana Wyse joins the boys to discuss the ritualized Japanese social etiquett...
Hostess Clubs Are Now Online, But So is Abe (w/Micaela Braithwaite)
One of Japan's most successful social media presences, Micaela, joins the boys to talk about Prime Minister Abe's extremely ill-advised foray into a twitter trend (a c...
Lockdown, Telework, and Other Things Japan Can't Do (w/Rochelle Kopp)
When is a lockdown not a lockdown? At exactly WHAT point does an emergency become an emergency? Is Ollie pulling off his new haircut? What does Rochelle mean when s...
Japan Loses a Comedy Icon to Covid-19 (not Ollie), Plus Embarrassing Places to get Infected (w/Derek Wessman)
On this episode, the boys are joined by translator, consultant, and suspected riverboat restaurant arsonist, Derek Wessman (@dwvcd), to discuss all of the latest Covid...
Bobby Gets Tested for Covid-19 (like, actually); Olympics Gets Postponed
On this episode, the boys discuss Japan's decision to postpone the Olympics, which was clearly a decision that they totally arrived at on their own because it was the ...
Holding Petty Grudges, Buying All the Tickets, and Other Big Ego Problems
The guys take a look at a baseball fan who was practicing some EERILY prescient social distancing, and also how the coronavirus is causing shortages for men with the o...
Support Your Local Chinese Restaurant, and Stop All that Ass Blasting
The boys discuss the way Japan has come together during the corona virus to show support for the Chinese... restaurant industry domestically, as well as an unrelated w...
This Episode Has Been Canceled
On this episode, the boys take a look at Japan's Covid-19 response measures. Keep in mind, the podcast is recorded one day before it's published, so if Japan's actions...
Inkan't believe Japan still uses stamps to transfer money to river cruise operators
Bobby and Ollie discuss how one Japanese bank is trying to move away from the use of hanko rubber stamps, concluding setting up a bank in Japan is only advised if you ...
If You Board the River Cruise, You Will be Expected to Finish the River Cruise
On this week's JRBC, a curry restaurant bans a customer for not finishing his rice, and the customer questions the legality of said ban. How far will the customer go i...
Still Mad at the Listener who Asked about KOREAN OCEAN CRUISES (w/Sophie Hardison)
The boys are joined by Sophie Hardison, Inspector General at the Sanzunokawa River Crossing Certification Authority to decide once and for all which Asian countries ar...
Ainu This Was Gonna Be a Terrible Pun.
On today's show, Ollie and Bobby demonstrate how woefully ill-equipped they are to discuss the issues surrounding the Ainu people and the opening of their new culture ...
Season 2 Hits the Water
JBRC is BACK after a winter hiatus which was dedicated almost entirely to Japanese River Cruise research. In this episode, we catch up with Ollie and Bobby, touch on ...
Sadly, Sawajiri Erika's Guest Appearance has been Canceled. We're Not Sure Why.
On today's episode, Bobby and Ollie discuss Sawajiri Erika's drug arrest, and ask the question, is drug use really a crime if you're just talking about recreational po...
River Cruise Employees Will No Longer Be Required to Wear Wet T-shirts at Work (w/JJ Wakrat)
Ollie and Bobby are joined by Tokyo Roast Battle founder and RC Weed sommelier JJ Wakrat to discuss the changes to corporate culture in Japan, like reduced hour work w...
Rivers are Ever Changing, Radiation Levels are Not
Ollie and Bobby try their best not to cry over spilt radioactive waste. Also, Bobby's week consisted of turning 36, getting a letter from Japan's Minister of Financ...
Friends with Benefits, where "benefits" means discounted River Cruise Tickets (w/Matt Davies)
Bobby and Ollie are joined by internationally traveling comedian and Assistant Director of the Bayankhongor River Yacht Club Matt Davies to discuss some bad beef and a...
The Promotional Material for the River Cruise Orgy MAY HAVE BEEN Slightly Inappropriate
On this week's episode we discuss the Japanese Red Cross's efforts to collect bodily fluids by showing dudes some boobs, and the related twitter/Shonen Jump controvers...
The Only Hazing on This River Cruise is Due to Inclement Weather (no refunds)
"The boys" discuss a hazing incident involving out of control school teachers, and Bobby meets some progressive dinosaurs. Also, Ollie uses a story about harrasment to...
Sadly, The Potentially Deadly Typhoon May Delay your Japanese River Cruise
Today, Ollie continues his Southeast Asian comedy of errors and becomes a record-holding comedy pioneer in Jakarta, the guys continue their miraculous two-message per ...
Fix that River Cruise Sunburn with JBRC Brand Bleach!
This week, we discuss the latest insensitive remarks about tennis phenom Naomi Osaka, as well as go through the laundry list of gaijin atsukai incidents Bobby faced th...
Tax Exemptions for Brians (w/a Brian)
In this Episode, a Brian stops by the studio to listen to us talk about Japan's insanely convoluted consumption tax hike, and guess what? Because he listened in the st...
All Non-Tokyo River Cruises are Garbage. Here's the order in which they are garbage.
In this episode we talk a look at the recent ranking of which Japanese cities you can settle for, if you're not good enough for Tokyo, and Ollie and Bobby talk about t...
You know, River Cruises are pretty much Guaranteed to be Road-Rage-Free
In this episode we discuss what the aori unten, or road rage epidemic is teaching Japan about itself, and how a simple pointer about why you shouldn't call toddlers se...
Abe to Trump: "Don't Dishonor our River Cruises."
In this episode, we discuss all the latest in Japan-US relations, including travel advisories, and EVEN MORE EXCITING, agricultural trade deals! What WILL Japan do wit...