by Jeff Krueger
<p>A hodgepodge of guest interviews, personal narratives, recent news, history, and Japan-related memes and cultural phenomena.</p>
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April 19, 2025
In this episode, I speak with Brian Daizen Victoria—Sōtō Zen priest, historian, and author of Zen Terror in Prewar Japan—to uncover a disturbing and often deliberately forgotten chapter in Buddhist history. We explore how Zen, far from being the purely peaceful tradition many imagine, became entangled with ultranationalism and domestic terrorism in 1930s Japan. Along the way, we dive headfirst into one of the most controversial questions in modern Japanese history: Was Emperor Hirohito respon...
April 4, 2025
In this episode, we discuss: The Great Ghiblification, Shinigami Totori, The Sayama Incident, Mr. Sato's Transformation, The Demon of Reiwa, The Watatsumi Shrine Incident (a False Poo Operation?), YOUは何をしに日本へ, Studio SIX Shibari (link purposefully excluded as it is NSFW), and some relatively unknown news stories related to Japanese tourists behavior poorly abroad, the picnic incident being my personal favorite. Additionally—please note this erratum: There appears to be approximately z...
March 28, 2025
In this episode, we dive into the bizarre and brilliant world of Japan’s newest trading card sensation — おじトレカ / the Ojisan Trading Card Game. A quirky local trading card game from Kawara Town, Fukuoka—featuring real-life middle-aged men and their unique volunteer skills—is gaining national buzz. Created by a community council to honor local ojisan, the game has become a hit with kids and is even attracting fans from outside the region. Now seen as a creative way to connect generations, the p...
Stak
Goalhanger
Jason Nieling and Paul Bresin
Team Coco & Earwolf
Isaac Meyer
BBC World Service
Team Coco & Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson
NHK WORLD-JAPAN
The Economist
Uncanny Productions
BBC World Service
History Hit
The Lincoln Project
The New York Times
Campside Media / Sony Music Entertainment
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