Podcast
Finding Japan
Hosted by Christopher S. · EN
A audio and video podcast blog about finding our own Japan during our 20s, 30s, and now 40s.
11episodes
Episodes
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Black Passenger Crossing the Bridge
Jan 22, 202101:41:26Tap to summarizePlease excuse the episode’s long intro; I’ve been up to things and I talk about them. This one gets heated in the best possible way as Stefhen and I discuss Black/African identity vis a vis Japan and what it means to live a biracial/multicultural life and so on. Stefhen’s done some cool things, so check out these links to his book and one-man play: Black Passenger Yellow Cabs Doodu Boy
Transcribe →Episode 88 – Omoide-banashi (Reminiscing) with the Boys
Jul 29, 202001:21:32Tap to summarizeAnother day, another ep! This one is some rough and easy (just how I like it?) Japan talk with good friends Simon and Gus from San Francisco about our numerous adventures in Japan. Drinking competitions, jail, girls, more jail… enjoy! Please forgive my vocals. Due to technical difficulties, Simon and Gus sound fantabulous but my voice is a recording straight to my iPhone mic.
Transcribe →Episode 87 – Startin’ Up, Movin’ Up with Tim Andersen
Jul 16, 202000:48:51Tap to summarizeTim Andersen is back to talk more startup in Japan. We get the update on what happened to his startup project Musby. Spoiler, it didn’t go as planned. However, it’s all good. Tim has no quit and continues to apply lessons learned as a project manager at Edocode. If you didn’t get a chance to catch the original Musby talk, here it is.
Transcribe →Episode 86 – Terri Goes Akogare on Wakayama Tomisaburo
Jul 9, 202001:32:15Tap to summarizeExcited to have my akogare (we talk about this word) Terri MacMillian on the show. We talk about her music management experience (Pizzicato Five?!), life in Japan in general, her favorite actor (super cool), and of course we get a touch ornery about Black Lives Matter.
Transcribe →FJ Quickie Quickie Eew Wee – BLM in Nihongo
Jun 13, 202000:06:58Tap to summarizeA quick primer on ways to say Black Lives Matter in Japanese. [Kokujin no inochi wa taisetu] – Black Lives Matter (are important with no implied too) [Kokujin no inochi koso taisetu] – It is Black Lives that Matter, Black Lives Matter! (Indeed!), more so than others [Kokujin no inochi mo taisetu] – Black Lives Matter (too), closest to English in implication, and nuance Note: I am an advanced speaker, but Japanese is not my first language. Constructive feedback welcome.
Transcribe →Episode 85 – For Relaxing Times, Don’t Make It Corona Times
Apr 12, 202001:04:39Tap to summarizeThank you to those of you who have been listening to the shorter quickiesodes. More are coming but for now, here’s a full-length episode! Host emeritus Chris is back with me (socially distantly) to discuss these unusual times with comparisons between the US and Japan. And everyone’s favorite bovine friend gets a mention.
Transcribe →FJ Quickie Quickie Eew Wee – Natto
Apr 9, 202000:14:56Tap to summarizeEew wee, indeed. Today’s episode is about natto or fermented soybeans! Get some more smelly, slimy, and stringy info here!
Transcribe →FJ Quickie Quickie Eew Wee – Almost Transparent Blue Bedtime Eyes
Apr 8, 202000:09:41Tap to summarizeThis time its the racial sexually amped duo of Bedtime Eyes and Almost Transparent Blue.
Transcribe →FJ Quickie Quickie Eew Wee – The Woman in the Dunes
Apr 8, 202000:11:33Tap to summarizeAnother quick episode for these Corona times… the 1962 classic novel The Woman in the Dunes .
Transcribe →FJ Quickie Quickie Eew Wee – The Naked Island
Apr 8, 202000:08:21Tap to summarizeA quick episode for these Corona times… the 1960 classic film The Naked Island.
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