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Lynching in America

August 26, 2020 Demetria Spinrad Leave a comment

This week, we’re joined by Nikki Brueggeman for a discussion of two horrific hate crimes in early 20th century America.…

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Episode 207 – Across the Sea, Part 3

August 26, 2017 ijmeyer 1 Comment

This week, we’re headed south to take a look at Nikkei communities in Brazil and Peru. Listen to the episode…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: brazil, nikkeijin, peru

Episode 206 – Across the Sea, Part 2

August 19, 2017 ijmeyer 1 Comment

This week, we take a closer look at early communities of Nikkeijin — people of Japanese descent — in the…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: immigration, issei, nikkeijin, nisei

Episode 205 – Across the Sea, Part 5

August 12, 2017 ijmeyer Leave a comment

This week, we begin a new series on the history of the Japanese diaspora! Listen to the episode here. Sources…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: immigration, nikkeijin

Episode 204 – No Peace Without War

August 5, 2017 ijmeyer Leave a comment

This week we tackle the question of Japanese fascism by looking at one of Japan’s foremost fascists, the authoritarian scholar…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Fascism

Episode 203 – The Old Man and the Sea

July 29, 2017 ijmeyer Leave a comment

This week: one of Japan’s most famous Buddhist masters, Kukai, takes center stage! Listen to the episode here. Sources Winfield,…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Buddhism, Kukai, Shingon

Episode 202 – The Old Man Mad About Art

July 22, 2017 ijmeyer 2 Comments

Today we discuss Japan’s greatest artistic genius, Katsushika Hokusai! Listen to the episode here. Sources Katsushika Hokusai – The complete…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Art, Hokusai, woodblock

Episode 201 – The Green Archipelago

July 15, 2017 ijmeyer 3 Comments

This week: Japan’s a pretty verdant place, but how did it stay that way when so many other places were…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: environment

Episode 200 – The 200th Episode

July 8, 2017 ijmeyer Leave a comment

All you could ever want to know about podcast recording, UW’s graduate program, and why the Japanese definitely are not…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: dokdo, Judaism, kuril islands, takeshima, whaling

Episode 199 – Fist of Legend, Part 6

June 25, 2017 ijmeyer Leave a comment

In which we bring things to a close by considering the fall of the Butokukai, the spread of budo beyond…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: budo, MMA, Olympics

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About Me

My name is Isaac Meyer, and I’m a  former PhD student at the University of Washington, specializing in modern Japan (with sub-specializations in modern China, modern Europe, and international relations). Today, I work as a teacher at an independent school in the Seattle area.

I also have a tendency to go off on random historical tangents. One day, I decided to combine these two traits in podcast form, and thus was born the History of Japan Podcast!

In 2018, I decided start the Criminal Records Podcast with my wife, Demetria Spinrad. This podcast gives me the chance to talk about world history–and the weird, wonderful world of historical crime and punishment.

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