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Episode 385 – The Iron Road, Part 2

April 9, 2021 ijmeyer Leave a comment

This week, we’re talking about the role of rail in imperial Japan, with a particular focus on the infamous South…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: colonialism, History, Japan, Manchuria, rail

Episode 384 – The Iron Road, Part 1

April 2, 2021 ijmeyer 1 Comment

This week, we’re starting off a look at the history of rail in Japan by exploring how this revolutionary technology…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: History, Japan, Meiji, rail

Episode 383 – Hell Hath no Fury

March 26, 2021 ijmeyer 1 Comment

Today, we’re taking a look at a fascinating literary text from 1000 years ago, the Kagero Nikki (most commonly translated…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: Heian, History, Japan, literature, Women

Episode 382 – Flipping the Script

March 19, 2021 ijmeyer Leave a comment

This week, we’re going to stay in the Sengoku but take a step away from all this samurai action to…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: History, Japan, Samurai, Sengoku

Episode 381 – The Three Daughters of Azai, Part 2

March 12, 2021 ijmeyer 1 Comment

This week, we cover the rest of the lives of Sugen’in, Joko’in, and Yodo-dono (and some other really fascinating incidental…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: History, Japan, Samurai, Sengoku, Tokugawa, Women

Episode 380 – The Three Daughters of Azai, Part 1

March 5, 2021 ijmeyer Leave a comment

This week, we’re revisiting some well-trod ground (the final decades of the 1500s and the careers of Nobunaga and Hideyoshi)…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: hideyoshi, History, Japan, oda, Samurai, Sengoku, Women

Episode 379 – So Close, and Yet So Far

February 26, 2021 ijmeyer 3 Comments

This week, we’re starting off a month of Sengoku-themed content with a look at one of the remoter areas of…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: chosokabe, History, Japan, Samurai, Sengoku, Sengoku period

Episode 378 – A Star Is Born

February 19, 2021 ijmeyer 4 Comments

This week, we’re talking about the birth of the idol industry in Japan. What are idols, how are they made…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: capitalism, History, idol, Japan, music, Postwar

Episode 377 – The Black Mist Scandal

February 12, 2021 ijmeyer 4 Comments

This week, we’re taking a look at one of the greatest scandals in the history of Japanese baseball, when the…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: Baseball, History, Japan, NPB, Postwar

Episode 376 – The Nectar of the Gods

February 5, 2021 ijmeyer 3 Comments

This week, we’re exploring the history of Japan’s most famous drink: sake, or Japanese rice wine (though it turns out,…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: History, Japan, sake

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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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