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Episode 542 – The Heart of Darkness

August 16, 2024 Isaac Meyer

For our second footnote to the Revised Introduction to Japanese History: a simple question that definitely won’t result in an…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: Fascism, History, Japan, Politics, WWII

Sovereign Citizens, part 2

August 15, 2024 Isaac Meyer

As the internet creates new unmoderated spaces for ideas to spread, the sovereign citizen movement moves on to new audiences…

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Posted in: Criminal Records Podcast

Episode 541 – The Way of the Gods

August 9, 2024 Isaac Meyer 1 Comment

This week, we have our first Footnote to the Revised Introduction to Japanese history, expanding on questions we didn’t get…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: History, Japan, Jomon, Kofun, religion, Shinto, Yayoi

Episode 540 – The End of the Beginning

August 2, 2024 Isaac Meyer

On the final episode of the Revised Introduction to Japanese History: the LDP completely fails to meet the challenge of…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: economics, History, Japan, LDP, Politics, Postwar

Sovereign Citizens, part 1

August 1, 2024 Isaac Meyer

Don’t feel like paying your taxes? Want to start your own posse? Still mad about the gold standard? Looking for…

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Posted in: Criminal Records Podcast

Episode 539 – Japan Falling

July 26, 2024 Isaac Meyer 1 Comment

In the penultimate episode of the Revised Introduction to Japanese History: the 1980s sees the rise of Japan’s asset bubble…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: 1980s, economics, History, Japan, Postwar

Episode 538 – Japan Rising

July 19, 2024 Isaac Meyer

This week on the Revised Introduction to Japanese History: how did Ikeda Hayato and the LDP build a system that…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: History, Japan, LDP, Politics, Postwar

The Principality of Hutt River

July 18, 2024 Isaac Meyer

When you’re unhappy about the price of wheat, there’s only one solution: Send a telegraph to the Australian government declaring…

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Episode 537 – The New Order

July 12, 2024 Isaac Meyer

This week on the Revised Introduction to Japanese History: the Occupation comes to an end, but what happens next? This…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: America, History, Japan, LDP, Postwar

The James Flint Incident

July 11, 2024 Isaac Meyer

When an Englishman with the rare ability to speak Mandarin Chinese got into a dispute with a corrupt local official…

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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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