This week, we’re revisiting some well-trod ground (the final decades of the 1500s and the careers of Nobunaga and Hideyoshi)…
Our first episode about South America gives us a very different perspective on the American fight against Communism. Was promoting America’s interests in the Cold War really worth propping up a brutal dictatorship? And why did the international attempt to bring Pinochet to justice involve British Law Lords, a fake case of dementia, and a law that gave Spain carte blanche to prosecute all crimes against humanity… except for the ones that happened in Spain?
This week, we’re starting off a month of Sengoku-themed content with a look at one of the remoter areas of…
This week, we’re talking about the birth of the idol industry in Japan. What are idols, how are they made…
Get your flags and your bibles, we’re hunting Communists. The Red Menace could be lurking anywhere: in your unions, in your movies, maybe even in the very halls of Congress.
This week, we’re taking a look at one of the greatest scandals in the history of Japanese baseball, when the…
This week, we’re exploring the history of Japan’s most famous drink: sake, or Japanese rice wine (though it turns out,…
Take a tour around the swamp with America’s favorite rascal. Florida Man’s always making headlines for punching alligators, stealing meat, and fighting cops in the buff. But does Florida really deserve its reputation as the weirdest state in the union? And is our nation’s most beloved rapscallion the villain of our story, or is he the victim of a legal system that accidentally created a media monster?
This week, we’re wrapping up our history of the colonization of Hokkaido with a look at the impact of the…
This week, we’re talking about Hokkaido in the early 20th century, and in particular the stark problems created by the…