This week, Isaac and Demetria go back to the Wild West for our very first outlaw of the American frontier. There’s rootin’, there’s tootin’, there’s plenty of shootin’, and also a truly astonishing amount of…soap?
This week, we continue our exploration of the life of Hiratsuka Raicho, and add a new character to our cast:…
This week, we start off our first ever twinned biography with a look at the early career of one of…
The peasants are revolting! Bad times for England, but good times for Demetria and Isaac as they talk about boy kings, bad tax plans, and what to do when a bunch of rebels politely ask you to kill your own uncle.
This week, we’re talking about my absolute favorite poet in the history of forever: Kobayashi Issa. I promise he’s great,…
This week: what happens once the scandal goes public, and what does all this say about postwar Japan more generally?…
This week, we take a look at one of postwar Japan’s most famous political scandals, and how the efforts of…
This week, tensions within Japanese society explode as a simple stock purchase turns into a knock-down, drag out fight over…
In this week’s episode, we cover an unfortunately common type of crime, a workplace mass homicide, in an unusual location: a college campus. Did Dr. Bishop really “snap” because she was denied tenure, or were commenters using a sensational story to draw attention to one of America’s strangest employment practices?
This week, we tackle a political scandal from 1930s Japan to dig deeper into the question: just why did Japan’s…