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…
This week, we’re discussing the autobiography of a troublemaking, low-ranking samurai whose life didn’t reshape Japan, but whose tale can…
This week, we cover one of Japan’s great unsolved crimes: the 300 million yen robbery. How did one man steal…
This week, take a deep dive with me into the life of one of the regents of the Heian Era,…
As the 1950s become the 1960s, the truth of Chisso’s failure to address its problems comes out thanks to a…
This week, we’re beginning a deep dive into the history of one of the most famous cases of environmental poisoning…
This week (and somewhat late), Isaac and Demetria talk about the trials (literally) and tribulations of the great American comedian Lenny Bruce, whose boundary-pushing comedy landed him in hot water on charges of obscenity around the United States.
This week, we’re talking about one of the greatest cheesy samurai film franchises of all time. Just how did a…