This week, we’ll be going all Tom Cruise for our second media review, and discussing the actual history behind the…
This week, we’ll be doing our second shogunal biography. We’re going to discuss the life and legacy of the man…
This week, we’re going to discuss the Russo-Japanese War from a different angle; we’re going to talk about the effect…
This week, we’re going to discuss the ninja, or at least what we can discern about them from the limited…
This week, we’ll discuss the arrival of William Adams, the reversal of fortune for Spain and Catholicism in Asia, and…
This week, we’ll continue our discussion of Japan’s Christian century with the high-point of Christian missionizing in Japan, starting with…
This is part one of an eventual three part series on the rise and fall of Christianity in medieval Japan.…
As you may have heard in the most recent episode, I’m considering adding ads to the show. I’d like your…
This week, we’ll be tackling an oft-requested topic; women warriors in the samurai class. Contrary to what you might think,…
We’re back for the start of 2014, and to kick the year off right we’re looking at this year’s most…