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Episode 44 – A Review of The Last Samurai

March 8, 2014 Isaac Meyer

This week, we’ll be going all Tom Cruise for our second media review, and discussing the actual history behind the…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Jules Brunet, Meiji, Saigo Takamori, The Last Samurai

Episode 43 – The Great Traitor

March 1, 2014 Isaac Meyer

This week, we’ll be doing our second shogunal biography. We’re going to discuss the life and legacy of the man…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Ashikaga, Muromachi, Nanbokucho

Episode 42 – Awakening Asia

February 22, 2014 Isaac Meyer 2 Comments

This week, we’re going to discuss the Russo-Japanese War from a different angle; we’re going to talk about the effect…

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Episode 41 – Striking from the Shadows

February 15, 2014 Isaac Meyer 1 Comment

This week, we’re going to discuss the ninja, or at least what we can discern about them from the limited…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Japan, Ninja, Sengoku, Tokugawa

Episode 40 – Japan’s Christian Century, Part 3

February 8, 2014 Isaac Meyer

This week, we’ll discuss the arrival of William Adams, the reversal of fortune for Spain and Catholicism in Asia, and…

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Episode 39 – Japan’s Christian Century, Part 2

February 1, 2014 Isaac Meyer 2 Comments

This week, we’ll continue our discussion of Japan’s Christian century with the high-point of Christian missionizing in Japan, starting with…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Catholicism, Christianity, Francis Xavier, Nagasaki, Otomo

Episode 38 – Japan’s Christian Century, Part 1

January 25, 2014 Isaac Meyer

This is part one of an eventual three part series on the rise and fall of Christianity in medieval Japan.…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Christianity, Francis Xavier, Portugal, Sengoku

Regarding Advertising on the Show

January 18, 2014 Isaac Meyer

As you may have heard in the most recent episode, I’m considering adding ads to the show. I’d like your…

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Episode 37 – Women Warriors

Isaac Meyer 4 Comments

This week, we’ll be tackling an oft-requested topic; women warriors in the samurai class. Contrary to what you might think,…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Hangaku gozen, Jingu, Nakano Takeko, Onna bugeisha, Samurai, Tachibana Ginchiyo, Tomoe, Women

Episode 36 – The Great War

January 11, 2014 Isaac Meyer

We’re back for the start of 2014, and to kick the year off right we’re looking at this year’s most…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: China, Russian Revolution, Siberia, World War I

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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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