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Episode 14 – The Course of Empire

July 14, 2013 Isaac Meyer

Resuming our regularly scheduled programming, we will be turning this week to Japanese foreign policy from 1895 to 1940. There’s…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Chiang Kai-shek, China, History, Japan, Manchukuo, Manchuria, Russo-Japanese War, World War I

Episode 13 – Take Me Out to the Shiai

June 30, 2013 Isaac Meyer 2 Comments

This week, we have our very first thematic podcast. It’s a great story of victory and defeat, racism and acceptance,…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Baseball, Meiji

Travels in Japan, Part 1 – Sakuradamon, Kan’eiji, and Yokohama

June 23, 2013 Isaac Meyer

So, for those of you who aren’t caught up yet — I’m in Japan doing some summer work for the…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Sakuradamon, Yasukuni

Episode 12 – Civilization and Enlightenment

June 16, 2013 Isaac Meyer 1 Comment

This week, we’re going to be discussing the early Meiji Period (1868-1900 or so). There’s a lot of material to…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: First Sino-Japanese War, Meiji Period, Meiji Restoration

Episode 11 – The End of an Era

June 9, 2013 Isaac Meyer 1 Comment

First and foremost, thank you to everyone who messaged me or commented over the past week. Your input has been…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Bakumatsu, Choshu, Edo, Satsuma, Tokugawa

Your Podcast Needs You!

June 2, 2013 Isaac Meyer

Everyone, If you’ve listened to the most recent episode, you’ll know I’m contemplating a change in the show’s structure. Originally,…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized

Episode 10 – A Day in the Life of Edo Japan

Isaac Meyer 2 Comments

This week, we’ll be discussing the life of your average city-dweller in Edo Japan. This is a huge topic, and…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Bunraku, Edo, Geisha, Kabuki, Prostitution, Samurai, Tokugawa, Yakuza

Episode 9 – Pax Tokugawa

May 26, 2013 Isaac Meyer 4 Comments

This week we will be discussing the social and political structure of Edo Japan. I know, that doesn’t sound like…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: bakufu, daimyo, Edo period, sankin kotai, Tokugawa

Episode 8 – The Three Unifiers

May 17, 2013 Isaac Meyer

To make up for saying I might not get an episode to you this week, I offer you the new…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Azuchi-Momoyama, Ieyasu Tokugawa, Oda Nobunaga, Sengoku, Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Episode 7 – Descent into Chaos

May 11, 2013 Isaac Meyer 1 Comment

This week we will be covering the fall of the Ashikaga bakufu and the beginnings of the Sengoku, or W11arring…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Ashikaga, History of Japan, Ikko Ikki, onin war, Sengoku period

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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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