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Episode 273 – The House of Cards, Part 1

January 26, 2019 Isaac Meyer 2 Comments

This week we start a multipart series on the Muromachi period and the reign of the Ashikaga family. How did…

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

Episode 6 – A New Order

May 4, 2013 Isaac Meyer 2 Comments

This week’s episode is on the structure of the Kamakura bakufu, its war against the Mongol Yuan dynasty of China,…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Ashikaga, Hojo, Kamakura, Mongol Invasions, Muromachi, Noh, Pure Land Buddhism, Yuan, Zen

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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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