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Episode 388 – The First of Us

April 30, 2021 Isaac Meyer 1 Comment

We’re trapped in a loop this week as Isaac talks about another Isaac: specifically, Isaac Titsingh, a member of the…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: Dutch, Edo, History, Japan, Nagasaki

Episode 308 – The Prisoners of Nanbu, Part 3

October 4, 2019 Isaac Meyer 6 Comments

This week, the crew of the Breskens is freed at last. Plus some final thoughts on Tokugawa diplomacy. Sources Hesselink,…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: breskens, Dutch, Edo, History, Japan

Episode 307 – The Prisoners of Nanbu, Part 2

September 27, 2019 Isaac Meyer 3 Comments

The Breskens crew arrive in Edo, with the question of how they are to be treated looming over them. At…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: Christianity, Dutch, Edo, History, Japan

Episode 246 – There and Back Again

June 30, 2018 Isaac Meyer

This week, we cover the story of Engelbert Kaempfer, who wrote one of the most thorough and best known accounts…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: Dutch, Edo, History, Japan, Nagasaki

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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