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Episode 568 – The Revolutionary, Part 3

March 7, 2025 Isaac Meyer

Miyazaki Manabu heads to college this week to experience the life of the late 1960s student communist organizer. What does…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: 1960s, Communism, History, Japan, Marxism

Episode 402 – The Friendly Skies

August 20, 2021 Isaac Meyer 1 Comment

This week, we’re covering the bizarre history of a hijacking attempt from 1970. What led nine young men to seize…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: 1960s, History, Japan, Marxism, Postwar

Episode 178 – Red Star Over Tokyo, Part 3

January 21, 2017 Isaac Meyer

Today, a specter is haunting Japan. But that specter is not communism; it’s the ghost of the communist party, dead…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Communism, Marxism

Episode 177 – Red Star Over Tokyo, Part 2

January 14, 2017 Isaac Meyer

The revolution comes to Japan…but not really. Today we explore the birth and very rapid death of Japan’s first socialist…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Marxism

Episode 176 – Red Star Over Tokyo, Part 1

January 7, 2017 Isaac Meyer

Today, we’ll turn our attention to a set of ideas that will ultimately fall flat on their face in Japan…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Japan, Marxism

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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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