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Episode 470 – The Vaccinators, Part 2

January 27, 2023 Isaac Meyer 2 Comments

If the first translation of a text on smallpox vaccination in Japan was finished in 1820, how did it take…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: Edo, History, Japan, medicine, Nagasaki, smallpox, Tokugawa

Episode 469 – The Vaccinators, Part 1

January 20, 2023 Isaac Meyer 1 Comment

This week: the elimination of smallpox is probably one of the greatest medical accomplishments in human history. The vaccine that…

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

Episode 313 – The Doctor is In

November 8, 2019 Isaac Meyer 1 Comment

This week, we’re going to zoom in on the kind of life that doesn’t usually make the big picture history…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: Edo, History, Japan, medicine, rangaku, study

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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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