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Episode 521 – Reunification, Part 1

March 1, 2024 Isaac Meyer

This week on the Revised Intro to Japanese History: the beginning of the end of the age of war and…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: History, Japan, oda, Samurai, Sengoku

Episode 380 – The Three Daughters of Azai, Part 1

March 5, 2021 Isaac Meyer

This week, we’re revisiting some well-trod ground (the final decades of the 1500s and the careers of Nobunaga and Hideyoshi)…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: hideyoshi, History, Japan, oda, Samurai, Sengoku, Women

Episode 281 – The Fool of Owari, Part 2

March 23, 2019 Isaac Meyer 2 Comments

This week, we cover the remainder of Oda Nobunaga’s rise to power: his wars for control of central Japan in…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: History, Japan, nobunaga, oda, Samurai, Sengoku

Episode 280 – The Fool of Owari, Part 1

March 16, 2019 Isaac Meyer 5 Comments

This week, we turn to the life and legacy of the first of Japan’s three unifiers: the warlord Oda Nobunaga,…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: History, Japan, nobunaga, oda, Samurai, Sengoku

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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