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Episode 562 – You Gotta Fight for Your Right to Party, Part 1

January 24, 2025 Isaac Meyer

This week: the first of three episodes on urban rioting in Tokugawa period Japan. This week, we’re covering the first…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: crime, Edo, History, Japan, punishment, Tokugawa

Episode 412 – …Don’t Do the Crime

October 29, 2021 Isaac Meyer 1 Comment

This week, we’re looking at how the criminal justice system in Japan was remade to serve the interests of the…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: crime, History, Japan, justice, Meiji, punishment

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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