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Episode 533 – At the Table or On the TAble

June 14, 2024 Isaac Meyer

This week on the Revised Introduction to Japanese History: Japan joins the ranks of the great powers by building its…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: China, colonialism, History, hokkaido, Japan, Korea, Meiji, Okinawa, Russia

Episode 365 – The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Part 1

November 20, 2020 Isaac Meyer 3 Comments

This week, we begin our exploration of the life and career of Richard Sorge, one of the most famous spies…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: Communism, History, Japan, Russia, USSR, WWII

Episode 340 – The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

May 29, 2020 Isaac Meyer 2 Comments

This week, we’re covering the career of one of modern Japan’s spymasters: Akashi Motojiro, who attempted to build an intelligence…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: espionage, History, Japan, Russia, Russian Revolution, Russo-Japanese War

Episode 219 – The Red Dawn, Part 3

November 25, 2017 Isaac Meyer

Turns out, getting involved in a land war in Asia really is one of the classic blunders. This week, how…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: Bolshevism, Communism, History, Japan, Russia, USSR

Episode 218 – The Red Dawn, Part 2

November 18, 2017 Isaac Meyer

How did Japan fit into the broader framework of the Allied intervention? What were the Japanese trying to accomplish in…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: Communism, History, Japan, Russia, Russian Revolution, WWI

Episode 217 – The Red Dawn, Part 1

November 11, 2017 Isaac Meyer 1 Comment

100 Years ago, Japan intervened in Russia to create a buffer state against the new Soviet Union. So how did…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: Communism, History, Japan, Russia

Episode 173 – The Maelstrom, Part 11

November 19, 2016 Isaac Meyer 3 Comments

Today, we’ll wrap up our look at the Russo-Japanese War with some thoughts on its long term consequences. How much…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Japan, Manchuria, Russia

Episode 172 – The Maelstrom, Part 10

November 15, 2016 Isaac Meyer

Apologies for the technical delay! Today, we’ll watch Russia descend into chaos, and take a look at the peace negotiations…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: 1905 Revolution, History, Japan, Manchuria, Russia

Episode 171 – The Maelstrom, Part 9

November 5, 2016 Isaac Meyer

It’s time for the Imperial Japanese Navy to bail out the Imperial Japanese Army. But first, let’s enjoy the Russian…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Russia, Tsushima

Episode 170 – The Maelstrom, Part 8

October 29, 2016 Isaac Meyer

In the last major land battle of the Russo-Japanese War, two great powers enter and…two great powers leave? Wait, I’m…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Japan, Manchuria, Mukden, Russia

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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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