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Episode 284 – Rags to Riches, Part 2

April 16, 2019 Isaac Meyer

This week, we will talk about the innovations the Latter Hojo used to secure their dominance, and about their long…

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

Episode 283 – Rags to Riches, Part 1

April 6, 2019 Isaac Meyer

This week, we start a series on one of the also-rans of the Sengoku period: the Latter Hojo clan. Who…

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

Episode 282 – The Brothers Soga

March 30, 2019 Isaac Meyer

This week, we cover one of the most famous tales of revenge in Japanese history: that of the two Soga…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: History, Japan, revenge, Samurai, Soga

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

Episode 277 – The House of Cards, Part 5

February 23, 2019 Isaac Meyer 2 Comments

This week, we arrive at the end of the Ashikaga. What were the final 100 years of Ashikaga “rule” like,…

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

Episode 276 – The House of Cards, Part 4

February 16, 2019 Isaac Meyer

This week, we do a deep dive on the life of Ashikaga Yoshimasa and the lead up to the Onin…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: Ashikaga, History, Japan, Muromachi, Onin, Samurai

Episode 275 – The House of Cards, Part 3

February 9, 2019 Isaac Meyer

This week we turn away from politics to discuss religion, art, and the economy during the age of the Ashikaga.…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: Ashikaga, History, Japan, Muromachi, Samurai, Zen

Episode 274 – The House of Cards, Part 2

February 2, 2019 Isaac Meyer

This week: war in the Ashikaga age. Plus; the reign of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu is generally considered the zenith of Ashikaga…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: Ashikaga, History, Japan, Muromachi, Samurai

Episode 273 – The House of Cards, Part 1

January 26, 2019 Isaac Meyer 2 Comments

This week we start a multipart series on the Muromachi period and the reign of the Ashikaga family. How did…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: Ashikaga, History, Japan, Muromachi, Samurai

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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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