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Episode 557 – The Gods March Overseas, Part 3

December 13, 2024 Isaac Meyer

This week: Taiwan was the first overseas territory annexed by Japan with a large existing population. So how did the…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: History, Japan, religion, Shinto, Taiwan

Episode 255 – The Beautiful Island, Part 4

September 8, 2018 Isaac Meyer

This week, we close out our time with Taiwan with a look at its return to the Republic of China,…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: China, History, Japan, Taiwan

Episode 254 – The Beautiful Island, Part 3

September 1, 2018 Isaac Meyer 2 Comments

This week, Japan’s attempt to assimilate Taiwan finds some success, and one big stumbling block: the Musha Incident, the last…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: China, History, Japan, Musha Incident, Taiwan

Episode 253 – The Beautiful Island, Part 2

August 25, 2018 Isaac Meyer

This week: now that Japan has conquered Taiwan, what are they actually going to do with it? Sources Sharpe, M.E. Maritime…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: China, History, Japan, Taiwan

Episode 252 – The Beautiful Island, Part 1

August 18, 2018 Isaac Meyer 5 Comments

This week, we start a history of the Japanese occupation of Taiwan. How did Japan come to conquer the island,…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: China, colonialism, History, Japan, Taiwan

Episode 63 – An Unnatural Intimacy, Part 1

August 9, 2014 Isaac Meyer

This week, we’re beginning a multiparter on the modern relationship between America and Japan. We’ll cover the background of both…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Hawaii, Philippines, Taiwan, US

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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