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Episode 401 – Worth a Thousand Words

August 6, 2021 Isaac Meyer 1 Comment

This week, we’re tackling the history of kamishibai, a form of street theater that was once big business but has…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: History, Japan, kamishibai, propaganda, WW2

Episode 399 – The Three Human Bombs

July 16, 2021 Isaac Meyer 2 Comments

This week: how did three soldiers who managed to do something rather unexceptional–dying in Japan’s battles in China–manage to become…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: China, History, Japan, WW2

Episode 398 – Anchors Aweigh!

July 9, 2021 Isaac Meyer 1 Comment

This week, we’re talking about a pair of anchors in a Chinese museum and the tortured path they took to…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: China, First Sino-Japanese War, History, Japan, WW2

Episode 346 – Blackness in Japan, Part 4

July 10, 2020 Isaac Meyer

This week, we turn our attention to the black experience during the war in the Pacific, and to the fascinating…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: America, black, History, Japan, WW2

Episode 278 – The Men Who Stayed Behind

March 2, 2019 Isaac Meyer 3 Comments

This week we investigate the role of Japan in laying the groundwork for Vietnam’s wars against France and the United…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: History, Japan, vietnam, WW2

Episode 268 – The Right thing for the Wrong Reasons

December 15, 2018 Isaac Meyer 1 Comment

Today, we cover one of the most unusual stories of WWII: the policy of saving and protecting Jews pursued by…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: History, Holocaust, Japan, WW2

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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