Episode 34: Podcast Finale
Eric tries to summarize his incredible year in Japan. Topics include the Holocaust, Jesus the Hymie, Japanese wedding culture, sex with soup and religious listening habits. To anyone who's ever listen...
2 Feb 20150s
Episode 33: 1960s Culture/Grateful Dead Lecture
Eric guest lectures about the Grateful Dead and 1960s American history at Osaka University for a group of Japanese linguistics students. Stay tuned to the end for an acoustic performance of 3 Grateful...
16 Jan 20150s
Episode 32: GUEST Corey Mintz
In this extra-special, blockbuster, live-from-Osaka episode, Eric talks to his friend Corey Mintz, co-founder of the New York Pizza Project, along with return guest Adam Rubin (without his own microph...
8 Jan 20150s
Episode 31: ROR Comedy
Eric plays selections from a recent stand-up comedy performance by Osaka's gaijin comedy geniuses ROR Comedy. That's R. O. R. Comedy. Not LOL, but ROR. Clips from Rodney Smith, Tom Law, Edd Daggers an...
22 Dec 20140s
Episode 30: GUEST Phil Crouse
Eric talks to his friend Phil Crouse, the Diddy of artisanal beverages, about the making of the podcast, Zima and Eric's (mostly silent) protest against Japanese food website tabelog, and Eric recount...
14 Dec 20140s
Episode 29: GUEST Brian Turner
Eric talks to his friend and confidant Brian Turner, a freelance producer whose work can be viewed at btonset.com, about Thanksgiving in Japan, Pittsburgh pizzerias, making commercials in Japan, snake...
7 Dec 20140s
Episode 28: Special Guest, Rakugo, Haiku
Eric finally brings on an oft-requested special guest, addresses some new issues that have come to light, discusses his experience watching the Japanese art of rakugo storytelling, and shares some hai...
1 Dec 20140s
