Nourishing the Nation - BONUS EPISODE
The Meiji Period witnessed a radical expansion of the Japanese palate as the people began consuming foreign foods like beer and the government encouraged the populace to eat meat.Support the show My l...
27 Jan 202515min
An Age of Letters - BONUS EPISODE
Writers of the Meiji Period included some of the most influential Japanese authors of all time, many of whom are still regularly included in reading curriculum today.Soseki ProjectSupport the show My ...
20 Jan 202520min
The Pax Meiji
The Meiji period saw sweeping transformation in nearly every aspect of Japanese society. The political status quo which it established, however, paved the way for future infighting and the imperial go...
16 Jan 202529min
The Question of Korea
After the Russo-Japanese War, the Meiji government moved quickly to solidify their control of Korea, gradually chipping away at the sovereignty of its government until annexation became the only logic...
13 Jan 202527min
The Long Road of Peace
Both Russia and Japan were desperate to end the Russo-Japanese War by the summer of 1905. However, the conditions of that peace would not bring an end to domestic turmoil in Russia, and would inaugura...
26 Dec 202424min
The Russo-Japanese War, Part 2
After securing the southern portion of Liaodong Province, the Imperial Japanese Army proceeded to besiege Port Arthur while simultaneously fighting Russian forces to their north in increasingly costly...
23 Dec 202426min
The Russo-Japanese War, Part 1
In February of 1904, the Imperial Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack on Port Arthur and initiate the Russo-Japanese War. Support the show My latest novel, "Califia's Crusade," is now available ...
19 Dec 202429min
A Tsar is Born
We examine the development Russian Empire of the 1800s and see what factors set them on a collision course with Japan in 1904. Support the show My latest novel, "Califia's Crusade," is now available ...
16 Dec 202425min
