Mon, 29 August 2016
In Episode 122 of the Just Japan Podcast, host Kevin O'Shea chats with long-term expat and entrepreneur Tim Romero. An experienced business person in Japan, Tim is also the host of the "Disrupting Japan" podcast. His podcast is all about the startup culture in Japan, creating businesses and interviewing those who are active members of Japan's startup business culture. Tim offers a unique glimpse into creating a business in Japan. At the end of this week's episode there is also a "bonus" audio piece. Listen to a story by Kevin from his "BusanKevin" YouTube channel from 2010! -- Retro Time! Wait til the VERY end... Support the podcast on Patreon: Just Japan Podcast: |
Tue, 23 August 2016
In a special bonus summer episode of the Just Japan Podcast, host Kevin O'Shea talks about what goes into making an episode of the podcast. How is it recorded, edited and uploaded to the Internet and how is it produced? What's the process for finding and interviewing guests? There's a lot of work to get each episode up on places like iTunes, Stitcher Radio and Sound Cloud, but it's all done as a labour of love! Support the podcast on Pateon: Just Japan Podcast: |
Sun, 21 August 2016
In Episode 121 of the podcast, host Kevin O'Shea welcomes back regular guests Mully and Pee Jay. Mully and Pee Jay are both long-term expat residents of Japan who arrived here in the early 1990's. What did they do for entertainment in the days before the Internet was around? How did they make friends before there was social networking? Were there English TV shows on Japanese stations? How does the entertainment and social landscape look today as compared to when they first landed in Japan? Pee Jay and Mully also give some advice to people thinking of coming to Japan for the first time. Support the podcast on Pateon: Just Japan Podcast:
Direct download: JustJapanPodcast121EntertainingYourselfThenAndNow.m4a
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Sat, 13 August 2016
In Episode 120 of the Just Japan Podcast, host Kevin O'Shea chats with returning and frequent guest Mully of the Mully's Place Podcast. They take a stroll down memory lane and chat about their favorite TV shows of the 1970's and 80's. They also talk about Japan stuff! Kevin and Jim talk about Japanese food, travel in Japan and Jim's podcast. Support the podcast: Just Japan Podcast:
Direct download: JustJapanPodcast120-RetroTVandJapanStuff.m4a
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Thu, 4 August 2016
In Episode 119 of the Just Japan Podcast, host Kevin O'Shea talks with Brett Larner of the Japan Running News. With the Rio Summer Olympics kicking off this week, Kevin gets the analysis of the Japanese Athletics team (specifically runners) from Brett. Brett is the "go to guy" when it comes to expertise in the running world in Japan in English. Brett talks a little bit about his site, "Japan Running News" as well as the Japanese athletes to watch out for in Rio. We briefly touch on the Russian doping scandal and talk about what to expect this summer in Rio! Just Japan Podcast: |