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#96 - The Contaminated Blood Scandal
04/29/2024
#96 - The Contaminated Blood Scandal
When the AIDs epidemic began tearing its way through gay communities throughout the world, there was almost no effort made by governments to address the escalating health crisis whatsoever. Even when heat-treated blood became available, pharmaceutical companies were strangely reluctant to offer these newer, safer products, particularly in South America and Asia, but no country was quite as ruthlessly self-defeating than in Japan, which created an extraordinary conspiracy to put corporate profits above the lives of their citizens Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her , and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, . Check my new album, , for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter , or you can listen to my other podcasts and on any big podcast app. Sources: Qanon Anonymous, Episode 221: New York Times: New York Times: LA Times: J Nature Medicine: Washington Post: CBS News: National Library of Medicine: Wikipedia: Wikipedia: Wikipedia: JP Wikipedia:
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#95 - Saya Hiyama, Weather Caster
04/09/2024
#95 - Saya Hiyama, Weather Caster
Weather News Live is a 24-hour a day stream dedicated to reporting the weather... sort of. It has gained huge popularity on the internet over the last few years with live shows hosted by "Casters", young women who have attracted huge fanbases. By far the most popular has been Saya Hiyama who, in mid-2023, found herself at the centre of a controversy normally only reserved for those in the Idol industry. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her , and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, . Check my new album, , for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter , or you can listen to my other podcasts and on any big podcast app. Sources: Japanalysis: Saya Hiyama Saya Hiyama Japan Times: Oricon News - Aini: Time:
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#94 - The Piranha Family (Part 3)
03/24/2024
#94 - The Piranha Family (Part 3)
We end our series on Miyoko Sumida by looking at possibly her most disturbing family invasion with the Oe household, as well as how this eventually led to her accidental arrest and the fall of the Sumida gang. We also find out how the Yakuza hides bodies (allegedly). Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her , and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, . Check my new album, , for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter , or you can listen to my other podcasts and on any big podcast app. Sources: - the Piranha Family - the Piranha Family - Miyoko Sumida - The Amagasaki Incident
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#93 - The Piranha Family (Part 2)
02/22/2024
#93 - The Piranha Family (Part 2)
We continue covering the disturbing crimes of Miyoko Sumida and her family, as she infiltrates and rips apart two more families. Today we look at how she added her loyal enforcer, Masanori Ri, and her presumed heir, Tanimoto Rui, to her organisation. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her , and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, . Check my new album, , for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter , or you can listen to my other podcasts and on any big podcast app. Sources: - the Piranha Family - the Piranha Family - Miyoko Sumida - The Amagasaki Incident
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#92 - The Piranha Family (Part 1)
02/12/2024
#92 - The Piranha Family (Part 1)
Miyoko Sumida was a psychopath with a disturbing ability to manipulate others for her own ends. She was also seemingly obsessed with keeping other people by making them members of her family though marriage and adoption. In a horrifying 25-year career of criminal gang activity and serial murder, Sumida became more cult leader than yakuza. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her , and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, . Check my new album, , for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter , or you can listen to my other podcasts and on any big podcast app. Sources: - the Piranha Family - the Piranha Family - Miyoko Sumida - The Amagasaki Incident
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#91 - Uncle Balloon
01/23/2024
#91 - Uncle Balloon
Yoshikazu Suzuki was a perennially-failing music shop salesman, and in the early 90s his debt had amounted to an astronomical level. His plan to get himself out of this debt was to rise above this, literally, by following in the footsteps of Lawnchair Larry. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her , and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, . Check my new album, , for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter , or you can listen to my other podcasts and on any big podcast app.
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#90 - The Rent-a-Family Fraud
12/24/2023
#90 - The Rent-a-Family Fraud
In April of 2018, the writer Elif Batuman had an article published in The New Yorker, titled "Japan’s Rent-a-Family Industry". It explored a cultural phenomenon in Japan, that of agencies where one could hire an actor to perform in a social interaction that would be otherwise awkward or impossible. It became such a popular and celebrated article that it would win the National Magazine Award for that year. Unfortunately, it was also based entirely on bullshit. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her , and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, . Check my new album, , for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter , or you can listen to my other podcasts and on any big podcast app. Sources: New Yorker: The New Republic: Wall Street Journal: AFAR: Wikipedia: Wikipedia:
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#89 - The Monster with 21 Faces
11/27/2023
#89 - The Monster with 21 Faces
The Glico-Morinaga Case began in 1984, when the CEO of the Glico Corporation was kidnapped, naked from his home during a bath. While that kidnapping resolved itself fairly rapidly, what followed was a campaign of fear across Japan, as a mysterious organisation began threatening to poison the public's food. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her , and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, . Check my new album, , for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter , or you can listen to my other podcasts and on any big podcast app. Sources: Singularity Hub: UPI: Atlas Obscura: Wikipedia: Wikipedia:
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#88 - The Saitama Dog-Lover Murders
11/07/2023
#88 - The Saitama Dog-Lover Murders
Content Warning: Murder. In the months after the Osaka Dog-Lover Serial Murders ended, but before the perpetrator of that case was caught, a completely separate but weirdly similar case occurred in Saitama. Gen Sekine, a fairly successful dog breeder and utter psychopath, decided that the best way to dig himself out of financial trouble was to kill his way out. Today's guest is Cassie! You can find her via her . Also be sure to check out her Vtuber persona, , who streams on ! Check my new album, , for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter , or you can listen to my other podcasts and on any big podcast app. Sources: Independent - S. A. Ozbourne - Japan Times - Fuji TV - Wikipedia -
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#87 - The Osaka Dog-Lover Murders
10/16/2023
#87 - The Osaka Dog-Lover Murders
Content Warning: Murder We return to murder with the serial murders that took place in Osaka in 1992. Over a period of 4 months, the ultimate fail-son Yoshinori Ueda used a chemical used to euthanise dogs to subdue and murder 5 people. Today's guest is Cassie! You can find her via her . Also be sure to check out her Vtuber persona, , who streams on ! Check my new album, , for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter , or you can listen to my other podcasts and on any big podcast app. Sources: Japan Times: article Wikipedia: YouTube:
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#86 - Dekotora
09/10/2023
#86 - Dekotora
Today we explore the working class industrial art movement called "Dekotora", where truckers decorated their vehicles in outrageous and totally bitchin' styles. We also visit a modern day comparison to Dekotora, the phenomenon of "Itasha", or "painful cars"... If you want to see a gallery of the vehicles we're talking about today, . Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her , and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, . Check my new album, , for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter , or you can listen to my other podcasts and on any big podcast app. Sources: CNN: Wikipedia: Wikipedia: SoraNews24:
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#85 - Hatsune Miku
08/13/2023
#85 - Hatsune Miku
The last couple of episodes were pretty rough, right? Here's something with relatively few problematic elements, Hatsune Miku, the Vocaloid sensation! Today's guest is Mike! You can find him on Twitter at his handle ! Check my new album, , for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter , or you can listen to my other podcasts and on any big podcast app. Sources: - Meet Hatsune Miku - Politician uses Miku for campaign - The Hatsune Miku Affair - Hatsune Miku
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#84 - Issei Sagawa (Part 2)
07/30/2023
#84 - Issei Sagawa (Part 2)
Content Warning: Sexual Assault, Violence, Necrophilia, Cannibalism. We continue our exploration of Issei Sagawa's life after his 1981 murder of Renée Hartevelt. While you might think that Sagawa would never see the light of day again for his horrific crimes, he was set free, and he spent the rest of his life being a horrible little shit. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her , and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, . Check my new album, , for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter , or you can listen to my other podcasts and on any big podcast app. Sources: - Pink Film - Issei Sagawa - Japanese Cannibal Who Got Away With Eating and Raping a Dutch Woman Is Dead - Vice documentary on Issei Sagawa - Issei Sagawa - Issei Sagawa
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#83 - Issei Sagawa (Part 1)
07/10/2023
#83 - Issei Sagawa (Part 1)
Content Warning: Sex, Violence, Necrophilia, Cannibalism. Issei Sagawa was a highly-educated, intelligent and repressed man. His sexual fetish, unfortunately, was cannibalism, and years of fantasizing and planning led to his 1981 murder of Renée Hartevelt in Paris. After his arrest, however, the story just gets weirder. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her , and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, . Check my new album, , for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter , or you can listen to my other podcasts and on any big podcast app. Sources: - Pink Film - Issei Sagawa - Japanese Cannibal Who Got Away With Eating and Raping a Dutch Woman Is Dead - Vice documentary on Issei Sagawa - Issei Sagawa - Issei Sagawa
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#82 - The Tomb of Jesus in Aomori
06/15/2023
#82 - The Tomb of Jesus in Aomori
In the north of Japan's central island there is a small, non-descript place called Shingo Village. The only thing about it that sets it apart from the hundreds of other tiny villages in the area is that it purports to be the true final resting place of Jesus Christ. Tug on this string and a whole bunch of ancient aliens stuff comes tumbling out. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her , and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, . Check my new album, , for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter , or you can listen to my other podcasts and on any big podcast app. Sources:
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#81 - The Great Kanto Massacre
06/03/2023
#81 - The Great Kanto Massacre
Content Warning: Natural Disaster and Genocide. On the 1st September, 1923, a megathrust earthquake hit the Kanto Plain, resulting in a catastrophic loss of life. While one would think that tornados made of fire would offer the most horror from this event, the behaviour of the Kanto populace, police and government in the aftermath would be far more disturbing. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her , and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, . You can also find me on Twitter , or you can listen to my other podcasts and on any big podcast app. Sources: The Great Kantō Earthquake and the Chimera of National Reconstruction in Japan - J. Charles Schencking (2013) - Great Kanto Earthquake - The Kanto Massacre
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#80 - Patriotic Brothels and Babysan
04/27/2023
#80 - Patriotic Brothels and Babysan
Content Warning: Sex Trafficking and Exploitation. Even before the end of WWII, the Japanese civilian government were preparing for the arrival of the occupying US troops. First and foremost, before any security of basic needs, they determined that they needed to preserve the purity of the Japanese race. To this end, they created a vast network of patriotic brothels... Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her , and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, . You can also find me on Twitter , or you can listen to my other podcasts and on any big podcast app. As recommended by Hannah at the end of the episode, check out these feminist Instagram users to wash the taste of Babysan out of your mouth: , , beam_me_up_softboi Sources: - The Phora Japan's Comfort Women - Toshiyuki Tanaka (2003) - New York Times Babysan: A Private Look at The Japanese Occupation - Bill Hume (1953) - Wikipedia
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#79 - The Branston Pickle Affair
04/17/2023
#79 - The Branston Pickle Affair
When Daisuke was invited to a dinner anonymously, he had little idea that the meeting would result in the most joyous moments of his life... but would flat-out ruin the rest of it. After marrying into a multi-national vinegar-based corporation, he found himself at the center of a sinister plot to wrest control over his own son away from him. Today's guest is Jon Combey! You can find himon Twitter , and his recent limited series on Japanese culture as understood through film can be found . You can also find me on Twitter , or you can listen to my other podcasts and on any big podcast app. Check my new album, , for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! Sources: (Paywall) - I Married the Branston Pickle Heiress - Pickle Demand Rises after Fire
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#78 - The Otaku Killer (Part 2)
04/08/2023
#78 - The Otaku Killer (Part 2)
Content Warning: Child Murder, Necrophilia We continue with the utterly heinous crimes of Tsutomu Miyazaki. After his first murder of a child, he entered a kind of prolonged berserker mode, increasing the depravity of his actions, harassing the families of his victims and even taunting the public, the press and the police. And, when he was finally caught, he would blame it all on an alternate persona - the "Rat Man". Today's guest is Nika Howard! You can find her on Twitter , and all of her wonderful content can be found on her . Check my new album, , for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter , or you can listen to my other podcasts and on any big podcast app. Sources: - Tsutomu Miyazaki - Article on Miyazaki from 1989 Fumiya Hitotsubashi - The Miyazaki Tsutomu Incident -Painted Scenario- (2001) - The Myth of Miyazaki's Hands - The Silencing of the Lambs
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#77 - The Otaku Killer (Part 1)
03/14/2023
#77 - The Otaku Killer (Part 1)
Tsutomu Miyazaki was a serial murderer of children, active for about 10 months from August 1988. It's a story that has been heavily misrepresented in western media, particularly in regards to Miyazaki's disability, but the real story alone is enough to chill to the bone. Today's guest is Nika Howard! You can find her on Twitter , and all of her wonderful content can be found on her . For more content follow me on on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode! You can also find me on Twitter , or you can listen to my other podcasts and on any big podcast app. Sources: - Tsutomu Miyazaki - Article on Miyazaki from 1989 Fumiya Hitotsubashi - The Miyazaki Tsutomu Incident -Painted Scenario- (2001) - The Myth of Miyazaki's Hands - The Silencing of the Lambs
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#76 - End of Shinzo Abe (Part 4)
02/19/2023
#76 - End of Shinzo Abe (Part 4)
It's finally here. This is how and why Shinzo Abe was assassinated, and the unexpected failure to deify him after his death. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her , and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, . You can also find me on Twitter , or you can listen to my other podcasts and on any big podcast app. Sources: - The Iconoclast: Shinzo Abe and the New Japan - Tetsuya Yamagami, the assassin - Abe assassin given psyche evaluation - Protests over state funeral of Shinzo Abe - Opposition to state funeral - Assassination sheds light on links between UC and LDP - Trump gives speech at UC 9/11 conference - Japanese politicians tied to UC - Obituary of Shinzo Abe - Man sets himself on fire in protest of state funeral - Shinzo Abe - Assassination of Shinzo Abe
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#75 - Shinzo Abe (Part 3)
02/05/2023
#75 - Shinzo Abe (Part 3)
In this episode we look at the continuing rise of ultranationalist ideology in Japanese politics under Shinzo Abe, including his membership in the secretive and fascistic Nippon Kaigai organisation, his expansion of the JSDF and his fiddling around behind the scenes during the Tokyo Olympics, despite his supposed retirement. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her , and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, . You can also find me on Twitter , or you can listen to my other podcasts and on any big podcast app. Sources: - The Iconoclast: Shinzo Abe and the New Japan - Shinzo Abe questioned over the Cherry Blossom scandal - Keigo Oyamada resigns as Olympic composer - Hateful Olympic fiasco caused by Shinzo Abe - Japan PM uses offbeat PR blitz to rescue ratings - Shinzo Abe
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#74 - Shinzo Abe (Part 2)
01/24/2023
#74 - Shinzo Abe (Part 2)
We continue our journey through the life and death of Shinzo Abe. Today we look at his remarkable political comeback in 2011, along with his the incidents that never seemed to tarnish his popularity, particularly his horrific historical revisionism, and the Moritomo Gakuen scandal... Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her , and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, . You can also find me on Twitter , or you can listen to my other podcasts and on any big podcast app. Sources: - The Iconoclast: Shinzo Abe and the New Japan - Key Questions on Moritomo Scandal - Moritomo Gakuen Scandal - Moritomo Gakuen Scandal - Moritomo Gakuen Scandal - Abe stands his ground over Moritomo Scandal - Moritomo Couple Jailed - Abe's pose resurrects horrors of Unit 731 - Abe Poses in 731 Jet - Abe visits Yasukuni Shrine - Abenomics - Abe denies the use of "Comfort Women" by Japan - Shinzo Abe - Akie Abe
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#73 - Shinzo Abe (Part 1)
01/16/2023
#73 - Shinzo Abe (Part 1)
We embark on a 4-part journey through the life and death of Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-running Prime Minister, who just so happened to get assassinated in May of 2022. As we shall discover, perhaps the damage had already been done by that point... Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her , and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, . You can also find me on Twitter , or you can listen to my other podcasts and on any big podcast app. Sources: - The Iconoclast: Shinzo Abe and the New Japan - Abe denies Japanese war crimes - Japan attempts to erase history - Obituary for Shinzo Abe - Biography of Shinzo Abe - Abe's Ultranationalism destroyed diplomatic ties with China - Abe denies the use of "Comfort Women" by Japan - Shinzo Abe
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#72 - Charlie Chaplin Vs The League of Blood
01/05/2023
#72 - Charlie Chaplin Vs The League of Blood
This is the tale of the rise of fascism in Japan, from its origins in Mussolini's Italy to the first bumbling attempts at coups by clandestine organisations. One of the most unlikely people who became embroiled in one such coup was the legendary comedic actor Charlie Chaplin. Today's guest is Cami! You can find her via her ! You can also find me on Twitter , or you can listen to my other podcasts and on any big podcast app. Sources: - Charlie Chaplin narrowly escaped assassination - That time Charlie Chaplin almost got assassinated - Charlie Chaplin was nearly assassinated in Japan in 1932 by Mathew Legare - The Fascist Effect - The League of Blood
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#71 - Nobusuke Kishi, Shinzo Abe's Grandpa (Part 2)
12/12/2022
#71 - Nobusuke Kishi, Shinzo Abe's Grandpa (Part 2)
We continue our exploration of Shinzo Abe's greatest influence on his life, the war criminal Nobusuke Kishi. This episode we cover his life after being released from prison, and his highly successful and Machiavellian return to politics. What a piece of shit. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her , and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, . You can also find me on Twitter , or you can listen to my other podcasts and on any big podcast app. Sources: , by Mark Driscoll , by Nick Kapur - Wikipedia
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#70 - Nobusuke Kishi, Shinzo Abe's Grandpa (Part 1)
11/27/2022
#70 - Nobusuke Kishi, Shinzo Abe's Grandpa (Part 1)
To begin a long series on the life and death of Shinzo Abe, we must first look at the most influential person in Abe's life - his maternal grandfather, Nobusuke Kishi. Beginning his career in 1930s Manchuria, Kishi would eventually be one of the central architects of post-war Japan. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her , and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, . You can also find me on Twitter , or you can listen to my other podcasts and on any big podcast app. Sources: , by Mark Driscoll , by Nick Kapur - Wikipedia
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#69 - Nara Dreamland
11/14/2022
#69 - Nara Dreamland
In 1961, a new Disneyland was due to open in the city of Nara. This would have been the second Disneyland in the world, a replica of the Anaheim original, and a monument of America's cultural dominance across the world. Nara Disneyland never happened, but what we got instead was something far more beautiful. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her , and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, . You can also find me on Twitter , or you can listen to my other podcasts and on any big podcast app. Sources: : Stuff from the Park - Is Osaka's Bic Camera Haunted?
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#68 - Tokyo Rose
10/30/2022
#68 - Tokyo Rose
Tokyo Rose was an infamous radio host operating during WWII, helping to spread pernicious Japanese propaganda with the aim of breaking the spirits of Allied troops. Despite the fact that the US State Department would eventually claim that a Japanese American woman, Iva Toguri, was the culprit, the truth is that Tokyo Rose never even existed. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her , and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, . For more content follow me on on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode! You can also find me on Twitter , or you can listen to my other podcasts and on any big podcast app. Sources: - Obituary of Iva Toguri - Transcript - The Indictment And Trial of Iva Ikuko Toguri D’Aquino - “Tokyo Rose” - '91 Retrospective on Iva Toguri - '76 Report on Iva Toguri - Zero Hour - Iva Toguri and Tokyo Rose - Iva Toguri D'Aquino - Tokyo Rose
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#67 - The Fall of the Shinsengumi (Part 2)
10/17/2022
#67 - The Fall of the Shinsengumi (Part 2)
We've made it. The final chapter in the fate of the legendary Shinsengumi. As the reign of the Tokugawa is in its death throes, Kondo Isami gets repeatedly promoted, seemingly unaware that he's being made the captain of a sinking ship. By the time he realises, it's far too late, and Isami might be denied his "beautiful death" of Seppuku. Today's guest is Carly Shields! You can find her via her , or listen to the excellent for which she helps produce! For more content follow me on on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode! You can also find me on Twitter , or you can listen to my other podcasts and on any big podcast app. Sources: by Romulus Hillsborough (2005)
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