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We are kept "in the dark." I believe there is a massive cover up with missing people, cryptids, aliens and many supernatural occurrences. It's up to us to uncover the truth and protect one another. Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, Skinwalkers, The Rake, Vampires, Ghosts, Demons, Giants...many many creatures and entities exist. It's time for the truth to be exposed. Will be telling my own stories and other people's encounters and experiences Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sh ...
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A hodgepodge of guest interviews, personal narratives, recent news, history, and Japan-related memes and cultural phenomena.
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I’m always looking for inspiration and it turns out so are some of the best players in the world! From tips and tricks to influences, let’s talk some mandolin! (And maybe enjoy a beer or two!)
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Once a week, “All Your Favorite Music is (Probably)...” takes a themed dive into popular songs and unearths the connections, like buried treasure. Hosted by Mark Montgomery French—music historian, film composer, and durian enthusiast. Follow him on Instagram and Twitter at @mrfr3nch
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Welcome to Curious Cast, where you can get up close and personal with the cool, the connected, and the (sometimes) controversial! Embark on a joyride with me as I bring you intriguing conversations with fascinating individuals from all walks of life – from public figures to those working behind the scenes. Expect laughter, enlightenment, and expanded perspectives with each episode. Life gets more interesting with an open mind, and considering the challenges of the past few years, Curious Cas ...
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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #244 Adam Levy (Norah Jones, Vulfpeck, Tracy Chapman)
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Episode Notes**** To Order my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Digitial, Limited CD or Limited Edition Vinyl) My guest on the podcast this week is Adam Levy. Adams is an incredible professional guitarist, songwriter and music educator who has been featured on records by Norah Jones (yes…that album!) Tracy Chapman, Amos Lee, Vulfpeck and ma…
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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #243 Jordan Tice (Hawktail, Andrew Marlin)
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Episode Notes To Order my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Digitial, Limited CD or Limited Edition Vinyl) This week my guest on the podcast is Jordan Tice. Jordan is a superb guitarist, singer and songwriter who just in the past few months has put out a collaboration of his band Hawktail and Vasen as well as a collaboration with Aiofe O’Do…
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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #242 Dan Bui Returns (Twisted Pine New Release)
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Episode Notes To Order my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Digitial, Limited CD or Limited Edition Vinyl) This week I welcome back Dan Bui. Dan is the mandolin player in the band Twisted Pine. They have a brand new album called “Love your Mind” available everywhere now. To pick up a physical copy of the album, or to support them by picking…
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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #241 ME (interviewed by David Benedict)
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Episode Notes To Order my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Digitial, Limited CD or Limited Edition Vinyl) My guest this week on the podcast is ……. Me! I want to give a special thanks to David Benedict for taking the time to interview me for the podcast. We talk about my new album “Around the Clock” available to buy here and streaming every…
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HAPPY TIMES! #5: Trevor’s Wota Awakening and Fire Syndrome Frenzy
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In this fun episode of Happy Times, Trevor realizes he’s a full-on “wota” (idol superfan) obsessed with AKB-48’s Mayuyu. Jeff and Trevor dive into otaku culture, exploring the “Top 10 Types of Otaku” and the quirky world of idols. Trevor hilariously shares how his simple life turned into a fandom frenzy, thanks to Tokyo’s marriage app, “Tokyo Futar…
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"Hey Bulldog" featuring Jarrod Walker (Behind the Song)
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Episode Notes To Pre Order my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Digitial, Limited CD or Limited Edition Vinyl) Here's a little behind the scenes look at "Hey Bulldog".
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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #240 Rebecca Frazier
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Episode Notes To Pre Order my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Digitial, Limited CD or Limited Edition Vinyl) My guest this week on the podcast is Rebecca Frazier. Grounded in her roots as a native Virginian, bluegrass trailblazer Rebecca Frazier found herself reawakening to a whole new journey of inspiration and invention. For the flatpic…
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In this episode, I sit down with John, an Australian podcaster living in Nagoya and the host of the “Ohazassu” morning podcast. We delve into his experiences in Japan, fatherhood, and the journey of learning a new language and culture. John also opens up about his cancer diagnosis and treatment within the Japanese medical system. His story is inspi…
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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #239 Rico Wallenda (DownRiver Collective)
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Episode Notes To Pre Order my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Digitial, Limited CD or Limited Edition Vinyl) My guest this week is Rico Wallenda. Rico is the mandolin player for the DownRiver Collective (currently nominated for the IBMA Momentum Award) and also plays and tours around with a few other Nashville acts. Rico is a great player…
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In the words of our boi Noah Oskow over Unseen Japan, "It’s been fourteen years since the release of Jake Adelstein’s seminal memoir Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan. Since then, the book has become the go-to popular non-fiction for those interested in the Japanese underworld. Tokyo Vice was still a mainstay in true crim…
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Blue Sky Featuring Sam Bush Single Release (Story Behind the Song #1)
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Episode Notes Here is the debut of my single "Blue Sky" featuring Sam Bush! Stream on Spotify HERE! Stream on Apple Music HERE! Purchase a copy of the album on digital, CD or Vinyl HERE!!!!
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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #238 Troy Boone (Amanda Cook)
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Episode Notes To Pre Order my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Digitial, Limited CD or Limited Edition Vinyl) My guest this week is Troy Boone. Troy grew up in the Appalachian Mountains of East Tennessee. His early life was surrounded by music, especially bluegrass. The Boone Family is very musical, and Troy took to music at a very young a…
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In this episode, Jeff and his lovely (but tired) wife, Miho, take listeners on peaceful walks through Nagano’s rice fields, joined by their Shiba Inu, Kako. As they stroll, they share heartfelt conversations about life, parenting, and their everyday experiences. With nature’s backdrop, each episode offers a soothing escape into the simple joys of f…
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My Appearance on Weekly Fascination
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This interview was taken from my appearance on the Weekly Fascination show hosted by Tracy Greenwood, which you can watch here. Oh, and the cover art? Yeah, that’s definitely not the work of any fancy algorithms. Nope. Just a genuine, hand-drawn synthwave masterpiece of a “photo” of Tracy and me, in all our photorealistic glory. Absolutely no tech …
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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #237 Drury Anderson (Mountain Grass Unit)
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Episode Notes To Pre-Save a streaming version of my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Its free to save) My guest this week is Drury Anderson from the band Mountain Grass Unit. Drury is in his third year at the Berklee College of Music and had quite a busy summer with his band. They’ve got a brand new single available today (Sept. 6th) and a…
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HAPPY TIMES! #4: Bush Beer Dad, AI, UBI, and MUSIC!
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A big “Sorry” to my 4 loyal listeners—please feel free to skip the long, one-hour rant at the beginning. I promise the music and AI talk afterward is worth sticking around for! 😅 SUPPORT THE SHOW! Deep in Japan Podcast is completely independent and crowd-funded. If you like what you hear, please consider becoming a patron at Patreon. Every bit help…
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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #236 Jonathan Dillon (Red Camel Collective, Junior Sisk)
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Episode Notes To Pre-Save a streaming version of my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Its free to save)My guest this week is Jonathan Dillon. Jonathan is a member of Junior Sisk and most recently the backing band of Sisk’s has formed a great new band called the Red Camel Collective. They’ve are currently recording for Pinecastle Records and…
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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #235 Andrew Hendryx (Dangermuffin)
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Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available! My guest this week on the podcast is Andrew Hendryx. His musical career started at Elon College, NC where he performed with regional folk and jam bands. Later moving to NYC, Andrew co-founded the band Yarn, with which he to…
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HAPPY TIMES! #3: The Otaku Spectrum
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Once again, Trevor-kohai was lured into DIJ studios under the pretense of ‘a quick chat’ with 'free pizza and matcha' only to be mercilessly schooled in the ancient, highly classified art of podcasting—WW2 Japanese Secret Police-style. Picture it: 12 grueling hours of unrelenting waterboarding with Calpis (don’t worry, we used the fizzy kind for ma…
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My Mandolin and Vocal Duet album "Around the Clock" Artist and Track Announcement
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Episode Notes Here we go! From more updates, sign up to my email list at my website!
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TRACY GREENWOOD of Weekly Fascination
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In this episode, we speak with Tracy Greenwood, lawyer and producer of the Weekly Fascination YouTube Channel and Podcast. If you want to learn more Tracy, check out the following: Weekly Fascination on YouTube Weekly Fascination on Apple Podcasts Tracy on Instagram Tracy on X Links from the show: Southern All Stars - 真夏の果実 (outro) Creutzfeldt-Jako…
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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #234 Don Julin (New Album Release)
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Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available! This week I’m happy to have back on the podcast, Don Julin. Don has just released an absolutely incredible album called “Fractured Fiddle Tunes” that you can pick up digitally, or on CD or vinyl HERE! Also head over to Don’…
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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #233 Winston Mitchell (Into the Fog)
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Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available! My guest on the podcast this week is Winston Mitchell from Into the Fog. They have a great new album called Carolina Moon that will be available everywhere on August 2nd. You purchase a copy (or pre order) you can head over…
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JAPAN'S PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE with Lawrence Repeta
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In this captivating episode, we sit down with Lawrence Repeta, a distinguished lawyer, business executive, and law professor who served in Japan and the United States. Lawrence discusses his recently published book, Japan's Prisoners of Conscience, which provides a gripping account of the criminal prosecution of three peaceful protestors in Japan d…
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SEPH-SAMA - Otaku YouTuber and Master of the Sword
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Today we speak with legendary Swedish YouTuber and content creator, SephirothSword57, known to his swordlings/followers as Seph-Sama. The Deep in Japan Podcast is completely independent and crowd-funded, so if you like what you hear, please consider supporting the show. LINKS: YouTube: SephirothSword5 Patreon: patreon.com/Sephirothsword57 Twitter: …
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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #232 Steve Smith and Tim May
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Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available! My guests this week on the podcast are Steve Smith and Tim May. In their latest release, The Hillsboro Hay Incident, TheTim May & Steve Smith Duo deliver a collection oforiginal instrumentals that take listeners on anenchan…
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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #231 Jason Bailey
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Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available! My guest this week is Jason Bailey. Mandolinist, composer, teacher, studio musician, Jason Bailey possesses a range of musicianship of a well-seasoned professional and is an essential and powerful asset to Birmingham-based …
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Originally aired: April 2020 In December 2022, shortly after filming the documentary, "Mark - A Call to Action," which illuminates Mark's remarkable life as an historian, educator, and activist, Mark Bookman passed away at the age of 31. In this episode, we spoke with Mark about his doctoral dissertation on the history of disability policy in Japan…
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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #230 Laura-Beth Salter
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Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available! My Guest this week on the podcast is Laura-Beth Salter. A well kent face on the Glasgow Folk and Roots scene, mandolinist, tutor, singer and composer Laura-Beth is a founding member of award winning folk bands The Shee & Ki…
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Episode #230 coming in a few days (pro tools nightmares)
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ZEN AT WAR with Brian Daizen Victoria
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Originally aired in February 2021, this episode delves into the remarkable life and work of Brian Daizen Victoria, a Sōtō Zen priest, activist, and esteemed author. Victoria has written extensively on the intersection of religion and violence, with his most notable work being 'Zen at War.' This book provides a critical examination of the connection…
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Mark, a university lecturer in Nagano Prefecture, was recently dismissed from his long-held teaching post, but he's not walking away without a fight. Let’s hear his story. LINKS: Mark's Blog Mark on Facebook Low-Energy Building General Union ALT – 東ゼン労組 Insecure Working Environment Blues (the outro) The Deep in Japan Podcast is completely independe…
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THE MARTIN SHOW / Gaijin Otousan #2
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This is the second and final installment of a two-part interview with videographer Martin from Martin Show Japan. If you haven't listened to Part 1 yet, start here. Anyone wanting to learn more about Martin can follow him on Twitter where he posts as Gaijin Otousan. LINKS: Martin Show: Japan Gets Racist (used in the outro) Outro 70s Jazz was taken …
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THE MARTIN SHOW / Gaijin Otousan #1
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In this episode, we speak with videographer Martin from Martin Show Japan about his life in Japan. You can learn more about him on Twitter where he posts as Gaijin Otousan. This is part 1 of a 2-part interview. LINKS: Introducing the Mentally Retarded (Educational Film 1964) Word Association (SNL Season 1, 1975) Office Space - In the Car Rapping (1…
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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #229 Isaac Eicher (New Release)
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Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available! This week I welcome back to the podcast, Isaac Eicher! Isaac has just released an absolute gem of an album called “Accents”! (available here) We talk all about the album and more! He also has a camp with podcast alum Ian Co…
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HAPPY TIMES! #2 - The Nezuko Box Scenario
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Trevor-kohai was forcibly returned to DIJ studios, subjected to intense re-education in podcasting methods reminiscent of WW2 Japanese Secret Police interrogations, only agreeing to sit down for another 新型 Happy Hour (HAPPY TIMES" after an intense 12 hours of unrelenting waterboarding with Calpis. The results? Stunning. Deep in Japan is an entirely…
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Secret Diss Songs with Singer-Songwriter-Producer Darwin
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Singer-songwriter-producer Darwin chats with me about songs that secretly talk smack about specific and usually famous people, including hits from Foo Fighters, Cypress Hill, Lauryn Hill, Tchaikovsky, and more. Thanks for subscribing and commenting! It helps big time! For extra support please join my Patreon: https://patreon.com/mmfrench Follow me …
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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #228 Cody Shuler
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Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available!My guest this week on the podcast is mandolinist and owner of Cody Cases, Cody Shuler. From Bryson City, NC, Cody began his career in music at the age of 15 playing mandolin for legendary banjo player Raymond Fairchild. Ther…
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ATTACK OF THE GAIJIN with Mike Burke
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In this episode, we welcome back anti-woke/anti-anti-woke scholar, Mike Burke, to discuss the recent incident at Yasaka Shrine; an unrelated issue involving a Chinese man urinating on and defacing Yasukuni Shrine; and the most controversial game in Ubisoft's library, Assassin's Creed Shadows, featuring Yasuke, the so-called first black samurai. LIN…
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TONY DOT VEGA - Legally Blind in Japan
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In this episode, we sit down with Tony Dot Vega. Founder of JapanKyo.com, Tony is a content creator, writer, digital marketer, adventurer, and advocate for the blind and visually impaired. Legally blind since 18 due to Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy, he adapted and achieved much, including teaching in the U.S. and Japan, participating in the JET…
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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #227 Becky Buller
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Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available! This week on the podcast I talk with Singer, Fiddler Player and Songwriter Becky Buller. Becky’s newest album, Jubilee (Darkshadow Recording), was the number one bluegrass album in the country last week! It’s a beautiful al…
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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #226 Wes Lee (Becky Buller)
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Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available! My guest this week is Wes Lee. Wes is a Merlefest Mandolin Champion and the mandolin player for Becky Buller. He is featured on her newest release entitle Jubilee available here. They’ll be on the road promoting the album t…
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In this episode, we speak with Meshida, Japan's leading English-speaking comedian and YouTuber. Meshida's comedy covers a broad spectrum of topics, from Japan's adult entertainment industry to traditional Japanese culture and societal norms, using humor to illuminate serious societal issues. Make sure to check out his YouTube channel along with his…
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DEBITO #3: Racism and Discrimination in Japan
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This is the third and final part of a three-part series with Dr. Arudo Debito, acclaimed author of Embedded Racism: Japan's Visible Minorities and Racial Discrimination. This episode originally aired in September 2016, garnering tens of thousands of listens and ultimately becoming a Deep in Japan cult classic. In this rebroadcasted version I have r…
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DEBITO #2: Racism and Discrimination in Japan
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This is the second part of a three-part series with Dr. Arudo Debito, acclaimed author of Embedded Racism: Japan's Visible Minorities and Racial Discrimination. This episode originally aired in September 2016, garnering tens of thousands of listens and ultimately becoming a Deep in Japan cult classic. In this rebroadcasted version I have remasted t…
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DEBITO #1: Racism and Discrimination in Japan
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This is the first part of a three-part series with Dr. Arudo Debito, acclaimed author of Embedded Racism: Japan's Visible Minorities and Racial Discrimination. This episode originally aired in August 2016, garnering tens of thousands of listens and ultimately becoming a Deep in Japan cult classic. With this rebroadcasted version I have remasted the…
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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #225 Jacob Jolliff New Release!
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Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available! It’s always a pleasure to welcome back to the podcast Jacob Jolliff. Jake has released the follow up to his Instrumentals, Vol.1 with the equally as stunning Instrumentals, Vol. 2! We talk about the album and more on this w…
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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #224 Wyatt Ellis
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Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available! This week on the podcast is Rolling Stone Featured mandolin player, Wyatt Ellis. Wyatt if ensuring the future of the mandolin is bright! His new album “Happy Valley” is available now and his newest music video “Blue Smoke” …
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World Premiere of Jacob Jolliff's "The Art Heist Suite MVT 1"!
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Episode Notes Here is the debut of the newest single by Jacob Jolliff "The Art Heist Suite MVT 1". Go HERE to pre-save and pre-order Jake's newest album "Instrumentals, Vol. 2 Mandolin Mysteries"
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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #223 Dylan McCarthy Returns (Jake Leg New Release)
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Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available!This week I welcome Dylan McCarthy back to the podcast to talk about his new release with his band Jake Leg. This album is filled with incredible songwriting and playing and you can get your copy on May 11th! To keep up with…
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