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S4E1 – William Adams, The First Englishman in Japan (Part 2)

June 2022June 2022 Alasdair

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Series four opens with the final chapter in William Adams’s tale. Enter the East India Company and a very annoying maritime pornographer.

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S3E107 – William Adams, The First Englishman in Japan (Part 1)

May 2022May 2022 Alasdair

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The meandering, misbegotten sea voyage of William Adams, the first Englishman to visit Japan.

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S3E37 – The Kappa with Yuriko Kotani

September 2020July 2021 Alasdair

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Yuriko Kontani joins the Loreboys to talk about the Kappa – a quirky Japanese river-monster with some nasty appetites.

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