S4E54 – The Tanuki with Yuriko Kotani August 2023August 2023 Alasdair Podcast: Download (Duration: 40:22 — 37.0MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | MoreYuriko returns to tangle with the tanuki (or racoon dog), a cheeky creature with a lot of… chutzpah. Read More
S4E47 – Scams in Old Time Japan June 2023June 2023 Alasdair Podcast: Download (Duration: 39:14 — 35.9MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | MoreScams and swindles from Edo period Japan, featuring a bucket of fish-guts and a red-faced demon (literally and figuratively). Read More
S4E1 – William Adams, The First Englishman in Japan (Part 2) June 2022June 2022 Alasdair Podcast: Download (Duration: 38:55 — 35.7MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | MoreSeries four opens with the final chapter in William Adams’s tale. Enter the East India Company and a very annoying maritime pornographer. Read More
S3E107 – William Adams, The First Englishman in Japan (Part 1) May 2022May 2022 Alasdair Podcast: Download (Duration: 50:54 — 46.6MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | MoreThe meandering, misbegotten sea voyage of William Adams, the first Englishman to visit Japan. Read More
S3E37 – The Kappa with Yuriko Kotani September 2020July 2021 Alasdair Podcast: Download (Duration: 32:05 — 29.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | MoreYuriko Kontani joins the Loreboys to talk about the Kappa – a quirky Japanese river-monster with some nasty appetites. Read More
