The Japanese Bio Terrorist Cult

Hello everybody! In todays episode, we are going to cover a topic that is being very widely discussed in the world right now. If you are unfamiliar with the recent cases of missing or deceased scientists, then this episode as well as the following episodes to come in this series ...  Show more

Hello everybody! In todays episode, we dive into the science behind genetically modified cordyceps. After falling down yet ANOTHER TikTok rabbit hole, I decided to research just how likely it would be for the popular TV show, The Last Of Us, to become a reality. We're going to di ...  Show more

When the US turned to Japan for workers in the late 19th Century, they probably never foresaw that one day soon they would imprison those who arrived, their successors, and their families, en masse in camps around America.

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In Waiting for the Cool Moon: Anti-Imperialist Struggles in the Heart of Japan's Empire (Duke UP, 2024) Wendy Matsumura interrogates the erasure of colonial violence at the heart of Japanese nation-state formation. She critiques Japan studies’ role in this effacement and contends ...  Show more

Why was the second atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki? How did Japanese mutineers in government try to keep the war going? When did the Emperor Hirohito admit defeat? Join James Holland and Al Murray for Part 3 as they explore the monumental decisions that led to the world's first a ...  Show more

In this episode, Greg Jenner is joined in 17th-Century Japan by Dr Satona Suzuki and comedian Ahir Shah to learn all about the Edo period and the Tokugawa shogunate.When he came to power in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu became the first shogun to rule over all Japan. He made Edo – later ...  Show more