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In this episode, I enjoyed getting to know Jack Gallagher, a columnist at Japan Forward, former sports editor at the Japan Times, and the host of the figure skating podcast “ICE TIME”, which is bilingual in English and Japanese. Jack is a cross-cultural unifier who has worked… Read More »TPOS Podcast Episode 17 – Jack Gallagher (“The Cross-Cultural unifier”)
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In this episode, we speak with J.R. Sakuragi, a professional basketball player who has thrived is his adopted homeland of Japan. J.R. first gained fame as J.R. Henderson, in his native Bakersfield, California, and at UCLA where he helped the… Read More »TPOS Podcast Episode 12 – JR Sakuragi (“The American Star Of Japanese Basketball”)
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In this episode we learn about basketball in Japan from Ed Odeven, who is the sports editor at japan-forward.com and the author of the book, Going 15 Rounds with Jerry Izenberg, which is a great collection of writings about one of the best… Read More »TPOS Podcast Episode 11 – Ed Odeven (“The American expert on Japanese Basketball”)
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On today’s episode I have the great pleasure of speaking to Robert, aka “Bob”, Whiting, who is the bestselling author of more than a half dozen bestselling books about Japan, including one about baseball that was the first book I… Read More »TPOS Podcast Episode 2 – Robert (aka “Bob”) Whiting (“The Bestselling Baseball Writer”)
I recently had the good fortune of being invited by Prof. Helen Macnaughtan and Charles Tailandier-Ubsdell to (virtually) speak at the Japan Research Centre at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, about my work on corporal… Read More »Video Webinar at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)
