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Simon Elegant’s City on Fire: A Novel of Hong Kong
Episode 79
Simon Elegant’s City on Fire: A Novel of Hong Kong
John chats with writer and journalist Simon Elegant about his third novel, a crime thriller …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Jane Lawson: Secret Japan
Episode 78
Amy Chavez talks with Jane Lawson about her book Secret Japan: An Insider's Guide to Deeper Travel in the World's Most Fascinating Country (Simon &…
3 months ago
Replay: Alex Kerr on Finding the Heart Sutra
Episode 77
Amy Chavez talks with Alex Kerr about his book Finding the Heart Sutra: Guided by a Magician, an Art Collector and Buddhist Sages from Tibet to Japan…
3 months, 1 week ago
Anna Beth Keim: A History of Taiwan Through the Life of Huang Chin-tao
Episode 76
John talks to Anna Beth Keim about her acclaimed biography, Heaven Does Not Block All Roads: A History of Taiwan Through the Life of Huang Chin-tao. …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Michael Freiling—100 Poems from Old Japan
Episode 75
Show Notes
Mike Freiling was born in San Francisco. His interest in poetry was first kindled in the mid-‘60’s, when he attended high school near the …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Bruce Rutledge and Chin Music Press
Episode 74
Bruce Rutledge and Chin Music Press
John talks to Bruce Rutledge, founder of Chin Music Press, about running an independent Asia-focused press, the o…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Steven Herman: Behind the White House Curtain
Episode 73
Steven Herman spent 1990-2006 in Japan, most of those years with Voice of America. He served as South East Asia Bureau Chief as well as North East As…
4 months ago
David Leffman "A Murder in Yunnan"
Episode 72
John Ross speaks with English travel writer and photographer David Leffman about his new book, A Murder in Yunnan: The Unsolved Killing of a British …
4 months, 1 week ago
Anti Foreign Sentiment, Overtourism and Tourist Behvavior
Episode 71
Amy discusses the relationship between anti-foreign sentiment, overtourism, and tourist manners in Japan. Protests in Kyoto, Kamakura, and Tokyo clai…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Replay: Angus Waycott Walks Sado Island
Episode 70
On March 1, ferries from Japan's main Island of Honshu to Sado Island (Niigata Prefecture), started running again after their long winter slumber wai…
4 months, 3 weeks ago