028 Recent Japanese Cinema with Maurice Maloney
In this episode, Nick and Maurice Maloney (JET Alum, Fukui 2004-06) review the 2015 Cinematsuri Japanese Film Festival and share their opini...
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20 of 30 episodes027 Yurei: The Japanese Ghost
In this episode, author, translator and folklorist Zack Davisson shares his vast knowledge of the Japanese supernatural. Zack has written ex...
026 DISCO International Bilingual Recruiting
In this episode, Nick speaks with Catherine Rackley of DISCO International, a human resources firm specializing in Japanese-English bilingua...
025 Making The Most Of Your JET Program Experience
It’s late summer, and that means hundreds of new JET Program participants have recently started their new life in Japan. In this episode, I...
024 Kokoyakyu – High School Baseball (JET Talks Series)
Welcome to a special JET Talks Edition of the Let’s Talk Japan Podcast. This episode features a panel discussion with the producers of ̶...
023 JET Program 2014 Pre-Departure Orientation, Washington, DC
A few weeks ago, I was invited to a pre-departure orientation for new JET Program participants, organized by the JET Program Office at the E...
022 Dave Carlson of the Japanofiles Podcast
In this episode, Nick speaks with Dave Carlson, a longtime resident of Japan and host of the popular Japanofiles Podcast. Originally from Mi...
021 Cinematsuri Japanese Film Festival
In this episode, Nick speaks with Ambassador John Malott, President emeritus of the Japan American Society of Washington, DC about the inaug...
020 Occupied Kyoto
In this episode, Nick sits down with Washington, D.C. native Jan Evans Hauser to discuss her experience living in Kyoto, Japan during the Am...
019 – Japanese Translation & Interpretation
In this episode, Nick speaks with Stacy Smith about the joys and challenges of working as a professional Japanese translator and interpreter...
018 Aikido
In this episode, Nick speaks with Michael Veltri, the owner and chief instructor of DC Aikido, about the history, philosophy and benefits of...
017 Temple University Japan
In today’s episode, Nick speaks with Bruce Stronach, the dean of Temple University Japan, the oldest and largest foreign university in Japan...
016 Sake´ Nomi
In this episode, Nick speaks with Johnnie Stroud, the owner of Sake´ Nomi, a premium sake´ shop and tasting bar in Seattle, Washington. Toge...
015 JET Alumni Bike Shikoku’s 88 Temple Pilgrimage
In this episode, Nick speaks with JET Program alumni Chelsea Reidy and Elayna Snyder about their upcoming 900-mile bicycle tour of Shikoku&#...
014 A Conversation with Yokohama Yankee Author Leslie Helm
In this episode, Nick speaks with Leslie Helm, author of Yokohama Yankee: My Family’s Five Generations As Outsiders In Japan. The Helm famil...
013 Traditional Japanese Garden Design With Masashi “Mike” Oshita
This episode of the Let’s Talk Japan podcast was recorded at the North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville, North Carolina. Well-known in...
Summer Vacation Announcement
Six months have passed since the podcast launched and looking back, I have really enjoyed talking with others who share my interest in Japan...
012 Japan Summer Reading Recommendations
In this episode, Nick speaks with members of the Washington, DC-based J Book Club about their summer reading recommendations. If you would l...
JET Talks by JETAADC – Live Your Dream Q&A
    Let me be the first to welcome you to “JET Talks”, a brand new speaker series organized by the JET Program Alumni Association...
011 Live Your Dream – A conversation with film director Regge Life about the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami
In this episode, Nick speaks with film director Regge Life about his documentary, Live Your Dream, chronicling the lives of JET Program part...