The East Angle Podcast

New Episode Alert! In it, we discussed the heated flag-hanging debate that's dominated the UK news over the past weeks, unpacked the candidates and stakes in Japan’s LDP leadership race, and talked about the first weeks of the football season. youtu.be/7K7Q1x-TGS8?si…

New Episode out! We invited my former and Ra's current student Heather Faure to discuss her MA dissertation on Japan's soft power. It was a fun chat - always a pleasure to talk to our @uniofeastanglia students. Watch it on YouTube: youtu.be/5C8zEHBRdY0?si…

NEW Episode Claxon! In which Ra and Sherzod discussed the most controversial topic of the times - IMMIGRATION - with our @uniofeastanglia colleague Dr Juvaria Jafri youtu.be/m3D8kyKAa1c?si…

NEW EPISODE ALERT! In which Ra and Sherzod discussed the many social problems in Japan (and elsewhere) that contribute to the decline in fertility rate. Why are Japanese people having less sex? And is porn to blame? youtu.be/wMFqLHWmoqs?si… via @YouTube

New episodes keep coming 😄 In the latest, we discussed with our student Anastassia Melnikov life as a master's student at @uniofeastanglia, growing up as a Soviet child, and why not only our curricula but also minds should be decolonized Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/CK-p5u4k2yc?si…

This episode was recorded in collaboration with @EastCentreUea, who organised Prof. Radchenko’s talk in Norwich

NEW EPISODE ALERT! Ra and Sherzod spoke to Prof. Sergey Radchenko @DrRadchenko about his new book, To Run the World, as well as Russia's vision of itself, its relations with China and the West, the war in Ukraine, and other important issues. youtu.be/_YAL2a-xWdA?si…

Our guest in the new episode is Ran Zwigenberg, a prize-winning historian and associate professor @penn_state We discussed Ran’s past and current research, Japan’s place in the world, as well as football ⚽️ youtu.be/6klOP8sqMbI?fe…

NEW EPISODE ALERT: In which Ra and Sherzod discussed (and disagreed on) the Trump administration’s approach to Ukraine, the erosion of democracy and institutions, wrapping the conversation up with a discussion of Kaoru Mitoma’s “most un-Japanese” goal. youtu.be/JbRTjPZlZ_w?fe…

Congratulations to CJS member Dr Ra Mason on his recent publication 'Okinawa: Great Power Competition and the Keystone of the Pacific'. A book launch will be held by @DaiwaFoundation on Thursday 06 March. dajf.org.uk/event/okinawa-…

Another superb speaker will be visiting UEA soon: Professor Gaynor Johnson, University of Kent, ‘The Treaties of Locarno, 1925: A Centenary Perspective’. Feb 4th, 5pm Earlham Hall 0.02. Refreshments will be provided following the seminar, and all are warmly welcome to attend!

The Christmas Episode of The East Angle is now available on Youtube, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. In the final episode of 2024, we discussed how Japan does Christmas, the major developments of 2024, and why baseball is more popular than football in Japan. youtu.be/az1uIiBggs0?si…

A new episode of the podcast is now available to listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts etc., and on Youtube! In it, we talked to Paul O'Shea of Lund University about the implications of Trump's victory for Japan and many other things. youtu.be/OXoUTJiFia8?si…

That's right, we now have a YouTube channel, where we'll publish all future episodes in addition to the audio podcast: youtube.com/channel/UCAVHc… Please watch, comment, like and subscribe! 😊

In Episode 5, we talked about cats, books, AI writing novels, being an Arsenal fan and other topics with our friend and @uniofeastanglia graduate, the writer Nick Bradley @nasubijutsu! Listen to the podcast on Apple/Spotify, or watch it on YouTube here: youtu.be/sjgDme_Gn-8?si…

In Episode 4, we talked about PM Kishida’s legacy and the challenges faced by the new administration open.spotify.com/episode/3773Wg…

We're happy to publish Episode 3 of the podcast, which was recorded in collaboration with @EastCentreUea. With historian Francis King and sociologist Olga Sovenko we discussed the war in Ukraine. Links below. Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/20Bohp… Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

This week we recorded a new episode on the Ukraine War in collaboration with ⁦@EastCentreUea⁩. Our guests were my ⁦@UEA_History⁩ colleague Dr Francis King and Dr Olga Sovenko, a Ukrainian scholar who is currently a research fellow at the UEA. Out soon—stay tuned!

Episode 2 of the East Angle is now out! Hosts Ra and Sherzod talk about the podcast's creation, their own strange experiences in Japan, before turning to the main question: What is Japan's Place in the World? They also talk about the Euros at the end 😊 open.spotify.com/episode/4mquzv…

The first episode of the East Angle podcast is now live! With guests Mami Mizutori and Hannah Osborne we discussed the issue of gender equality in Japan. You can find @theeastangle on Spotify open.spotify.com/show/78eiKHHwx… Apple podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/epi… Amazon music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/0d4ef…