Episode Archive

Episode Published Content Time Size
032 11/30/05 An attempt at a new shorter program format, this "catch-up" cast was recorded at home alone with Daughter #3. 14'06" 9.7 mb
031 11/15/05 Recorded at Temple University Japan Campus on November 10, 2005. Two TUJ students share observations and reflections from their recent trip to North Korea with their classmates in a class on "The Politics and Political Economies of Korea." 29'03" 20.01 mb
030 11/11/05 This commute-cast features features an introduction by The Mother of Japan's First Podcaster, a bit of news, listener email and a few snippets of groovy music. 26'57" 18.6 mb
029 10/26/05 This commute-cast features features an introduction by The Mother of Japan's First Podcaster, a bit of news, listener email and a few snippets of groovy music.. 32'35" 22.4 mb
028 10/10/05 This memorable episode features me and the girls talking about birthdays and iTunes before breakfast, Spam onigiri and Ferraris near Kudanshita, the birthday song, and a few closing comments. 34'31" 22.28 mb
027 09/19/05 Recorded almost entirely on the go, this soundscape captures a typically busy day for Japan's First Podcaster. 34'31" 15.88 mb
026 09/11/05 A short recording at home with Daughter # 1. 8'21" 3.98 mb
025 08/26/05 A seven minute wind and rain filled soundscape recorded while wallking home during the typhoon. Also featured is a short recording of the NHK evening news weather report in English with the Tokyo Calling kids causing mayhem in the background. 10'05" 3.55 mb
024 08/25/05 Getting ready for a "big" typhoon at home with Daughter #3. 10'20" 3.6 mb
023 08/18/05 Summer in the city: cicadas, Koshien baseball tournament, Koizumi's daring political maneuver, and talk about the weather (hot and humid) 16'50" 7.77 mb
022 08/01/05 Soundscape from a summer festival. 10'05" 3.55 mb
021 07/22/05 The embarrasing bit that was not included in episode 20 and an original composition by Tetsu Mitomi. 22'18" 7.72 mb
020 07/21/05 26 minute commute cast. 26'51" 9.29 mb
019 07/13/05 A Whale of a show. 18'12" 8.26 mb
018 07/01/05 The self-deprecating episode. 12'28" 8.7 mb
Doraemon Theme 07/01/05 Daughter Number 2 sings the theme song from Doraemon while walking underground near Tokyo Station.   3.2 mb
017 06/19/05 This is a brief soundscape of a Garage Band demonstration at the Ginza Apple Store recorded while I waited to have my iBook serviced. 6'26" 2.9 mb
016 06/16/05 Meandering stream of consciousness sort of thing. It must be Blooms Day. 15'28" 10.6 mb
015 04/30/05 Back again after a long layoff. This episode features a confused announcer, World Wide Sushi from Mur, an audio essay from a former Temple University Japan student, and a promo for the NextFrame Nippon International Student Film Festival. 12'48" 8.9 mb
014 03/10/05 This 19 minute podcast features a couple of news stories with a short discussion of some of the various websites for news from Japan in English, an excerpt from The Mediatinker's Hello Tokyo DVD, and a couple of emails from the listener letter bag. 19'05" 8.8 mb
013 02/27/05 Correction: it's Mur not Murl, 3 Japanese language podcasts, Morning Mayo Cafe, request for Gmail invite 14'57" 6.8 mb
012 02/18/05 Listener letterbag: my podcast setup, news from Japan - mass suicide craze, and Koizumi's rumored love child, worldwide sushi 15'13" 6.9 mb
011 02/12/05 Second soundscape: A trip to the park on a Sunday morning with two of my daughters. Featuring - street musicians, a talking vending machine, daughters playing and fighting, and hot lemon juice. 25'53" 11.8 mb
010 02/10/05 Back after a 2 month layoff. Explanation of what I've been doing besides producing Tokyo Calling recently. Talk about the upcoming JALT PanSIG Conference and my ideas for giving a presentation on podcasting and ESL education in Japan, allude to a possible collaborative arrangement for Tokyo Calling with an educational organization, recent favorite podcasts, music from The Postal Service. 27'05 12.4 mb
009 12/19/04 The first soundscape. A trip to Shinjuku. Handheld recording of riding the subway to and walking around the Shinjuku area in search of a breakout box. 35'26 8.1 mb
Aloma 12/12/04 Here is the song for the episode 8 song contest. It is performed by a elementary or junior high school choral group. Can figure figure out what they are singing about? 5'38" 2.5 mb
008 12/12/04 Tokyo weather report, song contest, new bgm 7'48" 2.7 mb
007 12/11/04 Pearl Harbor Day episode, repeated download woes, bashpodder and other clients, Jimbob from Whole Wheat Radio's solution to the situation, PotKast.com, thanks for the Cover art from Patrick, audio feature from Temple University Japan film student Naoko. 31'21 10.7 mb
006 11/21/04 Back after a couple of weeks of illness. Train tone segues between talk about future directions of the show, podcasting and education, a few Japan based websites of interest, a look at current news - "Cold War Relics." Kudos to Matthew Bischoff. bgm- W.A. Mozart 26'23 9 mb
005 11/08/04 Phone in from the Satellite System Symposium in Yokohama, talk about Dr. Hiroshi Nakamatsu's new satellite radio receiver: TDM/7300 which will be featured program. 2'57" 2 mb
004 11/04/04 Culture Day, kindergarten in Japan 31'03" 21.2 mb
003 11/01/04 The Take Two (featured on Daily Source Code), a rehash of an Audacity crash which caused an hour's worth of work to vanish. Music: Life Can Be Cruel in Tokyo 5'49" 3.9 mb
002 10/29/04 New introduction sweeper, listener mailbag, Japan Expo in Aichi, late night interuption by hungry three year old daughter. 12'18" 8.4 mb
001 10/26/04 First episode using handheld mp3 recorder. Self-introduction, talk about after effects of Niigata earthquake with audio from NHK television news. 13'05" 4.4 mb