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So many of our most amazing connection conversations come from comparing our cultures.

Today, our special guests will share three ways to do this using high-level vocabulary

as we compare Japanese and American culture.

Let's get into it today.

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Hello, Michael. How are you today? Welcome to the show. Thank you, Lindsay. Thank you. It's great to be here.

Excellent. I'm so excited to have you on again for, I think, the fourth or fifth time in our podcasting

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