Before this BBC podcast kicks off, I'd like to tell you about some others you might enjoy.

My name's Will Wilkin and I Commission Music Podcast for the BBC.

It's a really cool job, but every day we get to tell the incredible stories behind songs,

moments and movements, stories of struggle and success, rises and falls, the funny, the ridiculous.

And the BBC's position, at the heart of British music

means we can tell those stories like no one else.

We were, are and always will be right there

at the centre of the narrative.

So whether you want an insightful take on music right now

or a nostalgic deep dive into some of the most famous

and infamous moments in music,

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How many visits to Japan, Lauren, for you?

I thought you were going to say to the Vale, and I would have answered too many to count. No visits to Japan, but we've heard plenty of yours. Yes. So that makes up for my

lack of visits. Yeah but I'm going to keep my mouth shut because there's somebody who's been there

far longer had far more experiences of Japanese culture and Japanese rugby than I have. Mr.

Riespatchel. Shumai. Kunishua. Good. You're back from Japan.

I am back from Japan.

And actually back to lovely weather, which, you know, the weather in Japan will be a lot more aggressively hot than this and a lot more humid than this.

But for me, this is just about plenty. So as long as it stays like this or summer,

I'll be very happy. Well, it's not. It's about to get a lot hotter. No good for me. No good for me.

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