Hello, and greetings from the future!

If you're hearing this, you're all the way at the beginning of this podcast's feed,

which, as of the time I'm recording this, is just over 10 years ago.

And hey, it's awesome that you want to be a completionist with a show this long.

I did want to give you a quick heads up.

The first 20 episodes of the feed are my attempt to do a short history of Japan, but they

are also early in the life of the podcast and a bit messy and lacking in audio quality as a

result. These days, I do recommend instead starting with episodes 501 through 540, a 40-part series covering the history of Japan in both a more complete way and with better audio quality.

I'm leaving up the originals for posterity, however, so you can make your own choice.

After that, feel free to listen in any order.

I change topics weekly so you don't have to go through the episodes and release order,

whatever strikes your fancy, give it a listen.

Or just listen to all of them. It's your show, too.

Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoy.

Please don't judge the old audio too harshly should you choose to go that far back.

I was just an impoverished grad student with a bad USB mic and a dream.