Season 5 Episodes
*I have changed the episode descriptions to bullet points from Season 4 onward.
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EPISODE 41
Ahmad Shiina (SMIS 2005) CTO and Head of Products at Timers inc Summary -Majoring in Liberal Arts while self-learning programming -The job recruitment process for Japanese College graduates -Leaving DENA to begin Timers Inc -Timers Inc business strategy for the near and distant future -What can businesses learn from "startup-culture"? -What are the common pitfall of a "young industry"? -30 Under 30 (2017 from Forbes Asia) Anchor Link Youtube Link |
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EPISODE 42
Kari Kohl (ASIJ 1986) Planned Parenthood Summary - ASIJ in the 1980s Staying in Japan for an extra year after HS - Princeton / Cultural Shock upon return to the USA - Japan Seminar - Education - Meeting Wendy Kopp while at Princeton / Teach for America 2 - Midwifery - Making late-career changes - Pressures on the modern high school student - Woman in the workplace / The importance of "choice" - The pros and cons of being a parent of a "Global Citizen" Anchor Link Youtube Link |
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EPISODE 43
Steven Lobianco (Former ASIJ Faculty 1998-2013) International Teacher Summary - Balancing being a "teacher" and a "parent" at an international school - What prompted you to leave Iowa in the 1990s? - Retirement and leaving the field of teaching in 2021 - Why leave Japan/ASIJ after 18-years? - Why the American School of Doha / Bangkok Job Fair - Classic "Lobianco catchphrase" / Student nicknames - Drafting an anti-discrimination policy in the 2000s at ASIJ - Playing NCAA-Division I Tennis - Getting drawn into Girls Basketball - Top 5 players ever + 2-sixth-man (ASIJ Girls Basketball 2000s) - Coaching girls vs boys in sports Anchor Link Youtube Link |
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EPISODE 44
DJ Taku Takahashi (member of M-Flo) (St. Marys 1993) Musician and Producer Episode Summary - Meeting Verbal (Young-Kee Yu) and starting N.M.D. - Winning Battle of the Bands @ ASIJ / First Record Label deal offers - Occidental College / Musical influences from the 1990s - "Inter" kouhai and M-Flo - Nicks experience being introduced to M-Flo - International school graduates and the music industry - Advice to international school kouhai who want to be part of the music industry - Survival of the fittest in the music industry and the importance of being able to adapt, monetization in music today, and Japans failure to adapt - "Innovation" in the world of music today, the hunt for "originality" - Utilizing online platforms in the music industry - block.fm - What the music scene in 2021-2022 will look like Anchor Link Youtube Link |
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EPISODE 45
Robin Lewis (ASIJ 2006) Co-founder/CEO of MyMizu Episode Summary - MyMizu - Japan, consumption, and plastic use - Reduction of plastic elevator pitch - Business, economics and the reduction of plastic use, a fundamental shift in perspective towards social responsibilities - Robins relationship with Japan and the effects the Tohoku earthquake had on him -Tohoku Coastal (Michinoku Trail walk 2016) - of the various crisis responses, which one was the most challenging? (experience in Kathmandu, Nepal in 2015) - How to make a living as an environmentalist/conservationist - Experience at ASIJ and how that affected who he has become today Anchor Link Youtube Link |
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EPISODE 46
Anna Novick (St. Maur 2008) International Educator / Writer Episode Summary - Annas Book - Maintaining a high level of writing in both English and Japanese - Attending a Japanese public school and being the only "Yankee" at a school in Wales - How Anna as an educator sees her experience as a student affect her management of a heterogeneous classroom - Tama Hills, Olympic Trials Time and Kanto Plains Cross Country with the St. Maur Cross Country Team - The IB program - Anna and St. Maur - What is to come in Annas life in the next few years Anchor Link Youtube Link |
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EPISODE 47
Frank Striegl (St. Marys 2002) President and Owner of Finom K.K. Episode Summary - Of the 1000+ ramen places you have been to, where are the one or two that you recommend? (Harukiya and Taishoken) ーSoy sauce based v pork-based ramen for tourists - The "Tsukemen" boom - Ramen noodles / Childhood ramen favorites - At what point did Frank decide to pivot from the tech/corporate world to the world of ramen - How to eat ramen every day, but maintaining a healthy lifestyle - The "1000 yen wall" 千円の壁 - The economics of being a ramen restaurant owner - How to make ramen at home - "Secret" ramen recipes, urban legend, or some truth? - Franchised ramen locations - places Frank recommends - Bad ramen experience? (*Coffee Ramen) - Two more recommendation (on top of Harukiya and Taishoken), pork and miso ramen (pork - Tanaka Shouten, miso - Santora) - Being a brother to a professional MMA fighter (Mark Mugen Striegl) - The World Instant Ramen Anchor Link Youtube Link |
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EPISODE 48
Michael Thornton (ASIJ 2006) Historian (Post Doctoral Research Associate) Episode Summary 1:17 - Introduction 3:08 - Release of a new book about the city of Mito, Japan 8:52 - Common misconceptions people have about samurai 15:25 - Being a TCK / "Where is home?" 31:09 - "Dr. Thornton" - Settling Sapporo: City and State in the Global Nineteenth Century 43:13 - Running - (Running culture, Charles River, and Haruki Murakami, memories of ASIJ Cross Country) 58:50 - Homosexual relationships - the transition from ASIJ to the states and being a gay man in the 21st century and activism. 1:08:30 - What is coming up in Michaels life Youtube Link Anchor Link |
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EPISODE 49
Miguel Gen Ortiz-Cañavate Ozeki (St. Mary's 2009) Bruno Kenji Ortiz-Cañavate Ozeki (St. Marys 2011) Episode Summary 1:10 - Introductions 3:05 - Identity, being Spanish, American, Japanese with a touch of Portuguese / Brazilian and being a TCK 10:03 - The challenges of language acquisition 14:35 - University of Michigan - the story behind the two brothers joining one of the top swimming programs in the USA (Brunos "assist") 19:56 - A message from former Olympians, Bruno, and Miguel to current high school athletes who are interested in competing at the collegiate level 28:35 - The brothers and St. Marys International School 31:30 - Brunos preparation for the 2021 Olympics 33:52 - Miguels post-retirement life as a member of Galaxy Entertainment Group and an explanation of the background of the "IR" in Japan. 37:20 - (to Miguel) Now that you are retired do you miss swimming? 39:24 - Competing in the Rio 2016 Olympics as siblings 42:13 - What is to come in the next few years Anchor Link Youtube Link |
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EPISODE 50
Interlude - Nickolas Harris EPISODE SUMMARY 0:05 - Introduction 2:15 - Why did I start the podcast? 7:37 - Where is this podcast heading? Anchor Link Youtube Link |
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