Tokyo Swallows Podcast 51 (October, 2019)
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Chris, Dave, and Kozo got their microphones sorted out and got together to
put a lid on the 2019 season. Recorded on October 6, 2019. Topics covered:
Numbe...
Break Bread with Me
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A version of my essay on gastrodiplomacy and the power of food appeared in
the March issue of Metro Minutes a couple of weeks ago. Thank you, dear Yuu
Mura...
My Village
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It’s not looking well. Words I hate to hear, especially coming from my
father. This is a man who, given the option to sugar coat things, presents
difficult...
In Summary
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I've been thinking lately about where I've ended up and the relative
infrequency of my activity on this blog. When I started re-turn in 2005, I
was newly m...
Cassandra Victorious
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Best to state it baldly, up front: Zero Dark Thirty is pro-torture.
Its makers have protested that its treatment of torture is artistically
ambiguous and ...
Helping and Grieving for Haiti
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-Photo from Reuters- It’s hard to know how to start this post. There are
many things going through my mind that I cannot effectively put into words,
even t...
JINGELING VI
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This year's JingEling comes in four parts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPYh_uRvoGw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znxaZ52cbpk
http://www.youtube.com/wa...