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Formerly known as Raw Urban Mobile Podcast; Tokyo Speaks is a podcast that highlights Tokyo's international community. Cliff chats with featured guests about their careers, passions, and various topics related to life in Japan. Some episodes also include a guest co-host.
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Wednesday Apr 03, 2019
Wednesday Apr 03, 2019
Episode 38: Our guest this week is English teacher, podcaster and musician, Matt Bigelow. Matt doesn't teach English at a typical school - he built a paperless English school at a leading tech company for Blockchain and AI Engineers. In this episode, we chat about how he built this innovative learning environment, and various topics related to AI, including how AI is perceived around the world. Towards the end of the chat, Matt talks about his music-inspired podcast "The Matty B Files" and his latest projects.
[Raw Urban Mobile Podcast rebranded to Tokyo Speaks Podcast on Mar 7, 2020]
Matt Bigelow - Website
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Twitter: @tokyospeaks_
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Tuesday Mar 26, 2019
Tuesday Mar 26, 2019
Episode 37: DJ Hiro tha Jap grew up in Japan but has spent more than 10 years of his adult life in NYC. The combination of Hiro’s international experiences and thorough understanding of Japanese culture and history allows him to view his home country through a unique lens. In this episode, Hiro talks about the history of guns in Japan; the dark side of Japanese anime; and the influence of Confucianism on Japanese society.
[Raw Urban Mobile Podcast rebranded to Tokyo Speaks Podcast on Mar 7, 2020]
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RSS Feed: https://www.tokyospeaks.com/feed.xml
Instagram: @tokyospeaks_
Twitter: @tokyospeaks_
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Tuesday Mar 19, 2019
Tuesday Mar 19, 2019
Episode 36: Tokyo-based Producer and Art Director, Rumi Tominaga, specializes in independent films but has worked on many projects ranging from feature and short films to commercials, T.V. shows, documentaries and music videos. Rumi is also an avid supporter of works by marginalized creatives, who explore provocative themes. In addition to highlighting some of her projects, we also chat about Rumi's enriching and painful life experiences in America; and being the daughter of immigrant parents.
[Raw Urban Mobile Podcast rebranded to Tokyo Speaks Podcast on Mar 7, 2020]
[Guest]
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Tuesday Mar 12, 2019
Tuesday Mar 12, 2019
Episode 35: Imani J. Dawson is a singer-songwriter and member of the female creative group Bae Tokyo. In this episode, Imani shares her experiences working as a foreign woman in Japan’s music and entertainment industry. She’s also set to release her second solo music project along with a new single called “Pokemon Swag".
[Raw Urban Mobile Podcast rebranded to Tokyo Speaks Podcast on Mar 7, 2020]
Imani J. Dawson - Website | Instagram | Twitter
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RSS Feed: https://www.tokyospeaks.com/feed.xml
Instagram: @tokyospeaks_
Twitter: @tokyospeaks_
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Tuesday Mar 05, 2019
Tuesday Mar 05, 2019
Episode 34: We chat with British narrator and author, Nadia McKechnie, about living a vegan lifestyle in Japan. Nadia is also an organizer of the Tokyo Vegan Meetup group, which has close to 7,000 members. In this episode, she shares insight on Japan’s past and present dietary habits, as well as what the future might hold.
[Raw Urban Mobile Podcast rebranded to Tokyo Speaks Podcast on Mar 7, 2020]
Nadia McKechnie - Website | Instagram
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Twitter: @tokyospeaks_
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Wednesday Feb 27, 2019
Wednesday Feb 27, 2019
Episode 33: This week, we chat with Code Chrysalis Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Yan Fan. Yan went from a career in finance to a career in tech and now resides in Tokyo, where she and Kani Munidasa (Co-founder & CEO) have established the only advanced, full-stack software engineering bootcamp in Japan.
[Raw Urban Mobile Podcast rebranded to Tokyo Speaks Podcast on Mar 7, 2020]
[Guest's Links]
Yan Fan (Code Chrysalis CTO) - Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Code Chrysalis - Website | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube
[Social Links & RSS]
RSS Feed: https://www.tokyospeaks.com/feed.xml
Instagram: @tokyospeaks_
Twitter: @tokyospeaks_
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Tuesday Feb 19, 2019
Tuesday Feb 19, 2019
Episode 32: Katie Scott is an aspiring dancer, who grew up with two cultures while living in Japan and America. Ethnically, she is African-American and Japanese. Katie joins us in the mobile man cave to talk about what it was like growing up and identifying as biracial; sometimes referred to as "Blasian" (Black & Asian).
[Raw Urban Mobile Podcast rebranded to Tokyo Speaks Podcast on Mar 7, 2020]
Katie (KTea) - Instagram
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Twitter: @tokyospeaks_
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Wednesday Feb 13, 2019
Wednesday Feb 13, 2019
Episode 31: Since 2000, The Pink Cow has been creating delicious signature burritos & other Cal-Mex specialties in Japan. We chat with owner, Traci Consoli, about how her life and restaurant in Japan came to be, as well as the difficulties that she faced as a foreigner, woman, and business owner.
[Raw Urban Mobile Podcast rebranded to Tokyo Speaks Podcast on Mar 7, 2020]
The Pink Cow - Website | Facebook
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Instagram: @tokyospeaks_
Twitter: @tokyospeaks_
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Tuesday Feb 05, 2019
Tuesday Feb 05, 2019
Episode 30: Nayokenza and Nina, two of five (now four) members of the Tokyo-based melancholy pop band, (the) ocean and i, tell us how their band formed. We also chat about mental health and Japan’s drinking culture. Listen to their debut album "The Distance Between Us"
[Raw Urban Mobile Podcast rebranded to Tokyo Speaks Podcast on Mar 7, 2020]
[Guests' Links]
(the) ocean and i - Website | Instagram
Nina - Instagram
Nayokenza - Instagram
[Social Links & RSS]
RSS Feed: https://www.tokyospeaks.com/feed.xml
Instagram: @tokyospeaks_
Twitter: @tokyospeaks_
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Tuesday Jan 29, 2019
Tuesday Jan 29, 2019
Episode 29: Robin Rastenberger (fashion model & singer/songwriter) and Kalin Lawrence (artist & DJ) are co-founders of the Tokyo Love Hotels event and video game. The event features local and international talents in art, fashion, and music.
[Raw Urban Mobile Podcast rebranded to Tokyo Speaks Podcast on Mar 7, 2020]
Tokyo Love Hotels - Website | Instagram | Facebook
Kalin Lawrence - Instagram
Robin Rastenberger - Instagram
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Twitter: @tokyospeaks_
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Tuesday Jan 15, 2019
Tuesday Jan 15, 2019
Episode 28: Kurly in Kansai is a podcast about life in Osaka, Japan from the perspectives of hosts Ayana & Alyse. Ayana was our guest last year on the episode Osaka vs Tokyo. This time we welcome both ladies on the podcast during their visit to Tokyo. We chat about why they created Kurly in Kansai; working with Japanese people; Alyse's interracial marriage; and a few other topics.
[Raw Urban Mobile Podcast rebranded to Tokyo Speaks Podcast on Mar 7, 2020]
Kurly in Kansai - Soundcloud |Apple Podcasts | YouTube
[Guest host]
Mega of the Mega Late Show
[Social Links & RSS]
RSS Feed: https://www.tokyospeaks.com/feed.xml
Instagram: @tokyospeaks_
Twitter: @tokyospeaks_
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Wednesday Jan 02, 2019
Wednesday Jan 02, 2019
Episode 27: For the first episode of 2019, we welcome TV & Film Actor, Dante Carver inside the mobile man cave. Dante became Japan’s top TV Commercial Actor back in 2008. He is famous for appearing in a series of ads for Softbank Mobile. We talk with Dante about growing up in Europe and America, as well as his successful acting career in Japan.
[Raw Urban Mobile Podcast rebranded to Tokyo Speaks Podcast on Mar 7, 2020]
Dante Carver - Instagram | Twitter
[Social Links & RSS]
RSS Feed: https://www.tokyospeaks.com/feed.xml
Instagram: @tokyospeaks_
Twitter: @tokyospeaks_
[Support via Ko-fi]