Japan's closed borders mean that foreign production crews can't get in to produce Japan travel features, so creator Alisha Ivelich is taking the opportunity to fill the demand with a Japan travel series that actually cares about Japan.
Ollie recommends a privacy-focused cruise that, due to the ToS, we are not allowed to tell you about.
Bobby looks at how our favorite indoor river cruise, "It's a Small World," is getting a little smaller.
Topics discussed on this episode range from:
- Naomi Osaka's press conference decision, and how it highlights a new focus on prioritizing mental wellness
- A SURPRISING comparison of Naomi Osaka to Donald Trump?
- Ollie's vaccine appointment
- Why Alisha isn't leveraging her YouTube fame to get into pro-sports
- How Alicia tried to work with the pandemic without giving it too much of a presence in her travel series "Elements of Japan"
- Combining a cinematic travel show approach with an on-the-ground documentary
- Alisha's teammate on the project Irwin Wong and how awesome his skills and gear are
- How Alisha tries to present Japan in a different way from both existing YouTube Japan content and studio produced Japan travel content
- What she thinks is the main difference in terms of the focus in her production
- Why it's important to have a production team/host that understands the local area
- Why the bumbling fish out of water host format is so popular and how Alisha takes that into consideration when putting together her show
- The opportunity the pandemic has presented for local production teams to step up
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Topics Discussed on the Extras:
- A weird night long ago when a bunch of early Japan YouTubers got together
- Alisha's journey with English Channel 101
- The Japan Pod 101 umbrella/business model
- How Online language learning has developed
- The cult of personality attached to larger YouTube channels
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Ollie Horn: Twitter | Instagram
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