Description

Chicago based stand-up comedian Saku Yanagawa talks performing comedy in a country on the verge of civil war, and why some Japanese people think Trump is good for them.

Ollie recommends a cruise that we only used because it was factory installed.
 
Bobby hits the rivers of Hokkaido and catches fall foliage fever. It's a low-grade one that lasts for longer than three days.

Topics discussed on this episode range from:

• An important tip about how you can avoid one of the major causes of seasonal depression, brought to you by Starbucks
• The tip is brought to you by Starbucks, not the depression
• Saku and Ollie's experiences working together at the Edinburgh Fringe
• How the student has become the teacher
• What it's like performing as a Japanese comedian in the US
• Saku's work with Dave Spector
• The interesting record Saku holds for being the FIRST to do something on a Japanese morning show
• Saku's brilliant self branding, which frankly, we all could learn from (or just straight up copy)
• Saku's personal experience with corona heckling, racism, and trump supporters
• How the Japanese news portrays Trump and Trumpism, and how that portrayal has evolved
• Wild speculation about WHY Japan news media has handled Trump the way that they have
• The issues that some Japanese people feel like Trump has their back on

Topics discussed on the extras range from:

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• Bobby uses the Samson Go Mic and Ollie uses the AT2005USB mic