Pure TokyoScope PODCAST #73: Japanese Pop Culture Strikes Back! Earthquakes! Airplanes!
Patrick Macias and Matt Alt bring you pop culture from Japan
In the latest episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, authors @Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) try to survive and make sense of the recent dramatic events that greeted Japan at the dawn of 2024!
NEWS LINKS
2023: The Year Japan's Sun Rose Again
Japan earthquake: death toll rises to 62 amid warnings of landslides and aftershocks
Japan Airlines: Hundreds survive after plane bursts into flames on Tokyo runway
Woman arrested after slashing 4 men in train at Tokyo's Akihabara station
What is the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast? Well… Author and fellow Substack writer Matt Alt and I have been recording together for about a year now. I still can’t believe we’ve made it all the way to episode 53.
Our show is a mix of Japanese pop culture news and features and some of our best episodes to date have been:
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Patrick made a comment that the JAL aircraft could suddenly explode. This is unlikely to happen because jet fuel doesn't explode, it just burns.