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Thalia Harris stops by to talk about second-class citizenship in Japan during the pandemic, and also has such an interesting story about the Titanic that we had NO CHOICE but to actually talk about a cruise ship.Ollie recommends a ship that will have to change its name now.Bobby thinks Maezawa Yuusaku is wasting his money.Topics discussed on this episode range from: The Netflix Cobbo Beebo Remake, and how, boy, oh boy, it sure is something. Brian's prospects  How Thalia got involved with Unseen Japan The way Unseen Japan is placed within the "journalistic/social advocacy" content creation environment Token White People Striking the balance between celebrating and criticizing Japan THE ONLY JAPANESE SURVIVOR OF THE TITANIC?? Fun with Homonyms! Ollie finds out about the word "ofay" and Thalia and Bobby learn the word "au faits" What were the breaking points for foreigners in Japan during the pandemic? The personal and political desire to be able to have access to your home country/culture Whether or not we're going home for the holidays this year Micro-aggggggresssssssssioonnnnnnnnsssssss Travel logistics The recipe for Japan's ineptitude cocktail Any positives to not having new incoming crops of foreigns? How informed are the folks who dream of moving to Japan? What's the generation cycle of new incoming g-folk? People going to Korea or China instead of Japan Topics covered in the Extras include: Thanksgivings The most labor intensive kind of vacation How many podcasts do we even have any more? Whether or not we listen to ourselves and how our shows age Some of our more recent episodes, and whether or not we've gotten better at talking to guests Bobby's Battle over his Mic Boom Arm Get access to the extras by supporting the podcast for less than $1 an episode by becoming a member at http://buymeacoffee.com. Have something you'd like to say? Send us a fax at japanbyrivercruise.comor Tweet to us at @jbrcpodContent linksThalia's Unseen Japan pageWhat is My Worth as a Foreigner in Japan?Social Media Links:Thalia Harris: Twitter Ollie Horn: Twitter | InstagramBobby Judo: Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeOther things to click onSome are affiliate links because we're sell-outs We record remotely using Squadcast and the podcast is hosted on Transistor.  Bobby uses the Samson Go Mic and Ollie uses the AT2005USB mic ★ Support this podcast ★