(click the magic button to hear or download the 28 minute episode) This episode is part 1 of a multi-part series featuring stories from some of the big shots I've been teaching recently. The short bit of audio that appears between the last two segments features some cut-up excerpts from a video on creating compelling elevator speeches with The Chief Storyteller from SellingPower.com. It was assembled with GarageBand. Part two should be coming later this week. Thanks for listening.

(click the magic button to hear or download the 35 minute episode) Were it not for the poor sound quality, heavy-handed editing, and fatuous narrative arc, this otherwise would be a perfect episode. I'm still surprised with how nicely the disparate pieces fell in together - though it did take a bit of tweaking to make some of them fit. More coming shortly. Relevant Links Lou Holtz Rant Media News Real with Sean Kennedy Finding Japan Bootsy Collins beware: loud and funky music plays automatically DnB Radio: Time Served featuring Turbo Alliance from 10/23/08 Radio Unnameable on WBAI Bob Fass The Boy Bathing Thanks for listening.

(click the magic button to hear or download the 23 minute episode) Quite by accident, I seem to have stumbled upon a format that is fun to record, relatively easy to produce, and hopefully not too unpleasant on the ear. I'm thinking of calling it a "How do 'ya do - cast." Is that corny enough? More music from Lizards From Afar is featured in the middle of this episode. My apologies for not announcing the song more professionally in the previous episode - but hey, I'm a goober, aren't I, son? Links Mentioned My new Eee Pc Sanyo ICR-B90RM Digital Voice Recorder Webcast Academy TUJC Radio Practicum on UStream Thanks for listening.

(click the magic button to hear or download the 11 minute episode) Sir Pent, the drummer from Lizards From Afar, asked me to play a song from his band on the podcast. He said he was a long time listener and thought the other Tokyo Calling listeners would enjoy hearing the band. As a rock and roll kind of guy, I told him I'd be honored to play their song "Way Back (Mr. Peabody)" on the next episode. As production of that next episode (#124) began to take shape, irony reared it's ironical head and it became clear that rock and roll would not fit. Rather, episode 124 is going to be more of a sturm und drang kind of thing - going for baroque, if you will. But I couldn't let the Lizards From Afar down, I'd made a promise to play their song in the next episode. It was a promise I intended to keep. But how, pray tell son, was that to be? Fortunate was it that this short episode popped into my head on the way to the station from the radio class in Minato ward this evening. It is a rambling recounting of a passing thought from earlier in the day that was centered around a memory from the day before in relation to a song from the 80's and another from the 70's which led to a knee slapping bit of discourse analysis on a recurring speech act by everyone's favorite Looney Tunes rooster. If ever an episode of Japan's First Podcast deserved rock and roll, it would be this one (#123). And the most amazing part of it all is that the premise of Sir Pent's band's song - time displacement - will play a not insignificant role in episode 124. It's funny how things work out sometimes.

(click the magic button to hear or download the 31 minute episode) Would you believe ... a new podcast episode? Many thanks to everyone who sent words of support and encouragement during the recent three month hiatus. The time away from the podcast has provided an opportunity to ponder where things are going with Japan's 1st podcast. This episode is, in essence, a meditation on those ponderings. In short: Tokyo Calling is back (just in time for the fifth anniversary)!

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