Friday Night History
By Nyri A. Bakkalian
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Episodes: 179
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Your favorite weekly historical romp! Hosted by Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian. Episode transcripts and more are at http://riverside-wings.com
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Episode 147- Spotlight on Sources, Part 5- "Shinsengumi Tenmatsuki," by Nagakura Shinpachi
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May 15, 2026 |
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Episode 146- Spotlight on Sources, Part 4- "Saigo Takamori: The Man Behind the Myth," by Charles Yates
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May 08, 2026 |
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Episode 145- Spotlight on Sources, Part 3: "French Officers in the End of the Shogunate and the Boshin War," by Emmy Faubry
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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Episode 144- Spotlight on Sources, Part 2: "Edo in 1868," by M. William Steele
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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Episode 143 (S5E6)- The Thick of Things
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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Episode 142- Spotlight on Sources, Part 1: The Papers
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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Episode 141 (S5E5)- Realignments
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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A Week of Hiatus
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Episode 140 (S5E4)- Force Multiplier
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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Episode 139 (S5E3)- Shots Fired
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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Episode 138 (S5E2)- War Within a Breath
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Episode 137 (S5E1)- Pax Tokugawa
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Preview: Season 5 Members' Episode 4- The Last Daimyo
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Feb 14, 2026 |
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Preview: Season 5 Members' Episode 3- Flag of the Defeated-Army Star
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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Preview: Season 5 Members' Episode 2- American Entanglement
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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Preview: Season 5 Members' Episode 1- Mahan and Boyer
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Episode 136- Advances in Mapping
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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Welcome to Reiwa 8
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Jan 02, 2026 |
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Episode 135- A Retrospective for Reiwa 7
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Dec 27, 2025 |
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Preview: Season 4 Members' Episode 4, "The Five Precepts"
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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Preview: Season 4 Members' Episode 3, "Hawk of the North"
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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Episode 134- Taking Stock of Season Four
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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A Brief Pause
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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Episode 133 (S4E33)- Si Monumentum Requiris
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Episode 132 (S4E32)- Dragon Ascendant
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Episode 131 (S4E31)- "My Date Father"
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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Episode 130 (S4E30)- Taming Mountains and Rivers
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Episode 129 (S4E29)- Endings and Beginnings
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Episode 128 (S4E28)- Since I Have Been Spared
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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Episode 127 (S4E27)- In the Way
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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Episode 126 (S4E26)- Hexagram Seven
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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Episode 125 (S4E25)- The Longest of Long Shots
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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Episode 124 (S4E24)- The Great Protector
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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Episode 123 (S4E23)- A Shrine Fit for a King
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Episode 122 (S4E22)- The City of Immortals
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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Episode 121 (S4E21)- Going for Broke
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Episode 120 (S4E20)- Cleaving a Path
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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Episode 119 (S4E19)- The Middle Finger of God
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Episode 118 (S4E18)- If the Nightingale Sings
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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Pausing Ahead of the Sekigahara Arc
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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Episode 117 (S4E17)- Like Dew It Disappears
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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Tekko 2025, Special Episode, and More
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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Episode 116 (S4E16)- A Brush with Disaster
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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Episode 115 (S4E15)- The Year of the Water Dragon
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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Episode 114 (S4E14)- A Wagtail's Audacity
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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Episode 113 (S4E13)- A Spear to Sweep All in the Realm
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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Episode 112 (S4E12)- Death-Clothes
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Episode 111 (S4E11)- Sansa Shigure
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Episode 110 (S4E10)- The Fight at the Crossroads
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May 30, 2025 |
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Episode 109 (S4E9)- Battle in the Gathering Clouds
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May 16, 2025 |
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Episode 108 (S4E8)- A Four-Cornered Whirlwind
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May 09, 2025 |
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An Update, 1 May 2025
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May 02, 2025 |
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Episode 107 (S4E7)- War By Other Means
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Episode 106 (S4E6)- The Year of Change
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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Episode 105 (S4E5)- Manslayer Bridge
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Episode 104 (S4E4)- "I'd Rather Stay Alive"
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Episode 103 (S4E3)- Fierce Bodhisattva
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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Episode 102 (S4E2)- The Princess, the Wetnurse, and the House of Hunting Falcons
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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Episode 101 (S4E1)- Child of the Sacred Mountains
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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Prelude to "Dragon Ascendant"
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Episode 100- The Tohoku Zone
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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An Update, 2 December 2024
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Coming Soon: Friday Night History #100, "The Tohoku Zone"
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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Episode 99 (S3E33)- The Bases
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Episode 98 (S3E32)- Further than the Rivers
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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Episode 97 (S3E31)- The Northern Highway
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Sep 21, 2024 |
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Episode 96(S3E30)- The Geography of Tohoku
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Episode 95 (S3E29)- The Geography of Japan
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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Episode 94 (S3E28)- Periods
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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Episode 93 (S3E27)- The Range on the Range
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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Episode 92 (S3E26)- Bering Into History
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Episode 91 (S3E25)- Skepticism and Diligence
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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An Update, 10 July 2024
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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Episode 90 (S3E24)- Tamura Osaru, Hunter
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Episode 89 (S3E23)- The Matagi
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Special Episode: Weekend at Bakufu's
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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Episode 88 (S3E22)- The Mounds
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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Episode 87 (S3E21)- The Hino Peach Garden Oath
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May 31, 2024 |
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Friday Night History trailer
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May 29, 2024 |
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Episode 86 (S3E20)- An Introduction to the Gosanke and Gosankyo
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May 24, 2024 |
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Episode 85 (S3E19)- Guns from Ginseng
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May 17, 2024 |
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Episode 84 (S3E18)- Yokoo Tosaku Goes South
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May 11, 2024 |
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In Memoriam- Dr. Richard J. Smethurst
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May 07, 2024 |
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Episode 83 (S3E17)- The Sendai Horse Market
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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Episode 82 (S3E16)- Horsing Around with the Dolls
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Episode 81 (S3E15)- The Geta
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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Episode 80 (S3E14)- The Passport
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Episode 79 (S3E13)- Sode no Watari
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Episode 78 (S3E12)- Tsuriishi Shrine and the River's North Fork
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Mar 09, 2024 |
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Episode 77 (S3E11)- Ishinomaki and the Thousand Koku Ships
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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Episode 76 (S3E10)- Kawamura Magobe'e Builds a River
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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Episode 75 (S3E9)- The Church in the Delta
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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Episode 74 (S3E8)- The Nanatsumori Hills
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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Episode 73 (S3E7)- Back Home at the Castle
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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Episode 72 (S3E6)- Samurai Codes and Neo-Confucian Dogma
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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Episode 71 (S3E5)- Square Coin, Square Hole
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Episode 70 (S3E4)-Samurai Behaving Badly
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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Episode 69 (S3E3)- Loopholes, Castles, and Shogunate Law
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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Episode 68 (S3E2)- Paying Taxes in Crickets
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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Episode 67 (S3E1)- Honorable Beggars
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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FNH Season 3 Teaser
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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Episode 66 (S2E33)- Ninja vs Buchanan
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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Episode 65 (S2E32)- The Introduction of Coffee
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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Episode 64 (S2E31)- Coast Defense and Coffee
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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Episode 63 (S2E30)- Shogunate versus Predator
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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Episode 62 (S2E29)- Tairadate Battery
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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Episode 61 (S2E28)- Lady Fujishiro
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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From Fujishiro to Wakkanai: Friday Night History does Tsugaru Domain
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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Episode 60 (S2E27)- Burying the Lede
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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Episode 59 (S2E26)- Lines, Part Two
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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Episode 58 (S2E25)- Lines, Part One
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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Episode 57 (S2E24) - A Curveball
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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Episode 56 (S2E23) - Nanbu Senbei
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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Friday Night History Goes to Aomori
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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Episode 55 (S2E22)- Trailing Smoke
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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Episode 54 (S2E21)- Waffle on a Stick
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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Episode 53 (S2E20)- The Mail Carrier Cometh
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May 26, 2023 |
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An Announcement
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May 22, 2023 |
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Episode 52 (S2E19)- Shrine Aggregator
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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Episode 51 (S2E18)- Boshin War, Part Six-- Saga Domain and Mr Facing Both Ways
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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On Making a Return to #FridayNightHistory
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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On Burnout, Return, and the Future of this Podcast
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May 24, 2022 |
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Episode 50 (S2E17)- Boshin War, Part Five-- Tosa is the Key
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Apr 16, 2022 |
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Episode 49 (S2E16)- Boshin War, Part Four - My Lord, Is It Time Yet?
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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Episode 48 (S2E15)- Boshin War, Part Three - Prelude to an Empire's Bloody Birth
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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Episode 47 (S2E14)- Boshin War, Part Two - Staggering Through Innovation
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Feb 12, 2022 |
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Episode 46 (S2E13)- Boshin War, Part One: A Question of Layers
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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Episode 45 (S2E12)- The Book, The Book, Tell Us About the Book
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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Episode 44 (S2E11)- Dancing Through the Siege
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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Happy Holidays!
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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Episode 43 (S2E10)- Yamakawa Kenjiro Wins
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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Cleyera Episode 2 - Shrines Defined
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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Episode 42 (S2E9)- Reviewing "A Samurai in the Vatican"
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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Episode 41 (S2E8)- Dance and the Gods, Part One
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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Episode 40 (S2E7)- A Retrospective
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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FNH (Interstitial): Dance and the Gods, An Introduction
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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Cleyera Episode 1 - An Introduction
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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Episode 39 (S2E6)- Jogezan
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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Episode 38 (S2E5)- The Fox Osan of the Six Spears
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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Episode 37 (S2E4)- Shin'emon Inari
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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Episode 36 (S2E3)- The Fox Iroha of Okarimiya
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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Episode 35 (S2E2)- Kashikobuchi
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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Episode 34 (S2E1)- The Cat Who Would Be God
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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Episode 33- Emperor Tobu, Part 2
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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Episode 32: Emperor Tobu, Part One
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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Episode 31- To Whom Does the Stonewall Belong?
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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Episode 30- Stumbling Over History
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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Episode 29- The Mantle of Hiraizumi
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Jul 23, 2021 |
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Episode 28- Mount Aoba, A Short History
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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Episode 27- Coast Defense and International Learning
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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Episode 26- Ino Hanzaemon's Long Walk
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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Episode 25- Mamiya Rinzo Goes North
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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Episode 24- Noh and Noh Accessories
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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A Lesson in Filing
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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Episode 23- Gesaku
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May 28, 2021 |
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Episode 22- Falconry
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May 21, 2021 |
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Episode 21- Feudal Edge Case
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May 14, 2021 |
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Episode 20- Kotodai Park
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May 07, 2021 |
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Episode 19- At Any Cost
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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Episode 18- Things Not to Say
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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Programming Notice for the Week of 16 April
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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Episode 17- Brewing and the Gods
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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Episode 16- Sendai Suzume-odori
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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Episode 15- Gyutan
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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Episode 14- Zunda Mochi
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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Episode 13- Sendai Miso
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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Episode 12- A Forest of English
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Mar 05, 2021 |
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Episode 11- The Phaeton Incident
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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Episode 10- Don't Think Twice
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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Episode 9- Katakura Kita, Builder
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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Episode 8- Japanese Veterans of the American Civil War
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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Episode 7- Ogata Koan, Connector
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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Episode 6- The Doctor and the Daimyo
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Jan 22, 2021 |
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Episode 5- The Long and Surprising Afterlife of Edo Period Robots
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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Episode 4- The Moustache of Destiny
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Jan 08, 2021 |
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Episode 3- The Shove Heard Round the World
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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Coming Soon: New Equipment, New Episodes, New Year
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Dec 28, 2020 |
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Episode 2- Ranald MacDonald, the First ALT
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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Friday Night History Preview Episode: Asakusa Danzaemon and the Boshin War
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Nov 02, 2020 |