Untitled News

By Matthew Smith

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Episodes: 52

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This is a bilingual English and Japanese language podcast, discussing news from Australia and Japan. This podcast gives an international perspective on local news stories and also provides listening practice for learners of both English and Japanese.

Episode Date
Internet outages causing havoc and paying companies to make their employees take paternity leave
Nov 12, 2023
Same sex couple gets visa rejected and top 100 bluey episode countdown
Nov 05, 2023
Encouraging 14 year olds to go to clubs and kabuki suicide pacts
Oct 22, 2023
Australia votes and renting as bad as smoking cigarettes
Oct 17, 2023
Protesting at a musical and Sake made from wood
Oct 08, 2023
Schools using AI to practice English and Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews resigns
Sep 30, 2023
Airbnb gets taxed and disabled students banned from riding school bus
Sep 23, 2023
Gen Z slang and Iguana on the loose
Sep 16, 2023
Child free flights and Johnny gets confirmed as a peso file
Sep 09, 2023
Publicly shaming celebrities and potentially dodgy Chinese online retailers
Sep 03, 2023
180 cats as pets and failing kids
Aug 27, 2023
Rude Australian cities and hikikomori
Aug 19, 2023
Women’s World Cup and porn addiction
Aug 13, 2023
Ban the balloon! /People furious with Explosive Barbie meme in Japan
Aug 05, 2023
No gas/ crackdown on street prostitution
Jul 30, 2023
AI girls and divorce in Japan
Jul 22, 2023
Dangerous surgeons and luxury trains
Jul 16, 2023
Classy McDonald’s wedding packages and competition for twitter
Jul 09, 2023
Blind date with brings 23 closest relatives to dinner and bluey accused of fat shaming
Jun 11, 2023
Going under the sea with the new little mermaid movie and are weightless medications essential?
Jun 02, 2023
Yakuza fighting in Ukraine and flying without anyone sitting next to you
May 23, 2023
Rental crisis and outrageously hot chicken nuggets
May 15, 2023
Harry leaves Meghan at home and the Eiffel Tower pops up in the Japanese countryside
May 07, 2023
Dangerous levels of overwork and big changes in Australian Pharmacies.
May 02, 2023
A different approach
Apr 22, 2023
Graduating university at 73 years old and the terminator fixing roads
Apr 16, 2023
Australians turning away from vegetables and bullying insurance
Apr 08, 2023
Banning parents from sharing pictures of their children and young people abandoning smartphones for mental health
Apr 04, 2023
$500 a year on bottled water and new discoveries from the pyramids.
Mar 21, 2023
Department stores closing down and hitting hits
Mar 20, 2023
Would a 4 day work week really work?
Mar 14, 2023
Would you like to watch a live baseball game from the comfort of a hot spring?
Mar 11, 2023
Robots help sick children attend school while manga sales smash records.
Mar 07, 2023
TikTok limitations for kids and vaping leaders
Mar 05, 2023
Do you have too many files?
Feb 28, 2023
Bruce Willis has dementia and banning words in children's books
Feb 25, 2023
Bluey and $18,000 cats
Feb 21, 2023
Second hand fashion and beating people with bamboo poles
Feb 19, 2023
A special episode
Feb 14, 2023
King Charles rejected from Australian notes and sushi train customers licking plates on the conveyor belt
Feb 11, 2023
Chat GPT and LGBT controversy in Japan
Feb 04, 2023
Novak Djokovic's father supporting Russia and gender gaps in Japanese education
Feb 01, 2023
Prostitution to pay off debts and Medical English to save lives
Jan 28, 2023
Ardern resigns and a chat about weed.
Jan 24, 2023
Nobody wants to be a teacher and Australia day.
Jan 21, 2023
Cranky about rental statistics and questions of culture
Jan 17, 2023
A Japanese only episode, Haruka's thoughts on from the last episode expressed more clearly.
Jan 16, 2023
Is University worth it?
Jan 14, 2023
Scams and explosion tourism
Jan 10, 2023
New Years resolutions and paying families to leave Tokyo
Jan 07, 2023
Pilot
Jan 03, 2023
Episode 1: EScooters and Christmas
Dec 31, 2022