Podcasts by Ishikawa: Summit to Sea
Ishikawa-based chat with an American man and and English man.
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Who is Edward Lear?! from 2023-09-16T10:00
Episode I don't even know anymore.
This fortnight is jam-packed. Joe reveals he's had several little pricks in him over the last few days, which makes Casey feel a bit sick. O...
Love Explosion from 2022-02-18T11:00
This week, it's all about love, love for each other, love for the earth, love for each other's wives. We write slightly creepy poems to each other's other halves, Joe answers some...
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Desicrated Coconut from 2022-02-05T09:00
Episode 68: In this week's episode, Casey gives Joe some podcasting tips, Joe drinks a big-boy beer, and they answer a listener question belatedly. Poetry corner takes aim at a Japanese tra...
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Two Sails to the Wind from 2022-01-29T11:00
Episode 67: Both if us are too drunk on strong beer to remember what the hell we talked about. Maybe something about Kennedy? We definitely mentioned Sakamichi Brewing A LOT and there was a quiz...
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Little Poem Prick from 2022-01-22T17:00
Episode 66 - In this week's episode, the guys attempt to tone down the toilet humor with only mild success, Joe gets his car inspected, Gorgonella insults one of us, Joe provides way too mu...
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Crappy Poo Year from 2022-01-15T11:00
Episode 65: This episode is long, the long drop. It centres mainly around toilets, toilet activities, toilet issues, and toilet stories. Weirdly though, very little toilet humour. Considering we...
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With Tainted Breath from 2021-12-27T19:00
Episode 64: NEW YEAR SPECIAL! Actually there's nothing particularly special about this episode, but there is a New Year themed quiz, and the guys recount their Christmas experiences from da...
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Ishikawa: Summit to C-Section (with the J-Pops) from 2021-12-04T08:00
Episode 60 -- This week, Joe and Casey mix it up and have some guests again. They welcome Justin and Mark, baby daddies of the newborn podcast J-Pops: Attempting Parenting in Japan. Truth be tol...
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Castle of Lies from 2021-11-27T11:00
Episode 59 -- Sure this episode starts out a bit slow and meandering, with the guys catching up after two weeks of not podcasting together, and it more or less keeps that pace throughout. There ...
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Fill Me Up, Joe from 2021-11-20T20:00
Joe's too busy doing bad things while Gorgonella is away for the night, so there isn't a proper episode this week. If you thought Ishikawa: Summit to Sea was bad, just imagine what he&...
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Festival de Testiculos from 2021-11-13T12:00
Episode 58 -- After a week's hiatus due to Casey's fragile composition, the guys are back to discuss all manner of things: November birthdays, drinking for science, the delicate touch ...
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J to the Jizzo from 2021-10-31T13:00
Episode 57 -- It's Halloween, and Joe and Casey are dressed up like proper podcast (g)hosts, with a proper guest! To celebrate the spooky season, the guys welcome back guitar shredder, face...
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Disrespectre from 2021-10-23T09:00
Episode 56: It may not be Halloween just yet, but that didn't stop Joe and Casey from recording this week's episode from a creepy, echoey, haunted mansion. Just kidding, that's Jo...
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The Grand old Duke of Hokuriku from 2021-10-16T10:00
Episode 54: This week is a little different. No, that doesn't mean it's funny, thank you very much. Actually we discuss Casey's adventure, which involves the high king hiking. Up ...
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Someone call a Rescue Horse! from 2021-10-08T23:00
Episode 53 -- The drought is over, and we're happy to have another guest. It's not Bobby Judo's first time on the pod, but that doesn't mean he enjoyed it any more. We get to...
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Q&A w/ C&J from 2021-10-02T08:00
Episode 52: This week we didn't invite Ollie Horn's co-host to join us, but that was because of 'events'. Instead, we ploughed through a barrage of questions ranging from the...
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rudera quaedam de bus from 2021-09-26T09:00
Episode 51! In this week's typically late installment, the conversation meanders around tax donations, mistaken identity, craft beer, house chickens, and a bunch of other random stuff. Ther...
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Bend Your Knees and Thrust from 2021-09-18T10:00
The long wait is over. Episode 50 has arrived. After several weeks on hiatus, the gents are here to recount some physical difficulties, Joe's fifth anniversary with Gorgonzola, something na...
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@kumayama100 poetry in Joetion (not an episode) from 2021-08-28T09:00
Episode 49.5:
First things first, this is not an episode. It is a half episode, a semisode, it's the shadow of an episode. It's a pre-curser to episodes to come, it flies in the fa...
The Bald and the Beautiful from 2021-08-21T10:00
Episode 49 sees the guys back to full power after last week's somewhat uninspired effort. They discuss a slew of topics right out of the gate -- Casey's annoying family, their respecti...
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Going Through the Motions from 2021-08-14T12:00
Episode 48
The short, breviloquent, sententious, compendiary episode.
This week the weather was dull, uninspiring, and wet, which also neatly summarises this episode. There’s a verb...
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A Friendly Ploughing from 2021-08-07T10:00
It's episode 48, and once again the gentlemen manage to prattle on for well over an hour about nothing of substance whatsoever. There are some Beanpod segments, Joe might have cancer*, a fe...
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Zeitgeist of Stagnation from 2021-07-31T10:00
Episode 45 - This week the boys blather on about nothing much for an hour. It's much the same as other weeks in that respect. They answer questions from some of their top listeners, Casey a...
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Maximum Virility from 2021-07-24T13:00
Compared to recent episodes, this week's episode finishes a bit prematurely, but that's OK. The boys still jam a bunch of chat into Episode 44, blasting through numerous topics and cov...
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Engendering Actualisation from 2021-07-17T10:00
This week, the boys had a frank and informative discussion about Casey's poulet without debasing themselves and lowering the tone to rooster jokes. Joe sheds light on his groundbreaking dis...
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Joe vs the Microphone from 2021-07-10T15:00
Episode 42, and it's a doozy as Joe and Casey reunite for podcasting glory after two weeks apart. There's a lot of ground to cover: Joe's emotional reaction to the special birthda...
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Hey Joe, It's Your Birthday from 2021-06-27T20:00
Here's a collection of birthday messages celebrating Joe's 40th birthday. Hopefully we make him cry like a baby. Thank you so much to everyone who helped out with this episode!
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Don't eat Anpanman! from 2021-06-19T10:00
Episode 41, and it's a long one. We get an extended update on Joe's cycling efforts among all manner of other chat before answering some listener questions. Joe exposes his anti-monkey...
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40 Not Out! from 2021-06-12T11:00
This week Joe and Casey farted on about cycling, head trauma, a bug called Simon, a bigger bug called Mukade, and some other stuff that frankly I've forgotten. It's hot, and with Joe&a...
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Sam Quigley Was Here from 2021-06-05T11:00
After some extended meat talk, the guys thoroughly probe each other's respective areas, Casey quizzes Joe on some embarrassing aspects of his marriage, and Joe gets judgemental in cross-cul...
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Knights in White Lycra 2 - The return of Andy from 2021-05-29T12:00
Episode 38: In this week's episode, our first ever guest Andy returns as our second ever returning guest. Last time Andy joined us, he was mid-way through his cross-Japan bicycle trip. Toda...
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A Damp Squid from 2021-05-22T09:00
Episode 37 finds the guys once again bringing little to the podcasting table, yet managing to talk for nearly two riveting hours. Casey is in Fowler mood, but talking to Joe mellows him out. T...
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Elsie You On the Other Side from 2021-05-15T10:00
Episode 36 (is that all?!): After another hectic week we are late again, but sometimes you have to wait for high-quality entertainment, and sometimes you have to wait for our podcast. In this we...
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Horse Mackerel for Horse Courses from 2021-05-08T08:00
Episode 35: Sorry for our repeated tardiness, it's because we don't respect you as listeners...anyway, this week it was just the two of us again, and in amongst Casey's mangled id...
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Dead and Dusted from 2021-04-29T18:00
Episode 34: This week Casey deigned to join the recording as his 'I'm a bit tired from working hard boo-hoo' week waned. We talked about said tiredness, as well as painful hair re...
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The Gorgonella Episode from 2021-04-22T22:00
Episode....completely lost track. Anyway, in this latest episode (sorry we are late, and sorry we skipped last week) Casey has whimped out and done 'family stuff', which I interpret as...
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Songs of Love and Devotion with Brian in Fukuoka from 2021-04-08T14:00
For Episode 132, Joe and Casey welcome back friend of pod and exceedingly normal guy, forensic oncologist Brian from Fukuoka. After clearing up some discrepancies from Brian’s previous appearanc...
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Bass Instinct: Celebrity chat with Mark Neary from 2021-04-01T11:00
Episode 31! What do Adele, Sting, Hotei, Oasis, U2, and the Rolling Stones have in common? The answer is this week's guest Mark Neary, who has worked with, played with, or lied to them all!...
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Just the Two of Us: Fowl chat from 2021-03-25T13:00
Episode 30! Something of a landmark, and to mark this auspicious occasion we decided to invite no guests onto the show. That, and we've both been busy. Casey has been busy in Cuba 'tin...
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The Ishikawa Connection - Talking Music with Facundo from 2021-03-18T07:00
This week, we're happy to have Facundo join us all the way from Argentina. He talks about Japanese-inpsired music project, The Kyoto Connection, how he started playing and making music, wha...
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Any Pod In a Storm: Talking Weather with James Reynolds from 2021-03-11T07:00
Episode 28 – This week we spoke to another Englishman, the extreme weather chaser James Reynolds. What? Chasing weather? That sounds ridiculous, and it is, in a brilliant way. James tells us wha...
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Investing for (Two) Dummies: Stock Talk with CTC from 2021-03-03T20:00
This week, Joe and Casey are coming with what may be our most useful and least funny (which is saying something) episode yet. Twitter user and investment maven CTC walks the boys through the bas...
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Ishikawa: Nothing to See from 2021-02-25T11:00
This week, the abstinent boys are not only doing without food or alcohol, they are also guestless. Episode 26 features soup chat, some Beanpod crossover, snow, and all the usual features you’ve ...
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Me, a co-interviewee from 2021-02-18T16:00
In this, the quarter century episode (that's 25), we finally broke our Anglo-American guest monopoly and spoke to Miyako, a Japanese person! Miyako is also an actual member of the actual Ja...
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Antagonistic Creativity with The Ladies of Midnight Blue from 2021-02-10T22:00
It’s Episode 24! This week we had two guests, each as brilliant and interesting as the other. I’ve (Joe) written about (Dr) Hannabiell Sanders and Yilis Del Carmen Suriel several times in my cap...
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Four Guys, One Cup from 2021-02-04T11:00
In this week's episode, we chat to shochu experts Stephen Lyman and Christopher Pellegrini. We don’t use the word ‘experts’ lightly; these guys really know their stuff. We discussed the ...
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You Say Criminalistics, I Say Cornholio: A Baseball-themed Episode from 2021-01-21T11:00
The original Brian (or is he?!) – that’s a JBRC reference and we won’t be making another one – joins us for a meandering chat about this and that. We say that, but Casey was so excited to have ...
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You Kansai That Again, Mr. Jackson from 2021-01-15T14:00
This was a behemothman of an episode, but after a little editing, here it is! We had a super interesting chat with Phillip Jackson, author of ‘Hidden Paths Kyoto’ and soon to be released ‘Parano...
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Salmon John: In Nippon from 2021-01-07T13:00
It’s our second New Year episode, but the first actually IN the New Year, so…it’s Episode 19. This week we welcomed yet more Brits in the shape of Sam and John from John and Sam in Japan: The In...
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Hornucopia from 2020-12-30T23:00
MERRY HAPPY! It’s a New Year (almost) and it’s yet another new podcast, this time with ‘Copyright Law expert’ Ollie Horn of Japan By River Cruise ‘fame’. We covered some interesting topics, as w...
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Sakamichi Kebab Shop from 2020-12-17T23:00
BEER! We all love it, and it’s a staple of any conscientious salary man’s lunch. This week we chat to esteemed brewer and co-founder of Sakamichi Brewing, Matthew Boynton. He answers some pre...
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Boisterous Combination from 2020-12-12T11:00
Wow, pheeeeweee! We just (ham and cheese) wrapped on a bumper episode with Japan’s number one English-language Conbini-based podcast and YouTube combo, The Conbini Boys! We talked Strong Zero, w...
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Cruisin'Bobby Judo from 2020-12-03T22:00
They say 'never meet your heroes,' and this week we maintain that mantra. Nevertheless, we welcome a 'distinguished' and erudite guest in the wonderful BOBBY JUDO of YouTube...
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No ****ks Given from 2020-11-26T20:00
This week is everyone’s favourite American holiday, TURKEY BASTARD DAY! So we briefly mention that. Casey rats on Hexham a bit more and a stigmata incident makes In Your Area. There’s a sports q...
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Super Spreaders from 2020-11-19T20:00
In this week's LATE podcast (sorry) Joe and Casey trial a new podcast recording technique lovingly referred to as 'being as far the f**k away from each other as possible'. The au...
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EXPLICIT CONTENT! from 2020-11-11T18:00
!!!WARNING: CONTENT OF A (childish) ADULT NATURE!!!
We're back! It's as if we were never away, but if we had been away, we'd regressed to teenage puerility swifter...
PLACEHOLDER PODCAST! from 2020-11-05T19:00
Hey! Hi! Hello! Joe here...we aren't recording a podcast this week, so I decided to RECORD ONE MYSELF! It's just a placeholder till next week, mainly because I fancied using up another...
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Furrowed Bros from 2020-10-28T16:00
This week, Casey and Joe expunge the smorgasborg myth, discuss shaving techniques and THEN get into each other areas. Joe proves how much he knows about Cape Cod signage, but how little he knows...
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Mother's Trinkets from 2020-10-21T16:00
Aha! Joe gets to write the description this week...right...what did we talk about? Well, Joe (I) had a rant about bad drivers again, but also squeezed in a Costco shocker (brace yourselves). We...
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Knight Rider from 2020-10-15T14:00
Today's episode is a little different as Joe and Casey welcome the first ever guest to I:STS, volunteer hero Andy, who is currently riding his bicycle from one end of the Japan to the other...
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Pulling Tubes from 2020-10-07T17:00
On this week's show, Joe and Casey talk about penises more than they had intended, then they explore each other's regions, Joe gets quizzed on expensive melons, and they talk about the...
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Two Old White Guys from 2020-09-30T16:00
This week, the underpants update you've been waiting for, Casey and Joe continue to delve into each other's areas, Joe quizzes Casey about a hockey team he loves and a soccer team he d...
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Hello Kitty from 2020-09-23T16:00
This week's episode features crucial updates from Casey on a number of topics, exploring each other's areas yet again, Joe starts off hot in his quiz but rapidly fades, plus all the ot...
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Sticky Leeks from 2020-09-16T12:00
This week, after Casey's death update, we discuss vegetable contests and topless voting, Casey flounders in a quiz about popular Ishikawa tourist attractions, and we confront the naked trut...
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Shirako Bell from 2020-09-09T14:00
Joe and Casey catch up on the week's events, answer some listener questions, and explore each other's areas once again. Casey quizzes Joe about Japanese food, and they discuss Japan&ap...
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Obit Jerks from 2020-09-02T16:00
This week, we discuss Casey's death fixation, local happenings, radio taiso by the pool, and our mutually luxurious upbringings. Plus, quizzes Casey with some 'peak' questions.
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