The Spectatorless, Segregated, Chinese Olympics (w/Meshida) - a podcast by Bobby Judo and Ollie Horn

from 2021-07-16T08:00

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Japanese comedian Meshida talks what it's like to be a Japanese resident of Tokyo during the ramp up to the Olympics, and how yeah, we're "witnessing history," but so were Black Death survivors.

Ollie recommends a cruise that accidentally discovers what's more popular than "canal."

Bobby gets into the rainy season cruise spirit.

Topics discussed on this episode range from:


  • What Anti-Japanese Groups actually think about the Olympics

  • How Brian's Eikaiwa work is going

  • Bach-kaicho calling the Japanese, "Chinese"

  • What Meshida thinks is the MOST racist thing you can say to a Japanese person

  • Why Bach has China on the brain

  • The super gracious performance by Bach's Japanese translator

  • Which one is Ollie, and which one is Bobby

  • A VERY REAL thought experiment

  • Meshida's AIRBNB experience, hosting a comedy show for tourists, and what jokes they enjoy the most

  • A full rundown of Olympic developments over the last two weeks

  • Ollie's successful petition for a spectatorless olympics

  • The personal opportunity loss we've suffered by how these Olympics have played out

  • What Meshida thinks of the Japanese Honne and Tatemae in terms of why people care about the Olympics

  • The Japanese fixation on being emotionally moved by sports

  • How maybe most Japanese people just don't care either way at this point

  • How Meshida feels about seeing news around new Olympic related corona infections

  • Why Meshida hates BACH (the IOC chief, not the pianist)

  • Whether or not this will be a HISTORIC Olympics, and the way Meshida draws a parallel to other Japanese history

  • How the increase in "support" for the Olympics is actually "resignation to the Olympics."

  • The change Meshida thinks we'll see in the media once the games start

  • The elevator thing. YES, THE ELEVATOR THING

  • Why we've seen an increase in foreign discrimination during pandemic/ahead of the Olympics

  • Why we kind of feel bad for the hotel

  • Why it is and isn't a big deal


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Matt's New Yorker Article "Japan's Olympic Sized Problem"


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