In this episode, Derek talks again with Atsushi Fujibayashi. The main topics are his trips to Syria and Ukraine in March, 2023. Episode #28 with Atsushi Fujibayashi can be found
In this episode, we talk with long-time Kobe resident Amy Shapiro. We had the privilege of hearing about her experiences, what brought her to Japan, and her involvement in the
John Rucynski is an educator, writer, editor, cyclist, hiker and baseball enthusiast, not necessarily in that order. In this episode, John shares some stories about his background, world travels, teaching
Gary Ross has been developing, programming, and designing online educational systems for over 15 years. He has taught at KIDI Parsons (the Japan affiliate of Parsons School of Design, NYC),
Rica Bradshaw is the founder and Managing Director of Core Eight, a real estate agency located in Kobe with luxury property listings throughout Japan. Through her work in Japan, Malaysia
Trevor Raichura describes himself as a university lecturer by day, and one of Kansai’s biggest Hanshin Tigers fans by night. He hails from Canada but has been in Japan for
Our guest for this episode is Blue Geisinger, an 18-year-old freshman at the University of Hawai’i at M ā noa. We caught him during his semester abroad at Konan University.
Elaine Hodgson has a PhD in Linguistics from the Federal University of Ceará (UFC) and a Masters in Applied Linguistics from the State University of Ceará (UECE), both in Brazil.
In this episode, Derek interviews Brent about his annual fieldwork in the Philippines. Brent has been taking groups of Konan University students to the Philippines for more than a decade.
Carol grew up in the UK and trained to be a French and German teacher in the UK. She has taught EFL in Greece and Mexico and is currently based