バイリンガル カフェ (Bilingual Cafe)
Welcome to Shun and Yasmin’s bilingual cafe! In this podcast, we discuss topics that we are interested in using a combination of English and Japanese. シュンとヤズミンのバイリンガルカフェへようこそ！このポットキャストでは私達の興味があるトピックスを選び、日本語と英語で会話します。
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 32
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2022
#32 バイリンガル カフェ (Bilingual Cafe) - 10/26/2022
Hello everyone! Welcome to the Bilingual Cafe! As a follow-up to our previous episode on former Prime Minister Abe's state funeral, in this episode, we discuss the government's decision to investigat…
#31 バイリンガル カフェ (Bilingual Cafe) - 10/12/2022
Hello everyone! Welcome to the Bilingual Cafe! In this episode, we discuss the arguments for and against the recent state funeral of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
このエピソードでは、安倍晋三元首相の国葬について、賛否両論を取り上…
#30 バイリンガル カフェ (Bilingual Cafe) - 10/7/2022
Hello everyone! Welcome to the Bilingual Cafe! In this episode, we discuss the recent remarks made by the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) in a press conference, specifically s…
#29 バイリンガル カフェ (Bilingual Cafe) - 10/2/2022
In this episode, we discuss exchange rates and the weakening of the Japanese yen. We also discuss how the trend is influenced by the actions of the American Central Bank and the importance of followi…
#28 バイリンガル カフェ (Bilingual Cafe) - 9/21/2022
In this episode, we reflect on an incident where a 3-year-old girl died after being left on a kindergarten school bus for hours. We try to understand the negligence but also discuss potential solutio…
#27 バイリンガル カフェ (Bilingual Cafe) - 9/19/2022
In this episode, we discuss the recent passing of Queen Elizabeth II. We also reflect on why the general public admires her but also the criticisms that accompanied her legacy.
このエピソードでは、エリザベス女王2世の最近…
#26 バイリンガル チャットルーム (Bilingual Chat Room) - 6/12/2022
What constitutes happiness? In this episode, we discuss happiness and whether Japanese people are happy relative to people in other countries. We also refer to the World Happiness Report and whether …
#25 バイリンガル チャットルーム (Bilingual Chat Room) - 5/18/2022
This episode discusses the origins of Golden Week (a collection of four national holidays within seven days) and why people are willing to travel during the week amidst the stress, long lines, and tr…
#24 バイリンガル チャットルーム (Bilingual Chat Room) - 5/3/2022
As a follow-up to our previous conversation on parental leave, we discuss housework in Japan in this episode, specifically the distribution of housework between husbands and wives. We also take a clo…
#23 バイリンガル チャットルーム (Bilingual Chat Room) - 3/29/2022
In this episode, we discuss parental leave in Japan, focusing on paternity leave and the Japanese's attitudes toward men taking a leave of absence from work. We notice a big gap between what Japanese…
#22 バイリンガル チャットルーム (Bilingual Chat Room) - 2/16/2022
Apologies (again and again) for uploading this episode late, this time several months late! This episode was recorded in response to the Twitter exchanges between Elon Musk (CEO of Tesla) and David B…
#21 バイリンガル チャットルーム (Bilingual Chat Room) - 10/13/2021
In this episode, we reflect on the Japanese royal family while referring to the upcoming marriage between Princess Mako and her fiancé Komuro Kei, who is a commoner. Specifically, we discuss the goss…
#20 バイリンガル チャットルーム (Bilingual Chat Room) - 10/6/2021
In this episode, we explain the theory of the Tragedy of the Commons, an economic theory that explains humanity’s behavior towards the natural environment, specifically our behavior to extract natura…
#19 バイリンガルチャットルーム (Bilingual Chat Room) - 9/13/2021
In this episode, we decided to list and discuss the major events that have occurred during the two months we were not recording. Topics discussed include the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN climate report,…
#18 バイリンガルチャットルーム (Bilingual Chat Room) - 8/31/2021
It has been several months since we uploaded our last episode. As many of you may have noticed, both of us have teaching jobs, and the months towards the end of each semester are the busiest. We hope…
#17 バイリンガルチャットルーム (Bilingual Chat Room) - 5/29/2021
Apologies (again) for uploading this episode several weeks late. This episode was recorded a week after the death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who was a member of the British royal family and…
#16 バイリンガルチャットルーム (Bilingual Chat Room) - 4/28/2021
With the pandemic, 2020 was a year of balancing priorities between economic benefits and health. Now, as we go through April with a 3rd national emergency in Tokyo with the Olympic Games looming clos…
#15 バイリンガルチャットルーム (Bilingual Chat Room) - 4/13/2021
Apologies for uploading this episode late! This time, we will be discussing the recent incident in the Suez Canal involving the massive container ship Ever Given blocking the canal. We reflect on the…
#14 バイリンガルチャットルーム (Bilingual Chat Room) - 3/30/2021
In this episode, we discuss the origins of feminism while reflecting on our own experiences with the movement. Some argue, however, men cannot be feminists because “one must be a member of the target…
#13 バイリンガルチャットルーム (Bilingual Chat Room) - 3/23/2021
The key phrase of this episode is the “glass ceiling.” We reflect on the term while discussing the glass ceiling index that The Economist recently published. We also reflect on other indexes and rank…