Just Passing Through Podcast
Step into 'Just Passing Through,' the podcast that chronicles my Yorkshireman adventures navigating the maze of Japanese life. No guarantees of laughter, but we promise a healthy dose of raised eyebrows and bemused chuckles.
In each episode, we'll explore the quirky intersections of cultures, from attempting to decipher the intricacies of local customs to introducing Japan to the wonders of a proper brew. It's a podcast where culture shock meets dry Yorkshire wit – a journey through the everyday absurdities that make life interesting.
So, if you're up for a laid-back, eyebrow-raising, and occasionally head-scratching experience, hit that download button. 'Just Passing Through' – where each episode is a detour into the unpredictable and a reminder that life's little oddities are the spice of the journey."
Enjoy,Darren.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 223
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Tom Bawcock ~ The Fisherman Who Saved a Cornish Village
Episode 222
"On the far southwestern edge of Britain, where the Atlantic hurls itself against granite cliffs and the wind scours the land raw, lies a village small in size but vast in le…
Canelo Álvarez ~ Red Fire
Episode 221
In a sun-scorched town outside Guadalajara, a skinny boy with freckled skin and bright red hair stood out like a flame in the crowd. The locals teased him, called him Canelo…
Terence Crawford ~ Omaha Roots to Global Glory
Episode 220
On the streets of Omaha, Nebraska, a boy learns to fight long before he ever steps into a boxing ring.
It’s not a game. It’s survival.
Every punch, every scar, every lesson i…
Jozef Gabčík ~ Operation Anthropoid: To Kill the Butcher of Prague
Episode 219
In the dark heart of Nazi-occupied Europe, resistance was more than an act of defiance—it was a gamble with certain death. Among those who dared to play this deadly game was …
Davy Jones ~ Stable Boy to Stardom
Episode 218
The 1960s. A decade of revolution. Music, fashion, youth culture—all exploding in colour and sound. Out of this whirlwind steps a boy from Manchester, slight in stature but l…
Edgar Allan Poe ~ The Raven's Dark Shadow
Episode 217
His life begins in turbulence and ends in mystery. Orphaned before he can form a memory, carried from place to place, he grows in the shadow of loss. Genius fuels his pen, ye…
Peter Grant ~ Led Zeppelin’s Ruthless Protector
Episode 216
He was a giant of a man, both in size and in reputation. Peter Grant, the manager who turned Led Zeppelin into the biggest band on the planet, wasn’t cut from the same cloth …
Alan Turing ~ Cracking the Uncrackable
Episode 215
The war is raging across Europe. German U-boats stalk the Atlantic, threatening to cut Britain off from supplies. Hitler’s armies seem unstoppable. But in a quiet English cou…
Hulk Hogan ~ An American Goliath
Episode 214
It’s the 1980s.
America’s malls are packed. Rock ‘n’ roll blares from cassette players. Kids trade action figures like currency. And in living rooms across the country, a new…
Ozzy Osbourne ~ A Controlled Burn
Episode 213
Before he was the Prince of Darkness, before the bat, the bites, and the black leather — there was just John Michael Osbourne. A working-class kid from Aston, Birmingham, bor…
Laurent Fignon ~ Le Professeur of the Peloton
Episode 212
He had the glasses, the grit, and the gall to defy cycling tradition. With flowing blond hair and an unapologetic attitude, Laurent Fignon wasn’t just racing the clock—he was…
Harvey Milk ~ The Mayor of The Castro
Episode 211
He wasn’t born a symbol.
He didn’t grow up dreaming of shaking up City Hall, or of becoming a voice for millions who’d been told to stay silent. Harvey Milk was a Navy vetera…
Alan Watts ~ Smiling at the Great Illusion
Episode 210
Imagine a voice—calm, curious, playful—asking you whether you are the universe pretending to be a person.
In the chaotic swirl of 20th-century thought, where science clashed w…
Diogo Jota ~ The Number 20
Episode 209
He wasn’t born into a football dynasty. He didn’t grow up in the spotlight. But Diogo Jota carved out his own place in the world of football — with grit, precision, and an ey…
Keith Haring ~ Born to Draw
Episode 208
He wasn’t looking for fame.
He wasn’t trying to get rich.
Armed with a piece of chalk and a head full of wild ideas, Keith Haring hit the subways of New York like a lightning …
Stanislav Petrov ~ The Soviet Who Stopped the End
Episode 207
In the early hours of September 26, 1983, one man stood between the world and nuclear war. A quiet, unassuming lieutenant colonel in the Soviet Air Defence Forces, Stanislav …
Keith Flint ~ He Lit the Match
Episode 206
He was the face of fire and fury. A punk with jet-black eyes, a sneer that could cut glass, and a voice that turned dance floors into battlegrounds. But offstage, he was a s…
Bill Wilson ~ How Sobriety Went Global
Episode 205
He was a stockbroker with a drinking problem. A man who’d tasted the high life, only to lose it all to the bottle. But in a moment of utter despair, something changed. And fr…
Hedy Lamarr ~ From Box Office to Bluetooth
Episode 204
She was hailed as one of the most beautiful women ever to grace the silver screen. A Hollywood starlet in the golden age of cinema, her face lit up movie theatres around the …
Shiro Ishii ~ The Empire's Hidden Lab
Episode 203
Shiro Ishii was a man of science—a brilliant mind twisted by the horrors of ambition and war. Born in Japan during a time of rising nationalism and imperial expansion, Ishii …