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
Wiltold Pilecki ~ The Man Who Volunteered
Episode 202
Witold Pilecki’s story is one of the most remarkable yet little-known tales of World War II. A Polish soldier who voluntarily went undercover inside Auschwitz, he gathered cr…
Old Mother Shipton ~ Prophetess of the Northern Moors
Episode 201
She was born in a cave during a thunderstorm. A child so strange in appearance and so wrapped in mystery that whispers of witchcraft followed her from the cradle to the grave…
Slash ~ From Stoke to Sunset Strip
Episode 200
Before the top hat, before the roaring solos that defined a generation, and long before the stadiums full of screaming fans, there was just a kid named Saul.
Born to a mixed-r…
Crazy Horse ~ Echoes From the Black Hills
Crazy Horse was a Lakota warrior who stood for freedom, tradition, and resistance. Born around 1840, he grew up watching his people’s land and way of life threatened by U.S. expansion. …
Bradford City ~ 40 Years On
Episode 198
On May 11th, 1985, football fans filled Valley Parade with hopes of celebration. Bradford City had just clinched promotion—their first title in 56 years. It should have been …
John McCain ~ Behind Enemy Lines
Episode 197
He was shot out of the sky over Hanoi, dragged from a lake, and locked away in a prison that would define the rest of his life. John McCain was a war hero, a maverick senato…
Ronnie Biggs ~ Robbery to Rio
Episode 196
He was no mastermind, no cold-eyed kingpin orchestrating a perfect crime. Ronnie Biggs was something else entirely — an unlikely outlaw, a charming misfit who stumbled into o…
Mike Tyson ~ Forged in Brownsville
Episode 195
He came from the kind of streets where nobody makes it out clean. Brownsville, Brooklyn—where the walls talked in gunshots and glass, and kids learned how to run before they …
Robert Johnson ~ The Man Who Met Midnight
Episode 194
There are stories passed from mouth to mouth, drifting like smoke down dirt roads and along backwoods barrooms. Stories of a man with a guitar slung low, fingers that moved l…
Giuseppe Garibaldi ~ The Wild Son of Nice (Part Two)
Episode 193
The battle may have crowned him a hero, but peace made him a problem.
In Part Two of our journey, the wild son of Nice is no longer charging into war with a sword raised high—…
Giuseppe Garibaldi ~ The Wild Son of Nice (Part One)
Episode 192
Before he became a hero of two worlds, before Italy bore his name in street corners and city squares, Giuseppe Garibaldi was just a boy from Nice—driven by fire and a fierce …
Bon Scott ~ The Thunder from Down Under
Episode 191
He was the swagger in the storm, the howl in the night, the electric pulse running through the veins of rock ‘n’ roll. A tattooed troubadour with a crooked grin and a voice t…
Captain James Cook ~ Islands, Empires, and a Knife.
Episode 190
He wasn’t born into power. He wasn’t destined for greatness. But by the time James Cook sailed his last voyage, he had redrawn the map of the world.
From a humble Yorkshire fa…
Brian Clough ~ The Sheriff of Nottingham
Episode 189
There are managers who win, and there are managers who inspire. And then, there was Brian Clough. A man who did both—but never the way you expected. His story is one of belie…
Gene Hackman ~ The Everyman
Episode 188
Some actors leave their mark on Hollywood with a single role. Others define entire genres. Then, there’s Gene Hackman—a man whose presence on screen was so commanding, so eff…
Narendra Modi ~ India’s Architect
Episode 187
Narendra Modi's rise from humble beginnings in Gujarat to becoming one of the most influential leaders of modern India is a story of determination, vision, and unwavering com…
Ringo Starr ~ 3 Men and a Starr
Episode 186
For a man whose name is synonymous with the biggest band the world has ever known, Ringo Starr’s story has often been overshadowed. He was the fourth and final piece of the B…
George Oldfield ~ The 14th Victim
Episode 185
For nearly six years, the Yorkshire Ripper terrorized the north of England. Thirteen women murdered, seven more brutally attacked. And for much of that time, the man leading …
Samuel Cocking ~ The Merchant who Changed Japan
Episode 184
The story of Samuel Cocking is one of ambition, innovation, and an unbreakable connection between a foreigner and a rapidly changing Japan. In the wake of the Meiji Restorati…
William Poole ~ The Butcher of the Five Points
Episode 183
William Poole ~ The Butcher of the Five Points
New York City, March 8th 1855. The streets of Lower Manhattan are a battleground of politics, power, and blood. At the heart of …