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
Samuel Sharpe ~ The Man Who Freed Jamaica
Episode 182
“I would rather die upon yonder gallows than live in slavery.”
Jamaica, 1831. A colony built on the backs of the enslaved, where the weight of oppression had long simmered ben…
Hugo Glass ~ Left for Dead
Episode 181
The American frontier was a land where life balanced on a knife’s edge—where nature was as brutal as it was beautiful, and survival was never guaranteed. Among the countless …
Eric Bristow ~ The Crafty Cockney
Episode 180
An absolute guilty pleasure.I've been waiting to produce this episode for a while now,but saved it as a tribute to 'The King of the Oche' for Episode 'ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY!…
Charlie Watts ~ The Stone that didn’t Roll.
Episode 179
Behind the thunder of Keith Richards’ riffs and the swagger of Mick Jagger’s vocals, there was always one steady, unshakable force—Charlie Watts. As the quiet heartbeat of Th…
The Last Goodison Park Merseyside Derby
Episode 178
Goodison Park has been Everton's cherished home since 1892, making it one of the oldest purpose-built football stadiums in the world. Over the years, it's witnessed countles…
David Hockney ~ Poolside Revolutionist
Episode 177
David Hockney has spent a lifetime looking. At people, at landscapes, at the way light bounces off water, at the possibilities of paint, pencil, and pixels. Few artists have …
Robert Frost ~ Roads Taken and Untaken
Episode 176
"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood… and with those words, Robert Frost carved his name into the heart of American poetry. A man of quiet strength and unwavering vision, Fro…
Tome Tomiya - The Last Teahouse
Episode 175
During World War II, Tome Tomiyama ran a small teahouse where young kamikaze pilots spent their final nights before their fateful missions. With warmth and quiet strength, sh…
Irena Sendler - The Heart of Zegota
Episode 174
In the darkest days of World War II, when the Nazi regime sought to erase entire communities, one woman defied them—not with weapons, but with courage, deception, and an unbr…
Takeji Asano - The Woodblock Master
Episode 173
Takeji Asano, born in 1900 in Kyoto, Japan, was a masterful woodblock print artist whose works continue to captivate art enthusiasts worldwide. His journey into the world of …
Jimmy Carters’ 1994 Pyongyang Trip.
Episode 172
In June of 1994, with tensions escalating on the Korean Peninsula, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter undertook a bold mission to Pyongyang, North Korea. At the time, the wor…
Anna Nicole Smith
Episode 171
Anna Nicole Smith was born Vickie Lynn Hogan on November 28, 1967, in Mexia, Texas—a small, working-class town where dreams often seemed just out of reach. Raised by her moth…
Kurt Cobain
Episode 170
You’re born into a world you don’t quite fit into. Aberdeen, Washington—blue-collar, gray skies, a town where dreams don’t stretch much further than the sawmill. You’re just …
Anthony Bourdain
Episode 169
Anthony Bourdain never just sat at the table; he burned it, flipped it over, and wrote a damn good story about it. A chef, a traveler, a provocateur, and a poet of the unsani…
Sanity and All That it Brings.
Episode 168
Ah, sweet freedom. One glorious month to sit back and savor the exquisite schadenfreude of being off while others toil away in the fluorescent-lit trenches of workplace miser…
Zhang Qian - Road Builder
Episode 167
Zhang Qian was an explorer, diplomat, and a pivotal figure in ancient Chinese history, known especially for his role in establishing the Silk Road, the legendary trade route …
Hugh Thompson Jr - Against Orders
Episode 166
Hugh Thompson Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1943. He grew up with a strong sense of right and wrong, nurtured by his upbringing in a small Southern town. He enlisted i…
Louis Zamperini - WW2's Most Resilient POW
Episode 165
Louis Zamperini’s life was a remarkable journey from Olympic fame to wartime survival and beyond. Born in 1917 to Italian immigrants in California, he was a rebellious kid wh…
Chiune Sugihara - Japan’s Oskar Schindler
Episode 164
we dive into the remarkable story of Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese diplomat who risked his career to save thousands of Jewish refugees during World War II. We explore Sugihar…
The Unplugged Teenager
Episode 163
Welcome to the latest episode of The Unplugged Teenager, where we dive into the drama, dilemmas, and occasional delights of raising a teenager without the smartphone crutch. …