K: So, lately I’ve been thinking about how, like, in the past three months, our lives completely changed. So, like, 2021… is not at all what I imagined. Like, in the least. Not even close. C: Well, it’s still going to be the Musicks in Japan. That part hasn’t changed. K: Yeah. We’re still doing […]

K: So, lately I’ve been thinking about freedom. And so, I just want to warn everybody that, like, I don’t know, maybe like the first 5 to 10 minutes is going to be politics, but the rest of it is not. And… the reason that the first 5 to 10 minutes is going to be […]

K: So, lately I’ve been thinking about people who are freaking out about living and working at home with their spouse and calling it like… like – so, a friend of ours – and I’m not gonna say who – on the righteous, their house is crowded. But their house is crowded because a parent […]

K: So, lately I’ve been thinking a lot about snow. C: Even though it hasn’t snowed a lot here. K: Well, every February it snows, here. I know – so, for me, y’all know I’m from California. So, for me, if there’s enough snow that I can see it falling from the sky – for […]

K: Today, we’re going to be talking about culture shock and medical trauma, hence the title “culture shock and medical trauma.” And we’re starting off a little bit differently because I don’t want anyone who would be triggered by either of those topics to listen to the episode and… be hurt by it or upset […]

K: So, lately I’ve been thinking a lot about respect and how people assume that respect is culturally different. And my experience – at least in the United States and Japan – is that the desire for respect is not culturally different. The mandate for respect in terms of… teams being able to work successfully […]

K: So, lately I’ve been thinking about my relationship with my American citizenship and whether or not to go for Japanese citizenship. But… being the pansexual, polyamorous being that I am, I have a really hard time doing something that shuts a door. So, I know that may seem counterintuitive considering that I’m happily, monogamously […]

So, lately I’ve been thinking about my friends and how international all my friends are. Like, I have friends from… all over the world[...]

K: So, lately I’ve been struggling with the concept of… I’m working remote right now. And I’m going to be working remote – I started working remote in March of 2020.

K: So, recently, I’ve been thinking about imperialism. Which, oddly enough, I think about every January. Because we’re in Japan, I think about imperialism. Because whoever the prime minister is – well it’s been Abe for many, many years, but we have a new prime minister now – and they always do something with imperialism. […]