Podcast Episodes
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**Spoiler Warning** Rei and I are very explicit on the storyline, characters, and details of Season 3. If you have not yet seen Season 3 of Demon Slayer/Kimetsu no Yaiba (Swordsmith Village Arc) and DON’T want to be spoiled, skip this episode and give it a listen after you’ve seen Season 3. Otherwise, please enjoy! In episode 12 of The Salty…
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Hey friends! You’ll never guess what happened to me this summer…I finally got COVID! Here it’s been 3 and a half years since the pandemic started, and I’ve been clean this whole time. Even got 4 vaccines! But as fate would have it, burnout and lack of sleep led to the perfect storm within my…
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Last summer, AI generators started popping up all over mainstream and social media. I tried using ChatGPT for the first time, and everyone started paying for AI-generated fantasy portraits and posting them all over TikTok and Facebook. I also remember my Twitter feed being overrun with AI-generated song lyrics, most notably a song about ducks…
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Is Putin really a Christian? Why is he so buddy-buddy with the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church? Is the Russian Orthodox Church a legitimate Christian church? These are just a few of the questions I and other teachers have been asked in my English school here in Japan. And boy, are they doozies. I…
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Perhaps you’re unfamiliar, but sado is the Japanese word referring to the traditional Japanese “tea ceremony.” I had the privilege of participating in a tea ceremony event at my church this year, and was also invited to give a Bible message. But how on earth do I connect a traditional, originally Zen Buddhist ceremony to…
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Being bilingual is great! But it’s not without its challenges. I go through these seasons when my Japanese language abilities are really working. Like, smooth as butter. But I also have phases where I feel like my Japanese is just garbage. I can’t articulate what I want to say well, or I just have frequent…
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I thought I was going to a BBQ with my neighbors. The next thing I knew, I was pounding rice at a mochitsuki party! That got me thinking about food (which admittedly, I often think about). Mochi is such a delicious snack…chewy, stretchy, starchy goodness. But I’m always trying to connect God, Jesus, and the…
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What happens when I read The Making of Biblical Womanhood by Beth Allison Barr? In March?? It makes me want to talk about how AWESOME women are! Check out episode 6 of my podcast to learn about the history of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day. PLUS, I spotlight some of my favorite women…
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There’s nothing more natural to me than talking about anime in my living room with my roommate, Rei. That’s basically what happened when I recorded this episode. But go ahead and listen to episode 5 for our interesting commentary on the anime, Demon Slayer. We talk about demons, our favorite (and not so favorite) characters,…