The Spectatorless, Segregated, Chinese Olympics (w/Meshida)

Japan By River Cruise

Japanese comedian Meshida talks what it's like to be a Japanese resident of Tokyo during the ramp up to the Olympics, and how yeah, we're "witnessing history," but so were Black Death survivors.

Ollie recommends a cruise that accidentally discovers what's more popular than "canal."

Bobby gets into the rainy season cruise spirit.

Topics discussed on this episode range from:

• What Anti-Japanese Groups actually think about the Olympics
• How Brian's Eikaiwa work is going
• Bach-kaicho calling the Japanese, "Chinese"
• What Meshida thinks is the MOST racist thing you can say to a Japanese person
• Why Bach has China on the brain
• The super gracious performance by Bach's Japanese translator
• Which one is Ollie, and which one is Bobby
• A VERY REAL thought experiment
• Meshida's AIRBNB experience, hosting a comedy show for tourists, and what jokes they enjoy the most
• A full rundown of Olympic developments over the last two weeks
• Ollie's successful petition for a spectatorless olympics
• The personal opportunity loss we've suffered by how these Olympics have played out
• What Meshida thinks of the Japanese Honne and Tatemae in terms of why people care about the Olympics
• The Japanese fixation on being emotionally moved by sports
• How maybe most Japanese people just don't care either way at this point
• How Meshida feels about seeing news around new Olympic related corona infections
• Why Meshida hates BACH (the IOC chief, not the pianist)
• Whether or not this will be a HISTORIC Olympics, and the way Meshida draws a parallel to other Japanese history
• How the increase in "support" for the Olympics is actually "resignation to the Olympics."
• The change Meshida thinks we'll see in the media once the games start
• The elevator thing. YES, THE ELEVATOR THING
• Why we've seen an increase in foreign discrimination during pandemic/ahead of the Olympics
• Why we kind of feel bad for the hotel
• Why it is and isn't a big deal

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Matt's New Yorker Article "Japan's Olympic Sized Problem"

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