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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

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31:02

Hulk Hogan ~ An American Goliath

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2025/08/04

Send us a text Episode 214 It’s the 1980s. America’s malls are packed. Rock ‘n’ roll blares from cassette players. Kids trade action figures like currency. And in living rooms across the country, a new kind of superhero body-slams his way into pop culture. Towering, tanned, wrapped in red and yellow, he’s part-myth, part-man. He preaches vitamins and prayers. He flexes, points, and growls his way through TV screens, arenas, and toy shelves. His name? Hulk Hogan. But before the roar of ...

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28:40

Ozzy Osbourne ~ A Controlled Burn

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2025/07/31

Send us a text Episode 213 Before he was the Prince of Darkness, before the bat, the bites, and the black leather — there was just John Michael Osbourne. A working-class kid from Aston, Birmingham, born into poverty, dyslexia, and a life that didn’t seem to promise much more than the factory floor. But behind the thick accent and troubled childhood was a voice that would one day shake the world. This isn’t just the story of a heavy metal icon. It’s about survival, self-destruction, and a stra...

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18:11

Laurent Fignon ~ Le Professeur of the Peloton

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2025/07/23

Send us a text Episode 212 He had the glasses, the grit, and the gall to defy cycling tradition. With flowing blond hair and an unapologetic attitude, Laurent Fignon wasn’t just racing the clock—he was battling a sport that didn’t always welcome rebels. Twice a Tour de France champion, he was as famous for how he won as for the heartbreak of how he lost. But behind the headlines and heartbreak was a rider of rare intelligence, elegance, and fire. This is the story of a man who pedaled against...

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13:08

Harvey Milk ~ The Mayor of The Castro

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2025/07/17

Send us a text Episode 211 He wasn’t born a symbol. He didn’t grow up dreaming of shaking up City Hall, or of becoming a voice for millions who’d been told to stay silent. Harvey Milk was a Navy veteran. A math teacher. A camera shop owner. And for much of his early life, he kept his identity tucked away—hidden from view, like so many others in his generation. But when he finally decided to live out loud, everything changed. San Francisco in the 1970s was bursting with color, chaos, an...

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26:36

Alan Watts ~ Smiling at the Great Illusion

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2025/07/14

Send us a text Episode 210 Imagine a voice—calm, curious, playful—asking you whether you are the universe pretending to be a person. In the chaotic swirl of 20th-century thought, where science clashed with religion and the East met the West in coffeehouses and lecture halls, one man emerged not with answers, but with questions that made the answers irrelevant. He wore tweed jackets, quoted Lao Tzu with a cigarette in hand, and turned philosophy into a performance. He spoke of Zen, Tao, the eg...

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13:04

Diogo Jota ~ The Number 20

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2025/07/08

Send us a text Episode 209 He wasn’t born into a football dynasty. He didn’t grow up in the spotlight. But Diogo Jota carved out his own place in the world of football — with grit, precision, and an eye for goal that left fans across Europe speechless. From the streets of Massarelos to the thunder of Anfield, he rose quietly, steadily — the underdog who outworked the odds. For club and country, he gave everything. Every run, every finish, every celebration was a chapter in a story still unfol...

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14:13

Keith Haring ~ Born to Draw

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2025/07/04

Send us a text Episode 208 He wasn’t looking for fame. He wasn’t trying to get rich. Armed with a piece of chalk and a head full of wild ideas, Keith Haring hit the subways of New York like a lightning bolt. While others walked past empty black panels, he filled them with bold, dancing figures — babies, barking dogs, radiant hearts — pulsing with joy, anger, and something else... something deeper. This wasn’t graffiti. This wasn’t gallery art. It was something in between. In just a few ...

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17:26

Stanislav Petrov ~ The Soviet Who Stopped the End

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2025/06/29

Send us a text Episode 207 In the early hours of September 26, 1983, one man stood between the world and nuclear war. A quiet, unassuming lieutenant colonel in the Soviet Air Defence Forces, Stanislav Petrov was stationed in a bunker outside Moscow, monitoring the skies for signs of a U.S. missile attack. When the alarm sounded, and all systems insisted that destruction was imminent, Petrov hesitated. He questioned what the machines were telling him—and in doing so, may have saved the lives ...

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19:05

Keith Flint ~ He Lit the Match

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2025/06/24

Send us a text Episode 206 He was the face of fire and fury. A punk with jet-black eyes, a sneer that could cut glass, and a voice that turned dance floors into battlegrounds. But offstage, he was a soft-spoken Essex lad who loved motorbikes, dogs, and long country walks. Keith Flint didn’t just front The Prodigy—he became their weapon. A symbol of 90s rave rebellion, channelling raw energy into something both chaotic and cathartic. His dancing was violent poetry. His presence? Unforgettab...

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22:37

Bill Wilson ~ How Sobriety Went Global

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2025/06/21

Send us a text Episode 205 He was a stockbroker with a drinking problem. A man who’d tasted the high life, only to lose it all to the bottle. But in a moment of utter despair, something changed. And from that darkness, he lit a spark that would go on to save millions. Before rehab centres, before addiction was widely understood, there was just one man, trying to help another stay sober—one day at a time. This is the story of Bill Wilson. The co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. A man who belie...

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18:07

Hedy Lamarr ~ From Box Office to Bluetooth

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2025/06/16

Send us a text Episode 204 She was hailed as one of the most beautiful women ever to grace the silver screen. A Hollywood starlet in the golden age of cinema, her face lit up movie theatres around the world. But behind the glamour and fame was a brilliant mind few ever recognized. At a time when women were rarely seen as inventors, she quietly co-developed a technology that would become the foundation for GPS, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi. Hedy Lamarr—a woman who defied expectations, dazzled audienc...

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14:47

Shiro Ishii ~ The Empire's Hidden Lab

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2025/06/11

Send us a text Episode 203 Shiro Ishii was a man of science—a brilliant mind twisted by the horrors of ambition and war. Born in Japan during a time of rising nationalism and imperial expansion, Ishii rose through the ranks of the military medical establishment with startling speed. But his legacy is not one of healing. Instead, it is marked by one of the darkest and most disturbing chapters in the history of modern warfare. Behind a polished exterior and a sharp intellect was a ruthless arch...

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16:46

Wiltold Pilecki ~ The Man Who Volunteered

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2025/06/04

Send us a text 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 crucial intelligence and organized resistance from within the camp itself. Today, we’ll uncover the life of a man whose bravery and sacrifice went beyond what most could imagine — a story of courage, hope, and the fight against unimaginable evil. Support the show Insta@justpassingthroughpodcast Co...

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24:51

Old Mother Shipton ~ Prophetess of the Northern Moors

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2025/05/29

Send us a text 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. Her name was Ursula Southeil—though most remember her by another: Old Mother Shipton. In the 16th century, England was a place of upheaval. Kings and queens rose and fell. The world was expanding. Science and superstition danced an uneasy waltz. And in the midst of it all, this Yorkshire proph...

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19:55

Slash ~ From Stoke to Sunset Strip

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2025/05/23

Send us a text 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-race couple in the UK — a free-spirited Black American artist mother and a white English album cover designer father — Saul Hudson’s early years were anything but typical. He spent his earliest days in the quiet English town of Stoke-on-Trent, a far cry from the wild energy of the Sunset Strip ...

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15:23

Crazy Horse ~ Echoes From the Black Hills

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2025/05/17

Send us a text 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. Quiet, strong-willed, and deeply spiritual, he became a fierce leader—most famously at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, where General Custer was defeated. He never sought fame, never signed treaties, and never allowed himself to be photographed. To his people, he was a protector. To history, he ...

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17:37

Bradford City ~ 40 Years On

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2025/05/11

Send us a text 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 a day of joy, of triumph, of banners waving and voices raised in song. Instead, it became one of the darkest days in English football history. In just fifteen minutes, a fire tore through the Main Stand. It claimed 56 lives and scarred hundreds more. The tragedy was swift, brutal, and left a cit...

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19:26

John McCain ~ Behind Enemy Lines

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2025/05/08

Send us a text 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 senator, and a man who never backed down from a fight — even when it was with his own party. This is the story of the trials, battles, and legacy of a man who spent more than five years in a North Vietnamese prison, and decades in American politics — a life of service, scars, and stubborn conviction. ...

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25:45

Ronnie Biggs ~ Robbery to Rio

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2025/05/01

Send us a text 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 one of the most audacious heists in British history and then did something few manage: he vanished. This is not a story of sharp suits and silent safes, but of grit and greed, of panic and passports, of back-alley surgeries and samba drums. It’s the tale of a man who coshed no one, fired no gun, ...

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23:52

Mike Tyson ~ Forged in Brownsville

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2025/04/25

Send us a text 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 learned how to read. Mike Tyson wasn’t born into fame. He was born into chaos. He was small. He was quiet. He had a lisp, wore broken clothes, kept pigeons on rooftops. And for all the fire that lived in him, the world never looked twice—until he fought back. This story begins before the belt...

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