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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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20:25

Minamoto no Yoritomo ~ The Man Who Built Kamakura

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2026/02/23

Send a text Episode 250 The air is thick with the scent of pine and salt, drifting in from the nearby coast, as a boy of ten stands at the edge of a world he barely understands. The capital of Kyoto, full of gilded halls and whispered intrigues, has turned against him. Banished, stripped of comfort, and forced to wander the wild landscapes of the east, he carries only the memory of family and the fragile hope of survival. In the quiet hills of Izu, life slows, and the boy begins to stretch in...

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Samuel Whittemore ~ The Wrong Man to Cross

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2026/02/16

Send a text Episode 249 War is usually the domain of the young — quick feet, steady aim, and lungs strong enough for shouting charges. But in the spring of 1775, on a quiet road outside Boston, history pauses for someone else. He is nearly eighty. A farmer. A grandfather. A man who has already lived the life most people hope to reach in peace. Yet when soldiers enter his town, he does not flee. His name is Samuel Whittemore — and in the space of a few violent minutes, he will perform an act s...

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25:25

Rik Mayall ~ No Inside Voice Available

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2026/02/09

Send a text Episode 248 Before the noise and chaos, there was simply a boy called Richard. Born in 1958 in Harlow, Essex, he grew up in a house full of drama — his parents were teachers of it. Voices, characters and imagination were normal life, and he learned early that attention wasn’t something you waited for. You grabbed it. At school he pushed limits, chasing laughter that felt slightly dangerous. Not neat jokes, but reactions — big ones. When he reached the University of Manchester in t...

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22:58

Hōne Wiremu Heke Pōkai ~ A Māori Response to Colonial...

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2026/02/03

Send us a text Episode 247 Before treaties were signed and borders were fixed on maps, power in Aotearoa was measured in mana — authority earned, defended, and sometimes taken by force. Few figures embodied that struggle more clearly than Hōne Heke. Born into a high-ranking Ngāpuhi family in the early nineteenth century, Hōne Heke came of age during a time of enormous change. Muskets were reshaping warfare, missionaries were reshaping belief, and the British Empire was beginning to reshape th...

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24:28

Mané Garrincha ~ Roots Deeper than Fame

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2026/01/26

Send us a text Episode 246 Before the trophies, before the songs, before the stadiums learned his name, there is a man standing by a river. No crowd. No noise. Just water moving slowly through Pau Grande, dragonflies cutting the air, and a fishing line held loose in his hands. He isn’t thinking about tactics or titles. He isn’t thinking about history. He’s thinking about nothing at all — and that’s exactly the point. Mané Garrincha never set out to be a legend. He didn’t chase greatness, didn...

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21:08

Robert Maxwell ~ Power Paper and Secrets

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2026/01/19

Send us a text Episode 245 Robert Maxwell was a man who seemed too large for the age he lived in. To some, he was a brilliant immigrant success story — a war hero who arrived in Britain with nothing and built a vast publishing empire. To others, he was a bully, a fantasist, and a man constantly one step ahead of collapse. He filled rooms with his voice, his ambition, and his need to be noticed. Power fascinated him. Respect obsessed him. And money — other people’s money — kept him afloat long...

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24:09

Hugo Chavez ~ Born Under a Wide Sky

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2026/01/12

Send us a text Episode 244 Before the speeches and the salutes, there is a boy under the wide Venezuelan sky. The llanos stretch endlessly—flat, dusty, alive with insects and heat. Life moves slowly here, and poverty is ordinary. Hugo Chávez is born into this landscape in 1954, raised by his grandmother, shaped by discipline, faith, and stories told at night. Tales of Simón Bolívar linger in the air, mixing with baseball dreams and the quiet feeling that something in the country is deeply unb...

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25:02

George Mallory ~ The Mountain Kept the Proof

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2026/01/05

Send us a text Episode 243 George Mallory did not begin as a legend. He began quietly, far from the world’s highest places. Born into a modest English family, his early life was shaped by books, discipline, and long walks through the countryside. He was not driven by fame, but by curiosity — a pull toward effort, height, and the unknown. Climbing came slowly, learned on cold British rock faces where patience mattered more than courage. Long before Everest entered his life, Mallory had alread...

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20:43

Earl Weiss ~ The Fearless Chicago Bootlegger

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2025/12/29

Send us a text Episode 242 Before Earl Weiss became a name spoken in whispers, he was simply a boy growing up in a city that was learning how to be hard. Chicago, at the turn of the twentieth century, was loud, crowded, and restless — a place where opportunity and danger often arrived hand in hand. This is not a story that begins with violence, but with beginnings: with family, neighbourhoods, and the small, ordinary moments that slowly push a life in one direction rather than another. Earl ...

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Maxi Jazz ~ Authority Without Anger

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2025/12/22

Send us a text Episode 241 Some voices don’t shout. They arrive calmly, deliberately, and somehow carry more weight because of it. Maxi Jazz is one of those voices. Before the anthems, before the festival crowds and laser-lit nights, there is a boy growing up in post-war London — a city of concrete estates, pirate radio, borrowed records, and restless movement. A city where identity is fluid, where culture overlaps and collides, and where music becomes both escape and compass. Long bef...

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26:21

Charles Dickens ~ Conflict, Consequence, and Christmas

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2025/12/18

Send us a text Episode 230 He is a man who never forgets what it feels like to be small, overlooked, and afraid of the future. Even at the height of his success, when crowds gather and his name is spoken with admiration, memory walks beside him. It reminds him how quickly comfort can vanish, how thin the line is between respectability and ruin, and how easily a child can be swallowed by a careless world. From that memory comes his urgency. He writes not to decorate life, but to confront it —...

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Fumimaro Konoe ~ Power Handed Down, Not Earned

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2025/12/12

Send us a text Episode 239 Born into one of Japan’s most prestigious aristocratic families, Fumimaro Konoe seemed destined for power from the moment he arrived in the world. Raised in the refined traditions of the imperial court, he grew into an intellectual with a deep interest in philosophy, diplomacy, and Japan’s place in a rapidly shifting global landscape. Yet beneath the elegance and privilege lay a man constantly pulled between idealism and political reality. Konoe would eventually bec...

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21:48

EI-Cid ~ السيد ~ al-Sayyid ~ Between the Cross and...

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2025/12/05

Send us a text Episode 238 Before the legend, before the ballads and the bronze statues, there was a man known simply as السيد — al-Sayyid. A title whispered with respect across the plains of medieval Spain. Not a king. Not a saint. But a warrior whose life would shift the balance of power in a land divided by faith and ambition. In the dust of the 11th century, al-Sayyid — Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar — lived in a world where alliances changed with the wind and loyalty was often measured in stee...

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Tsutomu Yamaguchi ~ Burned by Humanity’s Wrath Twice

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2025/11/29

Send us a text Episode 237 He steps off the train in Hiroshima with a folder of shipyard plans under his arm, thinking only of getting home. It’s the summer of 1945, and Tsutomu Yamaguchi is just an ordinary engineer — a quiet man who sketches oil tankers and counts down the days until his child is born. He has no idea that, within hours, the world around him will twist into something unrecognisable. And he certainly can’t imagine that he will face the same nightmare again. Yamaguchi isn’t a ...

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Mani ~ Echoes from the Madchester Scene

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2025/11/26

Send us a text Episode 236 Born Gary Mounfield in 1962 in Manchester, Mani became the iconic bassist of The Stone Roses, a band that helped define the Madchester sound of the late ’80s and early ’90s. Known for his melodic basslines and effortless cool, Mani’s style was as much a backbone of the band’s sound as it was a quiet statement of personality—playful, inventive, and undeniably British. Beyond the music, Mani embodied the rebellious yet charming spirit of the era, moving seamlessly bet...

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Richard Pryor ~ When Comedy Found Its Courage

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2025/11/20

Send us a text Episode 235 Richard Pryor’s story begins far from the bright stages and film sets that would later define him. Born into a world marked by hardship, he grew up in a neighborhood where survival demanded quick wit, sharp instincts, and a talent for seeing humor in places others overlooked. His early life was shaped by poverty, complicated family ties, and the often-harsh realities of mid-century America. Yet it was precisely these experiences that forged his unmistakable voice. ...

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Brian Epstein ~ The 5th Beatle

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2025/11/13

Send us a text Episode 234 They called him the Fifth Beatle — the man who discovered four lads from Liverpool and helped turn them into the biggest band the world has ever known. But behind the sharp suits, the polished charm, and the quiet confidence, was a young man battling to prove himself in a world that didn’t quite understand him. Before the screaming fans and the flashing lights, Brian Epstein was a shopkeeper’s son with a restless ambition — and a secret life lived in shadows. His st...

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21:29

John Cadbury ~ The Birmingham Alchemist

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2025/11/07

Send us a text Episode 233 Birmingham, 1824. The air hums with the rhythm of the Industrial Revolution—iron, smoke, and ambition shaping a restless city. But amid the roar of machinery, one man dares to listen to a quieter calling. His name is John Cadbury, and his mission is not forged in metal or fire, but in compassion. From a small shop on Bull Street, he sells tea, coffee, and a curious new delicacy—drinking chocolate. To many, it is merely a luxury. To Cadbury, it is a moral alternative...

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23:27

James Brown ~ Funk on Fire

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2025/11/01

Send us a text Episode 232 Before there was funk, before soul had a name, there was James Brown — the man who turned rhythm into revolution. From sweat-soaked stages in the Deep South to worldwide fame, Brown didn’t just perform music; he invented a whole new way to move sound. In this episode, we’ll take a quick journey through the rise of the Godfather of Soul — how his grit, gospel roots, and unstoppable groove reshaped music, style, and swagger forever. Support the show Insta@justpa...

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Eddie St.James ~ Fever Burn

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2025/10/26

Send us a text Eddie St. James ~ Fever Burn Sometimes the world has a funny way of circling back. A few weeks after episode 182 — our story of Samuel Sharpe, the man who freed Jamaica — I noticed something strange: a sudden spike in downloads all across the island. That’s when I heard from Eddie St. James — a Jamaican-born soul singer with French roots, a voice aged in smoky bars, and a heart that still beats to the rhythm of the road. He told me the Sharpe episode hit home, reminded him wh...

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