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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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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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9:21

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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17:10

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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24:22

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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14:08

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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2:35

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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15:02

The Brighton Bombing Part 2 ~ The Aftermath

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2025/10/25

Send us a text Episode 231 Brighton, October 1984 — The Aftermath The blast has faded, but its echo still hangs in the air. Smoke drifts through the wreckage of the Grand Hotel — splintered glass, twisted steel, and the heavy silence of disbelief. Yet by morning, the Conservative Party conference resumes. Voices return to the same hall now shadowed by loss, determination standing where fear had settled overnight. Outside, the manhunt begins. Streets are searched, names whispered, evidence...

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The Brighton Bombing ~ Part 1

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2025/10/20

Send us a text Episode 230 Brighton, October 1984. A calm seaside city, glittering under streetlights and the low hum of the pier. The gulls cry over the Channel, taxis roll along the promenade, and the Grand Hotel stands proud — polished brass, white stone, and the smell of salt drifting through its doors. Inside, the Conservative Party gathers. Politicians, reporters, and aides crowd the corridors, their voices bright with politics and champagne. The Prime Minister will speak tomorrow. It...

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19:20

Leonard Rossiter ~ The Art of Unease

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2025/10/17

Send us a text Episode 229 In the smoky glow of 1970s British television, one face stood out — sharp-eyed, restless, and always on the brink of outrage or brilliance. Leonard Rossiter wasn’t your typical leading man. He was wiry, precise, and gloriously unpredictable — the kind of performer who could turn irritation into art. From the chaotic charm of Rising Damp to the razor wit of The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, Rossiter built a career on discomfort — his own and everyone else’s. But...

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16:33

Sir Christopher Wren ~ The Man Who Rebuilt London

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2025/10/14

Send us a text Episode 228 Sir Christopher Wren is a name that instantly conjures images of soaring spires, intricate domes, and some of the most iconic buildings in London. Born in 1632, Wren was not just an architect—he was a polymath, equally at home with mathematics, astronomy, and anatomy. Yet it’s his work after the Great Fire of London in 1666 that cements his place in history. Tasked with rebuilding a city in ruins, Wren transformed the skyline, blending classical grandeur with innova...

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11:39

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio ~ In Light and Shadow

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2025/10/10

Send us a text Episode 227 He painted saints and sinners with the same trembling hand — his own. Born in chaos, driven by passion, and hunted by his past, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio turned paint into confession. His art shocked Rome with its brutal honesty and divine beauty, forever changing how the world saw light, flesh, and faith. But behind every masterpiece stood a man at war with himself — violent, brilliant, and desperate for redemption. Support the show Insta@justpassingthroug...

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18:28

Musashi Miyamoto ~ The Blade and the Brush

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2025/10/05

Send us a text Episode 226 The air is thick with the scent of pine and steel. A lone figure stands on the bank of a quiet river, the rising sun glinting off the blade at his side. His hair is wild, his kimono worn, his eyes fixed on the rippling water. Soon, he will fight a man who has spent his life preparing for this one moment. Musashi, though—he has no plan. Only instinct, chaos, and the certainty that he cannot lose. But how did a boy from the mountains of Harima become Japan’s mo...

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11:08

Charles Goodyear ~ The Smell of Burnt Hope

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2025/09/29

Send us a text Episode 225 A man sits hunched over a workbench. His fingers are raw, stained black with soot and resin. The air is thick with the acrid smell of burning rubber, sulfur biting at the back of his throat. It is the middle of the 19th century, and while the rest of America surges ahead with steam, steel, and expansion, Charles Goodyear is locked in a tiny workshop, chasing an obsession. He has no money. His family lives in poverty. The world laughs at him, mocks his failures, and...

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