The Yellow Ship: Recent Episodes
The Yellow Ship
In 1854, the Black Ships came to Japan. About 160 years later, another ship arrived, but this time… it’s YELLOW.
The Yellow Ship is a fun and lively podcast about life in Japan from the lenses of Asian foreigners, Brian and Pearleen. The podcast covers anything and everything including Japanese TV to surviving summer in Japan.
The Yellow Ship crew: Brian - A suncake baked with Californian rays Pearleen - A Singaporean bicycle with marmite in the basket
All episodes are now uploaded on our YouTube channel. Check it out!
Let's just make this clear once and for all. Summer in Japan is not like being in Singapore... it's just TOO HOT! In this episode, Brian and Pearleen talk about summer in Japan and share their tips for surviving the hell that is the Japanese summer without being too much of a sweaty mess.
In this special episode, we talk about the Black Lives Matter movement, reactions we have seen here in Japan, and our experiences with racism. By sharing our journey and perspectives, we hope to be able to contribute to the ongoing conversations and help everyone through their learning processes. "It is a privilege to be educated about racism instead of experiencing it", but it is our hope that through discussion and education, through the change in awareness and mindset, we can help to evoke empathy to lead to action.
asians4blacklives
Educational links An educational post on how to deal with anti-black racism in families. https://everydayfeminism.com/2016/01/asian-americans-tackle-anti-black-racism/ New York Times post, regarding the protests. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/opinion/george-floyd-minneapolis.html Ways that the Asian community can show support to the Black community. https://medium.com/awaken-blog/20-allyship-actions-for-asians-to-show-up-for-the-black-community-right-now-464e5689cf3e
Other ways you can help. https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/#text https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/#resources https://medium.com/awaken-blog/20-allyship-actions-for-asians-to-show-up-for-the-black-community-right-now-464e5689cf3e https://witanddelight.com/2020/05/how-white-people-can-be-better-allies-to-the-black-community/
There is Netflix... and there is Japanese TV. In this episode, Brian and Pearleen talk about TV in Japan under COVID-19 and share some of their favourite things on Japanese TV - and it's not Pikotaro.
This episode was recorded when Brian and Pearleen was under the influence of wine, and is rated PG.
Brian and Pearleen have been #stayingathome, and #thethirstisreal. In this episode, they talk about the Japanese celebrities staying at home and venturing into social media, and the ones that don't stay at home.
This episode was recorded on 22 May, just before the State of Emergency in Tokyo was lifted, and before Tegoshi had to deal with the consequences of his bad behaviour.
In this pilot episode, Brian and Pearleen discuss about the unintended consequences of COVID-19: Messages from the Jade Emperor and the discovery of amazing microwaveable food.