Syukuro Manabe and some other people win the Nobel Prize, illustrating a lot about how and why Japan claims  people as Japanese. We talk to Mary Kobayashi about how she defines her Japanese identity, and how media representation works to define "Japanese..." as sexy, anime robot.The average age of Ollie's friends is getting lower.Bobby recycles.Topics discussed on this episode range from:Brian's back!Performance anxiety and the introvert/performer paradoxSyukuro Manabe's Nobel Prize Win How Japan latches on to successful members of the diaspora even when they've leftJapanese people trying to monopolize all the good qualitiesA thorough interrogation of how Bobby racially profiles his childrenHow using "Japanese people are okay with us loving their culture" to defend cultural appropriationMary's research into who the most popular Japanese characters areThe stereotypes that get used in Western Media to depict JapanesenessThe stages of minority representation, and how anti-stereotype roles are still racistMary's experience with adult swim and in the entertainment industryHer take on how Western Media handles Asian representation, whitewashing and tokenismHow Korean Entertainment contributes positively to representationTerrace HouseHow the discussion of what Japaneseness is has moved from one that happens mostly in Japan to one that happens globallyTopics discussed on the extras include:Mary's mom knew who Bobby wasHow Bobby curates his personality depending on what jobs he's doing.The teenage Ollie Horn who's beating Ollie out of the google search resultsMary's experience in comedy, music, and entertainment overallThe unfortunate timing of her departure from Adult Swim due to a move, and the advent of remote workThe experience of having to do entertainment on ZOOMMUCH MUCH MOREGet access to the extras for standard episodes by supporting the podcast for less than $1 an episode by becoming a member at http://buymeacoffee.com. Have something you'd like to say? Send us a fax at japanbyrivercruise.com - it works now.or Tweet to us at @jbrcpodSocial Media Links:Mary Kobayashi:  Twitter Ollie Horn: Twitter | InstagramBobby Judo: Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeOther things to click onSome are affiliate links because we're sell-outsWe record remotely using Squadcast and the podcast is hosted on Transistor. Bobby uses the Samson Go Mic and Ollie uses the AT2005USB mic

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