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Ain't It Fun Part 2 (ft. Valerie Temple & Aaron Lange)
Cleveland film culture meets COVID-era media debates—programming, policy, and the politics of storytellingCorrupt adults from IkebukuroWe open on the guest’s day job: building arts education in…
Ain't It Fun (ft. Aaron Lange)
Punk, Cleveland, and the Myth of Peter LaughnerCorrupt adults from IkebukuroWe sit down with Aaron Lange, Cleveland-based author and illustrator, to dig into his graphic biography of Peter…
From Japanese Love Hotels to Enochian Angels (ft. Andrew Logan Montgomery)
Sex, sorcery, and the collapse of civilizationCorrupt adults from IkebukuroWe kick things off by mourning the Tokyo of the early 2000s—when English teachers made real money and the city still felt…
Is Japan Still Worth It?
Rusty returns, remote temptations, and urban decayCorrupt adults from IkebukuroWe open post-hiatus, reflecting on burnout, disconnection, and the surreal feeling of a Tokyo that never went back to…
D&D, Demons, and the Digital Abyss (ft. Andrew Logan Montgomery)
Fifty episodes in: tracing the path from Crowley to AI demonsCorrupt adults from IkebukuroWe open episode 50 reflecting on the overlap between RPGs and ritual magic—the game master as shaman, play as…
Why We Want to Be Owned (ft. Rayme Michaels)
Our synthetic future, and what it means to be human (or not)Corrupt adults from IkebukuroWe begin by riffing on the appeal of AI lovers—perfect, tireless, emotionally tuned, never arguing—and ask…
The Goon Future
We fall in love with our machines, and they kill usCorrupt adults from IkebukuroWe open with jokes about naming machines and whether AIs should roleplay like sitcom characters. That quickly shifts…
Do You Actually Like What You Do?
Do you actually care about what you claim to love?Corrupt adults from IkebukuroWe kick things off challenging the romanticization of rural life, dissecting the myth of "reconnecting with nature"…
Default Mode Breakdown
how mystical experiences might just be brain errorsCorrupt adults from IkebukuroWe open on the horror of real-time memory loops—one man perpetually regaining consciousness every 8 minutes—and wonder…
Foreskins & Neuralinks
The Algorithm has no GodsCorrupt adults from IkebukuroWe kick things off with a PBS-core plug for engagement and spiral immediately into algorithm fatigue, old-school cable TV, and the easy-hit…
What America Does to Its Weirdos
America’s meltdown, one neurotic hallucination at a timeCorrupt adults from IkebukuroWe kick off with a deep dive into Casey Kasem’s infamous meltdown over a dead dog dedication, then spiral into…
How Japan Accidentally Shaped the Future
One generation of innovation, now archived and ghostedCorrupt adults from IkebukuroWe start with Malaysian multiculturalism and National Park vanishings, then segue into Kuala Lumpur’s uncanny…
English Won't Survive
The music fades, the languages die, and we wait for the hard resetCorrupt adults from IkebukuroWe open on the aftermath of a chaotic club night — buying tickets for the wrong event, getting trapped…
Science Fiction Was Right
Late nights, techno dreams, and reality checkmatesCorrupt adults from IkebukuroWe kick off in a haze of post-club morning brain fog — 9am, slightly fried, one of us just came back from a Richie…
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Crashing
Zen, motorcycles, and learning through failureCorrupt adults from IkebukuroIn this solo episode, I (Dan) unpack a recent crash during a motorcycle track day. No injuries, but it gave me a lot to…
Nietzsche! Crowley! Rand! LaVey! Eliade! Fromm! Adler! Libertarian Socialism! The Japanese Penis Festival! (ft. Rayme Michaels)
Fiction, philosophy, and chaos in practiceCorrupt adults from IkebukuroWe kick off spring talking about Tokyo track day aggression before diving into a long-form chat with writer Rayme Michaels. We…
The Era of Reactionary Taste
The Death of Balanced CritiqueCorrupt adults from IkebukuroWe open by talking about grinding content creation — trying to stack up a backlog of work while burning the candle at both ends. Ideally, we…
Telepathy & Teleportation
Cherry Blossoms, Chaos, and Casual ClothesCorrupt adults from IkebukuroWe kick things off with a rare solo intro, reflecting on the fleeting beauty of cherry blossoms in Japan and the eerie passage…
The Most Dangerous Book You’ve Never Read
Weird Al, Hollow Earth, and the Secret Machine Under the PyramidCorrupt adults from IkebukuroWe kick off reminiscing about strange musical revivals in the 1990s—Gregorian chant remixes, swing…
Does America Matter Anymore? (ft. Benjamin Beardsley)
From Tokyo to America and Back Again: A Journey Through Madness and MeaningCorrupt adults from IkebukuroWe’re joined by Benjamin, who takes us through his wild journey from Japan to the U.S. and…
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Bukuro Boys has published 54 episodes since August 2024, covering topics in Philosophy, Society & Culture.
Bukuro Boys is currently dormant with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 1h 7m.
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