{"id":85773,"date":"2025-09-19T10:00:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T01:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/?p=85773"},"modified":"2025-09-22T12:27:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T03:27:14","slug":"waseda-to-launch-season-2-of-its-english-podcast-rigorous-research-real-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/news\/85773","title":{"rendered":"Waseda to Launch Season 2 of its English Podcast \u201cRigorous Research, Real Impact\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following the success of the first season of its English language podcast \u201cRigorous Research, Real Impact,\u201d Waseda University will be launching season two on September 23, 2025 (Tue). The eight-episode season will continue to broadly showcase the diverse work of Waseda University social sciences and humanities researchers while also introducing the English-degree programs they teach in. \u201cRigorous Research, Real Impact\u201d is available for free on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, and YouTube.<\/p>\n

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MC Fabian recording with Associate Professor Brian Hikari Hartzheim<\/a> at the Waseda International House of Literature (Haruki Murakami Library)<\/p><\/div>\n

Season two will feature eight knowledgeable Waseda researchers casually conversing with Waseda PhD students about their recent, rigorously conducted research in the humanities\/social sciences, their thoughts on working in Japan at Waseda, and the merits of the English-based degree programs they are a part of. Short 15-minutes episodes will cover a range of themes that include legendary game designer Hideo Kojima, territorial disputes in Northeast Asia, and hybrid peacebuilding. It\u2019s the perfect choice for international listeners considering attending university in Japan, current students contemplating further study in graduate school, and researchers looking to make the move to Japan and work for a university that stresses the importance of interdisciplinary approaches.<\/p>\n

\u201cWaseda University Podcasts: Rigorous Research, Real Impact\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n\u25cbSpotify<\/a>
\n\u25cbAmazon Music<\/a>
\n\u25cbYouTube<\/a>
\n\u25cbWaseda University Website<\/a><\/p>\n

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Episode Release Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n

One episode released every two weeks.
\n\u00a0\u00a0 *Please note the schedule is subject to change.<\/p>\n

\u25a0Episode 1 (Release date: 2025\/09\/23):\u00a0
\n\u00a0 Associate Professor Theron Muller<\/a> (Faculty of Human Sciences)\u2014
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cTranslanguaging and Identity: Research in the Japanese Context\u201d<\/p>\n

\u25a0Episode 2 (Release date: 2025\/10\/7):\u00a0
\n\u00a0 Associate Professor Brian Hikari Hartzheim<\/a> (Faculty of International Research and\u00a0 \u00a0Education)\u2014
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cHideo Kojima and the Art of Game Design\u201d<\/p>\n

\u25a0Episode 3 (Release date: 2025\/10\/21):
\n\u00a0 Professor Alexander Bukh<\/a> (Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies)\u2014
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cSocial Construction of Territorial Disputes in Northeast Asia<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n

\u25a0Episode 4 (Release date: 2025\/11\/04):\u00a0
\n\u00a0 Associate Professor Jack Seddon<\/a> (Faculty of Political Science and Economics)\u2014
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cMarket Makers: The Politics of Market Design\u201d<\/p>\n

\u25a0Episode 5 (Release date: 2025\/11\/18):\u00a0
\n\u00a0 Associate Professor Megumi Kagawa<\/a> (Faculty of Social Sciences)\u2014
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cHybrid Peacebuilding: Local Voices in Conflict Resolution\u201d<\/p>\n

\u25a0Episode 6 (Release date: 2025\/12\/2):
\n\u00a0 Associate Professor Pau Pitarch<\/a> (Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences)\u2014
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Episode Title TBD<\/p>\n

\u25a0Episode 7 (Release date: 2025\/12\/16):\u00a0
\n\u00a0 Professor Alex Coad<\/a> (Faculty of Commerce)\u2014
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Episode Title TBD<\/p>\n

\u25a0Episode 8 (Release date: 2026\/1\/13):
\n\u00a0 Professor Jung Yuhee<\/a> (Faculty of Social Sciences)\u2014
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Episode Title TBD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following the success of the first season of its English language podcast \u201cRigorous Research, Real Impact,\u201d Wa […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85781,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81,117],"tags":[168,379,178],"class_list":["post-85773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-topic","tag-education-en","tag-podcast-en","tag-research-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85773"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85812,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85773\/revisions\/85812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}