“As a former Kagoshima JET from the early 2000’s I was so excited to find this podcast. But host Mitch has made that an impossibility. Mitch is a Las Vegas bro dropped in southern Kyushu who seems to loathe everything about the country he now calls home. From mocking Japanese people, including his co-hosts, to lamenting the customs of his adopted home, I can’t help but wonder why he chooses to continue to live in Japan—a place he so obviously disdains. The only thing that seems to bring him joy is his clearly problematic drinking habit, details of which he proudly boasts in soliloquy form each episode. He’s the white, misogynist American template, looking to be a big fish in a rural, homogeneous pond. Desiring only to drink to excess, bed Japanese women, and exploit the culture, this man-child has sullied the reputation of the once prestigious JET program. Stay away and check out Abroad in Japan with Chris Broad instead.”
frontrowkatie via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/16/23