NNJ 50: Which way up?

The 50th episode milestone. Thank you to everyone who has listened so far. This episode takes a slight tone change in the middle as I used a new app to record on my phone and the room was acoustically different.

Just trying to find more ways to work in time to record.

This week, learn about escalator culture, we predict it won’t end well. 

Japan leaves the international whaling commission, because they keep trying to NOT kill whales. 

Find out how revelers were caught and arrested but not by the cop that forgot his gun in the toilet. 

NNJ 49: Good Cop Bad Cop

Learn about some of the words of the year.

Some cops beat each other up while other cops do their best not to hurt a dude.

Huawei is in trouble here too and a family restaurant takes a stand that the Japanese government won’t.

NNJ 47: Hot Pot AI – bad decisions

The news of the week is a 3 year old power harassment case, excessive touting (which is a thing, I just learned), a study on if young people are knocking boots, and the standard, Yakuza and Disney are both bastard organizations. 

Also, the laws of robotics. 

The offending video mentioned in the podcast, which is seriously hard to watch.