Abroad in Japan · Friday, August 14, 2026
Host Chris Broad shared his experience recording an audiobook for the "UJ Gosu Japan podcast" in Oxford. He found it amusing to be in the same recording booth previously used by actors like Jeremy Irons.
“I've been channeling my inner Pete Donaldson recently. I was uh, I just got back from doing a three-day audio book recording for the UJ Gosu Japan podcast.”
“Yeah, in Oxford. I wanted to do it in London this time. Last month, I did in London. I went for the uh, I escaped to the countryside. And uh.”
“Like the last time it was like Brian Cox and, uh, David Mitchell was in it before me and this time it was, uh, Jeremy Irons.”