Abroad in Japan · Thursday, September 10, 2026
The 'Branish Japan' podcast outlines its typical structure for new listeners, which includes a catch-up segment, story of the week, news of the week, and a Q&A segment called 'facts machine'. They note that the podcast has reached 445 episodes and is approaching its 500th.
“We do have a little bit of a format. It isn't just two annoying white guys turn up and chat about shit.”
“Well, well, all right then. That's the format. I mean, hey, that's the format. And this is a rather successful one. Uh, about that, but we, the format is, Pete and I catch up. Pete talks about the weather. I talk about how I've eaten some chicken and cheese. Fulling down the stairs. Then we, uh, after a brief catch-up, we have story of the week, where we read out a story sent in by you guys, usually something crazy and horrendous. Then we have the news of the week. We talk about, uh, current affairs and things going on here in Japan. And then sometimes, if you're lucky, you might get speedy Japanese, where we teach Pete some Japanese skills. And because he's coming to Japan in just three weeks' time, for the first time in three and a half years, he might need all the Japanese he can get. And we finish things off with three questions from the facts machine.”
“I looked this up earlier 'cause I don't know the stats. We've done 445 episodes of the Branish Japan podcast. Isn't that insane? So we're coming up to our 500th. I presume I've probably deleted a few by accident when I've been uploading on new ones, so, uh, yeah, that's amazing.”