Along with anime and J-pop, the Japanese game industry is another influential export of the country. My guest, Catherine (Cat) Dinh now works at Ubisoft Osaka, and we talk about the industry, work practices and a valuable trait that a non-Japanese worker can bring to a Japanese workplace.

Game Changing: Game Designer

Many of us go through several restarts and pivots. For Natalie Hamilton, it's been a full circle going back to teaching and finding her passion and purpose (including time to publish a textbook on kanji). Join us for a discussion on what that's like, and why finding purpose is an ever-changing destination.

Footnotes:
Natalie's book on kanji can be found at: https://thekanjicode.com/the-kanji-code-study-guide/
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Music for this episode is A Journey by Kevin Hartnell, from the Free Music Archive, under license type CC BY-SA.

The After JET podcast is generously supported by CLAIR, the Council of Local Authorities for International Relations, but is otherwise an independent personal project. All views expressed on this podcast are the independent opinions of podcast participants and do not represent any organisation that participants are connected with or work for.

After JET - Life Changes

Oh the places you’ll go. Dr Seuss's poem nicely describes the post-JET life of my guest, Sam Baldwin - journalist, start-up techie and author. A desire to live the outdoor mountain life led him to living and working in Slovenia in a 300-yo cabin. He chronicles his journey and love for his adopted country in his upcoming book, Dormice and Moonshine: Falling for Slovenia. Sam's description of this overlooked corner of Europe is very evocative - anyone want to do a trip?

Footnotes:
- Sam's portfolio site: sambaldwin.me (https://www.sambaldwin.me/)

Music for the episode is Snow Drift by HoliznaCCO, from the album Winter LoFi, with a public domain license and sourced from freemusicarchive.org

The After JET podcast is generously supported by the Council of local authorities for International relations or CLAIR, but is otherwise an independent personal project by me, Eden Law. All views and opinions expressed on this podcast are the personal opinions of podcast participants and are not the official views of any organisation that participants are part of, connected with, or work for.

Oh, the Places You'll Go: Writer and Journalist

Against the odds, a tiny Icelandic town speaks of a local Black ancestor. Geneticists and historians combine forces to uncover the man’s eventful life.

A Trail Gone Cold

Continuing with the theme about the meandering path of life, our guest has certainly done her fair share of travelling and career paths (diving instructor, tour manager and marketing director, recruitment) and now currently runs a non-profit greenhouse program in a converted ice hockey stadium in Canada, in a town located in the Arctic Circle  - making her the northern-most guest to appear on this podcast.  She also tells some pretty funny stories about navigating the health system in Japan, so brace yourself.

Footnotes:
You can donate to help Inuvik Greenhouse continue it's program, or follow their work online: 
- Website: https://inuvikgreenhouse.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/inuvikcommunitygreenhouse/

UPDATE: Read about Ray's work! https://tinyurl.com/yblu55uq

Music adapted for this episode: "Bloom" by Jahzzar from the album #handmade and is licensed under a  Attribution-ShareAlike License, available on freemusicarchive.org 
- https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/handmade/Bloom

Life in the Arctic: The Non-profit Director

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