ome had Nero.  The Aztecs had Cortez.  Japan had it’s Fat Man.  Throughout history, every great empire meets it’s end.  And for Dai-Cast, that time is now.  Welcome, friends, to the end of an era.  An era marked by furious ratholes, meaningless banter, and the occasional nugget of real, informative content, all in the name of the education, elucidation, enlightnement, and mental emolument of the nipponistic hoi-polloi.

Join us then, for part one of the inevitable descent into greater obscurity, for “Dai-Cast, The Final: Part 2″.

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Hosts: Ian Horner, Chris the Fixed Kitty, and Eryn Dearden with Brendan Dery as “Beej”.

Topics Covered This Week:

• Noguchi Hideo, Japanese Father of Syphilis – wikipedia.com
• Hentai themed video card – gadgets.boingboing.com
• Few decide to take part in the Yamanote Halloween Train – japanprobe.com
• Japan PM Taro Aso “Won’t change his style” – japanprobe.com
• The Japanese love Sarah Palin – expatforobama.wordpress.com
• Japan sues American TV network over “Wipeout” – japanprobe.com
• 52% of Japanese don’t have a problem with counterfeit goods – japanprobe.com
• Seats block the doors on Japanese trains – japanprobe.com
• Emerging surveillance society in Japan – japanprobe.com

Chris’s Non-Fiction Book of the Week: The Clitoral Truth: The Secret World at your Fingertips

Beej’s Webcomics of the Week: Beej’s Top 5 Comic Artists of All Time!

This week on Dai-Cast, Jason wants to get into the tampon business, beer drinking is finally safe for blind people, Obama thanks Obama (the town), and Maglev trains are coming for Tokyo and Osaka… eventually.  Plus, Richard Gere is back re-making Japanese movies, this time about Hachiko, the Shibuya brass dog.  And cupcakes.  So sit back with a coffee, and a big box of the tasty treats, and enjoy!

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Hosts:  Ian Horner, and Jason Hill, with Brendan Dery as “Beej”.

Topics covered this week:

• Braille beer cans for the blind – inventorspot.com
• Obama thanks Obama – cbc.ca
• Maglev trains between Tokyo and Osaka – japanprobe.com
• Hachiko remake with Richard Gere – q-taro.com
• New York Cupcakery in Tokyo – q-taro.com

Beej’s Webcomic of the Week – We The Robots