7 in 10 Japanese Children Now Have Virtual Friends
1/19/202631 min
I want to befriend that Tupac hologram from Coachella.
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First 90 secondsPete Donaldson· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Wow.
Chris Broad· Host0:01
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to the Abroad Japan podcast, probably the best way of learning about life in Japan without actually being in Japan. I'm your host, Chris Broadbent, joined as always by England's top Japan enthusiast, Mr. Pete Dawson. Pete, how the devil are you doing? What's going on?
Pete Donaldson· Host0:23
I'm good. All of the pâté I consumed over the Christmas period- Ah ... is still coursing through my veins. Um, I'm- More pâté the merrier ... more pâté the merrier.
Chris Broad· Host0:31
What kind of pâté?
Pete Donaldson· Host0:32
Um- Ham?
Chris Broad· Host0:33
Chicken?
Pete Donaldson· Host0:34
... yeah, Ardennes. Yeah, Ardennes. I don't know what's in an Ardennes.
Chris Broad· Host0:36
Yeah.
Pete Donaldson· Host0:36
Chicken livers? I don't know.
Chris Broad· Host0:37
Ah, chicken liver.
Pete Donaldson· Host0:37
There's a bit of pa- There's a posh version of it that's got a bit of pistachio in it. [laughs] Lovely. Absolutely lovely. I've started making my own dip for, uh, crisps.
Chris Broad· Host0:45
You are the, you are the 1% with your pâté. [laughs] Phil.
Pete Donaldson· Host0:48
I make me own dip with, uh, really cheap mayonnaise and lemon juice and pepper.
Chris Broad· Host0:53
[laughs] Oh.
Pete Donaldson· Host0:54
And I was just absolutely seeing that off.
Chris Broad· Host0:56
It's great.
Pete Donaldson· Host0:57
And I wonder why I'm a size. But I am cut- But I am cutting out the lattes, as discussed. I'm having, uh- [laughs] ... filter coffee. I've switched to filter coffee, people.
Chris Broad· Host1:04
When I did, uh, [laughs] the original Journey Across Japan with Ian.
Pete Donaldson· Host1:07
Mm.
Chris Broad· Host1:08
Good old Ian.
Pete Donaldson· Host1:08
Yes.
Chris Broad· Host1:08
You know Ian. We love Ian.
Pete Donaldson· Host1:09
Yeah, we love Ian.
Chris Broad· Host1:10
The, uh- We respect Ian ... driver and producer.
Pete Donaldson· Host1:12
Mm.
Chris Broad· Host1:12
He had a latte every day, times, like, three.
Pete Donaldson· Host1:15
Right.
Chris Broad· Host1:15
And I think he put on, like, five kilograms.
Pete Donaldson· Host1:17
[laughs] He needs it, man.
Chris Broad· Host1:19
He- He's busy ... [laughs] he loved those lattes.
Pete Donaldson· Host1:21
Yeah.
Chris Broad· Host1:22
And I was like, "Just drink... Like me, just drink a black coffee with a drop of milk." 'Cause a latte is, like, you know, three-quarters- Yeah ... full of milk.
Pete Donaldson· Host1:28
Or even, or even a black coffee with the sugar