Inside Japan Podcast

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/altinsider/IJ133.mp3 This week I go over a great video that you all should check out about 3 hidden truths of dispatch English teaching companies. Go watch the video first, then listen to this for maximum

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/altinsider/IJ132.mp3 This week Peter from JobsinJapan.com dropped in to give us a direct line to the current pulse of the job market in Japan. Are things improving? Still doom and gloom? Is it actually a

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/altinsider/IJ126.mp3 This week we continue the 10-week leaving Japan special with questions and answer episode with questions I got from people on twitter, Facebook and the discord. Good grab bag of stuff. Only two episodes

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/altinsider/IJ125.mp3 This week we continue the 10-week leaving Japan special with the tale of me making the jump from ALT work to 100% freelance. It was scary, (and frankly still is scary), but I’ve managed

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/altinsider/IJ124.mp3 This week we continue the 10-week leaving Japan special with an overview of starting this very website and podcast. It’s in a very different place than it was in 2015, but I’m happy with

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/altinsider/IJ123.mp3 This week we continue the 10-week leaving Japan special with an overview of how I studied Japanese, why my Japanese knowledge is hemorrhaging (though I am a freelance translator), and what I would do

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/altinsider/IJ121.mp3 This week we continue the  10-week leaving Japan special with my retrospective of my ALT career. It includes what I did well, what i did not so well, what I would do differently, and

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/altinsider/IJ120.mp3 This week we continue the 10-week leaving Japan special with some the beginning of my work in Japan, which started at the now defunct Eikaiwa, GEOS. Listen and learn about my overall thoughts of Eikaiwa

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/altinsider/IJ119.mp3 This week we start the 10-week leaving Japan special with some of my backstory, why I actually came to Japan, and my experience of actually landing and getting ready to start my first job in

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/altinsider/IJ118.mp3 This week Tony from Japankyo.com and The Japan Station podcast drops in to share his tale of working in Japan as a JET, and then keeping his “working in Japan” career alive, even after

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/altinsider/IJ117.mp3 This week I’m speaking to the people that are beginning or might begging their working in Japan journey. In my opinion, the earlier you make some key decisions the more successful you will be.

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/altinsider/IJ116.mp3 This week William joins the show to ask a common question I get, and I answer it live. This show is proudly sponsored by JobsinJapan.com

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/altinsider/IJ114.mp3 This week I spoke with returning guest Daniel about how he managed to turn his career with JET into his own teaching company in America, in a niche he was very comfortable with, Japanese

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/altinsider/IJ112.mp3 This week I spoke with Akil, a fellow long-termer in Japan that has some very interesting stories and opinions to share. We talk the crash of NOVA, freelance private lessons full-time, side hustles, and

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/altinsider/IJ111.mp3 This week I spoke with Nicholas, a member of the ALTTO team that has put together an incredible resource over at ALTTO.net, in hopes to change the ALT game. A noble (and 100% free)