🎙 Podcast Club [Now Listening: Bite Size Japanese]

日本語の会話のPodcast

Summary

It’s a dialogue style podcast, where our narrator’s Yamamu and Kibi cover a broad range of topics (mainly involving Japanese culture/lifestyle) of different levels.

Website: https://kotonohanihongo510.wixsite.com/my-site (It’s currently offline though)
Format/Episode Length: Usually 20-30 min
Genre: Lifestyle
Difficulty: Varied
Transcript availability: I think yes, at least on Spotify I am able to see it

Availability

Youtube
Spotify

Personal Opinion

They speak slowly, but also at a natural level. The topics of conversation vary, but are mostly about lifestyle and culture, so easy to follow. It’s also a dialogue style podcast, which I think has some advantages (and disadvantages) compared to monologues - mainly that you can learn about natural conversations, 相槌, etc. But for me, what I really appreciate is that they have different levels of content, and label the episodes based on the estimate difficulty, so it’s accessible to a broader public.

Pros and Cons

Pros

  • Varied level of content
  • A lot of later content is divided into estimated level (N1-N5), so it’s easy to narrow episodes for your level

Cons

  • May be difficult to determine what to listen with the club, as the level of episodes can vary a lot