35. Otosan (Dad): Our Avid Podcast Listener

Send us Fan Mail He could arrive at 9:43 on the dot, laminate anything important, and somehow turn a simple math question into several different types of graphs. In this episode, we give our Otosan the spotlight, sharing stories from his childhood in Iwanuma, near Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, the routines that shaped him, and the memories that still make us laugh. We talk about the reason pets were banned in our house, our grandparents’ unforgettable quirks, the “ghost photo” that scared some...