Japan Intercultural Institute

Society EN ↓ 50 episodes

A podcast that explores the psychological impact of intercultural experiences, informed by the sciences of brain, culture and mind. We look at the personal growth that can come from—travel, working and living abroad, immigrating, learning a foreign language—and the challenges of bridging different cultural worlds.

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Japan Intercultural Institute

Episodes

Episode 69 – Cultural Chameleons 19.06.2026 45:59

Episode 68 – Humor Across Cultures 15.05.2026 40:44

Episode 67 – Rerun: Ethnocentrism 15.04.2026 35:53

Episode 66 – Third Culture Kids: Superheroes or Lost Toys? 15.03.2026 38:11

Episode 65 – Culture and Leadership 15.02.2026 45:58

Episode 64 – Are you a native speaker? 15.01.2026 40:01

Episode 63 – (Rerun) Gender and Culture: Expectations 15.12.2025 39:16

Episode 62 – Tightness and Looseness 14.11.2025 45:50

Episode 61 – Is Culture Real? 15.10.2025 41:18

Episode 60 – What Happened to the Global Village? 15.09.2025 47:53

Episode 59 – Summer rerun: What makes a home a home? 14.08.2025 30:48

Episode 58 – Deep Questions 15.07.2025 38:39

Episode 57 – Personality and Culture—Deep Connections 19.06.2025 32:08

Episode 56 – Culture, Scarcity and Flourishing 18.05.2025 42:52

Episode 55: Evolution: How Culture Made Us Human 15.04.2025 35:46

Episode 54 – Love Across Cultures 15.03.2025 38:55

Episode 53 – Language Learning: More than a Code 15.02.2025 44:34

Episode 52 – Culture and Religion (Part 2): Navigating Worldviews 15.01.2025 44:43

Episode 51: Culture and Religion (Part 1): Starting Conversations 18.12.2024 47:09

Are you a believer? 84% of the world’s population identifies with religion, yet intercultural education barely mentions the topic. In Part 1 of this two-part episode, Joseph Shaules and Ishita Ray explore the connection between culture and religion. We learn how culture shapes attitudes towards secular and religious values from: Sanne Bosma, Emre Seven, Torhild Liane Harr Skarnes, Luan Borges de C...

Episode 50 – Expanding Your Circle of Empathy 15.11.2024 34:46

Episode 49 – The Psychology of Cultural Misunderstanding 15.10.2024 34:38

Episode 48 – Beyond WEIRD (Pt 2): Deep Culture Learning 15.09.2024 34:23

Ep. 47 Summer Re-run: Tagore, Empathy and the Other 15.08.2024 37:07

Episode 46 – Beyond WEIRD (Part 1): Approaches to Intercultural Education 15.07.2024 37:11

Episode 45 – Who Needs Intercultural Education? 15.06.2024 32:00