Matt Bigelow
JAPAN WUT? Podcast
AI markets in Tokyo, AI Music, and rising conflict in the Indo-Pacific region.
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Oct 20, 2025
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Episodes
JAPAN WUT PODCAST 216 "AI-CARBON SURVEILLANCE" 16.06.2025
Sustainability and AI are reshaping Japan. Make of that what you will. From Taiwan drone deals to $1B Bangladesh aid, AI carbon credits in Malawi, & Post-Religious Cults. It's not in the future, it's happening now. For Show Notes: matthewpmbigelow.com
JAPAN WUT A.I. MUSIC PODCAST 5 "SWAMPY SECONDS" 13.06.2025
🎸🥁 Japan Wut Podcast — AI-powered music in Tokyo, blending gritty swamp rock with driven breakbeat instrumentals. Making BGM Great Again on the cutting-edge of AI music generation! #AIMusic #SwampRock #Breakbeat #TokyoVibes #Suno
JAPAN WUT PODCAST 215 "GOAL EIGHT" 08.06.2025
We compare Japan’s GOAL 8 in Weather Manipulation and China’s Brain Computer Interface Ambitions to see if SDG/ESG initiatives are behind Japan’s move to become a multicultural society. SHOW NOTES
JAPAN WUT A.I. MUSIC PODCAST 4 "SWAMP ROCK IN JAPAN" 06.06.2025
“Swamp Rock” is a chicken-picking, resonator shifting collection of blues-inspired jams set in Japan’s marshes, swamps, and brackish lakes. Explore the State-of-the-Art in AI music. Do you like it, or hate it?
JAPAN WUT PODCAST 214 “A.I. WATER” 01.06.2025
AI and IoT water sensors monitor what is exiting your homes and your bodies. AI Idols may save many would-be stars from years of abuse. Self-driving trucks send secrets to a rival nation’s R&D program. The future is not as it appears to be. Yet here it is. go to matthewpmbigelow.com for show notes and more
JAPAN WUT A.I. MUSIC SHOW 3 "MY STINKY CHEESE" 30.05.2025
Join Matt Bigelow, the A.I. Whisperer, in a celebration of A.I. cheese. Get your Chia Pet, your Dodge Charger, and your Hypercolor T-Shirt and join us on the cutting-edge of cheese in A.I. Music Production!
JAPAN WUT PODCAST 213: A.I. SKINSUITS 25.05.2025
What’s going on with Japan’s new railgun? Why is Japan proceeding with AI Governance protocols, and with whom? Will Japan get AI to raise the children? Follow on X: @MRBigelow SHOW NOTES SUPPLY CHAIN WAR Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Unveils Electromagnetic Railgun Installed on Test Ship JS Asuka Japan Receives New F-35 Lightning Fighters From US Japan flexes defense ambitions at arm...
JAPAN WUT A.I. MUSIC PODCAST 2 "THE TENGU'S HORN" 23.05.2025
Welcome back to Japan’s Exclusive A.I. Music Podcast! Explore the cutting-edge of audio technology with host Matt Bigelow, aka the A.I. Whisperer. We got big beats, break beats, slick beats, cool horns, horny synths, synthy guitars and more. This ain’t your grandfather’s A.I. Join us!
JAPAN WUT PODCAST 212 "POST-SCROLLING" 18.05.2025
Is Japan’s reliance on foreign AI-tech making the country un-Japanese? How are Japan’s and China’s AI Ships similar and different? Would you like get into a Japanese University only to have your lecturer be an AI program? Go to matthewpmbigelow.com for show notes.
JAPAN WUT AI MUSIC SPECIAL 1 "TRUMPETS AND GROOVES" 16.05.2025
Dive into "AI Music Special 1: Trumpets and Grooves" on The Japan Wut Podcast, where we explore cutting-edge AI-generated instrumentals from Tokyo. This episode features gritty trumpet melodies, funky basslines, and cool grooves crafted with pocket drums, heavy compression, and tape saturation. Infused with hairy synthesizers, CrunchWave beats, minor chords, 7th chords, and Soviet Wave vibes, we u...
JAPAN WUT PODCAST 211 "AI NUGGETS" 09.05.2025
How is Japan bolstering its defenses in the Supply Chain War? Can the Japanese afford SDGs? Do you want your body injected with nano-tech interfacing with the cloud? SHOW NOTES Japan Wut 211 Song SUPPLY CHAIN WAR Japan's KDDI and NEC to partner on supply chain, infrastructure cybersecurity Japan back-end chip companies form alliance to upgrade supply chain Japan to add undersea cables and satellit...
JAPAN WUT PODCAST 210 "TECHNOCRACY AT OSAKA EXPO" 01.05.2025
Chappie (@Chapmano_TV) joins the podcast to discuss his boots on the ground analysis of the Osaka Expo 2025, and how it may be a training ground for our technocratic future. Do you want to live in a cashless society where the advanced technology is sequestered by the elites, the plebs are forced to eat soymeat okonomiyaki burgers, and everything is tracked by Blackrock-funded blockchain companies...
JAPAN WUT PODCAST 209 "THE UNCONNECTED CONNECTED" 25.04.2025
Why are Japan’s automakers doing so poorly? Is it wise for Japan to use seized Russian assets to fund Ukraine? How will facial recognition be used to personalize your cancer medication? SHOW NOTES JAPAN Nissan to post biggest ever loss in fiscal 2024 amid restructuring Toyota truck arm Hino posts record net loss for FY 2024 on data fraud Quality scandal sends Toyota global output down for 1s...
JAPAN WUT PODCAST 208 "MECHANIZED PTERODACTYLUS FROM THE FUTURE" 18.04.2025
Is the Osaka Expo being used as a technocratic training ground? How can supply chains can be weaponized asymmetrically? Would you talk to an AI-resurrected family member at their funeral? SHOW NOTES JAPAN DEPOPULATION / MIGRATION Japan’s Population Declines for Fourteenth Straight Year: Over-75 Cohort Continues to Grow Japan faces severe shortage of carpenters as home prices soar Teacher hel...
JAPAN WUT PODCAST 207 “TREACHEROUS A.I. DOGS” 09.04.2025
Where are the treacherous A.I. dogs coming from? How do N. Korean IT scams affect Japan? Are Japan’s business leaders asleep at the wheel? ECONOMY Japan bankruptcies in FY2024 top 10,000 SUCKERS & TRAITORS 2 Japanese men suspected of aiding N. Korean IT impersonator Taiwan jails four soldiers, including three who worked in presidential office, for spying for China Intel and Microsoft sta...
JAPAN WUT PODCAST 206 "DIGITAL BOOMERS" 02.04.2025
Can Japan escape its boomer trappings? How does control of the Panama Canal affect Japan’s long-term interests? Why are Japanese Farmers protesting in favor of rice-price hikes? SHOW NOTES JAPAN ECONOMY Bank of Japan survey says big manufacturers gloomier Japan enforces food supply emergency law amid soaring costs Farmers march in downtown Tokyo, demand income security 20-40% of new apartments in...
JAPAN WUT PODCAST 205 "AI ATMOSPHERIC CONSCIOUSNESS" 28.03.2025
How did China surpass Japan as the world’s leading auto exporter? Is Japan poised for victory in the AI Chip War? Why are Data Centers being built near Nuclear Power Plants? SHOW NOTES Poland's adjusted income to overtake Japan's by 2026 Rapidus teams up with Singapore's Quest Global to produce AI chips Battery materials plant in Finland starts construction; jv with China’s Easpring U.S. blacklist...
JAPAN WUT PODCAST 204 "AI EXTRACTORS" 19.03.2025
Can Japan help financialize the Supply Chain War? Are missiles enough to deter grumpy neighbors? What are we supposed to pass down, if it’s all being extracted by someone else? SHOW NOTES SUPPLY CHAIN WAR Japan eyes deploying long-range missiles in Kyushu Japan commissions fourth Awaji-class minesweeper Ship Wars: Confronting China’s Dual-Use Shipbuilding Empire Marco Rubio Face the Nation on CBS...
JAPAN WUT PODCAST 203 "AI CUSTOMERS" 12.03.2025
Can Japan solve climate change with $3 million? Why are Japanese companies creating AI Customers? Why aren’t any of Japan’s Universities in the Global Top 100 for AI? SHOW NOTES JAPAN IAEA Upbeat, but Niigata Governor Delays Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Restart SUPPLY CHAIN WAR Japan to give $3 mil to help Pacific islands fight climate change China's EUV breakthrough: Huawei, SMIC reportedly advancing LDP l...
JAPAN WUT PODCAST 202 "DARK AI HOSPITAL" 08.03.2025
Should Japan turn to tech or migrants to plug its draining demographics? How do Japan’s AI markets compare to China’s? Is the US trying to force a change in the Japan alliance? MIGRATION / POPULATION DECLINE Number of Japanese Births Continues to Fall in 2024 SUPPLY CHAIN WAR Japan brushes aside US demand to boost defense budget to 3% of GDP Trump Japan Comment Trump accuses Japan of currency mani...
JAPAN WUT PODCAST 201 "DARK FACTORY" 28.02.2025
Should Japan be concerned about China’s patent for a undersea cable cutting device? Who stands to gain from Dark Factories? Can Japan’s AI startup hubs compete on the global stage? JAPAN ANA places mega-order of 77 new jets Japan’s Civil Aviation College to Have Female Applicant Quota from 2027; Quota Hopes to Secure More Female Pilots in Domestic Airlines SUPPLY CHAIN WAR Will the Self-Defense Fo...
JAPAN WUT PODCAST 200 "A.I. HAPPY POINTS" 21.02.2025
Did Tokyo implement a social credit score? Why are Japan Banks using A.I. models with blue hair? Who steals a stomach? SHOW NOTES JAPAN Japan's total debt hits record ¥1.3 quadrillion in 2024 SUPPLY CHAIN WAR Japan launches fourth Hibiki-class auxiliary ocean surveillance ship for the JMSDF Seven cities in Fukuoka prefecture plan to accept 47,000 evacuees in case of Taiwan emergency; Taiwan subsea...
JAPAN WUT PODCAST 199 "THE EMPIRE'S EDGE" 13.02.2025
What is Japan’s current position in the Supply Chain Wars? How will Japan handle the influx of millions of AI Agents in the workforce? Can Japan develop its own Self-Driving Systems? SHOW NOTES SUPPLY CHAIN WAR Hill hearing explores network of China-controlled ports as security threat China builds space alliances in Africa as Trump cuts foreign aid Ghana and China (from Grok) Infrastructure Invest...
JAPAN WUT PODCAST 198 "YOUR A.I. AGENT COMETH" 06.02.2025
How will AI agents flooding the corporations affect the way we work? Can Japan’s small scale startups compete? What do we know about China’s new secret submarine’s role in the Supply Chain War? SHOW NOTES SUPPLY CHAIN WAR New Unreported Submarine In China Leaves West Guessing Panama: Will not renew agreement with China on Belt and Road initiative Trump says the US will take over the Gaza Strip Gre...
JAPAN WUT PODCAST 197 "AI ARMS RACE" 31.01.2025
How did a leaked document from 2018 predict Japan’s connection to China’s supercharged AI programs? If 30% of Japan’s population become foreign-born, should they be entitled to vote? What is going on with Japan’s investments in AI agents? SHOW NOTES SOCIETY 5.0 Over the past week, DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup, released its R1 model, which outperforms leading AI models at a lower cost, causing a...
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