In 2024, the Mansfield Foundation continued its podcast series, with a second season focused on members of the Sixth Cohort of the U.S.-Japan Network for the Future.
The Mansfield Podcast is available via Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and other venues.
- Japan’s Cybersecurity, with Mihoko Matsubara
- Japan’s Silver Democracy, with Charles McClean
- Anthropology, Language Usage, and Health Policy, with Cindi SturtzSreetharan
- U.S.-Japan Student Exchange, with Tom Mason
- Expanding Japan Studies, with Lauren McKee
- Recovery and Public Spaces in Japan, with Paul Christensen
- Japan’s Role in Cybersecurity Policy, with Benjamin Bartlett
- Is Japanese Pacifism a Myth? With Tom Le
- Japan’s “Nuclear Things,” with Ryo Morimoto
- Lessons from Modern History, with Nick Kapur
- A Journalist’s Look at the U.S.-Japan Relationship, with Noriko Akiyama
- Discrimination Studies and Pathways to Japan, with Charles Crabtree
This season consists of conversations with leading experts in Japan Studies and the U.S.-Japan relationship, discussing their work, as well as the professional experiences that have shaped their career paths.
Editing support for the Mansfield Podcast comes from former Mansfield interns Selena Hasan and Janessa Chu. Music is courtesy of Laura Schwartz and Bellwether Bayou.