This mini episode features a discussion of fascism: What is it? Did Japan have it? Do we have it now? This episode's investigation of fascism will give you some background for our upcoming episode on Nosaka Akiyuki's Grave of the Fireflies and "American Hijiki."

Our first episode features a discussion of Chai Jing's documentary Under the Dome, about the pollution crisis in China. We also talk about Chai Jing's career, censorship, and how we dealt with air pollution when we lived in China