S2E5: "Let's do some more EAVESDROPPING!!!"

Let’s return to the first episode of Eavesdropping and listen to a little more of the conversation. In this episode, there is still background noise. Listen to how the background noise becomes part of the conversation. Also, listen for digression, which means ‘getting off topic.’ This happens twice toward the end. Curry Queen: So, do you buy a newspaper? Russ: Uhh...Sometimes…- CQ: (Rewinding Sound done with mouth) How do you check the news? How do you get the news? R: How do I get my news information? CQ: Mmm. R: Sometimes, online. CQ: Mm. R: Uh. Sometimes, I get a lot of it from TV. CQ: Uhh...Japanese TV or... R: Japanese TV. CQ: Hmm! R: Yea. So, I get... CQ: To study Japanese. R: No, to get the news. (slight chuckle) CQ: Right. R: But, at the same time, It...is a way to study Japanese, Yes! CQ: Hmm… R: Uhh...Yea! I get most of my news from TV, but...sometimes on Saturdays, uh, I get the weekend edition... CQ: Uh. Newspaper? R: ...of The Japan Times... CQ: Oh. R: ...mixed with the New York Times. So, some American, New York, international news plus some Japanese news. It’s a good combination. CQ: Mm. Eh. How do you think of Japanese journalism? You...can get enough information from the TV news? R: I don’t get all of the information because of the language barrier. But um...I think...(Sound of Machines Being Cleaned)I guess they have to clean the machines, huh?***(digression) CQ: Uhn... R: My God, I’m hun...I just realized how hungry I am. Just 10 seconds ago, I just got really hungry. ***(digression) CQ: Oh...Uh... R: It just hit me like that. CQ: Hmm... R: Umm...’Un! Shun Shun Shun Shun Shun!!!...’ (Imitating the noise of the machine) CQ: Very disturb us. R: Yea. They are the disturbers. CQ: Intentionally. R: Inten...Yea, it is intentional. CQ: Because you didn’t buy a drink. R: Yea, so they’re taking it out on me. Um...But your question was... CQ: Well, I feel that Japanese journalism, especially TV news? R: Yea. CQ: Is very...superficial. R: Superficial? I think so, too! It’s not...It’s no HARD-HITTING. CQ: Mm... R: You know? Like, there’s a war going on, or like the U.S. is pulling out of Afghanistan, for example. There’s a lot of stuff going on, but their TOP STORY... CQ: Mm... R: …is something insignificant. CQ: Mm. R: You know? CQ: Mm... R: So, that’s not good for society, you know? CQ: Mm... R: ...Tell us what’s going on around the world, too...You know? CQ: Mm... R: So, that’s how I feel.