All Episodes
Listen up! With Mr. I — 158 episodes
Listen Up! Episode 157: Chosing the right word
Listen Up! Episode 156: The months of the year
Listen Up! Episode 155: The Days of the Week
Listen Up! Episode 154: Bears again
Listen Up! Episode 153: Computer translators and AI
Listen Up! Episode 152: Acronyms
Listen Up! Episode 151: Mr. I's self-intro (2025 version)
Listen Up! Episode 150: Place names
Listen Up! Episode 149: Marriage and name changes
Listen Up! Episode 148: My language learning journey
Listen Up! Episode 147: Should everyone learn English?
Listen Up! Episode 146: Name suffixes and Requests
Listen Up! Episode 145: More cats - Mame and Mu
Listen Up! Episode 144: Elementary days
Listen Up! Episode 143: How are houses different?
Listen Up! Episode 142: Summer 2024 - part 2
Listen Up! Episode 141: Summer 2024 - part 1
Listen Up! Episode 140: Learning to drive
Listen Up! Episode 139: Let's talk about cars
Listen Up! Episode 138: Old and New
Listen Up! Episode 137: Dating differences
Listen Up! Episode 136: Strange questions
Listen Up! Episode 135: Why do extensive listening?
Listen Up! Episode 134: Valentine's Day/White Day
Listen Up! Episode 133: Concerts I've been to
Listen Up! Episode 132: Bands I've been in
Listen Up! Episode 131: Hit by a car! (But I'm OK)
Listen Up! Episode 130: New Year's 2024
Listen Up! Episode 129: Sankebetsu bear incident part 3
Listen Up! Episode 128: Sankebetsu bear incident part 2
Listen Up! Episode 127: Sankebetsu bear incident part 1
Listen Up! Episode 126: A wise man climbs never
Listen Up! Episode 125: Modern English
Listen Up! Episode 124: Summer 2023
Listen Up! Episode 123: Geography language
Listen Up! Episode 122: Four seasons?
Listen Up! Episode 121: Fast changes in fashion
Listen Up! Episode 120: More wild animals
Listen Up! Episode 119: My favorite food
Listen Up! Episode 118: Titan Submersible
Listen Up! Episode 117: Entrance ceremonies
Listen Up! Episode 116: Animal cafes
Listen Up! Episode 115 - Balloon News (February '23)
Listen Up! Episode 114: North Korean Missiles
Listen Up! Episode 113: Halloween tragedy in Seoul (Listen up to the News)
Listen Up! Episode 112: An odd dream
Listen Up! Episode 111: Summer break 2022
Listen Up! Episode 110: My family
Listen Up! Episode 109: Improving your pronunciation
Listen Up! Episode 108: High school baseball
Listen Up! Episode 107: Overtime
Listen Up! Episode 106: Coming of age in the US
Listen Up! Episode 105: Basketball!
Listen Up! Episode 104: Winter sports
Listen Up! Episode 103: The Ramen Episode
Listen Up! Episode 102: Our third cat, Mimi
Listen Up! Episode 101: How I became an English teacher
Listen Up! Episode 100: Wild animals in Japan
Listen Up! Episode 99: Foods in foreign places
Listen Up! Episode 98: Summer break 2021
Listen Up! Episode 97: Chicago's famous places
Listen Up! Episode 96: K-Pop
Listen Up! Episode 95: Failing as a music student
Listen Up! Episode 94: Pro sports in Chicago
Listen Up! Episode 93: Thoughts about kanji
Listen Up! Episode 92: Working for the weekend
Listen Up! Episode 91: Future travels
Listen Up! Episode 90: Festivals in the US
Listen Up! Episode 89: Festivals in Japan
Listen Up! Episode 88: Disney World and Marching Band
Listen Up! Episode 87: YouTube-ing
Listen Up! Episode 86: Elemetary language education
Listen Up! with Mr. I trailer
Listen Up! Episode 85: Food in Japan and the US (2)
Listen Up! Episode 84: Food in Japan and the US (1)
Listen Up! Episode 83: Getting vaccinated
Listen Up! Episode 82: Comparing comedy
Listen Up! Episode 81: Video games and me
Listen Up! Episode 80: Weddings in the US and Japan
Listen Up! Episode 79: Culture shock?
Listen Up! Episode 78: Let's talk about masks
Listen Up! Episode 77: It's summer break again!
Listen Up! Episode 76: After the Olympics
Listen up! Episode 75: ローマ字
Listen Up! Episode 74: Tokyo 2020?
Listen Up! Episode 73: University application
Listen Up! Episode 72: Another Christmas Episode
Listen Up! Episode 71: High School days
Listen Up! Episode 70: Japanese and US products
Listen Up! Episode 69: Travels with Mr. I
Listen Up! Episode 68: One more time! Cats!
Listen Up! Episode 67: My daughter
Listen Up! Episode 66: University life
Listen Up! Episode 65: The Sendai Episode
Listen Up! Episode 64: Mr. I's favorite foods
Listen Up! Episode 63: Manga and anime
Listen Up! Episode 62: Trumpet talk
Listen Up! Episode 61: Some more Shamisen
Listen Up! Episode 60: The clothes make the man
Listen Up! Episode 59: BLM and racism in Japan
Listen Up! Episode 58: Carl Oscar Isaacson
Listen Up! Episode 57: A convenient store
Listen Up! Episode 56: Who is Oyama Toshijo?
Listen Up! Episode 55: Coronovirus talk
Listen Up! Episode 54: Cats!
Listen Up! Episode 53: Part time toilet throwing
Listen Up! Episode 52: 3.11
Listen Up! Episode 51: To Infinity and Stones?
Listen Up! Episode 50: Rules to ride by
Listen Up! Episode 49: TeeVee
Listen Up! Episode 48: Life BFB, BYT
Listen Up! Episode 47: Straight-down-y?
Listen Up! Episode 46: Hidden songs?
Listen Up! Episode 45: Tokyo-centric
Listen Up! Episode 44: 10...9...8...7...6...
Listen Up! Episode 43: Winter fun
Listen Up! Episode 42: Christmas cake and fried chicken?
Listen Up! Episode 41: Y'all're gun git two piece a paper
Listen Up! Episode 40: Four seasons
Listen Up! Episode 39: A, B, AB, or O?
Listen Up! Episode 38: Under the weather
Listen Up! Epsideo 37: Up to code?
Listen Up! Epsiode 36: A convenient place
Listen Up! Episode 35: Trick-or-Treat!
Listen Up! Episode 34: Let's go for a drive!
Listen Up! Episode 33: Roll, train, roll
Listen Up! Episode 32: Dreams of paleontology
Listen Up! Episode 31: They're...different.
Listen Up! Episode 30 - It's apples and oranges
Listen Up! Episode 29: Shaking or Spinning?
Listen Up! Episode 28: Why cycling?
Listen Up! Episode 27: Tan or Burn?
Listen Up! Episode 26: Are we gonna make it!?
Listen Up! Episode 25: A slow plane?
Listen Up! Episode 24: School's out for summer!
Listen Up! Episode 23: ショック！ハイテンション！カリスマ！
Listen Up! Episode 22: The ultimate sport
Listen Up! Episode 21: Ransel? Eisbahn? Manto? More loan words.
Listen Up! Episode 20: Happy 4th!
Listen up! Episode 19: Made in Japan...English?
Listen Up! Episode 18: I am a cat
Listen Up! Episode 17: Inaka no Presley
Listen Up! Episode 16: Too many tourists?
Listen Up! Episode 15: A name is a name is a name
Listen Up! Episode 14: Manji!?
Listen up! Episode 13: Can I get a loan (word)?
Listen up! Episode 12: Koedo, Kawagoe
Listen up! Episode 11: All about Hakodate
Listen up! Episide 10: Hokkkaido ha dekkaido!
Listen up! Episode 9: Between a mountain a the sea - Kisakata
Listen up! Episode 8: Chicago!
Listen up! Episode 7: Fashion in the US and Japan
Listen Up! - Episode 6: University in Japan and the US
Listen Up! - episode 5: All the sports!
Listen Up! Episode 4: Mr. I is a traveling man
Listen Up! Episode 3: All about music
Listen Up! Episode 2: About Mr. 1 (2)
Listen up! Episode 1: About Mr. I (1)