Episode 639 - Samurai Blue go two for two by The J-Talk Podcast on Patreon. Join The J-Talk Podcast's community for exclusive content and updates.

Episode 638 - J1 Matchday 8 by The J-Talk Podcast on Patreon. Join The J-Talk Podcast's community for exclusive content and updates.

After Kashiwa returned to winning ways with a come from behind 3-2 victory away at Kyoto on Friday night, Reysol correspondent Seamus Johnston returned to the pod to chat about the season so far, Frid...

Episode 637 - J1 Matchday 7 by The J-Talk Podcast on Patreon. Join The J-Talk Podcast's community for exclusive content and updates.

In this week’s JTET, James Taylor and Jon Steele talk about the game between promotion hopefuls Shonan and Sendai, including a discussion of head injury and concussion protocols (to 31:35), pick their...

After beginning this episode with a roundup of last Wednesday's J1 Matchday 5, including Mito's stunning Ibaraki derby win over Kashima (to 10:20), Jonny and Ben were joined by Chiba correspondent All...

Episode 636 - J1 Matchdays 5 & 6 by The J-Talk Podcast on Patreon. Join The J-Talk Podcast's community for exclusive content and updates.

Jonny and Ben were joined by a pair of our correspondents on this episode, after their sides notched first wins of the new season on Saturday night, after both had endured a rough start to the campaig...

Episode 635 - J1 Matchday 4 by The J-Talk Podcast on Patreon. Join The J-Talk Podcast's community for exclusive content and updates.

Jonny and Ben kick off this episode celebrating Mito Hollyhock's first ever J1 win, and chat about the worrying signs for Mito's victims Kyoto, who look a shell of the side who rose to 3rd in 2025 (to...

Episode 634 - J1 Matchday 3: Mito Magic! by The J-Talk Podcast on Patreon. Join The J-Talk Podcast's community for exclusive content and updates.

Later than usual due to summer holidays, James and Jon are back to pick over all the main talking points from Round 2 of the J2 season in a 25-minute mini-pod. In Part 1 (Start to 12:30), James takes ...

Episode 633 - J1 Matchday 2 by The J-Talk Podcast on Patreon. Join The J-Talk Podcast's community for exclusive content and updates.

Happy new season to all our listeners! JTET is back for 2026/27, and our first episode features a long-awaited return for pod favorite Sean Carroll. After Jon briefly rounds up all of the results from...

The new J1 season kicked off with a bang over the weekend, and Jonny and Ben were joined by Dan Orlowitz to chat about the record-breaking season opener at the National Stadium on Friday night between...

Episode 632 - J1 Matchday 1 by The J-Talk Podcast on Patreon. Join The J-Talk Podcast's community for exclusive content and updates.

Just in time for the start of the new J.League season, the JTET team finish off their big J2 season preview by looking at the other 10 clubs who will be taking part in the second tier in 2026/27. Jame...

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The J-Talk JPred Reveal Spectacular! by The J-Talk Podcast on Patreon. Join The J-Talk Podcast's community for exclusive content and updates.

With the J.League's first-ever August-May season about to kick off, the JTET team are on hand with some trusty preview content to help you with your preparations. In this 35-minute episode, Jon and Ja...

Episode 631 - J1 Previews Part 3 by The J-Talk Podcast on Patreon. Join The J-Talk Podcast's community for exclusive content and updates.

After an extended intro to this episode in which Jonny and Ben discuss the news that Go Oiwa will take over from Hajime Moriyasu after the Asian Cup, we were thrilled to welcome Hiroshima corresponden...

Episode 630 - J1 Previews Part 2 by The J-Talk Podcast on Patreon. Join The J-Talk Podcast's community for exclusive content and updates.

Episode 629 - J1 Previews Part 1 by The J-Talk Podcast on Patreon. Join The J-Talk Podcast's community for exclusive content and updates.

After a week away Jonny and Ben are back as we begin to look forward to kickoff of the new J1 season. We start the episode with some World Cup chat, and reaction to the news that Hajime Moriyasu will ...

Episode 628 - Moriyasu Stays, J.League Comings and Goings by The J-Talk Podcast on Patreon. Join The J-Talk Podcast's community for exclusive content and updates.

In this episode of JTET, Jon Steele and James Taylor begin their review of the J2/J3 100 Year Vision League by discussing the teams that overachieved and underachieved.   Stay tuned for part 2!   Than...

After Japan's heartbreaking defeat at the hands of Brazil, Ryo Nakagawara joined Jonny and Ben for a post mortem/therapy session as we discuss the Samurai Blue's latest World Cup knockout stage failur...

Episode 627 - Brazil 2-1 Japan by The J-Talk Podcast on Patreon. Join The J-Talk Podcast's community for exclusive content and updates.

Ep626 of J-Talk (recorded on 6/26!) features the dulcet tones and positive vibes of Alan Gibson, who joined Jonny and Ben to review Japan's draw with Sweden* (to 21:05) and look ahead to the Samurai B...

Episode 626 - Japan 1-1 Sweden; Bring on Brazil! by The J-Talk Podcast on Patreon. Join The J-Talk Podcast's community for exclusive content and updates.

Jonny and Ben were thrilled to welcome former J-Talk co-host Sam Robson back to the pod to review Japan's superb 4-0 romp over Tunisia in their second Group F match at the World Cup. We chat about Haj...

Episode 625 - Tunisia 0-4 Japan by The J-Talk Podcast on Patreon. Join The J-Talk Podcast's community for exclusive content and updates.

A hard fought point but could it have been more?

Jonny and Ben were joined by Ryo Nakagawara to run the rule over Japan's World Cup opener against the Netherlands. We cover all of the major incidents from the game, Japan's best performers, and some ...

Episode 624 - Netherlands 2-2 Japan by The J-Talk Podcast on Patreon. Join The J-Talk Podcast's community for exclusive content and updates.

The J2/J3 100 Year Vision League drew to a close with the 2nd round of playoff fixtures, and in this episode James Taylor and new JPred champion Jon Steele discussed the match to decide who was overal...

Jonny and Ben review the J1 playoff 2nd legs on this episode, beginning with Kashima's home win that was merely window dressing as Kobe claimed the CEJLC title with a 5-2 aggregate win (to 35:50). The...