PitchCentric
The Asian Ethnology Podcast podcast artwork

society

The Asian Ethnology Podcast

Hosted by Asian Ethnology / Benjamin Dorman · society · EN · 34 episodes

About this Podcast:

The Asian Ethnology Podcast features conversations with scholars, researchers, editors, and practitioners working across anthropology, folklore, religion, media, and Asian studies. Alongside academic ideas and research, the podcast also explores the experiences, encounters, and unexpected moments that shape fieldwork, scholarship, and cultural life.

Pitch Analysis

Required Pod Score for this show. PitchCentric checks your profile against host openness, topical fit, and audience signals before you generate a pitch.

Contact path

Verified email

Booking probability

40%

Guest openness

Selective

Verified email on file
80/100
Required Score

Sign up to generate a grounded pitch for The Asian Ethnology Podcast.

Signup to Generate a Pitch

Questions about The Asian Ethnology Podcast

What is The Asian Ethnology Podcast about?

The Asian Ethnology Podcast features conversations with scholars, researchers, editors, and practitioners working across anthropology, folklore, religion, media, and Asian studies. Alongside academic ideas and research, the podcast also explores the experiences, encounters, and unexpected moments that shape fieldwork, scholarship, and cultural life.

Who hosts The Asian Ethnology Podcast?

The Asian Ethnology Podcast is hosted by Asian Ethnology / Benjamin Dorman. The show has published 34 episodes to date.

How hard is it to get booked on The Asian Ethnology Podcast?

Booking probability for The Asian Ethnology Podcast is 40%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Asian Ethnology Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Asian Ethnology Podcast's contact route on record: verified email.

Who should pitch The Asian Ethnology Podcast?

The strongest fits for The Asian Ethnology Podcast are Universities & Colleges. The Asian Ethnology Podcast has a society audience.

About the host

Asian Ethnology / Benjamin Dorman hosts The Asian Ethnology Podcast, a society show with 34 episodes published.

Verified host email: ████████@████.comSign in to unlock →

Recent episodes

Our AI reads these to draft pitches. Use them as grounding for a pitch that cites a real guest and a specific topic.

  • The Asian Ethnology Podcast

    Interview with McComas Taylor

    —11 min

    In this episode of Asian Ethnology Podcast, McComas Taylor, Associate Professor and Reader in Sanskrit at the Australian National University, discusses how his research lies at the intersection of contemporary critical...

  • The Asian Ethnology Podcast

    Interview with Thomas David DuBois

    —32 min

    This episode features historian Thomas David DuBois, who is currently Professor of Humanities at Beijing Normal University. Thomas discusses his original reasons for studying China, the application of historical...

  • The Asian Ethnology Podcast

    Interview with Tom Bauerle

    —29 min

    This episode's guest is Tom Bauerle, the author of Kanashibari: True Encounters with the Paranormal in Japan . Although this is not an academic work, the author discusses the folkloric elements of ghost stories, in...

  • The Asian Ethnology Podcast

    Interview with Steven Fedorowicz

    —23 min

    Interviewer: Mark Bookman Recorded: Wednesday Feb 17th 2021 This episode features a discussion with Steven Fedorowicz, cultural anthropologist, visual anthropologist, and associate professor at Kansai Gaidai University...

  • The Asian Ethnology Podcast

    Interview with Ian Reader

    —29 min

    Intro :35 Religion in contemporary Japan since the publication of Religion in Contemporary Japan (1991) 4:15 Lack of evidence concerning "new spirituality movements"; the importance of considering decline in...

View More
  • The Asian Ethnology Podcast

    Developmental Ethics and the Question of “Worthwhile” Development

    —31 min

    In this episode of the Asian Ethnology Podcast, Ben Dorman speaks with Benjamin Huffman about the FIRE Program (First Year Innovation & Research Experience) and its efforts to encourage students to think critically and...

  • The Asian Ethnology Podcast

    When AI Trains on Our Books

    —7 min

    An unexpected discovery raises a larger question: how do scholarly books end up in AI training datasets? This episode looks at shadow libraries, academic publishing, and the evolving relationship between artificial...

  • The Asian Ethnology Podcast

    Moving Asian Ethnology to Scholastica

    —8 min

    In this episode, Asian Ethnology co-editor and managing editor Ben Dorman discusses the journal's ongoing move to the Scholastica publishing platform and the broader commitment to open access and sustainability that...

  • The Asian Ethnology Podcast

    Interview with Peter Knecht, former editor of Asian Folklore Studies – Part 2: Experiences as the journal editor

    —47 min

    Interviewer: Ben Dorman, co-editor Asian Ethnology Recorded 8 June 2017, Nagoya, Japan Peter Knecht was the editor of Asian Folklore Studies from 1980 until 2007. The journal changed its name to Asian Ethnology in 2008...

  • The Asian Ethnology Podcast

    Interview with John Powers

    —19 min

    Interviewer: Ben Dorman In this episode, John Powers (Deakin University) discusses an interdisciplinary project involving historians, anthropologists, scientists, and folklorists concerning rivers that originate in...

  • The Asian Ethnology Podcast

    Interview with Frank Mondelli

    —26 min

    Interviewer: Mark Bookman Date recorded: 26 October 2020 This episode of Asian Ethnology Podcast features Frank Mondelli, a doctoral candidate at Stanford University. Frank recently returned from research in Japan and...

  • The Asian Ethnology Podcast

    Interview with Yoshiko Okuyama

    —22 min

    In this episode Yoshiko Okuyama talks about her most recent monograph, Reframing Disability in Manga (University of Hawai'i Press, 2020). Okuyama explains that her work examines representations of disabled people in...

  • The Asian Ethnology Podcast

    Interview with Andreas Riessland

    —40 min

    In this episode anthropologist Andreas Riessland discusses his research on Japanese biker gangs ( bōsōzoku ) and a project involving Shugendō Buddhist and Shinto groups that ended in failure due to various struggles...

  • The Asian Ethnology Podcast

    Interview with David Faure and He Xi

    —23 min

    Interviewer: Thomas David DuBois In this episode, we speak with China historians David Faure and He Xi of the Chinese University of Hong Kong about historical anthropology. Faure discusses the university's Historical...

  • The Asian Ethnology Podcast

    Interview with Gopalan Ravindran

    —35 min

    In this episode, Gopalan Ravindran, Professor and Head of Department of Journalism and Communication at the University of Madras, talks about media literacy in India in general, his initial interest in journalism and...

  • The Asian Ethnology Podcast

    Interview with Jin Feng

    —32 min

    In this episode, we speak with Jin Feng, Professor of literature at Grinnell College, Iowa, and author of a new book on Chinese foodways. Jin discusses how the experience of leading a study trip to China and Russia...

  • The Asian Ethnology Podcast

    Interview with Guha Shankar

    —32 min

    Interviewer: Ben Dorman, co-editor Asian Ethnology Recorded 22 March 2018, Washington D.C. This episode's guest is Guha Shankar, Folklife Specialist at the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C...

  • The Asian Ethnology Podcast

    Interview with Erica Baffelli

    —42 min

    This episode's guest is Erica Baffelli, senior lecturer in Japanese Studies at The University of Manchester. Erica's research interests include religion in contemporary Japan, new religions, religion and media, and...

  • The Asian Ethnology Podcast

    Interview with Frank Proschan

    —51 min

    Interviewer: Frank Korom, co-editor Asian Ethnology Recorded 24 March 2018, Washington DC Intro :59 Early interest in anthropology, folklore, and folklife; work at the Smithsonian Institution 2:23 Study at The...

  • The Asian Ethnology Podcast

    Interview with Patrick McCartney

    —34 min

    This episode's guest is Patrick McCartney, who is working on a post-doctoral project at the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, titled "Yoga Scapes: The Economics of Imagination and...

Guest Appearances

Recent guests on The Asian Ethnology Podcast. Study who booked and why before you pitch.

Best industries to pitch The Asian Ethnology Podcast for

PitchCentric classifies The Asian Ethnology Podcast under these industries. Guests from them are the closest fit, and each links to the best podcasts in that industry.

Podcasts like The Asian Ethnology Podcast

Is this podcast yours and you'd like to remove or correct details? Request removal or email privacy@pitchcentric.com.

Questions about the free trial? See the pricing FAQ