{"podcast":{"title":"Queers with Accents","slug":"queers-with-accents-7747041","podcast_index_feed_id":7747041,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/113ab0284/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://qesl.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_20.html","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/46149417/46149417-1781285828871-79c7dc171d6bc.jpg","author":"Queer ESL with Masaki Seto","episode_count":15,"summary":"Japanese queer writer and ESL educator Masaki Seto is joined by his fellows ESL speakers (like his students) to discuss social justice and other topics.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-24T10:17:01.892727+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/queers-with-accents-7747041"},"episode":{"title":"#13 Night owls, morning persons, and the joy of trivial research","slug":"13-night-owls-morning-persons-and-the-joy-of-trivial-research","published_at":"2026-06-18T22:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/queers-with-accents-7747041/13-night-owls-morning-persons-and-the-joy-of-trivial-research","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/queers-with-accents-7747041","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/queerswithaccents/episodes/13-Night-owls--morning-persons--and-the-joy-of-trivial-research-e3kn8mp","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/113ab0284/podcast/play/121397401/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-12%2F426031469-44100-2-faf3112c7ba2c.mp3","summary":"Kinoko is one of my ESL students and the author of I Have Two Partners: Living the Polyamorous Life , a ground-breaking book in Japanese about polyamory, as well as the organizer of Poly Lounge , a series of events for polyamorous and questioning people and allies. We publish archived videos of our lessons as a podcast. Today, our conversation covered the following topics: Kinoko arriving late due to a typhoon, closing her curtains, and her usual routine as a morning person (waking at 6 AM, bed by 11 PM at the latest) – despite enjoying underground night events, she always catches the last train. Masaki as a night person who stays up until 4 or 5 AM, especially when he has no obligations the next day, doing "trivial research" (e.g., 18 hours on German architecture) just for fun. The difference between obligated (legal/contractual) and obliged (personal/moral feeling); Masaki's "mild obligation" of waking up with his boyfriend helps maintain his daily rhythm. Masaki getting a new passport entirely online (using My Number card, paying by credit card, picking it up in five minutes at the city office) – much easier than in the past. Kinoko's younger self as a night person who would stay up reading books all night, but now her age and nature prevent that; staying up late would waste the whole next day. Surprising shared love for kanbun (classical Chinese literature) – Kinoko finds it fun like a foreign language; Masaki hated it in school and didn't know anyone who liked it. Masaki's reading habits: slow reader, buys books and piles them up unread ( tsundoku / book hoarding), but is excited to announce he will publish a book (a compilation of essays) next year. The unique pleasure of paper books: no alerts, no notifications, nothing interrupts the reading…","meta_description":"Kinoko is one of my ESL students and the author of I Have Two Partners: Living the Polyamorous Life , a ground-breaking book in Japanese about polyamory,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2309,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/queers-with-accents-7747041/episodes/13-night-owls-morning-persons-and-the-joy-of-trivial-research/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/queers-with-accents-7747041/13-night-owls-morning-persons-and-the-joy-of-trivial-research.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}