The Japan Podshow crew are happy to announce the release of their first episode of Japan Podshow, which isn’t in fact a real episode at all. You can download it directly from the ‘download’ link at the top of the page, or listen using our flash player below.

In this taster, you’ll meet the hosts, George and Joseph, and hear what they have planned for you when the series kicks-off proper in April 2009.

Within a few days of this being published we’ll have an iTunes feed available for you to subscribe to. We’ll notify the world here, and on Twitter.

Initially we’ll just be releasing .mp3 versions, but in the future you can expect fully funky interactive audio-video medleys of greatness.

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