Episode 6: Our guest, Baye McNeil, is a columnist, author, and lecturer in Japan. Baye kicks it with us to talk about his news column “Black Eye” in The Japan Times, racism, his BBC News interview and a lot more. 

[Raw Urban Mobile Podcast rebranded to Tokyo Speaks Podcast on Mar 7, 2020]

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Baye McNeil – Website | Black Eye (The Japan Times)

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