About this episode

This episode discusses various topics including a study on a giant Cretaceous octopus and recent news from Japan.

In today’s episode: Giant Cretaceous octopus under study by Hokkaido University Hokkaido layer confirms asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs Putin’s Akita dog Yume, gifted by Japan in 2012, has died Japan’s LDP moves to criminalize public desecration of national flag Prince Hisahito to make imperial banquet debut at age 19 Japanese artist’s AI-generated film wins top prize at French Riviera festival

People in this episode

Host: TokyoBill

Topics covered

• Cretaceous octopus
• asteroid impact
• Putin's dog
• national flag desecration
• imperial banquet
• AI-generated film

Keywords

• Hokkaido University
• Cretaceous octopus
• asteroid impact
• Putin
• Yume
• LDP
• Prince Hisahito
• AI film
• Japanese news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hokkaido University, Japan, LDP

Books & works: AI-generated film

Places: French Riviera

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