The J-Talk Podcast
Episodes
J-Talk: Extra Time – J2 Matchday 9
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jon Steele and James Taylor were reunited after a week of solo pods for this episode of JTET. In part 1, James runs through 9 games from J2 matchday 9...
JTET - Levain Cup Review (9th April)
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a fashionably late mini-pod, Jon Steele looks back at last Wednesday's Levain Cup action from a J2 perspective. There were derby wins for Imabari (...
Episode 563 - J1 Matchday 10 with Sean Carroll
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Carroll made a very welcome return to the podcast this week, as we round up J1 Matchday 10, and the surprises and disappointments of the season s...
JTET - J2 Round 8 Review
12 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A bit later than scheduled (sorry!), James Taylor gives us a solo review of all of last weekend's J2 action (Round 8 of the season). In a 10-minute po...
Episode 562 - J1 Matchdays 8 & 9
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jonny and Ben round up two full rounds of J1 fixtures, with a focus on the weekend's Matchday 9, in our new episode. We begin with the new frontrunner...
J-Talk: Extra Time – J2 Matchday 7
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of JTET, James Taylor reviews 9 of the J2 matchday 7 games (start to 05:00) to start off, then chats to Jon Steele about Fujieda v Nag...
J-Talk: Short Corner – J3 March Review
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Regular JTET co-hosts Jon Steele and James Taylor step up for an update of the goings-on in J3 during March. In part 1, Jon and James focus on the top...
Episode 561 - J1 Matchday 7
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
J1 returned after the international break over the weekend, and Daniel Hawkins joined Jonny and Ben to chat about goings-on at Avispa Fukuoka. After a...
J-Talk: Extra Time - Levain Cup 1st Round (part 2)
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of JTET, Jon Steele and James Taylor review the second part of the Levain Cup 1st round. Jon kicks things off with a roundup of 5 game...
JTET - J2 Round 6 Review
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, JEF Chiba supporter Alan makes a JTET debut to help us to make sense of his side's fantastic start to the 2025 campaign. To get things star...
Episode 560 - Japan Wrap Up Qualification for 2026
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Samurai Blue cruised into their eighth-straight World Cup with a 2-0 win over Bahrain last Thursday night, and Dan Orlowitz joined Jonny and Ben t...
J-Talk: Extra Time – J2 Matchday 5
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s streamlined JTET, James Taylor kicks things off with a roundup of the J2 matchday 5 games (start to 05:30) before being joined by Jon...
Episode 559 - J1 Matchday 6
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jonny and Ben kick off this new episode with a good news/bad news ACL review (to 14:56), then they're joined by Jon Steele to chat about Yokohama FC's...
JTET - J2 Round 4 Review
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After another busy weekend of J2 action, JTET is back to run through all of the big talking points from Round 4 of the 2025 season. James starts thing...
Episode 558 - J1 Matchday 5
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jonny and Ben are back to round up all eight games from J1 Matchday 5 played on the weekend, while they were also pleased to welcome Ralf Seidl back t...
J-Talk: Short Corner - J3 Matchday 1
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
New JTSC host Victor Arroyo returns after an unexpected hiatus to review all 8 matches of an entertaining opening round of the J3 season and selects h...
JTET - J2 Round 3 Review
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jon and James are together again to look back at an action-packed round of J2 action! First of all, Jon runs you through the scores from most of the R...
Episode 557 - J1 Matchdays 3 & 4
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We round up two full rounds of top flight fixtures (with a focus on the weekend's Matchday 4) in this week's episode, towards the end of which we're j...
JTET - J2 Round 2 Review
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
James, Jon, and special guest Sean Carroll look back at another busy weekend of J2 action. James gets things started with a quick review of most of th...
Episode 556 - J1 Matchday 2
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jonny and Ben were pleased to welcome Stuart Woodward back to the pod, to chat about his trip to Hiroshima for Yokohama F.Marinos' visit to Sanfrecce ...
JTET - J2 Round 1 Review
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The JTET boys are back to pick over the bones of the opening round in J2 2025! Kicking off a new, streamlined pod format, Jon runs through the scores ...
Episode 555 - J1 Matchday 1
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
J1 is back, and on this episode (after a brief ACL review at the start of the pod) Jonny and Ben review all of the top flight action, beginning with s...
J-Talk: Extra Time – J2 Season Preview Part 4
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With the new J2 season hurtling into view at the weekend, the JTET crew finish off their 2025 season preview with five more teams covered in depth. Ja...
Episode 554 - J1 Season Previews Part 4
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We wrap up our top flight previews with the final five teams, and a heavy Kansai focus, as Alan Gibson guests in Part 1 to chat about his long weekend...
J-Talk: Extra Time – J2 Season Preview Part 3
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With the big J2 kick-off less than a week away, the JTET team continue with their team-by-team previews of the 2025 season. In this episode, Jon and J...
J-Talk: Extra Time – J2 Season Preview Part 2
08 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hot on the heels of Part 1, JTET is back to preview another five teams who are getting ready for the 2025 J2 season. This time, Jon and James get thin...
J-Talk: Short Corner – J3 Season Preview Part 1
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Victor Arroyo makes his debut as the new host of JTSC, previewing five teams ahead of the new 2025 J3 season: 0:00-3:05 Intro 3:05-5:30 Azul Claro ...
J-Talk: Extra Time – J2 Season Preview Part 1
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With not long until the big kickoff for 2025, Jon Steele and James Taylor got together for the first J2 season preview pod. After a brief word of than...
Episode 553 - J1 Season Previews Part 3
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We have another bumper round of J1 previews for you this week, as we edge closer to the start of the new season. In Part 1 Jonny and Ben preview Hiros...
Episode 552 - J1 Season Previews Part 2
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Now that we're up and running, our J1 season previews roll on galactically on this episode, with five more teams under the microscope. We begin with a...
Episode 551 - J1 Season Previews Part 1
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to our previews of the 2025 J1 Season! In Part 1, after some housekeeping at the start of the episode, we chat with Lewis White about Tokyo Ve...
Episode 550 - Happy New J.League Season!
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to a new year, and a new season of J-Talk! On our first episode of 2025, Dan Orlowitz joins Jonny and Ben to chat about how the J.League ...
JTET Season Review 2024 - Part 4
04 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The JTET team start 2025 by bringing down the curtain on last season in the final part of their big J2 season review. Jon and James get things up and ...
JTET - J2 Awards 2024 Review
28 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In a holiday special, Jon and James talk about the recent (official) J2 Awards, and discuss their own personal picks for some of the more interesting ...
JTET - J2 Season Review 2024 (Part 3)
21 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Part 3 of the big JTET Season Review for J2, a whopping six teams from the second tier are covered. Jon and James kick things off (sorry) by talkin...
J-Talk: Short Corner J3 2024 Season Review
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
JTSC host Mike Innes signs off for 2024 with a comprehensive review of all 20 J3 teams, using his pre-season predictions as a guide and putting the te...
Episode 549 - The J-Talk J1 Team of the Season with Sean Carroll
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode of 'big pod' for 2024, Sean Carroll joins Jonny and Ben to piece together the J-Talk J1 Team of the Season, as voted on by our pa...
J-Talk: Extra Time – Zweigen Kanazawa Season Review
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Long-suffering Zweigen Kanazawa supporters James Taylor and Victor Arroyo got together again for a freewheeling discussion of their team’s first sea...
J-Talk: Extra Time & J-Talk: Short Corner – Playoffs
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In part one of this week’s JTET, James Taylor and Jon Steele discuss the J2 promotion playoff final between Fagiano Okayama and Vegalta Sendai (star...
Episode 548 - Kobe are J1 Champions Again
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kobe claimed a second successive J1 title in Sunday's final round, and on this episode Jonny and Ben round up the final day. We begin with the games i...
JTET - J2 Season Review 2024 (Part 2)
08 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The JTET boys (plus special guest) are back with another 2024 Season Review pod! In this episode, Jon and James discuss the teams who finished between...
J-Talk: Extra Time & J-Talk: Short Corner – Playoffs
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After a few weeks off, J2 returned for the promotion playoffs, and James Taylor and Jon Steele have a review of the semi-finals. First, they discuss N...
Episode 547 - The J1 Title Goes To The Final Day... Again!
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jonny and Ben welcomed Scott McIntyre back to the pod to review all of the drama at both ends of the table from that mental Matchday 37. Kobe's late, ...
Episode 546 - Emperor's Cup Glory for Kobe
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kobe lifted the Emperor's Cup for the second time in their history after a 1-0 victory over Gamba Osaka in Saturday's final at the National Stadium, a...
J-Talk: Short Corner Special - J3 Round 38 Review
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In another (15-minute) standalone mini-pod, Mike 'The Magic' Innes rounds up all of the big stories from yesterday's Round 38 games in J3 (the final m...
JTET - J2 Season Review 2024 (Part 1)
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jon and James begin their big review of the J2 season by looking at the five teams that finished in the bottom quarter of the standings in 2024. In Pa...
Episode 545 - The Samurai Blue Roll On
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jonny and Ben welcomed Dan Orlowitz back to the pod to chat about Japan's World Cup qualifying victories over China and Indonesia, and how Hajime Mori...
J-Talk: Short Corner – J3 Round 37
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s standalone J-Talk: Short Corner, Mike Innes has a full review of all the action from anentertaining penultimate round of J3 fixtures,...
J-Talk: Extra Time – J2 Round 38
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jon Steele and James Taylor have all the important action from the final day of the regular J2 season, with the second automatic promotion spot and th...
JTET - J3 Round 36 Review (JTSC Special)
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this standalone episode of 'J-Talk: Short Corner', Mike 'The Magic' Innes looks back at another big weekend of J3 results as Japan's third tier ent...
Episode 544 - J1 Matchday 36 with Ryo Nakagawara
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode Ryo Nakagawara makes a very welcome return, to chat about the big games involving the top three teams in J1 in Matchday 36. We ...