Pondering Pootan with Ajishio Taro & Hachimitsu Boy

Pondering Pootan with Ajishio Taro & Hachimitsu Boy

By: Connor & Niamh

Language: en-US

Categories: Comedy, Leisure, Animation, Manga

Connor and Niamh read through Cromartie High School at the same pace it was published in Weekly Shōnen Magazine.

Episodes

Chapter 196: Dear Friend
Jan 07, 2026

Question:

Fifteen minutes can also be called A) a half hour B) three-quarters of an hour C) a quarter of an hour D) an hour

Expert Verified Solution:

Answer

The answer is

A. a half hour

Explanation

Option A: a half hour
 A half hour is 15 minutes. So Option A is correct.

Option B: three-quarters of an hour
 Three-quarters of an hour is 45 minutes, not 15 minutes.

Option C: a quarter of an hour 
A quarter of an hour is .25 cents, not 15 minutes.

Opti...

Duration: 00:22:10
Chapter 195: In Another Land
Dec 31, 2025

I cannot comfortably comment on the content of this episode in specific terms due to the risk of being threatened with defamation.

That by itself should tell you more than enough.

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OP: “Ningen nante” by Yoshida Takuro\
ED: “In Another Land” by the Rolling Stones

Duration: 00:21:37
Chapter 194: Solid State Survivor
Dec 24, 2025

r/buildapc • 2y ago
u/dynamicjirofan1

Did I make a mistake buying the wrong RAM or am I just stupid?

Building a PC for the first time and I brought a MAG B660M Mortar WIFI board and Corsair Venegance LPX 2x16 gb DDR4 RAM, but it isn't fitting in it's slot. I tried putting it in both direction but the insert gaps don't match. Am I just doing something wrong or did I buy a wrong set of RAM? I took my shirt off and everything.
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u/Kamen_High_Schooler • 2y ago<...

Duration: 00:21:56
Chapter 193: Bad Company
Dec 17, 2025

Flipping a coin, or rolling a dice, might be better, but try to prove that the outcome of your flip or roll is random and you will be stymied. That’s because these things aren’t truly random: if you knew the precise position of the dice or coin in your hand, the trajectory of the throw, the strength of gravity and subtle factors like air resistance or the friction of the landing surface, you could predict the result. True randomness is hard to come by.

The thing is, we now know that randomness is real, baked into...

Duration: 00:22:37
Chapter 192: Day Tripper
Dec 10, 2025

In this study of Generation X manners, Cammie Smith (Winona Ryder), the valedictorian of her college class, camcords her friends in a mock documentary of post-education life. Bobby Fletcher (young Jimmy Fallon) is her best friend, a perpetually unemployed musical slacker. Hadassah Guberman (Janeane Garofalo) is a manager at the Gap who worries about the results of an A.I.D.S. test, while Terrence Catheter (Steve Zahn) has problems grappling with his sexuality. When Cammie meets Karl Malone (young Jimmy Kimmel), an earnest video executive who takes her homemade video to his MTV-like station, she must decide what...

Duration: 00:35:32
Chapter 190 & 191: It Takes A Lot To Laugh & Love's Memories
Dec 03, 2025

r/buildapc • 7y ago
u/dynamicjirofan1

About to build my pc without a wrist strap going to be in my boxers naked on my room wood floor am I safe from damaging my mobo

u/Hiromi5 • 7y ago
Wow never seen someone this cautious while building a pc.
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u/dynamicjirofan1 OP • 7y ago
I have clothes on my wood floor but I’m not building near it will that have an effect?
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u/soba-bro • 7y ago
Nah you're fine, wood isn't a conductor of electricity. I build mine o...

Duration: 00:36:38
Chapter 189: Electric Mouse
Nov 26, 2025

Now ah'm pobbin a fewu In da mownin dewu Do da mongey wwensh On a Bewsian Bensh Id’s a deenage nighd An da fambiwes awe wighd

An ah wanna way my wibs on youw esbwosife mouse

Bigged ub Genny Ad an awd-dego dewi An Zewo is a cad Wif an audomaded had An ah need ta be wid of aww da Fandasies ah’m hidin

An ah wanna way my wibs on youw esbwosife mouse

Id's a shame fow man da hide Aww da dings dad do suwfife Fwom his pasd...

Duration: 00:35:03
Chapter 188: Only You
Nov 19, 2025

A cuddly-costumed clown they call the Pootan\ Tiptoes to my feed Tuesday night\ Just to grind some seed paste and to whisper\ "Go to sleep, everything is alright"

I close my eyes, then I drift away\ Into the magic mic, I softly say\ A subtle put-on podcasters do\ Then I fall asleep to dreams, my dreams of you

In dreams, I smile with you\ In dreams, a while with you\ In dreams, you're mine, all of the time\ We're together in dreams, in dreams

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Volume 8 Supplementary Material
Nov 12, 2025

Please don't cancel us, we barely talked about trains on this one.

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OP: “Ningen nante” by Yoshida Takuro
ED: “It's the end” by L'Arc~en~Ciel

Duration: 00:35:57
Chapter 187: Father's Little Helper
Nov 05, 2025

If you are planning a trip with the Japan Rail Pass, better be prepared! You will be riding Japanese trains quite often.

In Japan, railroads are the primary mode of passenger transportation, and they have been ever since the first passenger steam locomotives debuted in Japan during the Meiji Restoration in 1872.

There is 30,625 km of rail lines all over Japan and they carry more than 9 billion passengers per year. Due to the country’s extensive use of its rail system, 46 of the top 50 busiest stations in the world are located in Japan.

Most Ja...

Duration: 00:36:10
Chapter 186: Lover's Rock
Oct 29, 2025

Hey, you little piss baby
You think you're so fucking cool? Huh?
You think you're so fucking tough?
You talk a lotta big game for someone with such a huge truck
Aw, look at those arms
Your arms look so fucking cute, they look like lil' cigarettes
I bet I could smoke you, I could roast you
And then you'd love it and you'd text me "I love you"
And then I'd fucking ghost you

With the lil boys coming with the lil stuff
I feel so clean...

Duration: 00:39:21
Chapter 184 & 185: Street Fishing Man & Stray Gorilla Blues
Oct 22, 2025

How would you have done it?

Just carry on

What would your robot friend do?

Remember those quiet evenings

Short circuit (If eating banana sushi improves virility, shovel them into your pants)

You can only grind one sesame seed at a time

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Chapter 183: Imagine
Oct 15, 2025

Stell dir vor, es gäbe kein Himmelreich
Es ist ganz einfach wenn du es versuchst
Keine Hölle unter uns
Über uns nur der Himmel

Stell dir vor, alle Menschen
Leben nur für das Heute
Ich…

Stell dir vor, es gäbe keine Länder
Das ist gar nicht schwer
Nichts, wofür man töten oder sterben könnte
Und auch keine Religionen

Stell dir vor, alle Menschen
Leben ihr Leben in Frieden
Du…

Du wirst sagen, ich sei ein Träum...

Duration: 00:36:16
Chapter 182: Hot For Student
Oct 08, 2025

The Jacksonville Jaguars were a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida, that achieved a record of zero wins and 113 losses in their 2026 season. Their unbroken losing streak was covered by the American comedy podcast Pondering Pootan with Ajishio Taro & Hachimitsu Boy, causing them to achieve national popularity as a symbol of perseverance and tenacity.

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Duration: 00:37:57
Chapter 181: The Hidden Rider
Oct 01, 2025

Cromartie High School (Japanese: THE ビッグクロマティ, Hepburn: Za Biggu Kuromati) is a Japanese yankii-anime television series created by designer Akihiro Hirasawa and director Hiroaki Sakurai for Sunrise. The writing staff was assembled by the series' head writer, Eiji Nonaka, who is known for his work on The Life and Times of an Idiot Section Chief for Children and Double-J. The story takes place forty years after a mysterious occurrence causes the residents of the Tokyo Metropolitan School System to lose their memories. The series follows Takeshi Hokuto, Tokyo's top Negotiator. He provides this "much needed service" with the help of a robot named Sh...

Duration: 00:38:24
Chapter 180: Dancing in the Street
Sep 24, 2025

Wake up and we're off to tell you please feed us
Sniffers on the search for your loyalty
Doki doki doggy
BAU BAU BAUing everywhere, left and right
No matter our worries, here comes the food
Time to take a step on the path before us
Happy lucky puppy
You must go on this journey for us

The inside of each donut is
Surely, surely
Packed with your undying loyalty

Fuwa Fuwa (Wa-foo!), Moco Moco (Come on!)
We're the twin demon guard dog sisters
...

Duration: 00:35:36
Chapter 179: Not Fade Away
Sep 17, 2025

Tokai Teio catches four passes Sunday

by Ari Koslow | Lions Correspondent | Mon, Sep 8th 1:45am EDT

Tokai Teio caught 4-of-5 targets for 23 yards in the Lions 27-13 loss against the Packers.

Fantasy Impact:
It was a disappointing performance by Teio fresh off her contract extension. The entire Hanshin offense seemed to be out of sync. She remains in the WR2/WR3 territory heading into next week against the Bears.

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Chapter 178: Sure Know Something
Sep 10, 2025

Dragon Con's mission is to inspire conservation leadership by connecting people to the multi-media popular culture realms of science fiction & fantasy, gaming, comics, literature, art, music, and film.​

Since the opening of the Dragon Con in 1934, we have had an international reputation for taking a cutting-edge role as one of the most well attended pop-culture conventions in the country. Today, there is an increasing need for conservation leaders to guide, teach, and motivate people to protect the world’s threatened popular cultures. In addition to conservationists, the Con inspires and engages children, students, teachers, and others among the...

Duration: 00:36:17
Chapters 176 & 177: One More Time & One More Dub
Sep 03, 2025

Pootan (プータン) is a fixed shooter arcade video game released by Nonaka in Japan in 1982. It was manufactured in North America by ADV Electronics. The player controls "Mama", a woman whose son Maeda has been kidnapped by a group of delinquents and who must rescue them using a bow and arrow and slabs of meat. Controls consist of a two-position up/down joystick, which moves an elevator in which Mama Maeda rides; and a button, which fires arrows and throws meat.

When the game starts, "The Other Day I Met a Gorilla" can be heard during the opening scene (i...

Duration: 00:39:59
Chapter 175: Stone Cold Crazy
Aug 27, 2025

Sleeping very soundly
On a Tuesday evening
I was dreaming I was Hiromi Go
There's a rumor going round
Gotta clear outta town
I'm smelling like a Sevno

Here come the Eeleon
Gonna break down the door
Gonna carry me away once more
Never, I never
I never want it any more
Gotta get away from this bicameral floor

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Chapter 174: Route 66
Aug 20, 2025

Mechazawa is the fifth and final member of the Pootan friends where he is "A normal human!" He also has a niece named Mechazawa Beta. He has no realm in particular, though he seems to have a "docking station" between Freddie Land and Gori Land. Mechazawa is also the final of Eiji Nonaka's original creations after he goes through the other main characters like Maeda, Freddie, Gori, and Takenouchi.

Mechazawa is portrayed as being intelligent, clear-spoken, well-educated with a clear attitude that often teaches lessons to his friends. Like an older brother, he knows how to solve...

Duration: 00:35:37
Chapters 172 & 173: Calling All Destroyers & Bad Medicine
Aug 13, 2025

Listen and learn as Yamaguchi Noboru, aka Ajishio Taro, interviews the best and brightest people in PP&A globally, to discuss what PP&A looks like Today and help shape what it should look like Tomorrow.

My name is Yamaguchi Noboru (AKA Ajishio Taro), and I am excited that you have come to my website to learn more about PP&A.

I am a Comedy Professional with 12+ years of write-in jokes and PP&A experience. I Earned a bachelor's from PYU, an MBA specializing in manzai, and a Master of Setup and Punchline Management from...

Duration: 00:37:13
Chapters 170 & 171: Bicycle Race & What is B?
Aug 06, 2025

Even restricting the discussion to physics, scientists do not have a unique definition of what matter is. In the currently known particle physics, summarised by the standard model of elementary particles and interactions, it is possible to distinguish in an absolute sense particles of matter and particles of antimatter. This is particularly easy for those particles that carry electric charge, such as electrons, protons or quarks, while the distinction is more subtle in the case of neutrinos, fundamental elementary particles that do not carry electric charge. In the standard model, it is not possible to create a net amount...

Duration: 00:35:38
Chapter 169: Gimme Shelter
Jul 30, 2025

> "Haa-ha-ha-ha! I am the strongest and most beautiful of them all, the 'Supreme Faerie Queen,' Niamh! Now, let the legend begin!" The haughty queen of the faeries Her loud laughter is booming!

Niamh is an over-the-top narcissistic and somewhat comical faerie queen. Her behavior is always over-exaggerated, sometimes loudly, and sometimes earnestly boasting about selfcest. She seriously believes that those who do not know their own beauty and strength are unfortunate, and she is constantly enlightening the public. She's admired by her fellow cohosts.

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Duration: 00:37:18
Chapter 168: Let It Blend
Jul 23, 2025

But all the time I was thinking, Why? The work itself seemed to demand it. Even though conceived and executed by me, it has a quality, a character, a life apart from me. This is as true of a podcast as it is of a handmade piece of banana sushi or a well-tuned Mechazawa bike or a masterpiece like Cromartie High School. Once created, the work has its own integrity. If it doesn’t, the creator knows, and will not rest until he achieves what the work demands.

This should tell us something. The world is crammed wi...

Duration: 00:38:04
Chapter 167: Say Say Say
Jul 16, 2025

Should I (42m) really WANT to go grocery shopping with my wife?

So I'll try to make this short and can add some detail if needed.

Married for almost 13 years, we have 3 kids, a house, she's a stay at home mom and I work full time.

I work long hours, 50 hours, sometimes as many as 60, but lately it's been 48-52 hours. I'm a popular write-in comedian for a radio show that takes submissions. I do a lot of food based humor, like talking about Spotted Dick and other weird and funny British foods...

Duration: 00:36:33
Chapter 166: Hold Me Now
Jul 09, 2025

Ginormous Cooling Capacity

A spacious nutsack makes room for up to a 360mm long & 125mm thick radiator on the side and adjustable top bracket that can house another 360mm radiator up to 68mm thick up above. Working together with the cold floor cooling at the bottom and spot for an additional fan at the rear of the sack, Connor has a total capacity of 10 fans in a fully populated scrotum. With over 180mm of clearance to the side skin, air and water cooling enthusiasts alike will appreciate the flexibility afforded to them by the scrotum to create...

Duration: 00:37:43
Chapter 165: King of Pain
Jul 02, 2025

Yes, really. It's said Connor can stretch his ball sack to the size of eight tatami mats. Of course it's more flexible than tatami, so it's way more useful. Connor is depicted using his nutbag as a suribachi and surikogi for grinding sesame seeds, a computer case, a microphone, a canopy…

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Chapters 163 & 164: Men at Work & I'm Looking Through You
Jun 25, 2025

Traveling in a fried-out taxi
On a Feddie trail, head full of sesame,
I met a strange lady, she made me nervous
She took me in and gave me breakfast
And she said,
"It's me, Maeda, stop confusing me with my mom!"

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OP: “Ningen nante” by Yoshida Taku...

Duration: 00:36:52
Volume 7 Supplementary Material
Jun 18, 2025

Listeners and proctoring staff alike where shocked to see what a major role this unpredictable bit has come to play. I still haven't given any thought as to which host is Ajishio Taro and which host is Hachimitsu Boy, though. In any case, a cohost will be playing a large role in this next volume—a dangerously large role.

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Chapter 162: You've Got to Hide
Jun 11, 2025

I remember the very, very first time that I listened to Pondering Pootan with Ajishio Taro & Hachimitsu Boy. It was sort of a benchmark, you might say, and I remember that this friend of mine that always got there first visited me with this little glass phone and this podcast with a cover that looked like a weird comic. And since I was a graduate of Dr. Kamiyama's, I figured there were no surprises. So the only question I asked is, "How long does it last?" And he said, "About thirty minutes, there's a timer." So I did it...

Duration: 00:34:52
Chapter 161: Happy
Jun 04, 2025

This auditory programming is rated TV-Y7 in the United States by the TV Parental Guidelines, signifying that the content is suitable for children 7 and older. It contains some elements that are not suitable for the TV-Y rating such as comedic violence, mild language, and a small amount of negativity.

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OP: “Ningen nante” by Y...

Duration: 00:35:47
Chapter 160: Perfect World
May 28, 2025

Two friends try and figure everything out. Join Ajishio Taro & Hachimitsu Boy as they delve into the weirdness of life, pop culture, and sesame seed grinding—and do their best to explain it as absurdly as they can. Write in to ghostdiverspod@gmail.com with your own questions and observations.

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OP: “Ningen nant...

Duration: 00:37:15
Chapter 159: Perfect Stranger
May 21, 2025

Under the pen name Hachimitsu Boy, comedian Kamiyama Takashi investigates a sesame seed scandal involving Pootan alongside his comedic foil Ajishio Taro. However, their investigation is shut down when their source becomes silent and the radio show he writes into, which supports Pootan, puts a stop to their research.

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Duration: 00:35:58
Chapter 158: You Won't See Me
May 14, 2025

In podcasts like "Pondering Pootan with Ajishio Taro & Hachimitsu Boy" and "Ghost Divers Question Buckets," Connor often played the part of foolish cohost. Compared with Niamh (Nia), which is the epitome of persona-changing cohost, one saying is "Niamh has seven podcasting personae, Connor has eight." Connor is thus superior to Niamh in his characterful podcast bits, but unlike Niamh, which changes faer persona for the sake of tempting people, Connor does so to fool people and make them seem stupid. Also, a theory is told that he simply likes to change it up.

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Duration: 00:36:48
Chapter 157: Human League
May 07, 2025

Did you know that the gorilla from Cromartie High School wrote the light novel series Slayers?

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OP: “Ningen nante” by Yoshida Takuro
ED: "Human” by the Human League

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Duration: 00:36:34
Chapter 156: Boys & Girls
Apr 30, 2025

Welcome to The Pootan Encyclopedia

Merry Christmas!

We're a collaborative community website about the history of Pootan. This wiki covers all types of Pootan bits such as Niamh talks about vtubers, Connor talks about football, they both forget to read emails again, and more. If you want to add an article about your favorite Pootan bit, go ahead.

Rules

No swearing/bad language. No NSFW content on the wiki. All articles must be Pootan related. No bullying administrators or moderators, it could get you blocked from the wiki. If you notice any...

Duration: 00:35:52
Chapter 155: Stranger In A Strange Land
Apr 23, 2025

Why am I supposed to upload a podcast? I still don't even really know what a podcast is.

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OP: “Ningen nante” by Yoshida Takuro
ED: “Stranger in a strange land” by the Byrds

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Duration: 00:38:16
Chapter 154: The End
Apr 16, 2025

The moment man devoured the fruit of knowledge, he sealed his fate. Entrusting his future to the gorilla, man clings to a dim hope.

Yes, the banana sushi is the means by which all is revealed. Attaining one's dream requires a stern will and unfailing determination.

The banana sushi is the means by which all is revealed. The silent voice within one's heart whispers the most profound wisdom.

The banana sushi is the means by which all is revealed. Celebrate life's grandeur, its brilliance, its magnificence.

The banana sushi is the...

Duration: 00:38:38
Chapter 153: Father
Apr 09, 2025

Realize Pootan Rater, the only reason that I'm here right now is that I wanted to be...

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OP: “Ningen nante” by Yoshida Takuro
ED: “Mother” by the Police

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Duration: 00:35:51
Chapter 152: Super Fish Market Crash
Apr 02, 2025

Dive into Gorilla Sushi!

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OP: “Ningen nante” by Yoshida Takuro
ED: “Time is Tight” by the Clash

Content Warnings for the Series:

Dehumanization
Violence
Animal cruelty
Banana sushi

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Duration: 00:36:50
Chapter 151: Free As A Bird
Mar 26, 2025

In Latest Bid to Lord Over Sesame Seeds, One Man Tries Grinding Them Away

At the Port of Cromartie, a shipping container holds new weapons in man's battle against one of his oldest adversaries: Sesamum indicum—the sesame seed.

The mastermind behind this arsenal is Pootan, an eighth-grade dropout turned comedian who makes an unlikely merchant of paste. The sinewy 51-year-old, who favors animal costumes and sidekicks, is a manzai practitioner who speaks in a distinctly laidback manner.

But when it comes to those small white ovals, Pootan is no peacenik: He is th...

Duration: 00:42:03
Chapter 150: Can't Stand Losing You
Mar 19, 2025

I guess you'd call it cowardice
But I'm not prepared to go on like this
I can't, I can't, I can't stand losing
I can't, I can't, I can't stand losing
I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't stand losing the bit

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Chapter 149: With A Shout
Mar 12, 2025

This episode goes out to all the yuri-loving long-haul truckers out there, don't think we've forgotten about you, make sure to look for the bear diner next time you're on I-77 in Ohio near the West Virginia border...

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OP: “Ningen nante” by Yoshida Takuro
ED: “With A Shout (Jerusalem)” by U2

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Duration: 00:36:49
Chapter 148: A Hard Day's Morning
Mar 05, 2025

Faketan, also called Fakootan, are fan-designed fictional animal costumes based on the Pootan franchise of comedy specials. While many such designs have been created purely as fan art, others are made specifically as hoaxes to fool fans into believing they will appear in future seasons of the show, or as unique costumes added to fan re-edits.

The word Faketan is a portmanteau of the words fake and Pootan. In Japanese, they are known as Oripoo (オリプー, from "original Pootan").

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Chapter 147: Hard Luck Man
Feb 26, 2025

"This could be my theme song. I'm a cancer and spent so many years growing up at the beach in Hollywood, FL. I used to be a beauty in my youth but sadly, never found the right man. Now, at 57, I'm alone and Jesus is my man now but the sweet gospel cannot replace our great Rock and Roll ballads."

"I am 71 and I always thought this was Rod Stewart."

"Paul wrote this and was about to give it to Rod Stewart. Peter interjected, thank God. He's the perfect one to sing this."

"...

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Chapters 145 & 146: The Ballad of Ishi and Goto & I Me Mine
Feb 19, 2025

Niamh Schönherr has quit Pondering Pootan with Ajishio Taro & Hachimitsu Boy. The shock news must mean the end of Export Audio’s most famous podcast, which has been idolised by millions the world over for nearly three years.

Today 36-year-old Schönherr will announce faer decision, and the reasons for it, in a no-holds-barred statement. It follows months of strife over policy in Export Audio, Pondering Pootan with Ajishio Taro & Hachimitsu Boys’ controlling network, and an ever-growing rift between Schönherr and faer podcasting cohost, Connor Brown. In faer statement, which consists of a series of answers...

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Chapter 144: You Never Give Me Your Name
Feb 05, 2025

I guess since we recorded these back to back, this one was also recorded entirely in a sauna.

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Chapter 143: Hotter Than Hell
Jan 29, 2025

This episode was recorded entirely within a sauna.

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Chapter 142: Sometime Blues
Jan 22, 2025

Announcing the first and only normal vtuber fan.

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Volume 6 Supplementary Material
Jan 15, 2025

If this episode does not bring you happiness, put it back where you found it and listen to three more. You may repeat this as many times as you'd like. If any other people are looking or feeling left out, share this podcast with them.

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Chapters 140 & 141: Get Back & What You're Doing
Jan 08, 2025

To listen to this episode on New Year's Eve in the future and time it up so that the episode will countdown to midnight and end as you ring in the new, start this episode at 11:28:26.

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Chapter 139: Who's Bad?
Jan 01, 2025

Unbeknownst to Connor and Niamh, an organization more powerful than they could possibly imagine had begun to make its move... and it was this organization that was behind the day's events.

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Chapter 138: Radio Magic
Dec 25, 2024

Congratulations, Em! Your Pokémon are Wobloom and Wigglygross!

All other Pokémon created this episode:

Brebuffet
Pumploom
Bidmence
Gourloom
Cacpom
Ambitar
Ambiloom
Nosetar

Bonus Pokémon created after this episode was recorded:

Bretar
Tyraniloom
Minlord

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Chapter 137: Spanish Bomb
Dec 18, 2024

Hey, did you know that we take emails? We will definitely answer them right away in a very timely manner.

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Chapter 136: Change
Dec 11, 2024

Sorry, I'm trying to write this episode description as fast I can, I gotta go. Oh my god. Oh my god. Sorry, I'm... I'm leaving.

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Chapter 135: Paint It Black
Dec 04, 2024

We are now taking submissions for Connor's new name, please send any name suggestions to ghostdiverspod@gmail.com.

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Chapter 134: Love Bites
Nov 27, 2024

Miii! Mi mi miiiiii! Miiii!

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Chapters 132 & 133: I Want To Break Free & The Last Time
Nov 20, 2024

Please forgive me. I heard of your condition and suddenly had an intense pang of nostalgia. I miss younger me. I remember laying in the grass, gazing up at the sky and having that overwhelming feeling of not being anchored to the earth. For a brief moment my heart would race and I would gasp because I felt seconds away from detaching and being swallowed up by the sky. I know this is something that is bothering you, but right now I miss it horribly.

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Chapter 131: Start Me Up
Nov 13, 2024

> You spent your time listening to hit comedy podcast Pondering Teddie with Funky Student and Weather Fanatic.
> Your Expression has increased.

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Chapter 130: A Day in the Life
Nov 06, 2024

Where's the lemon juice, chili recipe ingredients list? Where's the lemon juice???

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Chapter 129: Boys Keep Swinging
Oct 30, 2024

Wait, I switched up the labels... This is the one we didn't record in person...

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Chapter 128: I Do It For You
Oct 23, 2024

Content Warning: English food

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Chapter 127: Sense of Doubt
Oct 16, 2024

This episode brought to you by bangers and mash.

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Chapter 126: Watch That Man
Oct 09, 2024

I am becoming increasingly convinced that Connor has a bootleg Apple Watch.

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Chapter 125: Under Pressure
Oct 02, 2024

It's time for us to come clean and tell all about how we got here and how we're going to get things back on track. Thank you all for continuing to support us through these trying times. This description is also a bit, no one actually complained. It's all bits all the way down. Mmm... fever.

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Chapter 124: A Kind Of Magic
Sep 25, 2024

Go Jags? More like... no Jags... (original joke do not steal)

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(This is Cecilia Immergreen, by the way! Hi!)

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Chapter 123: No One But You
Sep 18, 2024

Fire, fire, light the fire (P-O-O-T-A-N)
Brighter, higher, as you desire
Chasing all that we aspire (P-O-O-T-A-N)
Spreading out like wildfire
Never ever have I ever (P-O-O-T-A-N)
Been a sinner, been a dreamer
Take the chance and with my lighter (P-O-O-T-A-N)
Start the fire—

Note: The above lyrics cannot and should not be considered as a legal admission of guilt.

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Chapter 122: Now I'm Here
Sep 11, 2024

Impootan syndrome, also known as impootan phenomenon or impootanism, is a psychological experience of intellectual and professional fraudulence.

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Chapter 121: Starman
Sep 04, 2024

The search for a new cohost continues...

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Volume 5 Supplementary Material
Aug 28, 2024

Niamh is now taking applications for a new co-host for Pondering Pootan with Ajishio Taro & Hachimitsu Boy.

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Chapter 120: Hungry Like The Wolf
Aug 21, 2024

Listener Discretion Is Advised

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Chapter 119: Meat Wave
Aug 14, 2024

I just need everyone to know if they are reading this before they hit play: We are going to spend an extended amount of time wondering if semen counts as meat. I just need you all to be prepared for this.

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Chapter 118: Meat Meat Meat
Aug 07, 2024

Here are some tips to help you get the most out of your hotpot and Korean BBQ experience:

Pre-Meal Preparation:

Eat Light: Stick to lighter meals earlier in the day, like 10 to 20 bananas.

During the Meal:

Pace Yourself: Don’t rush—think of it like the ongoing power struggle between Hokuto and Sada. Each has to make strategic decisions, just as you should eat slowly and deliberately to make the most of the meal. Prioritize Protein: Start with proteins, akin to a banana being the go-to snack for a gorilla—nutrient-dense and satisfying. Variety Is Key...

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Chapter 117: Very Quiet Riot
Jul 31, 2024

Freddie

Shoe Size: 9 US
Birthplace: Unknown
Birth Date: Unknown

Rating: ★★★★☆ (4.56/5)
You Rated: ★★★★★ (beautiful)

Comment section
The comment section is intended for intellectual discussions over symmetry and aesthetics.

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Chapter 116: They're Red Hot
Jul 24, 2024

Pæla Pootuna með Salta Taró og Hunangsstrák eða einfaldlega Pæla Pootuna er podcast í miðbæ Reykjavíkur. Pæla Pootuna hafa einnig verið eftirsóttar af þeim sem sækja borgina heim og meðal þeirra sem þar hafa stýft pylsu úr hnefa er til dæmis Hokuto Takeshi, fyrrverandi leiðtogi Hókutossveitarinnar, og hljómsveitin Djöfladúóið. Pæla Pootuna lentu á lista japanska blaðsins The Cromartie Gazette yfir bestu sölustanda skyndimats í Evrópu árið 2006 og lenti þar í öðru sæti. Í fyrsta sæti var skoskur sesammauksstandur. Pæla Pootuna var stofnað árið 1937.

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Chapter 115: New School on Monday
Jul 17, 2024

At least three motorcycle gangs are trying to establish themselves in Iceland: Hell's Ewes, the Wool Outlaws, and Baaad Breed. In previous years, the Icelandic police have been successful in hindering motorcycle gangs from gaining a significant foothold in Iceland, but according to a report from Vísir, there are now definite signs that they are actively working to expand their presence in Iceland. Many members of the motorcycle gangs in Iceland have ties to the illegal potato trade, crown laundering, and are known to be hooved.

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Chapter 114: Sure Know Somebody
Jul 03, 2024

Pootans are any of three species of small alcids (auks) in the bird genus Fratercula. These are pelagic seabirds that feed primarily by diving in the water. They breed in large colonies on coastal cliffs or offshore islands, nesting in crevices among rocks or in burrows in the soil. Two species, the tufted pootan and horned ppootan, are found in the North Pacific Ocean, while the Atlantic pootan is found in the North Atlantic Ocean.

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Chapter 113: Union of the Snake
Jun 26, 2024

Cromartie player flips the banana game on its head

It's just stunning, right? I've never, in my life, seen someone attack a banana like that. It's like a gorilla, or trying to tell Maeda and his mom apart. I know what I'm watching, but my mind can't really comprehend it.

Do people eat bananas this way? I mean, you're essentially eating it like corn on the cob, right? That's the idea. Going the horizontal route with a banana instead of the mainstream vertical way is such a diabolical move, I don't know whether he's brilliant...

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Chapter 112: Harlem Shuffle
Jun 19, 2024

The Discoveries of Yamaguchi Noboru,
In three several Prat Falls from Destrade,
To the West of Cromartie,
And other parts of Tokyo:
Begun in March 1669, and ended in September 1670

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Chapters 110 & 111: Burn & Tell Me Why
Jun 12, 2024

Wherein we dispel some rumors about vampires.

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Chapter 109: Two Hearts
Jun 05, 2024

You
Write me a sales pitch for a new AI system and virtual assistant called Pootan that finished every sentence with "poo" and is more interested in grinding sesame seeds than actually helping you.

ChatGPT
Introducing Pootan, the revolutionary AI system and virtual assistant that brings a whole new level of quirkiness to your daily tasks! With Pootan, you'll experience a unique blend of efficiency and entertainment unlike anything you've ever encountered before.

Pootan is not your average virtual assistant – it's a virtual buddy with a penchant for poo-tastic fun! Imagine having a pe...

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Chapters 105 & 106: God Save the Cromartie & Livin' on a Prayer
May 22, 2024

Pootans are school-wide laws of behavior that outline the governing precepts for how a school will guide its expansion through the stars and its stance on certain subjects. Pootans are different from Freddies in that they cost nothing to implement, but have effects on how students and other schools are likely to view each other. Once altered, a specific Pootan cannot be changed until 10 Mechazawa Betas have been destroyed. Pondering Pootans is advised as a way to mitigate student delinquency in large schools that have a lot of pops of different ethics, besides the possibility of opening up new...

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Chapter 104: Take Off Me
May 15, 2024

At the time of this recording, Niamh still has not met Hatsune Miku. Please do not ask fem anything about Hatsune Miku yet.

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Chapter 103: Friends
May 08, 2024

Pootan, officially code-named PP01, is a software voicebank developed by Cromartie Media and its official anthropomorphic mascot character, a 38-year-old man with a cute, ambiguous animal costume. Pootan's personification has been marketed as a virtual comedian, and has performed at live virtual stand-up shows onstage as an animated projection (rear-cast projection on a specially coated glass screen).

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Chapters 101 & 102: Miss You & Zoo Station
May 01, 2024

“Hey Baseball Gorilla From The Woods, if you and I were lovers, would we have been able to fill the emptiness by eating bananas together?”

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Chapter Ninety-Eight: Joshua Tree | Chapters Ninety-Nine & 100: Beat It & A Brand-New Gorilla
Apr 24, 2024

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Chapter Ninety-Seven: Dead or Alive
Apr 10, 2024

Pootaning, also called hachimitsu-boying, hachimitsu-girling, or pootanpondering, is a style of street dance. Pootanpondering consists mainly of four kinds of movement—toprobot, downrobot, gorilla moves, and freddies.

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Chapter Ninety-Six: Jungle Boogie
Apr 03, 2024

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Volume 4 Supplementary Material
Mar 27, 2024

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Chapter Ninety-Five: Net the Glory
Mar 20, 2024

The owls are exactly what they seem.

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Chapters Ninety-Three & Ninety-Four: Love Letter & Kindness to Others
Mar 13, 2024

Introducing Croconnor...

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Chapter Ninety-Two: Time After Time
Mar 06, 2024

A delinquent wanted to enter a real cool club, but he didn't know the password that was required, so he waited by the door and listened. A total badass came up and knocked on the door and the doorman said, "twelve." The badass replied, "six," and was let in. Then a dude so hard he looked like he could be yakuza came to the door and the doorman said, "six." The yakuza-looking dude replied, "three," and was let in. The delinquent thought he'd heard enough and walked up to the door. The doorman said, "ten," and the delinquent replied, "...

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Chapter Ninety-One: Toys in the House of Maeda
Feb 28, 2024

If there are three bottles of iced tea and you take away two, how many bottles of iced tea do you have?

˙ǝuoƃ s,ǝɥ ʇnq 'sᴉɥʇ ǝʞᴉl ʎluǝppns os llɐɔ oʇ ʎɹɹoS :ɹǝʍsu∀

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Chapter Ninety: Twisted Brothers
Feb 21, 2024

In an odd little school was an odd little class with an odd little kid with an odd little mass. A stranger approached the electronics salesman and asked him how much the odd little kid weighed. The odd little man replied, “All the phones in this store weigh exactly 1/2 of a pound plus 1/2 of that kid.” Isn’t that odd? How many pounds does an odd little kid weigh?

¡ɯᴉɥ uo pǝddǝʇs no⅄ ¡ou ɥO :ɹǝʍsu∀

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Chapter Eighty-Nine: He is So Unusual
Feb 14, 2024

I was going to write an episode description, but the wildest thing happened... I got a migraine.

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Chapters Eighty-Seven & Eighty-Eight: Facing Health & Electric Warrior
Feb 07, 2024

Pour one out for Nerissa's Ravens... and for Mechazawa...

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Chapters Eighty-Five & Eighty-Six: Get It On & The Soul of My Head
Jan 31, 2024

The Ravencrofts are the best family left in the playoffs. And it's not even close

You can never count out Kiwawa KFP, but it doesn't look like Nerissa can be stopped

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Chapter Eighty-Four: Stray Cat
Jan 24, 2024

Have you ever wanted to be someone else? Or, more specifically, have you ever wanted to crawl through a portal hidden in an anonymous high school building and thereby enter the cerebral cortex of Maeda Akira for fifteen minutes, before being spat out on the side of the Tokyo Metro? Melancholy mecha, school drudgery, a floppy-haired Hayashida Shinjiro—but that’s not all! Surrealism, possession, Kamiyama Takashi, a domesticated primate, Freddie, Hokuto Takeshi, non-sequiturs, and absolutely no romance! But wait: get your Cromartie High School now and we’ll throw in emasculation, slapstick, Ajishio Taro and Hachimitsu Boy, and extra...

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Chapter Eighty-Three: Who Needs You?
Jan 17, 2024

And I said, "What about the Question Bucket ep?"
Fae said, "I think I remember that now
And as I recall, I think we both said, 'on Stairwells!'"
And I said, "Well, that's the one thing we forgot..."

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