Episodes

21 minutes ago
J-Talk: Extra Time – J2 Matchday 21
21 minutes ago
21 minutes ago
James Taylor and Jon Steele return with another action-packed JTET. In part 1, James rounds up 9 games from J2 matchday 21. In part 2, James and Jon discuss the recent managerial changes at Yamaguchi and Yamagata, analyse Sapporo v Kumamoto, offer a tribute to Hitoshi Morishita, select their Most Bravo Player, and preview the coming weekend’s fixtures.
Thank you for your support of the J-Talk Podcast and J-Talk: Extra Time.
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3 days ago
Episode 576 - J1 Matchday 22
3 days ago
3 days ago
After a very eventful J1 matchday, and some housekeeping at the start of the episode (to 12:10), Jonny and Ben were joined by first time guest Seamus Johnston to chat about Kashiwa Reysol, who went joint top of the top flight with a character-building 2-0 away win over Shimizu on Saturday. Seamus chats about his expectations coming into the season under new manager Ricardo Rodriguez, some of the standout players thus far, and whether or not the club will be active in the summer transfer window (to 35:20).
Then Jonny and Ben run through the other games played over the weekend, when, with the notable exception of Kyoto, the rest of the top six struggled.

Friday Jun 27, 2025
J-Talk: Extra Time - J2 Matchday 20
Friday Jun 27, 2025
Friday Jun 27, 2025
Scheduling conflicts meant James Taylor and Jon Steele were unable to record together this week, so James has a quick review of all the action from J2 machday 20, picks his Most Bravo Player, and previews the coming weekend's games.
Thank you for your support of the J-Talk Podcast and J-Talk: Extra Time.
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Tuesday Jun 24, 2025
Episode 575 - J1 Matchday 21 with Sam Robson
Tuesday Jun 24, 2025
Tuesday Jun 24, 2025
Sam Robson made a triumphant return to the pod, to help Jonny and Ben run through all nine games played over the weekend in J1 Matchday 21.
After a quick look back at the Emperor's Cup and Urawa's first two games at the Club World Cup, we kick off our top flight review with Machida's home win over leaders Kashima, and the instant classic between Kashiwa and Kyoto at Hitachidai that finished 3-3. From there we move on to Hiroshima and Kobe, who surged into the top four with away wins, and then work our way through the other five games, chatting about the managerial changes at Niigata and Yokohama F.Marinos along the way.

Monday Jun 23, 2025
J-Talk: Extra Time - Emperor's Cup 2nd Round
Monday Jun 23, 2025
Monday Jun 23, 2025
In this brief episode, James Taylor reviews the 11 games involving J2 teams in the Emperor's Cup 2nd round.
Thank you for your support of the J-Talk Podcast and J-Talk: Extra Time.
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Friday Jun 20, 2025
J-Talk: Extra Time – J2 Matchday 19
Friday Jun 20, 2025
Friday Jun 20, 2025
James Taylor and Jon Steele are back with a bumper episode of JTET reviewing another entertaining weekend of J2. First, James has a roundup of 7 games from matchday 19 (start to 05:35). Then he was joined by Jon to discuss three goalfests: Nagasaki v Omiya (05:35 to 20:20); Yamagata v Sendai (20:20 to 33:00); and Tokushima v JEF United (33:00 to 44:00). Next, the boys choose their Most Bravo Players and discuss the J.League’s monthly awards for May (44:00 to 51:40), and end the episode with a preview of the coming weekend’s league fixtures (51:40 to end).
Thank you for your support of the J-Talk Podcast and J-Talk: Extra Time.
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Tuesday Jun 17, 2025
Episode 574 - J1 Matchday 20
Tuesday Jun 17, 2025
Tuesday Jun 17, 2025
Jonny and Ben begin the episode by chatting about the fringe players who stood out in Japan's big win over Indonesia last week, and the cupsets from the 2nd round of the Emperor's Cup (to 15:10), before diving in to all the results and talking points from the nine J1 games played over the weekend.

Saturday Jun 14, 2025
JTET - Emperor's Cup, Levain Cup & J2 Round 17 Review
Saturday Jun 14, 2025
Saturday Jun 14, 2025
In a quick wrap-up pod, James and Jon cover recent games from a trio of competitions.
In Part 1, James takes a look at how J2 sides fared in Round 1 of the Emperor's Cup at the end of May.
Then in Part 2, Jon checks in on Iwata's two-legged Levain Cup Play-Off tie against Shonan, and reviews the three rearranged J2 games that took place last weekend (including yet another win for Mito).
Thanks for all the support of the pod this season - we'll be back to review all of the weekend action next week!
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Thursday Jun 12, 2025
J-Talk: Short Corner – J3 May Review
Thursday Jun 12, 2025
Thursday Jun 12, 2025
In this episode of JTSC, Jon Steele and James Taylor discussed recent events in J3. They begin with a quick mention of notable results from the first and second rounds of the Emperor’s Cup (start to 05:10), then discuss the recent managerial change at Zweigen Kanazawa (05:10 to 16:40), the general situation regarding the relegation battle (16:40 to 24:20), and a look at the teams at the top end of the table (24:10 to end).
Thanks for your support of the J-Talk Podcast, J-Talk: Extra Time, and J-Talk: Short Corner.
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Tuesday Jun 10, 2025
Episode 573 - J1 Team of the (Half) Season with Alan Gibson
Tuesday Jun 10, 2025
Tuesday Jun 10, 2025
Alan Gibson joins Jonny and Ben to help us piece together the J-Talk Team of the (Half) Season. Before we get to the good stuff we chat about Alan's interview with Football Zone (Part 1 of 3 linked here), his overall thoughts on the first half of the season, and some of the major transfers in this mini window (to 27:30), before we discuss how Japan's newcomers fared in the 1-0 defeat to Australia last Thursday, and the Levain Cup playoff round (to 52:30).
Then in Part 2, we go from back to front selecting our team of the best performers in the first half of the season.