The Wizarding World of Disaster Prevention (w/Greg Lane)

Tokyo Cheapo Co-founder Greg Lane joins the boys to talk about a new Harry Potter theme park plus unmanned convenience stores. BTW, did you hear? JK Rowling says that just because they're "unmanned" doesn't make them women.

Also, Ollie recommends a river cruise that, on the one hand, is profiting off of racism, but on the other hand, has gathered a bunch of racists in one, pretty vulnerable location. Just saying. Plus, Bobby lets a bunch of angry river cruise shachos yell at Greg for 25 minutes.

Topics discussed on this episode range from:

Tourism/event related business woesBobby's t-shirtOvercorrecting perceived racismThe (main) difference between Michelle Obama and Bob SappThe plans to open a new Harry Potter park in TokyoWhy Disney Prince is such an appealing career optionWhy any modern business plan needs to be at least 50% the answer to the world's political and environmental problemsThe liquefaction issues at DisneyHow to make disaster prevention whimsicalTheme parks going contactless to prevent transfer of germs AND Sexual Misconduct accusationsHow nice it is to have cashless.Sorry, I meant how to "have a nice cashless."Japan's weird order for technology adoptionUnmanned convenience storesHow all of the self-checkout technology either feels like shoplifting or lends to itHow going "personless" is still pretty meaningless because we all still end up touching each other anyway

Topics discussed in the extras range from: 

How Ollie has bonded with the call center peopleHow travel companies and affiliate sites are splitting up that tourism moneyGreg's insight into the tensions between the old guard and the new guard in the Japanese tourism industryBehind the scenes in how the money gets handed out in the talent industryWhat Greg has learned about the differences between how our Asian neighbors and our Western family members travel JapanWhat you ARE allowed to do with those Mario Karts, but shouldn'tWhat Greg said to the family of four who wanted to book a night in a manga kissaWhat the real work behind running a site like Tokyo Cheapo requiresSome of the ways in which Japan DOES rip off touristsWhat Greg SHOULDN'T say about tourists, but then doesHow much it costs to for Jiro-dreams-of sushi to jerk you off

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