Yurugengogaku radio (ゆる言語学ラジオ) is a podcast + YouTube show going over all quirky language features in Japanese. i.e., the history of counter words, why certain Kanji's exist, usage of certain particles (a whole video just on た for example), and more.
It is setup with an academic, Taiki Mizuno, who had studied linguistics, and the host, Ken Horimoto, who is an author/entrepreneur. Mizuno does a sort of "talk and explain" approach to Horimoto, who goes along with the conversation in a very teacher-student kind of setting, so it is set up for any average person watching to learn.
Benefit of the youtube channel as well is that they add Japanese subtitles regularly of the important points being emphasized, so it is esay to follow along even if your audio retention is weak. Beyond that, you can for example switch to an audio-only format to do a more intensive audio-input training.
Some of my favorite episodes:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzTqAU_kiKM
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-g5cxcjsU4
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5_ktUB62G0
• https://youtu.be/c8KS4Httk7s
Happy studying!
by NB_Translator_EN-JP