Show guide
ゆる哲学ラジオ (Yuru Tetsugaku Radio) talks about philosophy in a relaxed, playful way — Aristotle, Heidegger and more, made for Japanese listeners. It's real native Japanese; here's how to study it in Wakatta.
About the show
A laid-back philosophy podcast for Japanese listeners: the hosts chew over big ideas — ethics, existentialism and more — in a light, funny, conversational way. It's natural-speed native Japanese (around N2), so it's real immersion, not a learner show, and the abstract topics make the vocabulary a stretch.
How to use it in Wakatta
In Wakatta the show is ready to play, and every episode is a tappable transcript with furigana. Tap any word for its reading and meaning, save the ones worth keeping, and review them later with the exact sentence and audio — so you actually understand what you hear instead of listening past it. (Don’t see a show you love? Search for any podcast in the app.)
What a transcript looks like
今日はお茶を淹れます。
淹れます iremasu · to brew (tea)
Every episode becomes a transcript like this — tap any word for its reading and meaning.
Recent episodes
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Tap an episode to open it in Wakatta and read along with the transcript.
Common questions
What level is ゆる哲学ラジオ?
It's upper-intermediate — around N2 — real native Japanese, and the abstract, philosophical topics push the vocabulary. In Wakatta it comes with a synced transcript and furigana, so you can read along and tap anything you miss — which makes native audio far more approachable.
Read along in Wakatta
Wakatta turns real Japanese podcasts into tappable transcripts — tap any word for its reading and meaning, and review what you save with the original audio.
