Tokyo Vice Author Jake Adelstein Co-Hosts The Evaporated: Gone with the Gods Which Dives into The World of Mysterious Disappearances Across Japan  

First Two Episodes Are Available Now

New York, NY – December 12, 2022 – Campside Media and Sony Music Entertainment at this time premiered their new anthology podcast, The Evaporated, which explores tales of mysterious disappearances. Season one of many sequence, Gone With the Gods is co-hosted by crime author Jake Adelstein (Tokyo Vice, I Sold My Soul For Bitcoins), and the Japanese-American journalist Shoko Plambeck. Gone with the Gods is an investigative probe into the phenomenon of Japan’s johatsu, or evaporated individuals — random and unexplained disappearances. The first two episodes are available today and subscribers to The Binge can hearken to all episodes, abruptly.  

In this primary season of The Evaporated, the Tokyo-based workforce of Adelstein and Plambeck start with the sudden disappearance of Adelstein’s accountant, who vanished one tax season and opened the door to an unpredictable thriller. The ensuing journey takes Adelstein into the mysterious realm of Japan’s “evaporated” individuals, the tens of 1000’s who go lacking yearly for causes which might be usually distinctive to Japan. Some, they’ll discover out, vanish on objective. 

The nine-episode sequence explores the ripple results of those vanishing individuals all through Japanese society, from “night movers,” the underground business dedicated to serving to individuals disappear, to the private and societal incentives that encourage vanishing, to how and the place the vanished survive in Japan. Gone With the Gods supplies a captivating have a look at the talents it takes to each disappear and discover lacking individuals with a sprawling, entertaining narrative led by Adelstein and Plambeck, a journalist together with her personal historical past of “vanishing.” 

“When I was a kid my dad got into some trouble so we ended up hiding out in rural Japan for a while. That’s one reason I feel drawn to johatsu, evaporating,” stated Shoko Plambeck. “We had our own reasons for choosing to evaporate, but there’s such a fascinating array of circumstances that’s led others to do the same.” 

“I am excited to take listeners into a colorful, mysterious realm that’s yet to be explored in audio,” stated Jake Adelstein. “I’ve been a reporter in Japan for 30 years, and I’m sadly used to seeing people here one day and gone the next. Including trusted sources. This series will take us into the underworld and beyond as we explore unique stories of Japanese society that have rarely been revealed before, including the worlds of police, private detectives, night movers and the vanished—as they pursue and hide from each other”  

The Evaporated: Gone with the Gods is government produced by Campside Media co-founder Josh Dean, who additionally co-created and co-hosted the primary season of Chameleon: Hollywood Con Queen. 

Subscribers to The Binge can hearken to all episodes, abruptly at this time. The Evaporated: Gone with the Gods is on the market on all main podcast platforms, together with Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher. For extra info on The Evaporated: Gone with the Gods and all different Sony Podcast exhibits, comply with @SonyPodcasts on Twitter and Instagram.