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Water Margin 054: Name
4 mei 2020 · 28 min
Once again, we see how far money and reputation can carry a man, even when he's on his way to prison.
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Water Margin 053: Ferry
27 april 2020 · 26 min
Like Uber, but for boats ... and the ferryman gives you a choice of meals, too.
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Water Margin 052: Exile
20 april 2020 · 26 min
Caught at his home, Song Jiang is finally brought to justice ... such as it is.
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Water Margin 051: Father
6 april 2020 · 28 min
Song Jiang's Liangshan-bound cohort keeps growing, until he gets an unexpected message.
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Water Margin 050: Recruit
30 maart 2020 · 29 min
With admirers like these, who needs enemies?
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Water Margin 049: Siege
23 maart 2020 · 27 min
Song Jiang’s bandit buddies run amok, and then give an enemy general the run-around.
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Water Margin 048: Arrows
9 maart 2020 · 27 min
A local lantern festival ignites a feud between Hua Rong and his boss.
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Water Margin 047: Kindness
2 maart 2020 · 27 min
Meet the heroes of Clear Winds Mountain, who turn unsuspecting passers-by into soup and abduct and defile women on their way to visit their parents' graves.
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Water Margin 046: Trouble
24 februari 2020 · 26 min
Wu Song continues acting like the worst pretend monk ever and gets himself first into some cold water, and then into some hot water.
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Water Margin 045: Religion
10 februari 2020 · 27 min
On the run from the law, Wu Song finds religion, and then quickly finds a way to break all of its tenets.
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Water Margin 044: Revenge
3 februari 2020 · 27 min
Wu Song’s enemies just couldn’t leave well enough alone, and soon find themselves facing the consequences — pissed-off consequences.
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Water Margin 043: Admire
27 januari 2020 · 29 min
After his beatdown of Jiang Menshen, Wu Song discovers he has a new fan.
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Water Margin 042: Drunk
13 januari 2020 · 27 min
Wu Song finally finds out what Shi En wants his help with, and devises a way to turn a mob war into a drinking game.
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Water Margin 041: Prison
6 januari 2020 · 27 min
Wu Song receives the best treatment the ancient Chinese legal system has to offer, despite his effort to invite the worst.
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Water Margin 040: Meat
30 december 2019 · 28 min
Wu Song stops in at a tavern and gets all nitpicky about the food, like the teeniest bit of pubic hair in the bun fillings.
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Water Margin 039: Justice
16 december 2019 · 28 min
Wu Song is determined to get to the bottom of his brother’s death, by any means necessary.
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Water Margin 038: Skeletons
9 december 2019 · 28 min
The murderers’ coverup goes off as planned … until a certain someone gets back in town.
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Water Margin 037: Cuckold
2 december 2019 · 28 min
Wu Dalang catches his unfaithful wife in the act, and pays for it.
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Announcement: Ask Me Anything on Dec. 16
20 november 2019 · 1 min
If you have questions about the how’s and why’s of this podcast, or my thoughts on podcasting in general, post them at the Ask Me Anything hosted by WhatPods on December 16 at https://whatpods.com/show-development/ama/john-zhu.
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Water Margin 036: Hookup
18 november 2019 · 28 min
Armed with their 10-step plan, Ximen Qing and Mrs. Wang undertake Operation Seduction.
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Water Margin 035: Plot
11 november 2019 · 28 min
While Wu Song is away, someone keeps hovering around his brother's house, hoping to get a bit of something hot and steamy (no, not Wu Dalang's buns).
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Water Margin 034: Wife
4 november 2019 · 27 min
Wu Song's happy reunion with his brother hits a snag when his brother's wife is a bit too happy to see him.
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Water Margin 033: Beast
21 oktober 2019 · 27 min
Wu Song throws caution to the wind and goes big-game hunting with his fist.
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Water Margin 032: Guests
14 oktober 2019 · 28 min
Despite the best efforts of the Yuncheng County justice system, Song Jiang somehow slips through the hands of the law.
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Water Margin 031: Crime
7 oktober 2019 · 27 min
Does a multitude of wrongs make a right? We find out this week as an adulterer stands up to a crooked justice system as the authorities try to cover up for one of their own, who runs afoul of the law after being blackmailed by his cheating mistress.
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Water Margin 030: Gold
23 september 2019 · 28 min
An evening that starts with Song Jiang being offered a big bag of gold goes horribly awry.
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Water Margin 029: Grateful
16 september 2019 · 29 min
As our bandit friends herald the dawn of a new age of prosperity, we check in with their acquaintance back in Yuncheng County.
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Water Margin 028: Fracas
9 september 2019 · 27 min
The last time Lin Chong vented, he cut off three heads. How many will he chop off this time?
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Water Margin 027: Swamp
26 augustus 2019 · 28 min
Somebody forgot to explain to our heroes that "Lend me your ears" is only a figure of speech.
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Water Margin 026: Leak
19 augustus 2019 · 26 min
Which member of the Yuncheng County legal system is NOT trying to help Chao Gai escape? Raise your hand. Anyone? Anyone?
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Water Margin 025: Search
12 augustus 2019 · 27 min
A tip from his no-good brother puts a down-on-his-luck investigator on the scent of Chao Gai and company.
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Water Margin 024: Refuge
29 juli 2019 · 27 min
If you can’t beat them, join them. Yang Zhi embarks on his life outside the law with a little dine-and-dash action.
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Water Margin 023: Heist
22 juli 2019 · 29 min
Yang Zhi's approach to convoy duty: Try to rest before I tell you? That's a whipping. Try to get on the road before I tell you? That's a whipping. Look at me funny? That's a whipping. Complain about the excessive whippings? That's definitely a whipping. Lees meer
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Water Margin 022: Lure
15 juli 2019 · 29 min
Wu Yong reels in some eager helpers for Chao Gai's planned heist.
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Water Margin 021: Fish
1 juli 2019 · 28 min
Chao Gai sends a confidant to a fishing village in search of a few good men with no compunctions about theft.
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Water Margin 020: Gift
24 juni 2019 · 29 min
Our story shifts to rural village life, which apparently includes receiving uninvited visitors from near and far, some of whom hit you up for food and wine in the middle of the night while others come bearing presents, of a sort.
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Water Margin Supplemental Episode 003: Money
19 juni 2019 · 14 min
A quick look at currencies, income, and living expenses during the Northern Song.
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Water Margin 019: Knife
17 juni 2019 · 30 min
It slices. It dices. It probably shouldn't be sold on a busy street in the capital. But wait, there's more!
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Water Margin 018: Pledge
3 juni 2019 · 28 min
Lin Chong really wants to join the bandits on Liangshan, but the initiation is murder.
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Water Margin 017: Water
27 mei 2019 · 29 min
Meet the new Lin Chong, stabber of hearts, remover of heads, and burner of old men’s beards.
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Water Margin Supplemental Episode 002: Buddhism
22 mei 2019 · 28 min
A look at the growth of Buddhism during the Northern Song and the religion's relationship with the imperial government.
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Water Margin 016: Fire
20 mei 2019 · 26 min
Just as Lin Chong starts to settle into his new life at the penal colony, his past pays him a visit.
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Update: Videos on Three Kingdoms Warlords
20 mei 2019 · 1 min
I recently collaborated with the YouTube channel Invicta History on three videos about Three Kingdoms warlords. The videos were sponsored by Creative Assembly as part of the promotion for its new game Total War: Three Kingdoms. My role in the project was to provide research and record the narration for the videos. We covered Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao, and Liu Bei. It was a fun project. All three videos are out now, so have a look. Lees meer
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Water Margin 015: C.R.E.A.M.
6 mei 2019 · 28 min
Lin Chong finds out first-hand that cash really does rule everything around you, especially when you’re caught up in the ancient Chinese legal system.
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Update: Appearance on ”Total War” Podcast
2 mei 2019 · 1 min
Back in February, I took part in a podcast conversation on the Invicta History YouTube channel with the host, Julien, and Peter Stewart, a writer from the team producing the coming “Total War: Three Kingdoms” game. We chatted for more than an hour, geeking out over the history of the Three Kingdoms period, the novel based on it, and how all of that is handled in the game. It was a fun conversation, and it was interesting for me to hear how the team worked to capture the essence of the story in the game. Have a listen. Lees meer
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Water Margin 014: Forest
29 april 2019 · 29 min
Shady backroom deals, morally flexible guards, and a stretch of dodgy woods: Things are not looking good for Lin Chong.
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Water Margin 013: Stabbed
22 april 2019 · 29 min
Lin Chong buys a shiny new toy, and then discovers he got sold out.
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Water Margin 012: Sh*t
8 april 2019 · 27 min
We see how the "throw Lu Zhishen into a fecal pond" plan turns out, and then watch as he turns pest removal into a Strongest Man event.
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Water Margin 011: Sins
1 april 2019 · 29 min
A couple duels, a few corpses, and a big fire. Just another day on Lu Zhishen’s trip to the capital.
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Water Margin 010: Journey
25 maart 2019 · 29 min
Lu Zhishen unexpectedly runs into an old friend. Well, a friend. More of a passing acquaintance, really. What do you call someone you don't mind stealing from?