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Water Margin 009: Berserk
11 maart 2019 · 31 min
Lu Zhishen meets an old man in need and offers to use his monk training to help the guy out. Wait, what monk training?
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Water Margin 008: Monk
4 maart 2019 · 30 min
Lu Zhishen's new monastic family comes to the sobering realization that they just accepted a hard-drinking, mean-punching, latrine-spurning public-health menace into their midst.
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Water Margin 007: Buddha
25 februari 2019 · 29 min
On the lam after committing murder, Lu Da first runs into an old friend, and then runs into religion.
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Water Margin 006: Minced
11 februari 2019 · 29 min
Shi Jin makes a new friend, and we explore the question on everyone’s mind: Exactly what DO you do with minced pork fat?
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Water Margin 005: Party
4 februari 2019 · 30 min
Shi Jin and the bandits from the nearby mountains make it a Mid-Autumn Festival to remember.
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Water Margin Supplemental Episode 001: Cuju
30 januari 2019 · 13 min
A quick look at the ancient Chinese game of football that allowed Gao Qiu to break into government service.
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Water Margin 004: Pupil
28 januari 2019 · 29 min
Wang Jin turns a one-night farm stay into a nice little gig by knocking his host’s son on his butt.
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Water Margin 003: Ball
14 januari 2019 · 32 min
How do you rise up to be the future ruler's right-hand man? Certainly not through brilliance or hard work.
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Water Margin 002: Demons
7 januari 2019 · 33 min
The capital is facing a crisis, and the only hope is basically the 12th-century Chinese equivalent of Anakin Skywalker from "The Phantom Menace." Ugh.
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Water Margin 001: Introduction
1 januari 2019 · 27 min
An overview of the podcast and an introduction to the Water Margin, aka Outlaws of the Marsh, one of China’s great classic literary works.
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3 Kingdoms 154: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
14 mei 2018 · 16 min
A reflection on this four-year ride, and a glimpse of things to come.
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3 Kingdoms Supplemental 020: Carousel of Characters
9 mei 2018 · 30 min
A rapid-fire look at a bunch of supporting players in the novel.
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3 Kingdoms 153: Podcasts Under Heaven …
7 mei 2018 · 13 min
One hundred and fifty-three episodes later, we have finally reached the “long divided, must unite” part of the novel.
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3 Kingdoms Supplemental 019: Food
2 mei 2018 · 25 min
A look at what they ate and drank during the Three Kingdoms era.
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3 Kingdoms 152: Mutual Loathing and Admiration
30 april 2018 · 27 min
While their respective states are sizing each other up for conquest, the Jin and Wu commanders at the borders are getting along famously.
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3 Kingdoms 151: How Quickly They Forget
16 april 2018 · 29 min
Sure I just lost my kingdom, but look at all the fun stuff they have in the Wei capital!
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3 Kingdoms Supplemental 018: Sima Yi, Fact and Fiction
12 april 2018 · 16 min
We look at the architect of the Sima clan's rise to power.
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3 Kingdoms 150: Ulterior Motives
9 april 2018 · 25 min
Everyone has a hidden agenda, except maybe for the guy suspected of hatching an insurrection. (Note: Special guest narrator this week)
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3 Kingdoms 149: We Ain’t No Fortunate Sons
2 april 2018 · 29 min
A Shu commander tries to live up to his father's legacy, while a Shu prince refuses to follow his father's example.
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3 Kingdoms Supplemental 017: Sun Quan, Fact and Fiction
28 maart 2018 · 16 min
A dive into the real life of the guy who ran the family business for 50-plus years.
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3 Kingdoms 148: Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
19 maart 2018 · 28 min
While Jiang Wei scrambles to mount a last-ditch defense, his old nemesis searches for a way to go around his roadblock.
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3 Kingdoms Supplemental 016: Learning to Delegate
14 maart 2018 · 11 min
Meet two statesmen who really mastered the art of saying, "That's not in my job description."
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3 Kingdoms 147: The Empire Strikes Back
12 maart 2018 · 27 min
Tired of Shu's perpetual encroachment on its borders, Wei decides to take the fight to its nemesis.
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3 Kingdoms 146: Pyrrhic Victory
5 maart 2018 · 27 min
Jiang Wei finally gets the better of Deng Ai, but even that ends up backfiring.
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3 Kingdoms 145: Even More Chaos at Court
19 februari 2018 · 28 min
Discord between lord and vassal simmers in the court of Shu, while things boil over in the court of Wei.
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3 Kingdoms 144: Chaos at Court
12 februari 2018 · 29 min
While the Shu and Wei continue to slug it out in the West, the kingdom of Wu deals with internal unrest at the highest level.
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3 Kingdoms 143: How the Southeast Was Won, Again
5 februari 2018 · 28 min
Sima Zhao takes the emperor on a buddy road trip to put down another insurgence in a particularly troublesome part of the kingdom.
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3 Kingdoms 142: Mildly Wild West
22 januari 2018 · 28 min
Oh look: Another Northern campaign by the kingdom of Shu. Yawn.
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3 Kingdoms Supplemental 015: Zhuge Liang, Fact and Fiction
17 januari 2018 · 33 min
We say so long to the novel's pivotal player and wonder if he was really the genius the book made him out to be.
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3 Kingdoms 141: I Would Give My Left Eye for Google Maps!
15 januari 2018 · 29 min
A couple generals down South stir up trouble for Sima Shi. Now if only their forces knew the way to his camp ....
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3 Kingdoms 140: A Familiar Script
8 januari 2018 · 28 min
Jiang Wei's Northern invasion meets the same fate as Zhuge Liang's, while Sima Shi borrows a few pages from Cao Cao's playbook for how to deal with imperial puppets who don't know their place.
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3 Kingdoms 139: Chaos in the South
25 december 2017 · 30 min
Things go well for the kingdom of Wu and its political leader ... until they bite off more than they can chew.
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3 Kingdoms 138: North by Northwest
18 december 2017 · 28 min
Aided by an unexpected defection, Jiang Wei restarts the Northern campaigns by setting his sights first on the Northwest.
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3 Kingdoms 137: Coups Are Back in Vogue
11 december 2017 · 29 min
It's been a while since someone made a play to seize power from within. That changes this week.
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3 Kingdoms 136: King in the North
27 november 2017 · 30 min
A new threat emerges on Wei's northeastern borders, and he is just as bad at battle strategy as Jon Snow.
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3 Kingdoms 135: Pursuit of Immortality
20 november 2017 · 31 min
While Zhuge Liang sails off into eternal fame, the Wei emperor Cao Rui goes in search of eternal youth.
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3 Kingdoms 134: The Shu Hits the Fan
13 november 2017 · 30 min
The death of its indispensable man is just the start of the Riverlands' troubles.
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3 Kingdoms 133: When It Rains ...
30 oktober 2017 · 32 min
A stunning turn of events in the showdown between Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi.
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3 Kingdoms 132: Intellectual Property Theft Does Not Pay
23 oktober 2017 · 26 min
Again and again, Sima Yi is made to rue the day he stole Zhuge Liang's invention.
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3 Kingdoms Supplemental 014: It’s Just A Flesh Wound
18 oktober 2017 · 10 min
We delve into the story of the one-armed assassin and the guy who kicked his butt AFTER being assassinated.
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3 Kingdoms 131: Wooden Oxens, Gliding Horses, and Copycats
16 oktober 2017 · 28 min
Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi match wits over the latest in wheelbarro
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3 Kingdoms 130: Goin’ Down the Only Road I’ve Ever Known
2 oktober 2017 · 29 min
After another promising Northern campaign gets short-circuited, Zhuge Liang prays to his former lord for the strength to carry on, because he's made up his mind and he ain't wasting no more time.
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3 Kingdoms 129: You Called Me Back for This?!!
25 september 2017 · 28 min
Just as he was getting into a groove, Zhuge Liang is rudely interrupted in the field by an urgent dispatch from his emperor.
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3 Kingdoms Supplemental 013: Getting Sneaky
20 september 2017 · 6 min
A brief explanation of the story behind the most famous secret crossing in Chinese history.
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3 Kingdoms 128: Smackdowns and Smack Talk
18 september 2017 · 29 min
You've seen Zhuge Liang kill someone with just his tongue. Now watch him kill someone with the written word.
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3 Kingdoms 127: A Familiar Script
4 september 2017 · 29 min
Zhuge Liang's third Northern expedition gets off to a promising start, but what else is new?
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3 Kingdoms 126: Putting the ”Three” in Three Kingdoms
28 augustus 2017 · 28 min
Did you know that we had actually been rolling with just two official kingdoms all this time? Well, Sun Quan will fix that this week.
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3 Kingdoms 125: Smoke and Mirrors
21 augustus 2017 · 28 min
Zhuge Liang toys with Cao Zhen time and again on his second Northern expedition.
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3 Kingdoms Supplemental 012: Liu Bei, Fact and Fiction
9 augustus 2017 · 36 min
We delve into the life and career of the real Liu Bei to see if he is really as virtuous as the novel made him out to be (spoiler alert: No one can be as virtuous as the novel made Liu Bei out to be).
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3 Kingdoms 124: Losing An Arm and A Pillar
7 augustus 2017 · 28 min
Zhuge Liang prepares to take another shot at Wei, but one old friend will not be joining him.