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Join us each week as we take listeners through one of China's most beloved novels. Meet Sun Wukong the Monkey King, his Buddhist master, Xuanzhang, the lustful monster Pigsy aka Zhu Bajie, and the ref... more
FAQs about Journey to the West: The Podcast:How many episodes does Journey to the West: The Podcast have?The podcast currently has 105 episodes available.
July 02, 2021Chapter 92: Who's harder to control, a runaway rhino or a pillaging army?The epic conclusion of Wukong's war with the sacrifice-demanding, oil-stealing, Buddha-impersonating rhino fiends. Dragon kings, divine forces, and all the brothers get in on the action. But after they've won, can the victors control their forces? Perhaps the most realistic portrayal of cosmic war yet, this week!...more35minPlay
June 25, 2021The lantern festival with the three oily Buddhas.This week the crew attend an annual lantern festival that's so expensive that the townsfolk must starve to afford it. We wonder about what happens to old religious traditions and whether they ever really go away....more58minPlay
June 18, 2021Chapter 90: Did anybody lose a nine-headed lion?The exciting conclusion to Monkey and friends' fight with the lion kingdom! What started as a dispute over some stolen weapons has turned into an all-out war as the Yellow Lion gets his grandpappy, nine-headed lion and self-proclaimed, "Nine-fold Numina Primal Sage" involved. Will Tripitaka survive being a POW? And where did this lion come from? Find out this week! ...more52minPlay
June 11, 2021Chapter 89: Lions, and lions, and lions, oh my!Wukong, Eight Rules, and Sha Monk discover the stealer of their weapons is none other than the Yellow Lion spirit! Are there other kinds of lions? Apparently so! When the smoke clears, the thief escapes, and returns with more felines than the cast of Cats!...more37minPlay
June 04, 2021Chapter 88: Wanna be my disciple? Here, hold my weapon!Wukong and the gang show their martial magic to three princely challengers who immediately ask to become their disciples. Crisis averted, right? But just because they didn't use violence, doesn't mean they're free from bad karma. More this week!...more1h 8minPlay
May 21, 2021Chapter 87: This one's for all the bureaucracy-lovers out there!Having finally arrived in India, the pilgrims must make it rain, literally. After a fight with his wife, the local prefect knocked over some sacrificial offerings and fed them to his dogs. It hasn't rained ever since. Can Wukong navigate heaven's various departments and proper protocols or will everybody starve? Find out this week!...more57minPlay
May 14, 2021Chapter 86: Monkey King Sun Wukong, Head InspectorThe evil Great King of South Mountain is prepping Tripitaka for dinner and he's got a plan to get rid of the elder's disciples: convince them that he's already eaten the Tang Monk! Can the Great King outwit the Monkey King? Find out this week!...more52minPlay
May 07, 2021Chapter 85: That time the Monkey King "helped" his brother by almost getting him killed.This week, we find out what happens when you shave the heads of everyone in a kingdom that's vowed to kill monks, Wukong decides to fight fair by tricking Wuneng into doing it for him, and Tripitaka meets a fellow menu item in the demon's lair. Don't miss it!...more1hPlay
April 30, 2021Chapter 84: The monkey, the pig, the monk, the sand monster, and the wardrobeOur pilgrims find themselves outside a kingdom that's vowed to kill 10,000 monks and just needs 4 more to complete the mission. Monkey steals some merchants' clothes and even convinces the innkeeper's wife to let them sleep in their wardrobe. Just then, bandits! How much worse can the monks' luck get? Find out this week!...more55minPlay
April 23, 2021Chapter 83: She tried to take my master's virginity, so Monkey is suing her father!The Fair Girl steals Tripitaka and tries to marry him, again! Monkey's had enough so he takes the Fair Dad, Devaraja Li, to court. The father's response? "I am NOT the father, now die!" Somebody's lying, but who? Find out this week!...more59minPlay
FAQs about Journey to the West: The Podcast:How many episodes does Journey to the West: The Podcast have?The podcast currently has 105 episodes available.