Journey to the West: The Podcast

Journey to the West: The Podcast

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 reformed sand demon, Sha Wujing, and journey with them to India to acquire invaluable Buddhist scriptures. This immortal tale has delighted billions of Asian children yet is relatively unknown here in the west. This podcast aims to change that! Childhood friends Richard Tseng and James Young will read and review every single chapter of the Anthony C Yu translation of Wu Chen'en's epic book. Along the way, we'll bust myths (did the Sun Wukong really burst out of stone?) examine its impact (Which world-famous animes did this legend inspire?) and learn more about Asian culture and its myths overall (which Indian monkey god inspired our monkey king?) So quit monkeying around Subscribe, and let's hit the silk road!

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Chapter 94: As the Wedding Day Looms, Tripitaka's Poetry Blooms!

Chapter 94: As the Wedding Day Looms, Tripitaka's Poetry Blooms!

With the wedding of Tripitaka to the fiendish princess arranged, the feasting begins! Wuneng's having the time of his life with daily banquets, despite Wujing's disapproving jibes. Tripitaka's composi...

16 Heinä 202140min

Chapter 93: Forced to Marry a Princess! Will Tripitaka's Journey End Here?

Chapter 93: Forced to Marry a Princess! Will Tripitaka's Journey End Here?

This week Wukong the Monkey King and the gang hear about a princess who mysteriously turns up at the monastery they're staying in. Later, Tripitaka visits the capital where he's marked for marriage by...

9 Heinä 202149min

Chapter 92: Who's harder to control, a runaway rhino or a pillaging army?

Chapter 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 the...

2 Heinä 202134min

The lantern festival with the three oily Buddhas.

The 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 rea...

25 Kesä 202157min

Chapter 90: Did anybody lose a nine-headed lion?

Chapter 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, ni...

18 Kesä 202151min

Chapter 89: Lions, and lions, and lions, oh my!

Chapter 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 escap...

11 Kesä 202136min

Chapter 88: Wanna be my disciple? Here, hold my weapon!

Chapter 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...

4 Kesä 20211h 7min

Chapter 87: This one's for all the bureaucracy-lovers out there!

Chapter 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 r...

21 Touko 202156min