Mao's Yan'An Talks
4 Sep 201819min
Judge Lu
22 Aug 201819min
Yang Huang - My Old Faithful
Today, we get to interview a flesh-and-blood maker of Chinese literature who has recently put out a series of short stories on a fictionalized version of real Chinese families. We talked to her to fin...
16 Jul 201820min
Zhang Ailing - Sealed Off
We go back to Zhang Ailing, the author Lee claims to be the best Chinese writer of the 20th Century. Rob and Lee discuss her most anthologized work in English, Sealed Off. It is a psychological story ...
23 Jun 201828min
50th Podcast Anniversary
No one expected it, least of all us, but this is our 50th episode with the podcast. Today, Rob and Lee are going to celebrate just like the ancients used to....with a Top 5 Countdown! The pair will sh...
11 Jun 201822min
F#$* Mama - Han Shaogong's Bababa
In this episode, we return to the Root-seeking authors (xungen), this time with Han Shaogong and his enigmatic story Bababa. The story, if you can call it that, has a disjointed plot. It is focused on...
21 Mai 201824min
Interview with Dylan King
9 Mai 201823min
Buddhist Rescues Mother from Hell
This story, The Great Maudgalyayana Rescues his Mom from Hell, is one of the earliest in Chinese vernacular fiction. The version we are reading was found in Dunhuang by Aurel Stein, the Hungarian Brit...
17 Apr 201826min
