#151 - Special: Strange Tales 3
Our third entry of Seasonal Spookiness for your unsettling aural pleasure. From Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio (聊齋志異) by: Pu Songling 1:25 - "The Girl in Green" 8:30 - "A Very Sharp Sword" 10:45...
15 Okt 201840min
#150 - N. Song 17: Smoke On the Water Margin
Emperor Huizong’s Song Dynasty’s luck runs dry with a series of epic screw up that throw the whole system in disarray. War with the Tangut Xi Xia goes badly awry – and his generals won’t even tell him...
5 Okt 201840min
#149 - N. Song 16: Empire of Black & Gold
To the north of Song China, sandwiched between Goryeo Korea and the invincible Liao Empire, a new force arises on the banks of the Black and Gold Rivers, that will shake the very foundations of All Un...
23 Sep 201846min
#148 - N. Song 15: A Campaign of Dunces
With Wang Anshi out of the picture, Emperor Shenzong's ministers find to their horror that theg uy they thought was radicalizing the monarch... had actually be holding him back this whole time. Now th...
2 Sep 201842min
#147 - N. Song 14: The New Policies, Pt. 3
Wang Anshi's heady, glorious dream at last comes crashing into the cold, mechanical reality of imperial bureaucracy, to everyone's chagrin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic...
15 Aug 201838min
#146 - N. Song 13: The New Policies, Pt. 2
Wang Anshi weilds his newfound power to implement, through his hand-picked Finance Planning Commission, a sweeping series of reforms aids at revitalizing that dynasty's sagging economy. They'll includ...
25 Jul 201849min
#145 - N. Song 12: The New Policies, Pt. 1
In this first part of a mini-arc, southern provincial nobody Wang Anshi rises above his station and attracts both the curiosity and the attention of Emperor Shanzong and his court by laying out a bold...
20 Jul 201838min
#144 - N. Song 11: Only A Northern Song
"Like milk on a hot day in San Diego, it turned out that Emperor Yingzong was a bad choice." Time Period Covered: 1063-1067 CE Important Historial Figures: Song: Emperor Renzong (Zhao Zhen)[r. 1022-...
30 Jun 201837min
