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 9: A Sadder Origin Than Batman and Moses Combined

Guanyin's ready to meet the monk who will retrieve Buddha's scriptures, and so are we! If you thought Batman's origin was sad, just wait until you read Xuanzhang's. It's got echoes of Moses and Bruce ...

11 Okt 20191h 3min

Episode 8: Guanyin's Quest

What's Buddha going to do now that the monkey madness is over? Finish his magnum opus on how to get enlightened, that's what. And how does an ancient ascended all-knowing awakened one launch a book se...

4 Okt 20191h

Episode 7: Buddha's Wager

With his forces finally defeated and the rebellious Sun Wukong himself brought to heel, one question remains: How do you punish an immortal when he's made himself impossible to kill? Everyone from t...

27 Sep 20191h 1min

Chapter 6: Monkey King Meets the John Wick of the Great Beyond

After getting caught red-handed for stealing the Queen Mother's peaches, harassment and drinking on the job (but mainly for stealing those peaches), heaven's forces give the Monkey King a choice: surr...

20 Sep 201944min