#224 - Ming 15: The Tumu Fiasco
A child sits the throne of Great Ming, which goes surprisingly alright… at least for a while. But when the old guard of the imperial regency starts dying off, a combination of naive youthful exuberanc...
1 Okt 202140min
#223 - Ming 14: Maybe The Real Treasure Was The Friends We Made Along The Way
While dying emperors, shifting policies, and vindictive princes keep the capital busy, Admiral Zheng He will manage to sneak in on last joy-ride into the sunset aboard his beloved Treasure Fleet... T...
5 Sep 202142min
#222 - Ming 13: Trouble In Paradise
Zheng He's Treasure Fleet finally arrives on the African coast, and the Yongle Emperor celebrates the apex of his reign with the grand opening of Beijing and the Forbidden City. But dark clouds contin...
21 Aug 202139min
#221 - Mongol 18: Goliath's Fall
Having laid waste to the once glorious city of Baghdad, Hulegu Ilkhan now sets his sights east of the Euphrates, to the fertile lands of Syria and Egypt beyond. But what's to follow will set of a mome...
30 Juli 20211h 7min
#220 - Ming 12: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Gift Them
The treasure Fleet goes on missions 2-4, resulting in increasingly strange, valuable, and even divine gifts being presented to Great Ming. Time Period Covered: 1407-1415 CE Major Historical Figures ...
13 Juli 202142min
#219 - Intelligent Speech 2021: Escaping the Mongols (Or at Least Trying!)
A live retelling (wart & all) of Genghis Khan's invasion of Khwarazmia ca. 1221, and the doomed flight of all who stood against his wrath... followed by a Q&A. From the 2021 Intelligent Speech Confere...
26 Juni 202141min
The Sea Shanty of Zheng He
There once was a fleet that put to sea All in name of the Imperial Ming With phoenix sterns, & dragon prows Oh go, my baochuan, go! Soon may the Treasure Fleet moor To bring ceramics & silk galore On...
22 Juni 20213min
#218 - Ming 11: Soon May the Treasure Fleet Come
Zheng He & Co. have left the station and are sailing out! They leave the safety of the Yangtze River and set their compasses southbound and down, first to Fujian, then to Vietnam, Java, Sri Lanka, and...
15 Juni 202140min
