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Keep on going with Journey of the Monkey King!
Journey to the West: The Podcast - September 17, 2021 23:19 - 1 hour ★★★ - 21 ratingsThis week we take you behind the scenes of the Journey of the Monkey King Podcast. If you're not quite ready to go full enlightened after our last chapter, then listen to Caoimhe and Emjay give you the Chinese classic from a whole new angle. Follow them on social at: https://twitter.com/mon...
Chapter 100: You're a Buddha! And You're a Buddha! And... you're a janitor!
Journey to the West: The Podcast - September 03, 2021 04:00 - 46 minutes ★★★ - 21 ratingsThis week marks the conclusion of our Journey to the West! Monkey King and friends become buddhas, bodhisattvas, and arhats. But Tathagata has a special surprise waiting for Wuneng the pig... Thank you all for joining us on this trek, may you all know the root of happiness and be free of sufferi...
Chapter 99: Ordeal with it!
Journey to the West: The Podcast - August 27, 2021 04:00 - 33 minutes ★★★ - 21 ratingsGuanyin does some quick math and realizes that the pilgrims, including Monkey King and his master, are one ordeal short of the set needed to achieve enlightenment. So they get dumped on a turtle who reminds Tripitaka of a promise he once made...
Chapter 98: How the West Was One
Journey to the West: The Podcast - August 20, 2021 04:00 - 59 minutes ★★★ - 21 ratingsThe Monkey King has arrived! But first, Tripitaka must cast off his earthly body and cross the river that lies before Thunderclap Mountain, and then just before they get their scriptures, the librarians want a bribe. Could this journey get any harder? Find out this week!
Chapter 97: Monkey Justice! with Monkey King researcher Jim McClanahan
Journey to the West: The Podcast - August 13, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★ - 21 ratingsAfter the pilgrims' awkward parting last chapter, a group of bandits descend on their hosts' home and kill Squire Kou! Kou's wife blames Wukong and the gang in her grief and everyone gets arrested. No demons and no fighting, yet this is the favorite chapter of JourneyToTheWestResearch.com Find o...
Scott Park Phillips Returns For Our 100th Episode!
Journey to the West: The Podcast - August 06, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★ - 21 ratingsThis week we are excited to welcome back one of our favorite guests, Scott Park Phillips. In addition to enlightening us on many more fascinating aspects of Journey to the West, Scott is also launching a new course and newsletter. Sign up for fascinating insights at ScottParkPhillips.substack.com
Chapter 96: Monkey and Friends Understay Their Welcome
Journey to the West: The Podcast - July 30, 2021 04:00 - 44 minutes ★★★ - 21 ratingsWhen you're the last 4 monks to be fed by a philanthropist who's vowed to feed 10,000 monks, some partying is bound to ensue. But when everyone but pig Wuneng is tired of all the feasting and try to hit the scripture trail, they offend their host's wife. Ruin a party or scrap the holy mission? F...
Chapter 95: Silly Rabbit, Tripitaka's Not For Monstrous Deviates!
Journey to the West: The Podcast - July 23, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★ - 21 ratingsTripitaka's bride-to-be is unmasked as the Jade Hare, her divine owners come calling, and we get a heartfelt reunion between the royal family with the real princess. Plus, we discuss gender dynamics and catcalling during Monkey King's time. Don't miss it!
Chapter 94: As the Wedding Day Looms, Tripitaka's Poetry Blooms!
Journey to the West: The Podcast - July 16, 2021 04:00 - 40 minutes ★★★ - 21 ratingsWith 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 composing poetry to deal with his anxiety. But all is not lost, for Monkey's got a plan. Find out what ...
Chapter 93: Forced to Marry a Princess! Will Tripitaka's Journey End Here?
Journey to the West: The Podcast - July 09, 2021 04:00 - 49 minutes ★★★ - 21 ratingsThis 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 her doppelganger. What's going on? Find out this week!
Chapter 92: Who's harder to control, a runaway rhino or a pillaging army?
Journey to the West: The Podcast - July 02, 2021 04:00 - 34 minutes ★★★ - 21 ratingsThe 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 they've won, can the victors control their forces? Perhaps the most realistic portrayal of cosmic w...
The lantern festival with the three oily Buddhas.
Journey to the West: The Podcast - June 25, 2021 04:00 - 57 minutes ★★★ - 21 ratingsThis 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 really go away.
Chapter 90: Did anybody lose a nine-headed lion?
Journey to the West: The Podcast - June 18, 2021 04:00 - 51 minutes ★★★ - 21 ratingsThe 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, nine-headed lion and self-proclaimed, "Nine-fold Numina Primal Sage" involved. Will Tripitaka surv...
Chapter 89: Lions, and lions, and lions, oh my!
Journey to the West: The Podcast - June 11, 2021 04:00 - 36 minutes ★★★ - 21 ratingsWukong, 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 escapes, and returns with more felines than the cast of Cats!
Chapter 88: Wanna be my disciple? Here, hold my weapon!
Journey to the West: The Podcast - June 04, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★ - 21 ratingsWukong 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 they're free from bad karma. More this week!
Chapter 87: This one's for all the bureaucracy-lovers out there!
Journey to the West: The Podcast - May 21, 2021 04:00 - 56 minutes ★★★ - 21 ratingsHaving 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 rained ever since. Can Wukong navigate heaven's various departments and proper protocols or will ...
Chapter 86: Monkey King Sun Wukong, Head Inspector
Journey to the West: The Podcast - May 14, 2021 04:00 - 51 minutes ★★★ - 21 ratingsThe evil Great King of South Mountain is prepping Tripitaka for dinner and he's got a plan to get rid of the elder's disciples: convince them that he's already eaten the Tang Monk! Can the Great King outwit the Monkey King? Find out this week!
Chapter 85: That time the Monkey King "helped" his brother by almost getting him killed.
Journey to the West: The Podcast - May 07, 2021 04:00 - 59 minutes ★★★ - 21 ratingsThis week, we find out what happens when you shave the heads of everyone in a kingdom that's vowed to kill monks, Wukong decides to fight fair by tricking Wuneng into doing it for him, and Tripitaka meets a fellow menu item in the demon's lair. Don't miss it!
Chapter 84: The monkey, the pig, the monk, the sand monster, and the wardrobe
Journey to the West: The Podcast - April 30, 2021 04:00 - 54 minutes ★★★ - 21 ratingsOur pilgrims find themselves outside a kingdom that's vowed to kill 10,000 monks and just needs 4 more to complete the mission. Monkey steals some merchants' clothes and even convinces the innkeeper's wife to let them sleep in their wardrobe. Just then, bandits! How much worse can the monks' luc...
Chapter 83: She tried to take my master's virginity, so Monkey is suing her father!
Journey to the West: The Podcast - April 23, 2021 04:00 - 58 minutes ★★★ - 21 ratingsThe Fair Girl steals Tripitaka and tries to marry him, again! Monkey's had enough so he takes the Fair Dad, Devaraja Li, to court. The father's response? "I am NOT the father, now die!" Somebody's lying, but who? Find out this week!
Chapter 82: Falling down a sex rabbit hole, and there is no bottom.
Journey to the West: The Podcast - April 16, 2021 04:00 - 38 minutes ★★★ - 21 ratingsTripitaka's getting married! Or, at least he would be if the Fair Girl had her way. This week's over-sexed fiend seeks to take the Tang Monk's virginity, and it's up to Monkey to, ah, explore her bottomless cave and sneak his fruit into her garden. Another innuendo-and-action-packed episode that...
Chapter 84: Hands off my stinky root!
Journey to the West: The Podcast - April 09, 2021 04:00 - 50 minutes ★★★ - 21 ratingsWhat did Tripitaka think would happen when he brings a gorgeous demoness into a monastery? After six young monks are found "bone-dry", Monkey pulls a bait and switch. The fiend grabs hold of more than she bargained for this week!
Chapter 81: Hands off my stinky root!
Journey to the West: The Podcast - April 09, 2021 04:00 - 50 minutes ★★★ - 21 ratingsWhat did Tripitaka think would happen when he brings a gorgeous demoness into a monastery? After six young monks are found "bone-dry", Monkey pulls a bait and switch. The fiend grabs hold of more than she bargained for this week!
Chapter 80: When damsels become demons: save them anyway?
Journey to the West: The Podcast - April 02, 2021 04:00 - 56 minutes ★★★ - 21 ratingsTripitaka's got a bad feeling about the dense pine forest they're stuck in. But when they find a beautiful maiden tied to a tree, it's Monkey who calls for caution. Will they save the damsel, even though she's a demoness? Tune in to find out!
Chapter 79: Eat my heart out... but which one?
Journey to the West: The Podcast - March 26, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★ - 21 ratingsWhen a befuddled king under the influence of an evil Daoist asks to devour your heart, who are the pilgrims to say no? Monkey's only got one question: which one? Two can play at the magical deception game, but when the dust settles only one will be left standing!
Chapter 78: Child sacrifices, sex control, and shadowy demonic conspiracies... what's QAnon doing in my Monkey story?
Journey to the West: The Podcast - March 19, 2021 04:00 - 50 minutes ★★★ - 21 ratingsThis week's chapter has all the elements of a cracking Monkey King caper, folks! A kingdom just like China but for this VERY WRONG THING they do, a heretical Daoist who may be a demon, monkey magic, and Tripitaka scared out of his wits. Plus, we discuss Ken Wilber's take on Jesus and Buddha. Don...
Chapter 77: Monks, They're What's For Dinner!
Journey to the West: The Podcast - March 12, 2021 05:00 - 54 minutes ★★★ - 21 ratingsThe exciting conclusion to our arc sees the three demon brothers try to steam our poor monks, Dim Sum style. Wukong falls for a fiendish prank, and Gautama Buddha himself makes an appearance!
Chapter 76: Never cut a deal with three demon brothers
Journey to the West: The Podcast - March 05, 2021 05:00 - 33 minutes ★★★ - 21 ratingsWhen Sun Wukong the Monkey King makes the eldest brother promise to give the pilgrims safe passage to the west, his fiendish elephant brother kidnaps Eight Rules. And he's not even the worst brother. Ever heard a monkey poke an elephant in the nostrils? You will this week!
Chapter 75: Monkey King Tastes Like a Real Bad Time
Journey to the West: The Podcast - February 26, 2021 05:00 - 57 minutes ★★★ - 21 ratingsWukong gets devoured by a demon, drinks too much, does calisthenics from inside his foe, and considers making chop suey out of demon guts. So, a typical Friday night for ol' Monkey that you won't find in any of his videogames.
Chapter 74: Sympathy for the Little Devils
Journey to the West: The Podcast - February 19, 2021 05:00 - 52 minutes ★★★ - 21 ratingsPilgrim develops a conscience! After clubbing some fiends to death, he takes a less-violent path and convinces the next bunch of fiends to desert rather than suffer death by golden-staff. Sign of compassion or strategy of war? You decide this week!
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