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Journey to the West is one of the most influential books ever written and has inspired countless stories, including Monkie Kid, Dragon Ball and BBC’s Monkey, but has been obscure in the West. Caoimhe hosts a lighthearted chapter by chapter discussion of the novel with her friend, comedian M.J. Stokes. New episodes come out every second Wednesday.
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#84—Four normal men selling ordinary horses sleeping zero feet apart because they’re not gay
We get to one of Caoimhe’s favourite chapters, in which the four pilgrims decide to go into completely heterosexual business selling normal horses with the correct amount of legs and…
#83—Bisected Guanyin
Today Sun Wukong threatens to sue someone and we learn of the white rodent’s many sickass names. Links: Episode artwork from the 2011 TV adaptation of Journey to West. Journey of…
#82—Stag Do Behaviour
Wukong tries to free Tripitaka from his would-be wife. Links: Episode artwork is a photo of Xiaozhai Tiankeng from Wikimedia Commons:…
#81—We Probably Aren’t Going to Play Black Myth Wukong
We return to the pilgrims, who are currently escorting a demon who wants to fuck Tripitaka. She also attempts to seduce a minor. Not our favourite demon. Links: How Black Myth: Wukong…
#80—Unrealistic Beauty Standards
Caoimhe and M.J. talk about ADHD diagnosis before having to dive into a chapter where we have to bring up kidnapping of women and rape again. Links: Episode artwork is a cast iron…
#79—Back Pain
Caoimhe and M.J. talk about back pain, unions and at the end, fascists. We talk about some kind of book in the middle of it too? Links: Episode artwork is a Ming era acupuncture chart:…
#78—Der Roman mit dem Affen
The Pilgrims arrive the the Young Master’s City (né the Bhikṣu Kingdom) where they find a mass of young boys imprisoned and with their lives threatened. Links: Arcade Game: Monkey Magic…
#77—Meat Head Buddha
Wukong is tricked into thinking that Tripitaka is dead, but he knows who to blame: Tathāgata Buddha. Links: Episode artwork is a photo of a carving of Buddha at the Tapa Shotor monastery…
#76—Brotherly Hatred
The pilgrims face off against three brothers who get along a lot better than they do. Links: Episode artwork is this Tumblr post:…
#75—I Am so Tired
The podcast is taking a break till the new year. If you want to hear more of Caoimhe before the first episode of The “the Ring” Podcast is now available: https://oakreef.ie/ring Links: …
#74—Monsters of the World, Unite! You Have Nothing to Lose But Your Headbands!
Sun Wukong teaches the monsters of the Lion Camel Ridge lessons in solidarity. Links: Episode artwork is a modified version of the logo of Industrial Workers of the World. …
#73—Pepsiman/Sun Wu Karen Fic (w/ special guest Rita)
Two star crossed lovers. Will Pepsiman and Sun Wu Karen be able to make it in a world that wants them kept apart? When the restaurant only has coke will she demand to speak the manager? None of this…
#72—It Is Definitely a Kink Thing
This chapter the pilgrims find themselves in a sticky situation. Because of the spiderwebs. Because of the spiders. There’s spiders in this one. Also Caoimhe is starting a second podcast with her…
#71—My Brother Knows Wukong, Met Him Eating Peaches to Make Him Strong
We close off our story of the Scarlet-Purple Kingdom and talk about a local mural. Links: Episode artwork is a photo of the utility boxes outside of the Peace Park in Cork. …
#70—Going Without Coming
We continue the story of the Scarlet Purple Kingdom, which unfortunately is going to touch on kidnapping, rape and femicide. Links: Episode artwork is a cropped and edited photo of a stoat…
#69—(Nice!) We Stan a Menopausal King
Wukong continues to perform medical malpractice. Horse piss is involved. Links: “Interesting TCM Facts 101: Pulse Taking with a String” on drxiangjun.com:…
#68—Medical Malpractice
The pilgrims arrive into the Scarlet-Purple Kingdom where Sun Wukong practices medicine without a license and Zhu Bajie misgenders some eunuchs. Links: “Interesting TCM Facts 101: Pulse…
#67—Meow
The pilgrims encounter their worst obstacle yet: A mountain pass completely filled with rotting fruit. Links: Artwork is a cropped and edited photo of persimmons by Frank Schulenburg under…
#66—This Is an Organ-heavy Episode.
Also a Discworld-heavy episode. Also a technical difficulties-heavy episode. It’s got it all! Including self-disembowelment. So be aware of that. Links: “Xuanwu (god)” on Wikipedia:…
#65—Some Monkeys Have Beaks and That’s Okay
Or maybe they don’t. Look, we were both very tired when we recorded this. Links: Artwork is a cropped and edited photo of a jolly chimp toy from Wikimedia Commons user YuMaNuMa under a…
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Journey of the Monkey King has published 93 episodes since May 2020, covering topics in Arts, Books.
Journey of the Monkey King is currently dormant with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 36m.
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