Show overview
Chinese Lore Podcast has been publishing since 2014, and across the 12 years since has built a catalogue of 469 episodes. That works out to roughly 210 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence, with the show now in its 4th season.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 26 min and 29 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Arts show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 14 episodes already out so far this year. Published by John Zhu.
From the publisher
Classic Chinese novels and stories, retold in English and in a way that makes them more accessible to non-Chinese audiences. chineselore.com
Latest Episodes
View all 469 episodesJourney 051: Child's Play
Journey 050: Goat vs. G.O.A.T.
Journey 049: Deadly Wagers
S4 Ep 48Journey 048: Rain Makers
The pilgrims get into a duel of magic against the local Daoist priests.
S4 Ep 47Journey 047: Three "Purities"
Sun Wukong and his brothers have a little fun with the local Daoists.
S4 Ep 46Journey 046: Gator Raid
Sun Wukong visits the Dragon King of the West Sea and tells him to go collect his nephew.
S4 Ep 45Journey 045: Flower Power
Guanyin shows how she's all about mercy and compassion ... after she impales you with 36 knives.
S4 Ep 44Journey 044: Double Fakeout
Shenanigans abound as Sun Wukong and Red Boy engage in a battle of wits.
S4 Ep 43Journey 043: Family Drama
Sun Wukong tells the villain who abducted his master that long-lost relatives were visiting, but demon boy is nonplussed.
S4 Ep 42Journey 042: Boy Oh Boy
A child gives the pilgrims the runaround.
S4 Ep 41Journey 041: Return of the King
Zhu Bajie gets even with Sun Wukong, and then gets some help with the luggage.
S4 Ep 40Journey 040: Treasure Hunters
Zhu Bajie goes diving for treasure, and comes away with more than he bargained for.
S4 Ep 39Journey 039: Tiny Truths
San Zang delivers a small package and a big bombshell to the prince of the Wuji Kingdom.
S4 Ep 38Journey 038: Guest and Ghost
After San Zang gets snubbed while seeking lodging, Sun Wukong insists on having a word with the manager.
S4 Ep 37Journey 037: Total Wipeout
Sun Wukong faces off against the demon kings of Lotus Flower Cave and their extended family.
S4 Ep 36Journey 036: Cheap Imitations
Sun Wukong keeps the demon lords off balance with forgeries of everything -- fake gourds, fake rope, fake minions, fake mother ....
S4 Ep 35Journey 035: Trade Deficit
Sun Wukong offers his would-be captors a deal that's too good to be true.
S4 Ep 34Journey 034: Wukong's Burdens
A demon in disguise finds the straw (or mountain) that breaks the monkey's back.
S4 Ep 33Journey 033: Looking for Trouble
The pilgrims get a warning about the dangers that lie ahead, and one of the disciples begrudgingly goes on ahead to check it out.
S4 Ep 32Journey 032: Not His Best Side
Sun Wukong comes to the rescue … by victim-shaming and murdering children.