Chinese Lore Podcast

Grand Tutor Wen desperately tries to make it home before he runs out of bodies.

Just when things look dire for the Chan sect, a couple adults show up on the scene to lecture the kids about showing their elders some respect.

Zhao Gongming's sisters show up on the battlefield demanding some answers.

The Jie sect Daoists get a taste of their own medicine.

The body count is mounting, and so are Grand Tutor Wen's hurt feelings.

The Daoist Mafia War takes on a decidedly familiar and repetitive feel.

To save Jiang Ziya, his fellow Daoists call on a senior consultant and borrow a sacred object dating from the time of creation to help them with a smash-and-grab.

The Daoist mafia war is in full swing as Grand Tutor Wen calls in a gaggle of his friends.

Boosted by some new help, Wen Zhong finally faces off against Jiang Ziya.

A missing umbrella and seemingly every slain foe's refusal to stay dead are proving to be a pain for the commanders of the Shang army.

Jiang Ziya gives his foes a taste of the future hell that is climate change, but soon finds himself besieged by even more powerful enemies.

The action and the weather get hot as the Zhou and Shang continue to clash.

Riding into battle on a horse is so passé.

Jiang Ziya goes back to his master for help, and gets tasked with an errand instead.

Grand Tutor Wen sends an army West to teach Jiang Ziya and company a lesson about offering sanctuary to rebels.

Flying Tiger and company continue the worst family road trip ever.

Flying Tiger faces his most daunting foe yet on his flight West: his father.

Let’s focus more on who rescued whom and less on who kidnapped whose baby, said the Daoist master.

Grand Tutor Wen returns from another campaign and asks King Zhou, "Oh what the heck did you do now?!"

A character faces a tough choice: Tick off his ancestors, or tick off everyone else.

Grand Tutor Wen makes some progress on restoring order at court. Let's see how long that lasts.

King Zhou sinks further into depravity, until the party comes to a screeching halt.

King Zhou gets a new pleasure terrace, a party with gods, and a comfy new article of clothing.

Ji Chang and his ministers come perilously close to plagiarism in their search for a capable adviser.

Ji Chang undertakes a monumental construction project of his own and dreams about airborne mythical creatures.

Ji Chang gets his own X-man escort while trying to evade the king’s henchies.

We find out how Ji Chang's freedom was won, or bought.

An alleged simian assassination attempt is only a minor part of the insanity at court this week.

Another Shang official discovers the price of offering loyal advice to the king.

Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?

Jiang Ziya finally discovers something he's good at, and of course it lands him in trouble.

A major character explores a career change after 40 years cultivating his Dao.

Nezha "returns his flesh and blood" to his parents, in the most literal way.

Li Jing gets another visit from an angry neighbor about his troublesome son.

A dragon king tells the neighbor's punk kid to turn it down, with unforeseen consequences.

Ji Chang makes the trouble he predicted for himself come true by predicting trouble for others.

The ministers at the Shang court wrap up a rather intense work week, and King Zhou is still just getting started.

Left alone by their rescuers, the two princes set out on their quest to raise armies to avenge their mother.

The death of the queen proves to be just the start of the day's drama.

Hell hath no fury like a fox demon scorned.

The tension between court ministers and the king's new lover comes to a boil.

Daji makes quite the first impression on the king, much to his ministers' chagrin.

With the enemy at his gates, Su Hu decides to lay the blame where it belongs -- on the teenage daughter who has not even appeared in the story yet.

The upstart marquis Su Hu braces for the king’s wrath.

Our story opens with a lesson in governing 101: Do not ogle creation goddesses through poem.

A brief overview of the next novel I’m covering, a leading work in the genre of gods and demons fiction.

Wrapping up the Water Margin Podcast and revealing my next project.

Our heroes go their separate ways, and then gather again … sort of.

Song Jiang continues his journey back to the capital, but how many of his brothers are coming with him?

Fang La makes a desperate last stand against the Song forces.