Episodes
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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 scuplture of Buddha’s head circa 1500: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E6%98%8E %E9%91%84%E9%90%B5%E4%BD%9B%E9%A0%AD%E5%83%8F-Head of Buddha MET DP170188.jpg
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M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes
Caoimhe’s website: https://oakreef.ie
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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: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acupuncture chart, dumai (Governor Vessel), Chinese Wellcome L0037827.jpg
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Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod
M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes
Caoimhe’s website: https://oakreef.ie
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Episodes manquant?
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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 (1979 Nintendo) on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wL-vWIVo4Y
PET-Recycling for Die Sendung mit der Maus on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr3O5afnnMo
Episode artwork is a photo of a Chinese goose taken by Daniel Ullrich and used under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported licence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Anser_cygnoides_dom_Hoeckergans_2.jpg
Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod
Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod
M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes
Caoimhe’s website: https://oakreef.ie
Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/monkeykingpod
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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 taken by Marek Gawęcki and used under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license and photo of meat taken by Issac Gyamfi used under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tapa_Shotor_seated_Buddha_(Niche_V1).jpg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Raw_meat.png
Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod
Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod
M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes
Caoimhe’s website: https://oakreef.ie
Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/monkeykingpod
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The pilgrims face off against three brothers who get along a lot better than they do.
Links:
Episode artwork is this Tumblr post: https://www.tumblr.com/journeytothewestresearch/740387923787218944/my-mind-boggles-at-the-number-of-interactions-that
Which is an ad for this article: https://journeytothewestresearch.com/2023/12/28/how-to-kill-sun-wukong/
Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod
Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod
M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes
Caoimhe’s website: https://oakreef.ie
Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/monkeykingpod
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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
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Episode artwork is a photograph of a bow drill taken by Yannick Trottier and used under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Early_drill_01.jpg
Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod
Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod
M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes
Caoimhe’s website: https://oakreef.ie
Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/monkeykingpod
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Sun Wukong teaches the monsters of the Lion Camel Ridge lessons in solidarity.
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Episode artwork is a modified version of the logo of Industrial Workers of the World.
Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod
Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod
M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes
Caoimhe’s website: https://oakreef.ie
Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/monkeykingpod
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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 will be answered in this episode of Journey of the Monkey King, where the pilgrims come across a Daoist abbey with connection to their latest foes. Featuring special guest Rita.
Links:
Episode artwork is a picture Sun Wu Karen art made by Janet O’Keeffe and also Pepsiman.
Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod
Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod
M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes
Caoimhe’s website: https://oakreef.ie
Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/monkeykingpod
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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 friend Jen, called The “the Ring” Podcast. It’s about The Ring! Those movies with the tape that kills you. The first episode is going to be released for patrons of this podcast on Halloween and publically about a month later.
Links:
Episode artwork is a poster for The Cave of the Silken Web (1927).
The “the Ring” Podcast: https://oakreef.ie/ring
Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod
Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod
M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes
Caoimhe’s website: https://oakreef.ie
Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/monkeykingpod
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We close off our story of the Scarlet-Purple Kingdom and talk about a local mural.
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Episode artwork is a photo of the utility boxes outside of the Peace Park in Cork.
Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod
Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod
M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes
Caoimhe’s website: https://oakreef.ie
Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/monkeykingpod
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We continue the story of the Scarlet Purple Kingdom, which unfortunately is going to touch on kidnapping, rape and femicide.
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Episode artwork is a cropped and edited photo of a stoat taken by Peter Trimming under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 generic licence: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:’Sybil’ the Stoat - geograph.org.uk - 2988524.jpg
Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod
Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod
M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes
Caoimhe’s website: https://oakreef.ie
Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/monkeykingpod
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Wukong continues to perform medical malpractice. Horse piss is involved.
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“Interesting TCM Facts 101: Pulse Taking with a String” on drxiangjun.com: https://www.drxiangjun.com/blog/interesting-tcm-facts-pulse-taking-with-a-string
“Xiezhi” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiezhi
Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod
Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod
M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes
Caoimhe’s website: https://oakreef.ie
Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/monkeykingpod
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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 Taking with a String” on drxiangjun.com: https://www.drxiangjun.com/blog/interesting-tcm-facts-pulse-taking-with-a-string
Artwork is a depiction of Sun Simiao taking a woman’s pulse with thread.
Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod
Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod
M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes
Caoimhe’s website: https://oakreef.ie
Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/monkeykingpod
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The pilgrims encounter their worst obstacle yet: A mountain pass completely filled with rotting fruit.
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Artwork is a cropped and edited photo of persimmons by Frank Schulenburg under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fuyu persimmon fruits, one cut open.jpg
Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod
Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod
M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes
Caoimhe’s website: https://oakreef.ie
Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/monkeykingpod
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Also a Discworld-heavy episode. Also a technical difficulties-heavy episode. It’s got it all! Including self-disembowelment. So be aware of that.
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“Xuanwu (god)” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xuanwu_(god)
“Yu Xin” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Xin
“Wuzhiqi” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuzhiqi
“Maitreya” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maitreya
Artwork is a photo of a statue of Wuzhiq: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wuzhiqi, spirit of the rivers Huai and Guo, China, Song dynasty, 12th century_AD, cast iron - Ethnological Museum, Berlin - DSC01979.JPG
Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod
Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod
M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes
Caoimhe’s website: https://oakreef.ie
Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/monkeykingpod
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Or maybe they don’t. Look, we were both very tired when we recorded this.
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Artwork is a cropped and edited photo of a jolly chimp toy from Wikimedia Commons user YuMaNuMa under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Musical_Jolly_Chimp1.jpg
Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod
Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod
M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes
Caoimhe’s website: https://oakreef.ie
Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/monkeykingpod
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The pilgrims try to cross the Bramble Ridge but Tripitaka is kidnapped by some vogon ents.
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“Monk’s Spade” on Wikipedia again: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk’s_spade
Artwork is Yan Huaili as Sha Wujing carrying said spade in the 1986 adaptation of Journey to the West by China Central Television.
Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod
Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod
M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes
Caoimhe’s website: https://oakreef.ie
Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/monkeykingpod
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A clip from out Patreon bonus episode where Caoimhe invites her friend Jen on to talk about Dragon Ball. Subscribe to MonkeyKingPod on Patreon to hear the full thing.
https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod
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Caoimhe now has another podcast with Jen about The Ring called The “the Ring” Podcast: https://oakreef.ie/ring
Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod
Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod
M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes
Caoimhe’s website: https://oakreef.ie
Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/monkeykingpod
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Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie decide to mutilate some prisoners to send a message to the All Saints Dragon King and Nine-Heads, who does, in fact, have nine heads.
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“Monk’s Spade” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk’s_spade
Episode artwork from A Modern Journey to the West by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi: https://yoshitoshi.net/series/journeywest.html
Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod
Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod
M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes
Caoimhe’s website: https://oakreef.ie
Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/monkeykingpod
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The pilgrims make their way to the Sacrifice Kingdom, where MJ sacrifices their innocence and learns that the Hogfather is not actually a hog.
Links:
“Cangue” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cangue
Episode artwork is a photograph of a man in a cangue taken by John Thomson: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:THE_CANGUE.jpg
Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod
Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod
M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes
Caoimhe’s website: https://oakreef.ie
Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/monkeykingpod
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