Chinese Lore Podcast

Water Margin 077: Magic

Li Kui finds himself up to his neck in Daoist shenanigans.

Water Margin 076: Immunity

As it turns out, iron-pledge guarantees from long-dead emperors do not count for as much as everyone thought.

Water Margin 075: Child

The outlaws return to their tried-and-true recruitment tactics, and take it maybe just a step too far.

Water Margin 074: Punished

In a shocking twist, the ancient Chinese legal system delivers some semblance of justice and punishes constable violence, and all it took was sleeping with the magistrate.

Water Margin 073: Sack

The Xie brothers’ relatives mount their jail break, and then we rejoin the Liangshan outlaws outside the Zhu Family Manor.

Water Margin 072: Family

Some relatives embarrass you at weddings, some get into political arguments at the holiday dinner table, and some threaten to fight you to the death if you don’t help them break some cousins out of jail.

Water Margin 071: Rematch

After getting a bloody nose in their initial attack, the Liangshan forces take another crack at razing the Zhu Family Manor.

Water Margin 070: Maze

Our heroes storm to the gates of the Zhu Family Manor, intent on teaching the people inside a lesson.

Water Margin 069: Chicken

An act of petty theft quickly escalates into a grave insult against the Liangshan heroes, somehow.

Water Margin 068: Offal

Yang Xiong has a little heart-to-heart with his adulterous wife.