Chinese Lore Podcast
Classic Chinese novels and stories, retold in English and in a way that makes them more accessible to non-Chinese audiences. chineselore.com
Classic Chinese novels and stories, retold in English and in a way that makes them more accessible to non-Chinese audiences. chineselore.com
Episodes

Monday Aug 25, 2025
Journey 024: Choice Overload
Monday Aug 25, 2025
Monday Aug 25, 2025
Zhu Bajie discovers that more potential wives means more problems.

Monday Aug 18, 2025
Journey 023: Wanted: Husbands
Monday Aug 18, 2025
Monday Aug 18, 2025
The pilgrims ask for a night's stay and get offered something much more.

Monday Aug 11, 2025
Journey 022: Sand and Skulls
Monday Aug 11, 2025
Monday Aug 11, 2025
We find out that San Zang isn't the first scripture pilgrim. So what happened to his predecessors?

Monday Jul 28, 2025
Journey 021: Wind Power
Monday Jul 28, 2025
Monday Jul 28, 2025
Sun Wukong's rescue plan hits a snag when he discovers that his foe really blows.

Monday Jul 21, 2025
Journey 020: Skin of Evil
Monday Jul 21, 2025
Monday Jul 21, 2025
The pilgrims encounter a foe with a predilection for skinning himself.

Monday Jul 14, 2025
Journey 019: Gone Party
Monday Jul 14, 2025
Monday Jul 14, 2025
Everybody is delighted at San Zang gaining a new traveling companion, especially his host.

Monday Jun 30, 2025
Journey 018: Going Hog Wild
Monday Jun 30, 2025
Monday Jun 30, 2025
The pilgrims spend the night with a family experiencing major buyer's remorse about their son-in-law.

Monday Jun 23, 2025
Journey 017: Jagged Little Pill
Monday Jun 23, 2025
Monday Jun 23, 2025
The Black Bear Demon finds out that it doesn't feel so good to have a monkey swimming in your stomach.

Monday Jun 16, 2025
Journey 016: Burn It All Down
Monday Jun 16, 2025
Monday Jun 16, 2025
The wicked schemes of the monks at the Guanyin Monastery backfire calamitously.

Monday Jun 02, 2025
Journey 015: Shady Monks
Monday Jun 02, 2025
Monday Jun 02, 2025
The scripture pilgrims seek lodging at a monastery whose residents might need a refresher on the tenets preached by their patron deity.





