Podcast Episodes

#290 - Qing 25: The End of a (Kangxi) Era

Beginning in Beijing, and then expanding out all the way to the "New Frontier" of Dzungaria, we take a survey-altitude view of the final decade-ish of the Kangxi Emperor's life & reign over the Qing …

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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Original publication: 03/21/2025

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Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago

#289 - Qing 24: Kangxi's Five Stelae of Victory

In the wake of the Kangxi Emperor's flawless victory + fatality of Galdan Khan, he erects his own definitive version of "The Way Things Happened" - five stone stelae monuments as an everlasting tribu…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

HANZ X-Over: The Sino-Burmese War (1755-1759)

The History of Aotearoa/New Zealand asked for a little boost in the "what going on elsewhere in the world?" category ca. 1759. Well, we were inclined to be accommodating...

It also just so happened th…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

#288 - Special: Hail The The King, Baby

We end our trio of insider views into the Forbidden City by looking at the life - and strictures - of the Big Man himself: the emperor.

Turn out it's not all banquets and parades.

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Published on 6 months ago

#287 - Special: Caged Birds Sing

A look into the inner heart of the mysterious Forbidden City of Beijing, and at its most protected - and confined - denizens: the women of the Imperial palace. From Empress, to concubine, to lowly ma…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

#286 - Special: Everything Eunuchs All At Once

Everything you ever wanted to know (and probably some you didn't) about Court Eunuchs in Imperial China

(warning: contains description of castration & its effects)

Mary M. Anderson, Hidden Power: The P…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

#285 - Mongol 11: The Khan Is Dead; Long Live The Khan! (Ögedei Full)

Genghis Khan is dead, and his 3rd son Ögedei has ben selected to lead the Mongol Empire into an uncertain future. Once he is confirmed on the throne, he'll strike on in every direction against every …

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

#284 - Qing 23: Frozen Ashes

Galdan is dead. Kangxi's victory is total. It's all over but the crying.

... and the executions via slow-slicing... and the crushing of his bones... and the punishment of his family... and the writing…

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

#283 - Qing 22: Crimson Snow

The Kangxi Emperor ruthlessly tracks down Galdan Khan, leaving him and his followers with nowhere to turn and nowhere to hide. The end draws close...

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Published on 7 months, 4 weeks ago