Podcast Episodes

#260 - Qing 5: Taiwan Incognita, Pt. 1

Pirates!

Headhunters!

Samurai!

The Dutch!

Every day's high-stakes adventure on the island everyone's totally ignored until the 1600s!

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Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Strange Tales VIII.5: The Cask of Amontillado

Nemo me impune lacessit.

In pace requiescat!

by: Edgar Allen Poe, 1846

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Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

#259 - Qing 4: Dorgon's Domination, Death, & Downfall

Prince Regent Dorgon of Great Qing is riding high, at the height of his majesty, power, and untouchability. Why, he's even starting to think of himself as more of the ruler than the 6-year-old empero…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

#258 - Strange Tales VIII: Beyond the Veil

A panoply of season spookiness for your yearly, ear-ly shocks and delights!

0:00:44 - "The Secrets of Hanlin Academy" - Old haunts have many mysteries contained within, some best left alone...

0:04:55 …

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Special - Mid-Autumn Festival: Fly Me to The Moon

A brief history of Mid-Autumn Festival, and the tale of Hou Yi the Archer & the Ten Suns, and Chang'e & the Moon

Fill my heart with song, and let me sing forever more

You are all I long for, all I wors…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

#257 - Qing 3: Lose Your Hair, Or Lose Your Head

Manchu occupation of the lands south of the Yangtze River proceed smoothly... right up until Prince Dorgon is convinced by some of his advisors that everyone needs a haircut.

Within Southern Ming, mul…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

#256 - Qing 2: Greeted As Liberators

Beijing has been brutally captured, with the Ming emperor committing suicide rather than face the bandit army of Li Zicheng. However, before he can get comfortable, the full might of the Qing are on …

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Bonus - Mongol 6: Agent of Chaos

It's been a hot summer, and a long break for me! Let's get back into things with a little extra Mongol action...

“The imperial city was ripped open … Zhongdu was not one but four cities. We took each …

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

#255 - Ming 39: It's the End of the World As We Know It

For the once-great Ming, the 1630s... suck. Manchus are battering down the creaky northern defenses, foreign silver has dried up, the treasuries are empty, famine, plague and locust swarms are rippin…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

05/35: Tiananmen Revisited

What does the aftermath of a massacre entail, on the world stage?

CIA Memo 6/10/89 - Begins: 2:25

US Beijing Embassy Cable 7/11/89 - Begins: 6:05

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Published on 2 years, 6 months ago