
Can also be found on Samsung and many other platforms. A podcast on the three kingdoms civil war in Ancient China 184-280 CE. Each episode going through a chapter of the famed novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, talking about the themes of that chapter but also exploring the history of the era the novel is based on. We will also do deep dives into subjects of history, focusing solely on the histo... more
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 14 | Founded | 3 years ago |
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Steve, Jude, Gongjin and Drew unite to discuss what had gone wrong with the Han. As the novel descends into the civil war, we look at what had gone wrong in the longer term for the Han that had led to the kind of revolts that opens the novel. Finance... more
On Friday will be the closing episode of season 2, discussing the Han's decline with Steve, Jude, Gongjin and Drew reunited. Clips from eunuch discussions, military expenses and inconsistency, climate change, late reform while we discuss much more in... more
Steve and Jude joined are by Benjamin, known as Archlich on tumblr and also his three kingdom wordpress articles in The Classical Amateur. The episode is to discuss chapter 4 of the novel as the Han is now firmly in dangerous hands: Dong Zhuo’s use o... more
Chapter 4: Not Ideal Party Guest coming on Friday with Steve, Jude and Benjamin (Archlich of tumblr), discussing Dong Zhuo’s now cemented control of the capital, Dowager He’s formidability, why Steve will not be inviting Cao Cao to his next party and... more
Steve and Jude are joined by Cat from the sosz and tumblr community to discuss chapter 3 of the novel: He Jin’s clash with the eunuchs, flight of princes and the arrival of the corrupt general Dong Zhuo, finding a vacuum of power amidst the fire and ... more
Trailer for episode 3 Blood and Fire, the start of a new season. Clips on Yuan Shao's motives, Dong Zhuo's background and the appropriate reaction to such a thoughtful gift. On Friday, Steve, Jude and a new guest will be discussing chapter three of t... more
With his second book three kingdoms Heroes of Chaos book launched this week, Steve and Jude interview Baptiste Pinson Wu (at the time, was not our editor) about his first book Yellow Sky Revolt, the main character Liao Hua, the Yellow Turbans, Cao Ca... more
Steve, Jude (hosting this time) and Gongjin return to discuss the Yellow Turbans. Topics of conversation are the history of the Turbans, their beliefs, what we know of them, who they were and why things went so badly for them.
Our first deep dive, ... more
A mixture of factual information and the presenters' speculation. There's a lot of good information here. There's also a lot of presenter thoughts put forward as fact, so be prepared to fact check.The presenters' speech is difficult to understand, so make sure to listen with high volume and be prepared to jump back. The presenters are put forward as experts and long time enthusiasts, but most of them mispronounce pretty much all of the famous personalities names consistently. It makes it very di... more
A mixture of factual information and the presenters' speculation. There's a lot of good information here. There's also a lot of presenter thoughts put forward as fact, so be prepared to fact check.The presenters' speech is difficult to understand, so make sure to listen with high volume and be prepared to jump back. The presenters are put forward as experts and long time enthusiasts, but most of them mispronounce pretty much all of the famous personalities names consistently. It makes it very di... more
The Three Kingdoms period is a deeply fascinating chunk of time, but it has become so interwoven with fictions that it is hard to find any discussion that doesn’t hopelessly mingle the two.
This is the only podcast I trust to do that. The hosts and guests are deeply knowledgeable about the subject and are fully capable of discussing both the facts and the folktales and not mixing them up.
If you have any real interest in the scholarship of this period, or if you enjoy the folktales and want to... more
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Apple Podcasts | #233 |










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