Chinese Lore Podcast

3 Kingdoms 054: A Bridge Too Far 20.10.2015 30:26 ↓

Zhuge Liang has a little homonymical fun with Zhou Yu as they discuss whether the Southlands should fight or submit to Cao Cao.

3 Kingdoms 053: I Find Your Argument Illogical! 06.10.2015 30:50 ↓

When Zhuge Liang finds himself in the same room as the Southlands’ foremost academics, the gloves come off and jabs fly. Verbal jabs, of course.

3 Kingdoms 052: Zhang Fei’s Killer Bluff 29.09.2015 29:29 ↓

Zhang Fei’s cunning is the only things standing between Liu Bei and Cao Cao’s army. Well, that and his really loud, really deadly voice.

3 Kingdoms 051: Zhao Yun Kicks Butt 22.09.2015 31:03 ↓

All hell breaks loose as Cao Cao’s troops catch up to Liu Bei. Out of this hell rides his general Zhao Yun, with a precious package strapped to his chest.

3 Kingdoms 050: It’s Just A Flesh Wound 08.09.2015 30:18 ↓

Zhuge Liang burns another detachment of Cao Cao’s troops, but there are plenty more where that came from.

3 Kingdoms 049: Is It Getting Hot in Here? 01.09.2015 28:31 ↓

Zhuge Liang blazes to victory in his first battle, but Cao Cao turns up the heat on Jing Province.

3 Kingdoms 048: Prelude to Wars 25.08.2015 28:12 ↓

While Sun Quan prepares for a retaliatory strike from Liu Biao, Liu Biao and Liu Bei brace for an invasion by Cao Cao.

3 Kingdoms 047: Meanwhile, In the Southlands 11.08.2015 29:40 ↓

We leave Liu Bei with his new sage and check in on what the Sun clan has been up to.

3 Kingdoms Supplemental Episode 004: Yuan Shao and Yu Rang 06.08.2015 14:57 ↓

We bid goodbye to the once-mighty warlord of the North and delve into the story of a determined assassin.

3 Kingdoms 046: Elusive Recluse 04.08.2015 33:26 ↓

Liu Bei’s strategy for finding Zhuge Liang: Go up to anyone in Nanyang who can rub two words together and ask, “Are you Sleeping Dragon?”

3 Kingdoms 045: Parting Is Such Sweet Sor … Wait, Zhuge Who? 28.07.2015 27:58 ↓

Liu Bei gets really broken up about Xu Shu’s departure, until he learns there’s someone much smarter.

3 Kingdoms 044: How to Get A Job with Liu Bei Inc. 14.07.2015 29:12 ↓

Approach Liu Bei on the street, sing a song, get invited to his office, advise him to give his horse to an enemy, get C-suite job.

3 Kingdoms 043: Party Foul 04.07.2015 30:08 ↓

Liu Bei gets invited to a feast, but Lady Cai and her brother ruin the fun when they try to kill him.

3 Kingdoms 042: Breaches in Etiquette 30.06.2015 29:51 ↓

The surviving Yuan brothers get a cold reception from their host up north, and Liu Bei commits a dinner-table faux pas down south.

3 Kingdoms 041: How the North Was Won 16.06.2015 29:22 ↓

Riding a wave of inevitability, Cao Cao sweeps the Yuan brothers out of their territories.

3 Kingdoms 040: With Brothers Like These, Who Needs Enemies? 08.06.2015 28:45 ↓

The eldest and youngest sons of Yuan Shao take on their most hated foe — each other.

3 Kingdoms 039: My Three No-Good Sons 01.06.2015 26:52 ↓

Yuan Shao finally has enough of Cao Cao, and now it’s his sons’ turn to get stomped.

3 Kingdoms 038: Cao Cao Triumphant 18.05.2015 29:04 ↓

Cao Cao puts a couple more smackdowns on Yuan Shao, but then gets distracted by a pesky old foe.

3 Kingdoms 037: Battles of Guandu 11.05.2015 30:35 ↓

Night raids, catapults, tunnels, fires. All these and more in a CG-packed episode and one of the most important clashes in the novel.

3 Kingdoms 036: An Unhealthy Obsession 04.05.2015 30:05 ↓

Sun Ce starts seeing his favorite Daoist priest here, there, and everywhere.

3 Kingdoms 035: Getting the Band Back Together 20.04.2015 29:00 ↓

Liu Bei and his gang of loyal followers meet up for a reunion tour, with a few new faces in the mix.

3 Kingdoms 034: O Brother, There Thou Art! 12.04.2015 29:36 ↓

Guan Yu unexpectedly discovers a lost brother, who gives him a surprising welcome.

3 Kingdoms 033: Organizational Communication Problems 05.04.2015 29:01 ↓

Guan Yu leaves Xuchang with Cao Cao’s blessings. If only Cao Cao had bothered to tell the men guarding the checkpoints along the way ….

3 Kingdoms 032: O Brother, Where Art Thou? 23.03.2015 30:22 ↓

Guan Yu does a couple huge favors for Cao Cao and then discovers Liu Bei’s whereabouts.

3 Kingdoms 031: Three Is the Number Thou Shalt Count 16.03.2015 30:38 ↓

As Guan Yu prepares to fight to the death against Cao Cao, an old friend gives him three reasons why that is a bad idea and three reasons for surrendering instead. Guan Yu responds with three conditions.