Chinese Lore Podcast

Water Margin 051: Father 06.04.2020 28:21 ↓

Song Jiang's Liangshan-bound cohort keeps growing, until he gets an unexpected message.

Water Margin 050: Recruit 30.03.2020 28:40 ↓

With admirers like these, who needs enemies?

Water Margin 049: Siege 23.03.2020 27:14 ↓

Song Jiang’s bandit buddies run amok, and then give an enemy general the run-around.

Water Margin 048: Arrows 09.03.2020 27:28 ↓

A local lantern festival ignites a feud between Hua Rong and his boss.

Water Margin 047: Kindness 02.03.2020 27:16 ↓

Meet the heroes of Clear Winds Mountain, who turn unsuspecting passers-by into soup and abduct and defile women on their way to visit their parents' graves.

Water Margin 046: Trouble 24.02.2020 25:49 ↓

Wu Song continues acting like the worst pretend monk ever and gets himself first into some cold water, and then into some hot water.

Water Margin 045: Religion 10.02.2020 26:36 ↓

On the run from the law, Wu Song finds religion, and then quickly finds a way to break all of its tenets.

Water Margin 044: Revenge 03.02.2020 26:37 ↓

Wu Song’s enemies just couldn’t leave well enough alone, and soon find themselves facing the consequences — pissed-off consequences.

Water Margin 043: Admire 27.01.2020 28:50 ↓

After his beatdown of Jiang Menshen, Wu Song discovers he has a new fan.

Water Margin 042: Drunk 13.01.2020 26:48 ↓

Wu Song finally finds out what Shi En wants his help with, and devises a way to turn a mob war into a drinking game.

Water Margin 041: Prison 06.01.2020 27:18 ↓

Wu Song receives the best treatment the ancient Chinese legal system has to offer, despite his effort to invite the worst.

Water Margin 040: Meat 30.12.2019 28:10 ↓

Wu Song stops in at a tavern and gets all nitpicky about the food, like the teeniest bit of pubic hair in the bun fillings.

Water Margin 039: Justice 16.12.2019 28:09 ↓

Wu Song is determined to get to the bottom of his brother’s death, by any means necessary.

Water Margin 038: Skeletons 09.12.2019 28:10 ↓

The murderers’ coverup goes off as planned … until a certain someone gets back in town.

Water Margin 037: Cuckold 02.12.2019 28:18 ↓

Wu Dalang catches his unfaithful wife in the act, and pays for it.

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Water Margin 036: Hookup 18.11.2019 28:03 ↓

Armed with their 10-step plan, Ximen Qing and Mrs. Wang undertake Operation Seduction.

Water Margin 035: Plot 11.11.2019 28:09 ↓

While Wu Song is away, someone keeps hovering around his brother's house, hoping to get a bit of something hot and steamy (no, not Wu Dalang's buns).

Water Margin 034: Wife 04.11.2019 27:22 ↓

Wu Song's happy reunion with his brother hits a snag when his brother's wife is a bit too happy to see him.

Water Margin 033: Beast 21.10.2019 26:33 ↓

Wu Song throws caution to the wind and goes big-game hunting with his fist.

Water Margin 032: Guests 14.10.2019 27:49 ↓

Despite the best efforts of the Yuncheng County justice system, Song Jiang somehow slips through the hands of the law.

Water Margin 031: Crime 07.10.2019 27:18 ↓

Does a multitude of wrongs make a right? We find out this week as an adulterer stands up to a crooked justice system as the authorities try to cover up for one of their own, who runs afoul of the law after being blackmailed by his cheating mistress.

Water Margin 030: Gold 23.09.2019 28:15 ↓

An evening that starts with Song Jiang being offered a big bag of gold goes horribly awry.

Water Margin 029: Grateful 16.09.2019 28:50 ↓

As our bandit friends herald the dawn of a new age of prosperity, we check in with their acquaintance back in Yuncheng County.

Water Margin 028: Fracas 09.09.2019 27:14 ↓

The last time Lin Chong vented, he cut off three heads. How many will he chop off this time?