Shenanigans of a Westward Journey

Hi! Welcome to the 40th episode of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West!  In this episode I’ll be covering the last portion of chapter 19 of Journey to the West. Last time, the pig monster, now 猪八戒 (Zhu BaJie), because a disciple of the Tang Monk. They left the Gao Village and continued on their way of travel when they came across a mountain… ...

Hi! Welcome to the 39th episode of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West!  In this episode I’ll be covering the middle portion of chapter 19 of Journey to the West. Last time, the Pig Monster begged our Monkey King to take him to the Tang Monk. How would that encounter go?... Haven’t had enough? Check out:  APPLE PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com...

Hi! Welcome to the 38th episode of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West!  In this episode I’ll be covering the beginning portion of chapter 19 of Journey to the West. Last time, our Monkey King confronted the Pig Monster in Gao Village and is now chasing him down. How would this end..? Haven’t had enough? Check out:  APPLE PODCAST: https://podcast...

Hi! Welcome to the 37th episode of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! I have returned as promiseddd! In this episode I’ll be covering the last portion of chapter 18 of Journey to the West. Last time,  we talked about a strange monster that's been haunting the Gao family, who is that beast and how would our Monkey Kind solve this problem? Ha...

Hi! Welcome to the 36th episode of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! I AMMMM BACKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!! (as promisedddd) In this episode I’ll be covering the beginning portion of chapter 18 of Journey to the West. This week, our master and disciple are off on a new journey once again. They came across a village that seems lively on its surface, but t...

Hi! Welcome to the 35th episode of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! I AMMMM BACKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!! I want to apologize to all of my listeners for my sudden disappearance. I did explain in more details in the episode for everything but again, I am really really sorry! In this episode I’ll be covering the last portion of chapter 17 of Journey to t...

Hi! Welcome to the 34th episode of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! I AMMMM BACKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!! In this episode I’ll be covering the beginning portion of chapter 17 of Journey to the West. Last time, a bear monster from the Black Wind Cave (黑风洞) stole 唐三藏’s cassock. 孙悟空 promised to get it back… Haven’t had enough? Check out:  APPLE P...

The reason behind me going missing for a month…

Hi! Welcome to the 33rd episode of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! I AMMMM BACKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!! In this episode I’ll be covering the last portion of chapter 16 of Journey to the West. Last time, our monkey king showed off the pilgrim’s cassock to the temple’s old abbot, but that rose that man’s envy. He made the plan to burn 孙悟空 and his ma...

Hi! Welcome to the 32nd episode of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! I AMMMM BACKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!! In this episode I’ll be covering the beginning portion of chapter 16 of Journey to the West. The scripture pilgrim and his disciple 孙悟空, our monkey king, arrives at a temple, but this temple seems… rather strange… Haven’t had enough? Check out: ...

HELLLOOO my audiences! I am back! 2025! Today's episode consists of me talking for 17 minutes about how my podcast is going analytics wise, which I thought would be interesting content for a few of you. (based on how many people has asked me to see my analytics page now...) I hope you will enjoy it and we will be back to regular content next week! Haven’t had enough? Check out:  APPLE PODCAST:...

Hi! Welcome back to Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 2025 is coming already? Woah! Today, since I am on holiday, I will take it easy and introduce to you two short stories about the Chinese Lunar New Year. Here is the story of the monsters Nian (年) and Sui (岁)… ANOTHER IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!!!! I will be...

Hi! Welcome to the 31st episode of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! In this episode I’ll be covering the last portion of chapter 15 of Journey to the West. Last time, the scripture pilgrim's white horse got eaten by a white dragon in the Eagle Grief Stream. How is our Monkey King going to resolve the situation? Haven’t had enough? Check out: ...

Hi! Welcome to the 30th episode of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! In this episode I’ll be covering the first portion of chapter 15 of Journey to the West. The scripture pilgrim and our monkey king have set off on their journey once more. However, a dragon appears out of nowhere… Haven’t had enough? Check out:  APPLE PODCAST: https://podcast...

Hi! Welcome to the 29th episode of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! In this episode I’ll be covering the last portion of chapter 14 of Journey to the West. The scripture pilgrim and our monkey king have set off on their journey once more. However, they seem to have some different ideas on how to proceed… Haven’t had enough? Check out:  APPLE...

Hi! Welcome to the 28th episode of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! In this episode I’ll be covering the first portion of chapter 14 of Journey to the West. The scripture pilgrim heard a roar from beneath the mountain, calling for him. Well, just who might this voice be from?… Haven’t had enough? Check out:  APPLE PODCAST: https://podcasts.ap...

Hi! Welcome to the 27th episode of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! In this episode I’ll be covering the last portion of chapter 13 of Journey to the West. The scripture pilgrim 唐三藏 (tang san zang) was trapped by several wild beast on the mountain, he was at the brink of death when help arrives… Haven’t had enough? Check out:  APPLE PODCAS...

Hi! Welcome to the 26th episode of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! In this episode I’ll be covering the beginning of chapter 13 of Journey to the West. The scripture pilgrim 唐三藏 (tang san zang) after starting his journey to the west, meets his first ordeal. Haven’t had enough? Check out:  APPLE PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podca...

Hi! Welcome to Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! This episode, as promised last week, will be a BONUS episode! Today we will be talking about the origin of the 12 Chinese Zodiac animals. I am really sorry about the length. I had expected this story to go a little bit longer, but I guess the story just isn’t that long. Well, anyhow, let’s get s...

Hi! Welcome to Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! With the backstory of our scripture pilgrim done and the true journey to the west about to begin, I’d like to end things off with a recap episode. Here, I’ll be reviewing all that’s happened for the past 10 episodes!  Haven’t had enough? Check out:  APPLE PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/p...

Hi! Welcome to the 25th episode of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! In this episode I’ll be covering the end of chapter 12 of Journey to the West. After Tang Emperor fulfilled his promise and transcended the orphaned souls of the Underworld, the All Compassionate Bodhisattva GuanYin (观音) came to see him… Haven’t had enough? Check out:  APPL...

Hi! Welcome to  the 24th episode of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! In this episode I’ll be covering the beginning of chapter 12 of Journey to the West. The Tang Emperor has fulfilled many of his promises to the Kings of the Underworld, but there’s still more thing he has yet to accomplish… Haven’t had enough? Check out:  APPLE PODCAST: http...

Hi! Welcome to  the 23rd episode of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! In this episode I’ll be covering the second half of chapter 11 of Journey to the West. The emperor continued his tour of the underworld. What will he do when he returns to life?… Haven’t had enough? Check out:  APPLE PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shenanigans...

Hi! I’m Joanna. Today is Welcome to the SIX MONTHS ANNIVERSARY of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey!!!!! This special episode will not cover any content of Journey to the West, but will instead be me talking about the history of this podcast, where I started, and where I am now! There is no script, no editing (ok fine there’s a tiny bit of editing but not as much as usual), just me talking for 40...

Hi! Welcome to the 22nd episode of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! In this episode I’ll be covering the first half of chapter 11 of Journey to the West. The Tang Emperor unfortunately passed away from the fright and stress caused by the Dragon King. 魏征 (Wei Zheng) the Grand Chancellor said he has a way for him to come back to life, but doe...