We get to one of Caoimhe’s favourite chapters, in which the four pilgrims decide to go into completely heterosexual business selling normal horses with the correct amount of legs and such. Links: Episode artwork by Chen Huiguan: https://web.archive.org/web/20190810053814/http://www.innerjourneytothewest.com/english/en-resource.html Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod M.J. on I...
Dec 18, 2024•50 min•Ep. 84
Today Sun Wukong threatens to sue someone and we learn of the white rodent’s many sickass names. Links: Episode artwork from the 2011 TV adaptation of Journey to West . Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes Caoimhe’s website: https://oakreef.ie Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/monkeykingpod...
Nov 20, 2024•39 min•Ep. 83
Wukong tries to free Tripitaka from his would-be wife. Links: Episode artwork is a photo of Xiaozhai Tiankeng from Wikimedia Commons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Xiaozhaitiankeng.jpg Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes Caoimhe’s website: https://oakreef.ie Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/monkeykingpod...
Nov 06, 2024•32 min•Ep. 82
We return to the pilgrims, who are currently escorting a demon who wants to fuck Tripitaka. She also attempts to seduce a minor. Not our favourite demon. Links: How Black Myth: Wukong Developer’s History of Sexism Is Complicating its Journey to the West on IGN : https://www.ign.com/articles/how-black-myth-wukong-developers-history-of-sexism-is-complicating-its-journey-to-the-west The Doctor Who liveblog thread mentioned in the epsiode: https://twitter.com/daemonsmatt/status/1825577720224370859 J...
Oct 22, 2024•32 min•Ep. 81
Caoimhe and M.J. talk about ADHD diagnosis before having to dive into a chapter where we have to bring up kidnapping of women and rape again. Links: Episode artwork is a cast iron scuplture of Buddha’s head circa 1500: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E6%98%8E %E9%91%84%E9%90%B5%E4%BD%9B%E9%A0%AD%E5%83%8F-Head of Buddha MET DP170188.jpg Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeyking...
Jul 02, 2024•45 min•Ep. 80
Caoimhe and M.J. talk about back pain, unions and at the end, fascists. We talk about some kind of book in the middle of it too? Links: Episode artwork is a Ming era acupuncture chart: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acupuncture chart, dumai (Governor Vessel), Chinese Wellcome L0037827.jpg Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com...
Apr 09, 2024•46 min•Ep. 79
The Pilgrims arrive the the Young Master’s City ( né the Bhikṣu Kingdom) where they find a mass of young boys imprisoned and with their lives threatened. Links: Arcade Game: Monkey Magic (1979 Nintendo) on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wL-vWIVo4Y PET-Recycling for Die Sendung mit der Maus on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr3O5afnnMo Episode artwork is a photo of a Chinese goose taken by Daniel Ullrich and used under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported l...
Mar 27, 2024•36 min•Ep. 78
Wukong is tricked into thinking that Tripitaka is dead, but he knows who to blame: Tathāgata Buddha. Links: Episode artwork is a photo of a carving of Buddha at the Tapa Shotor monastery taken by Marek Gawęcki and used under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license and photo of meat taken by Issac Gyamfi used under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tapa_Shotor_seated_Buddha_(Niche_V1).jpg , https://commons.wikime...
Mar 13, 2024•32 min•Ep. 77
The pilgrims face off against three brothers who get along a lot better than they do. Links: Episode artwork is this Tumblr post: https://www.tumblr.com/journeytothewestresearch/740387923787218944/my-mind-boggles-at-the-number-of-interactions-that Which is an ad for this article: https://journeytothewestresearch.com/2023/12/28/how-to-kill-sun-wukong/ Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monk...
Feb 28, 2024•48 min•Ep. 76
The podcast is taking a break till the new year. If you want to hear more of Caoimhe before the first episode of The “the Ring” Podcast is now available: https://oakreef.ie/ring Links: Episode artwork is a photograph of a bow drill taken by Yannick Trottier and used under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Early_drill_01.jpg Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod Journey of the Monkey King...
Dec 13, 2023•44 min•Ep. 75
Sun Wukong teaches the monsters of the Lion Camel Ridge lessons in solidarity. Links: Episode artwork is a modified version of the logo of Industrial Workers of the World. Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes Caoimhe’s website: https://oakreef.ie Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/monkeykingpod...
Nov 22, 2023•39 min•Ep. 74
Two star crossed lovers. Will Pepsiman and Sun Wu Karen be able to make it in a world that wants them kept apart? When the restaurant only has coke will she demand to speak the manager? None of this will be answered in this episode of Journey of the Monkey King, where the pilgrims come across a Daoist abbey with connection to their latest foes. Featuring special guest Rita. Links: Episode artwork is a picture Sun Wu Karen art made by Janet O’Keeffe and also Pepsiman. Journey of the Monkey King o...
Nov 08, 2023•48 min•Ep. 73
This chapter the pilgrims find themselves in a sticky situation. Because of the spiderwebs. Because of the spiders. There’s spiders in this one. Also Caoimhe is starting a second podcast with her friend Jen, called The “the Ring” Podcast . It’s about The Ring ! Those movies with the tape that kills you. The first episode is going to be released for patrons of this podcast on Halloween and publically about a month later. Links: Episode artwork is a poster for The Cave of the Silken Web (1927). Th...
Oct 25, 2023•51 min•Ep. 72
We close off our story of the Scarlet-Purple Kingdom and talk about a local mural. Links: Episode artwork is a photo of the utility boxes outside of the Peace Park in Cork. Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes Caoimhe’s website: https://oakreef.ie Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/monkeykingpod...
Jul 05, 2023•37 min•Ep. 71
We continue the story of the Scarlet Purple Kingdom, which unfortunately is going to touch on kidnapping, rape and femicide. Links: Episode artwork is a cropped and edited photo of a stoat taken by Peter Trimming under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 generic licence: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:'Sybil' the Stoat - geograph.org.uk - 2988524.jpg Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https:...
Jun 21, 2023•32 min•Ep. 70
Wukong continues to perform medical malpractice. Horse piss is involved. Links: “Interesting TCM Facts 101: Pulse Taking with a String” on drxiangjun.com: https://www.drxiangjun.com/blog/interesting-tcm-facts-pulse-taking-with-a-string “Xiezhi” on Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiezhi Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/e...
Jun 07, 2023•48 min•Ep. 69
The pilgrims arrive into the Scarlet-Purple Kingdom where Sun Wukong practices medicine without a license and Zhu Bajie misgenders some eunuchs. Links: “Interesting TCM Facts 101: Pulse Taking with a String” on drxiangjun.com: https://www.drxiangjun.com/blog/interesting-tcm-facts-pulse-taking-with-a-string Artwork is a depiction of Sun Simiao taking a woman’s pulse with thread. Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod Journey of the Monkey King on the Fedivers...
May 24, 2023•35 min•Ep. 68
The pilgrims encounter their worst obstacle yet: A mountain pass completely filled with rotting fruit. Links: Artwork is a cropped and edited photo of persimmons by Frank Schulenburg under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fuyu persimmon fruits, one cut open.jpg Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod M.J. ...
May 10, 2023•30 min•Ep. 67
Also a Discworld -heavy episode. Also a technical difficulties-heavy episode. It’s got it all! Including self-disembowelment. So be aware of that. Links: “Xuanwu (god)” on Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xuanwu_(god) “Yu Xin” on Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Xin “Wuzhiqi” on Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuzhiqi “Maitreya” on Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maitreya Artwork is a photo of a statue of Wuzhiq: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wu...
Apr 26, 2023•40 min•Ep. 66
Or maybe they don’t. Look, we were both very tired when we recorded this. Links: Artwork is a cropped and edited photo of a jolly chimp toy from Wikimedia Commons user YuMaNuMa under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Musical_Jolly_Chimp1.jpg Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/em...
Apr 12, 2023•31 min•Ep. 65
The pilgrims try to cross the Bramble Ridge but Tripitaka is kidnapped by some vogon ents. Links: “Monk’s Spade” on Wikipedia again: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk's_spade Artwork is Yan Huaili as Sha Wujing carrying said spade in the 1986 adaptation of Journey to the West by China Central Television. Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod M.J. on Instagram: https://www.insta...
Mar 29, 2023•32 min•Ep. 64
A clip from out Patreon bonus episode where Caoimhe invites her friend Jen on to talk about Dragon Ball . Subscribe to MonkeyKingPod on Patreon to hear the full thing. https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod Links: Caoimhe now has another podcast with Jen about The Ring called The “the Ring” Podcast : https://oakreef.ie/ring Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod M.J. on Instagram:...
Mar 15, 2023•6 min•Ep. 63
Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie decide to mutilate some prisoners to send a message to the All Saints Dragon King and Nine-Heads, who does, in fact, have nine heads. Links: “Monk’s Spade” on Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk's_spade Episode artwork from A Modern Journey to the West by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi: https://yoshitoshi.net/series/journeywest.html Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.i...
Mar 15, 2023•37 min•Ep. 63
The pilgrims make their way to the Sacrifice Kingdom, where MJ sacrifices their innocence and learns that the Hogfather is not actually a hog. Links: “Cangue” on Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cangue Episode artwork is a photograph of a man in a cangue taken by John Thomson: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:THE_CANGUE.jpg Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod M...
Mar 01, 2023•33 min•Ep. 62
We can finally put all this bull behind us as Wukong recovers the palm-leaf fan and puts out the Mountain of Flames. Links: You can see Elementaller at the Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin on the 11th and 12th of February: https://smockalley.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873633108 ” Táin Bó Cúailnge ” on Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Táin_Bó_Cúailnge Episode artwork is Shuming Lu as the Bull Demon King in A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella . Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon...
Feb 08, 2023•42 min•Ep. 61
We are back and continue the story of Lady Iron-Fan and the Bull Demon King. The chapter has a lot of misogynistic language, drunkenness and a character tricking another into thinking they’re their spouse. Links: You can see Elementaller at the Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin on the 11th and 12th of February: https://smockalley.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873633108 Transy on The UK Comic Database : https://comics.bournemouth.ac.uk/story.php?title=The+Computer+Wore+Pigtails Transy scans on Co...
Jan 25, 2023•53 min•Ep. 60
The pilgrims come across a mountain that is four hundred kilometres across and always on fire that proves to be something of an obstacle to progress, so Sun Wukong goes to ask his sister-in-law for help. Links: “Rakshasa” on Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakshasa Rakshasa Pronunciation Sanskrit राक्षस rākṣasa on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkXq9jVOycg Rakshasi Pronunciation Sanskrit राक्षसी rākṣasī on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pazUG9OlE_8 Episode artwork i...
Oct 12, 2022•26 min•Ep. 59
Sun Wukong and Sha Wujing investigate the imposter Pilgrim, but Wujing doesn’t know which one to shoot! Links: “Puss” on the Online Etymology Dictionary : https://www.etymonline.com/word/puss Episode artwork is J.J. Fong as the Librarian from The New Legends of Monkey . Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes Caoimhe’s websi...
Sep 28, 2022•25 min•Ep. 58
Wukong is banished and comes back angry and jealous. But perhaps there’s something a bit sus about him. This episode features the torture headband and monkey cannibalism. Amogus. Links: “Leigong” on Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leigong “Raikou” on Bulbapedia : https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Raikou_(Pokémon) Bad Book Bash by Betsy Speer: https://badbookbash.buzzsprout.com Clashmore on Caoimhe’s website: https://oakreef.ie/gallery/clashmore Clashmore on the Internet Archive: ...
Sep 14, 2022•37 min•Ep. 57
The pilgrims are out of the women’s country, but some resentment might be starting to set in, and the torture headband comes out again. Links: Episode artwork is a section of a painting of Marshal Wang depicting a Léigōng, which Caoimhe thinks is probably the type of thunder god that Wukong gets described as looking like: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/41474 “Leigong” on Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leigong “ Pater familias ” on Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/...
Aug 31, 2022•31 min•Ep. 56
