3 Kingdoms 139: Chaos in the South
Things go well for the kingdom of Wu and its political leader ... until they bite off more than they can chew.
Dec 25, 2017•30 min•Ep. 63
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3 Kingdoms 138: North by Northwest
Aided by an unexpected defection, Jiang Wei restarts the Northern campaigns by setting his sights first on the Northwest.
Dec 18, 2017•28 min•Ep. 62
3 Kingdoms 137: Coups Are Back in Vogue
It's been a while since someone made a play to seize power from within. That changes this week.
Dec 11, 2017•29 min•Ep. 61
3 Kingdoms 136: King in the North
A new threat emerges on Wei's northeastern borders, and he is just as bad at battle strategy as Jon Snow.
Nov 27, 2017•30 min•Ep. 60
3 Kingdoms 135: Pursuit of Immortality
While Zhuge Liang sails off into eternal fame, the Wei emperor Cao Rui goes in search of eternal youth.
Nov 20, 2017•31 min•Ep. 59
3 Kingdoms 134: The Shu Hits the Fan
The death of its indispensable man is just the start of the Riverlands' troubles.
Nov 13, 2017•30 min•Ep. 58
3 Kingdoms 133: When It Rains ...
A stunning turn of events in the showdown between Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi.
Oct 30, 2017•32 min•Ep. 57
3 Kingdoms 132: Intellectual Property Theft Does Not Pay
Again and again, Sima Yi is made to rue the day he stole Zhuge Liang's invention.
Oct 23, 2017•26 min•Ep. 56
3 Kingdoms Supplemental 014: It's Just A Flesh Wound
We delve into the story of the one-armed assassin and the guy who kicked his butt AFTER being assassinated.
Oct 18, 2017•10 min•Ep. 55
3 Kingdoms 131: Wooden Oxens, Gliding Horses, and Copycats
Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi match wits over the latest in wheelbarro
Oct 16, 2017•28 min•Ep. 54
3 Kingdoms 130: Goin' Down the Only Road I've Ever Known
After another promising Northern campaign gets short-circuited, Zhuge Liang prays to his former lord for the strength to carry on, because he's made up his mind and he ain't wasting no more time.
Oct 02, 2017•29 min•Ep. 53
3 Kingdoms 129: You Called Me Back for This?!!
Just as he was getting into a groove, Zhuge Liang is rudely interrupted in the field by an urgent dispatch from his emperor.
Sep 25, 2017•28 min•Ep. 52
3 Kingdoms Supplemental 013: Getting Sneaky
A brief explanation of the story behind the most famous secret crossing in Chinese history.
Sep 20, 2017•6 min•Ep. 51
3 Kingdoms 128: Smackdowns and Smack Talk
You've seen Zhuge Liang kill someone with just his tongue. Now watch him kill someone with the written word.
Sep 18, 2017•29 min•Ep. 50
3 Kingdoms 127: A Familiar Script
Zhuge Liang's third Northern expedition gets off to a promising start, but what else is new?
Sep 04, 2017•29 min•Ep. 49
3 Kingdoms 126: Putting the "Three" in Three Kingdoms
Did you know that we had actually been rolling with just two official kingdoms all this time? Well, Sun Quan will fix that this week.
Aug 28, 2017•28 min•Ep. 48
3 Kingdoms 125: Smoke and Mirrors
Zhuge Liang toys with Cao Zhen time and again on his second Northern expedition.
Aug 21, 2017•28 min•Ep. 47
3 Kingdoms Supplemental 012: Liu Bei, Fact and Fiction
We delve into the life and career of the real Liu Bei to see if he is really as virtuous as the novel made him out to be (spoiler alert: No one can be as virtuous as the novel made Liu Bei out to be).
Aug 09, 2017•36 min•Ep. 46
3 Kingdoms 124: Losing An Arm and A Pillar
Zhuge Liang prepares to take another shot at Wei, but one old friend will not be joining him.
Aug 07, 2017•28 min•Ep. 45
3 Kingdoms 123: The Price of Ignoring Good Advice
While Zhuge Liang picks up the pieces after his aborted Northern campaign, a Wei commander falls for a trick from the South.
Jul 31, 2017•29 min•Ep. 44
3 Kingdoms 122: If You Know that I Know that You Know that I'm Bluffing ...
When his campaign takes a drastic turn for the worse, Zhuge Liang is forced to resort to a desperate gamble.
Jul 24, 2017•30 min•Ep. 43
3 Kingdoms 121: The Worst-Kept Secret
Meng Da totally misses the point of a SECRET rebellion. Can Zhuge Liang's advice help him pull it off anyway?
Jul 10, 2017•29 min•Ep. 42
3 Kingdoms 120: The Enemy Within
While the Wei forces have their hands full with Zhuge Liang along the border, a new threat lurks deep inside their territory
Jul 03, 2017•29 min
3 Kingdoms 119: Gluttons for Punishment
Wei forces sent to stop Zhuge Liang first try to out-talk him, and then try again to outsmart him.
Jun 26, 2017•29 min
3 Kingdoms 118: Yes, Let's Try to Outsmart Zhuge Liang
Matching wits with Zhuge Liang sounds like a horrible idea, but that won't stop multiple Wei officers from trying.
Jun 12, 2017•28 min
3 Kingdoms 117: Go North, Old Man
Zhuge Liang sends a 70-something general and a tax collector to lead the way for his Northern expedition.
Jun 05, 2017•29 min
3 Kingdoms Supplemental 011: Zhang Fei, Fact and Fiction
We dive into the differences between the fictional and real-life Zhang Fei and ask, "Who really whipped that corrupt bribe-seeking government official?"
May 31, 2017•9 min
3 Kingdoms 116: Haute Cuisine with Zhuge Liang
How do you appease the angry souls of the damned? Feed them buns that look like human heads and tell them death is no escape from imperial subjugation, apparently.
May 29, 2017•29 min
3 Kingdoms 115: Stop ... Being ... So ... Nice!
After a couple more displays of over-the-top kindness, imperial subjugation is starting to look kind of decent after all for Meng Huo.
May 15, 2017•29 min
3 Kingdoms 114: Homewreckers
Zhuge Liang strolls into Meng Huo's house and makes himself at home.
May 08, 2017•29 min
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