Shows
The “the Ring” PodcastSpiral (1999) — Episodes 4 & 5 and Rings (2005)Caoimhe and Jen discuss the Ring trans lesbian polycule, how Samara has influenced Sadako, a short film that is Caoimhe’s favourite Ring sequel and in the main topic of the episode the Spiral show goes off on a tangent for two episodes.
Links:
Cover art by Pictsel: https://twitter.com/pictsel/status/1765562571732779378
The Chart: https://oakreef.ie/ring/2025-02-15-spiral-e4e5/ring-024-chart.png
The “the Ring” Podcast on Cohost: https://cohost.org/thetheringpod
The “the Ring” Podcast on Tumblr: https://thetheringpod.tumblr.com/
The “the Ring” Po...
2025-02-1559 min
Soul Searching - The Mindful Physio PodcastEp 14: Season 3, How Are We? Predictions, Plans & Progress with CaoimheWelcome back to the Soul Searching Podcast with me, Caoimhe Gibney, also known as The Mindful Physio.
This episode takes me back to July when I recorded these reflections—little did I know how perfectly they’d align with where I am right now.
In this post-retreat recap, I’m sharing insights and lessons for everyone, whether you’ve attended a retreat or are simply seeking a little inspiration. It’s been a transformative year, and together, we’ll dive into the highs, the lows, and everything in between—along with a few plans and predictions fo...
2025-01-2759 min
The “the Ring” PodcastSpiral (1999) — Episodes 2 & 3 and Fright Night: RingCaoimhe and Jen enjoy some 15Hz blinking and also another radio adaptation that’s actually really good.
Links:
Check out Caoimhe’s game jam game, Tablet V: https://oakreef.ie/bog/tablet-v
Fright Night: Ring on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/koji-suzuki-fright-night-ring
The Chart: https://oakreef.ie/ring/2025-01-15-spiral-e2e3/ring-022-chart.png
The “the Ring” Podcast on Cohost: https://cohost.org/thetheringpod
The “the Ring” Podcast on Tumblr: https://thetheringpod.tumblr.com/
The “the Ring” Podcast on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thet...
2025-01-151h 31
Journey of the Monkey King#84—Four normal men selling ordinary horses sleeping zero feet apart because they’re not gayWe 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 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes
Caoimhe’s website: https://oakr...
2024-12-1850 min
Journey of the Monkey King#80—Unrealistic Beauty StandardsCaoimhe 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/@monkeykingpod
M.J. on I...
2024-07-0345 min
Journey of the Monkey King#79—Back PainCaoimhe 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/emjaystokes
Caoimhe’s website: https://o...
2024-04-1046 minSoul Searching - The Mindful Physio PodcastEp 6: The Magic of Self-Investment: Trusting Your Path to FulfillmentIn part two of the solo episodes Caoimhe reflects on the lessons from being brave, figuring out what she truly desires and taking actionable steps towards that.
In this episode, Caoimhe unravels the meaning of purpose and your "why", returning to what's important, what makes you feel like the most authentic version of you.
Investing in yourself may just be the best thing you ever do.
We've added one spot to the SOLD OUT Bali retreat this July. If you're feeling called get in...
2024-04-0524 min
Journey of the Monkey King#75—I Am so TiredThe 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 on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie...
2023-12-1343 min
Journey of the Monkey King#72—It Is Definitely a Kink ThingThis 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).
The “the Ring” Podcast: https://oakr...
2023-10-2551 min
Journey of the Monkey King#69—(Nice!) We Stan a Menopausal KingWukong 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/emjaystokes
Caoimhe’s website: https://oakreef.ie
Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/monkeyking...
2023-06-0747 min
Journey of the Monkey King#68—Medical MalpracticeThe 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 Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod
M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes
Caoi...
2023-05-2434 min
Journey of the Monkey King#67—MeowThe 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. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes
Caoimhe’s website: https://oakreef.ie
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2023-05-1030 min
Journey of the Monkey King#66—This Is an Organ-heavy Episode.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:Wuzhiqi, spirit of the rivers Huai and Guo, China, Song dynasty, 12th century_AD, ca...
2023-04-2640 min
Journey of the Monkey King#65—Some Monkeys Have Beaks and That’s OkayOr 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/emjaystokes
Caoimhe’s website: https://oakr...
2023-04-1230 min
Journey of the Monkey King#64—We Just Skip the Main Plot and Do Cat Facts InsteadThe 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.instagram.com/emjaystokes
Caoimh...
2023-03-2931 min
Journey of the Monkey King#63—Patreon Bonus Preview: Dragon Ball w/ JenA 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: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes
...
2023-03-1506 min
Journey of the Monkey King#63—Nine Heads Are Better than NoneSun 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.ie/@monkeykingpod
M.J. on Instag...
2023-03-1537 min
Journey of the Monkey King#62—The Benbo Kingdom of Drinking GamesThe 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.J. on Instagram: https://www...
2023-03-0132 min
Journey of the Monkey King#61—Brainstorming Future Bull-related ProjectsWe 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: https://www.patreo...
2023-02-0841 min
Journey of the Monkey King#60—Happy Year of the RabbitWe 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 Cohost: https://cohost.org/sapphicfettucine/post/857541-transy-update-two
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2023-01-2552 min
Journey of the Monkey King#59—It’s Not a Plot Hole!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 is a photo of some dim sum: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dim_Sum_Break...
2022-10-1225 min
Journey of the Monkey King#58—Highly Targeted Parasocial RelationshipsSun 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 website: https://oakreef.ie
...
2022-09-2824 min
Journey of the Monkey King#57—SusWukong 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: https://archive.org/details/clashmore
“Sadako vs. Kayako” on...
2022-09-1436 min
Journey of the Monkey King#56—A Horse, a Yakṣa and a Léigōng Walk into a BarThe 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/wiki/Pater_familias
Journey of the Monkey King...
2022-08-3130 min
Journey of the Monkey King#55—This Is Not a Place of LovemakingTripitaka has been kidnapped by a demoness who’s a real maneater. No not like that. Well, yes, actually, like that. But also in the other way.
Links:
Episode artwork is Zhao Wenqi as as the scorpion demon and Nie Yuan as Tripitaka in the 2011 Journey to the West television adaptation by TVS 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.instagram.com/emjaystokes
Ca...
2022-08-1729 min
Journey of the Monkey King#54—This Man has Never CumThe pilgrims make their way to the capital of the Women State and Tripitaka faces a threat not to his life, but to his chastity. Will he cum? There is only one way to find out.
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 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes
...
2022-08-0322 min
Journey of the Monkey King#53—The MPreg EpisodeYou read the title correctly.
This episode was recorded before the United States Supreme Court struck down the Roe vs. Wade ruling.
Links:
“Silphium” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silphium
“Omegaverse” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omegaverse
“Thomas Beatie” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Beatie
Women on Web: https://www.womenonweb.org
“Number of women and girls travelling to Great Britain for abortions rising” from The Journal: https://www.thejournal.ie/abortion-figures-uk-ireland-5795957-Jun2022
Episode artwork is a poster for The...
2022-07-0642 min
Journey of the Monkey King#52—I Don’t Know What You Were ExpectingWukong is going to need to go the the very top for help with the One-Horned Buffalo. No, not Guanyin. The very top.
The episode has some brief mentions of slavery and cruelty, and the torture headband gets brought up again in passing.
Links:
Clashmore on Caoimhe’s website: https://oakreef.ie/gallery/clashmore
Clashmore on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/clashmore
“Herd of Cork buffalo taken and returned within hours” on the Farmer’s Journal: https://www.farmersjournal.ie/news/news/herd-of-cork-buffalo-taken-and-returned-within-hours-673814
Episode artwork is a pai...
2022-06-2237 min
Journey of the Monkey King#51—50 Monkeys Getting Sucked OffSun Wukong’s rod has been stolen by the Great One-Horned Buffalo’s magical fillet and he’s going to need to enlist the help of some old enemies.
Warning for brief mention of rape and discrimination against intersex people in an aside about the novel Ring between about 6:30 and 9:45.
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://mastod...
2022-05-2527 min
Journey of the Monkey King#50—The Midway Point 🎉We are officially half way through the book! 🥳
Links:
Episode artwork is a photo of Baily, a Pekingese, taken by Flickr user Dirk DBQ: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bailey_Pekingese.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
2022-05-1130 min
Journey of the Monkey King#49—That’s Why His Hair Is So Big: It’s Full of SoldiersWhat type of creature is The Great King of Numinous Power? M.J. thinks he might be a crocodile, or maybe a newt. Guanyin will help the pilgrims find out.
Links:
Episode artwork is a Ming Dynasty painting of Guanyin with Fish Basket: https://www.si.edu/object/fsg_F1911.297
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://oa...
2022-04-2735 min
Journey of the Monkey King#48—Chen to the BottomAfter having his child sacrifices taken away by the pilgrims, The Great King of Numinous Power decides to set his sights on a new meal.
I don’t think you need to be told who at this point. He wants to eat Tripitaka. They all want to eat Tripitaka.
This episode also contains spoilers for Riverdale I guess.
Links:
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms (1994) fansub mentioned in the episode: https://gentlemenofthehan.wordpress.com/
Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod
Journey of...
2022-04-1341 min
Journey of the Monkey King#47—Patreon Bonus Preview: The Great Tang Records of the Western RegionsA preview of our Patreon bonus episode where we read some of Xuanzang’s travelogue written after his return to China featuring one of the more gruesome folk tales recorded in the book.
https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod
Links:
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/monk...
2022-03-1602 min
Journey of the Monkey King#47—Is Child Sacrifice Technically Child Murder?The pilgrims find themselves in a town at the mercy of a cruel local god who demands child sacrifice, but Sun Wukong is here to help and so is Zhu Bajie whether he likes it or not.
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 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes
2022-03-1632 min
Journey of the Monkey King#46—Don’t Challenge an Immortal Monkey to Any Fights that Involve Doing Yourself Grievous Body HarmJust as the pilgrims are about to be allowed to leave the Cart Slow Kingdom, Sun Wukong suddenly faces the one challenge he is incapable of winning.
This episode contains some very gruesome deaths, including decapitation, disembowelment and boiling oil. It also features biting insects. None of those are the the challenges Wukong can’t win though. Those are very easy challenges for him.
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.pa...
2021-12-0841 min
Irish SpiritsThe Cobbler's BreakfastIt's our Season 2 finale!!! And we thought we'd end it with a bang taking on a juggernaut of Irish folklore - The Leprechaun!In what was paired with a fittingly novelty cocktail, this episode delved into the story behind the sprightly little miser and how he's perceived today. From throwing babies on the floor to discovering he has a degenerate cousin, we hit nearly every corner of Ireland following the legacy of the leprechaun...or is it lúchorpán...or leathbhrógán....yea we covered it all!The tale of this prankster needed an eq...
2021-11-192h 10
Journey of the Monkey King#45—That’s Right, Big Smile. Everybody’s Happy.To prove their worth to the king of the Cart Slow Kingdom the pilgrims are asked to make it rain.
This episode contains people getting tricked into drinking urine.
Links:
Episode artwork is the Simpsons. I don’t think I need to link to this one.
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
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2021-11-1728 min
Journey of the Monkey King#44—This Podcast Is Now Just About Caoimhe’s CatThe pilgrims make their way to the Cart Slow Kingdom, where Buddhist monks have been made slaves of Daoists and Wukong has been declared their saviour.
Links:
Episode artwork is a photo of Caoimhe’s cat, Easóg.
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
2021-11-0337 min
Irish SpiritsHoney, I Contacted the DeadIn a very different direction for the show, we delved into literary history (both Laura & Caoimhe were delighted!) and just how haunted writers of the Victorian period were...Focusing predominantly on occultists, we dived into palmistry, automatic writing & clairvoyance in 19th century Ireland. 'Honey, I Contacted the Dead' couldn't be any more apt as we look at famous Irish writers and their clairvoyant wives...from predicting the demise of the Titanic to constantly trying to contact Oscar Wilde (why wouldn't you) we decided to embrace our inner Victorian dandy with a whiskey based cocktail complete with an...
2021-10-221h 31
Journey of the Monkey King#43—Fish Nepotism & Character DevelopmentRed Boy dealt with, the pilgrims face difficulty trying to cross the Black River.
Links:
Episode artwork is a Ming Dynasty statue of Golden Boy: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Attendant to Guanyin (Golden Boy) China Ming Period 1368-1644 CE Wood polychrome and gilt (20147520202).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
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2021-10-2046 min
Journey of the Monkey King#42—[Insert Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Reference Here]Guanyin finds out that Red Boy was impersonating her and she is not best pleased.
Links:
Episode artwork by Aleksis Shi: https://aleksisshi.wordpress.com/
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
2021-10-0634 min
Journey of the Monkey KingDiscussion with Journey to the West: The PodcastM.J. and Caoimhe appeared on Journey to the West: The Podcast with Richard Tseng and James Young and had a lovely discussion about the novel. We will resume our normal Sun Wu-content in the next episode.
Links:
Journey to the West: The Podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/journey-to-the-west-the-podcast/id1477420265
Journey to the West: The Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JourneyWestCast
Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod
Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon...
2021-09-221h 22
Journey of the Monkey King#41—Cuttlefish Commander, Sturgeon SergeantSun Wukong gets his arse kicked for once when Red Boy doesn’t believe that Pilgrim Sun used to be mates with his dad. Can Zhu Bajie fill his shoes? No. Obviously not.
Links:
“Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuxing_(Chinese_philosophy)
Episode artwork is a photograph of statues of the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas from the Great Temple of Mazu in Tainan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:大天后宮四海龍王神像.jpg
Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod
Journey of the Monkey King...
2021-09-0826 min
Irish SpiritsThe Shiso Seashells by the SeashoreThis week's cocktail may be a tongue twister but it went down so easy...too easy you might say!Which was good because we were finally reunited in person!! If that means our audio is a little off it is because we were back in Caoimhe's kitchen! This week we headed back to the water and dove into the world of sea & lake monsters in Ireland. From the Irish version of the kelpie to giant demonic eels, what lurks beneath the dark waters made us think twice about for going for a dip...the joys of living o...
2021-08-271h 40
Journey of the Monkey King#40—We Are Technically Done with Child MurderAfter leaving the Black Rooster Kingdom behind, Sun Wukong starts to get fed up at Tripitaka not heeding his warnings.
This episode does not technically contain child murder, but does feature a monster disguised as a child that is very violently attacked. Murder and kidnapping is also mentioned. So is vaccine scepticism.
We have a Patreon now!
Links:
“Rākshasa” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakshasa
“Samādhi” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samadhi
Episode artwork is a painting from the Long Corridor at the Sum...
2021-08-2535 min
Journey of the Monkey King#40—Patreon Bonus Preview: BBC’s MonkeyWe have a Patreon now! Subscribers get new episodes as soon as they’re done and as a first bonus episode we have made an audio commentary track for the first episode of BBC’s Monkey. Here’s a preview of it.
https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod
Links:
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
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2021-08-2503 min
Journey of the Monkey King#39—Your Kingdom Ain’t ShitWho can Wukong turn to try and bring the king of the Black Rooster Kingdom back from the dead? Someone who’s annoyed at him for a lot of wasted charcoal.
This episodes has mentions of cannibalism, rape by deception, gelding of an animal/animal spirit and use of the corporal punishment headband.
Links:
“Blue–green distinction in language” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue–green_distinction_in_language
“Linguistic relativity and the colour naming debate” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity_and_the_color_naming_debate
...
2021-08-1125 min
Goss with the GirliesCaoimhe's 13th Birthday Party - Never have I ever S2 EP2Hey Besties, It's Caoimhe's 13th Birthday Party and she has 7 guests including Katie and Piper (obvi) and today we played Never have I ever!
Feat. Bella, McKenzie and Hanna
Enjoy xoxo 😁
BTW some of Caoimhe's guest did not wan't to be in this podcast episode!
2021-08-0828 min
Irish SpiritsIntroducing: Irish SpiritsWelcome to Irish Spirits, a fortnightly podcast about folklore and drinking, a natural Venn diagram of Irish culture. Hosted by writer - Caoimhe Creed, historian - Laura Fitzachary and alcohol aficionado - Alex Buckley, each week we will have a theme. Whether it’s ghosts, fairies or mythical creatures, we will discuss the stories and lore, all while drinking a themed cocktail made by our phantom bartender - Alex! His recipes can be found on Instagram @irishspiritspodcast just before the show is live - so you can drink along with us...please drink responsibly!You can a...
2021-08-0101 min
Journey of the Monkey King#38—My Dad Would Definitely Still Be Fucking If He Were AliveThe prince of the black rooster kingdom, investigating the claims made by Sun Wukong, makes enquiries about his parents’ sex life.
This episode features animal cruelty and mass animal death as well as corporal punishment.
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 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes
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2021-07-2827 min
Journey of the Monkey King#37—Why Didn’t You Just Sue the Guy Who Murdered You?Tripitaka is visited by a ghost, who was murdered in a somewhat more mundane way than the magical shenanigans we’re used to dealing with.
Links:
Episode artwork is a painting of a rooster by Li Yin: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:菊鸡图.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
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2021-07-1438 minGoss with the GirliesBoys! pt1Hey Besties, we have another episode for you today obviously! (About boys) pt1
pt2 coming next week stay tuned!
Enjoy xoxo
Katie, Caoimhe and Piper
2021-07-0632 min
Journey of the Monkey King#36—More Reason to Never Trust MonksThe pilgrims arrive at the Precious Grove Monastery Built by Imperial Command where the abbot is not quite rolling out the red carpet. Pilgrim Sun takes this as you would expect.
Links:
“Vajra” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajra
The Rogue Gallery & Studios on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theroguegallerywt/
The Rogue Gallery & Studios on Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theroguegallerywt
Episode artwork is Bamboo, Plum Blossoms and Moon by Gao Qipei: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gao Qipei - Bamboo, Plum Blossoms and Moon - Walters 35298...
2021-06-3037 minGoss with the GirliesBonus BombshellHey Besties, welcome to a bonus episode of Goss with the Girlies! Where Caoimhe drops a bombshell about next week!
See ya next week xoxo
From ya girl Caoimhe
2021-06-2501 min
Irish SpiritsThe Old SwitcherooWE'RE BACK!!!!!Thank you for being so patient with us! You will hear all about what we got up to at the beginning of Episode I - Season 2! This episode was called The Old Switcheroo and was all about Changelings in honour our Alex having just had a baby! (he's the cutest thing we have ever seen...but is he really a human? Caoimhe tested him with her very own quiz at the end of the show!)Between the start and the finish though we delved head first into fairy lore and a c...
2021-06-181h 29
Journey of the Monkey King#35—Gourd Measuring ContestToday we finally learn the secret of the Gold and Silver Horn Demons.
Links:
The Rogue Gallery & Studios on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theroguegallerywt/
The Rogue Gallery & Studios on Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theroguegallerywt
“Laozi” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laozi
“Nüwa” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nüwa
Episode artwork is Jin and Yin from Lego Monkie Kid: https://antifandom.com/legomonkiekid/wiki/Gold_and_Silver_Demons
Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkey...
2021-06-1646 min
Journey of the Monkey King#34—A Watched Monkey Never DissolvesSun Wukong attempts to defeat the Gold and Silver Horn demons, but tries to be too clever for his own good.
This episode features more animal monster death and more mentions of cannibalism as well as some sexual jokes.
Links:
“Nine-tailed fox” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine-tailed_fox
“Lego Monkie Kid” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Monkie_Kid
The Flower Fruit Mountain Lego set: https://www.lego.com/en-ie/product/the-legendary-flower-fruit-mountain-80024
“How DC Comics turned an iconic Asian myth into the new superh...
2021-06-0246 min
Journey of the Monkey King#33—At the Mountains of MonkeyWe learn about some sacred mountains and Wukong boasts about a feat even he can’t accomplish.
This episode features more mentions of cannibalism as well as blood and pus.
Links:
“Mount Meru” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Meru
“Mount Emei” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Emei
“Mount Tai” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Tai
Episode artwork is a 19th century painting of Mount Meru from Bhutan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bhutanese_thanka_of_Mt._Meru_and_the_Buddhi...
2021-05-1946 min
Journey of the Monkey King#32—Kǒng Fūzǐ & Isaacus NewtonusSun Wukong, recently re-pilgrimised, is warned about the Golden Horn demon and the Silver Horn demon, but is more concerned with messing with Zhu Bajie.
This episode features threats of corporal punishment and mentions of cannibalism, which is a much milder set of warnings than the last few episodes.
Links:
“Confucius” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius
Episode artwork by ChomArt: https://www.deviantart.com/chomart/art/Sun-Wukong-682489245
Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod
Journey of the Monkey King on t...
2021-04-2146 min
Journey of the Monkey King#31—Return of the Hyper Murder MonkeyThe obvious happens as Sun Wukong is convinced to return to defend Tripitaka.
This episode is the last one that features the story of Hundred Flowers’ Shame and features corporal punishment, child abuse, infanticide, misogyny, a woman being blamed for her own rape and touches on suicidal ideation.
Links:
Episode artwork is a Ming Dynasty statue of a Jade Maiden: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ming_Statue_of_Jade_Maiden_(9974147776).jpg
Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod
Journey of the Monkey King on...
2021-04-1438 min
Journey of the Monkey King#30—Caoimhe Was WrongThe pilgrims have all been split up. Sun Wukong has returned to the Flower-Fruit Mountain, Tripitaka is a guest of the Precious Imagelephant Kingdom, Sha Wujing has been captured by the Yellow Robe Demon, Zhu Bajie is cowering the bushes, and the horse is chilling in the stables.
This episode continues the story of Hundred Flowers’ Shame’s abuse and contains misogynist slurs, abuse, domestic violence, alcohol-fuelled violence, murder and cannibalism.
Oh, and Caoimhe was wrong about something?
Links:
Episode artwork is pulled from this article: https://journeybacktothesource.com/journey-to-the-west-of-wu-chengen/
Jo...
2021-04-0742 min
Journey of the Monkey King#29—Hundred Flowers’ Shame of the Precious Imagelephant KingdomTripitaka meets Hundred Flowers’ Shame and find out how well Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing do without any help (it’s not very well).
This chapter contains bride kidnapping and rape, including a woman apologising for being raped. Similar themes will continue and escalate over the next few chapters.
Links:
Episode artwork is an illustration of Hundred Flowers’ Shame and her sons: http://m.lsyt.net/read/YWRmNmNkOGbopb,muLjorrDlrp3osaHlm73ljaHpgJrlm77moYgBMQE2NTgBOTEzAWhiaW1nLmIwLnVwYWl5dW4uY29tL2QyZDhhYjk1NDZiODNjYTc4Yjc2NGE1MjdlNmVlNTMxZGFiYmI3MWExYzAwOC1qTU9aUjBfZnc2NTgBY24g6KW,5ri46K6wIOWuneixoeWbvSDnmb7oirHnvp7lhaw=/
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2021-03-3140 min
Journey of the Monkey King#28—Eatings Sweets While Talking About FlagsNow that the Monkey King has been banished what will he do? Will he reclaim his throne at the Flower Fruit Mountain?
How will the other pilgrims fare without Sun Wukong? Can Zhu Bajie act as a replacement? Why does the cover art for this episode look like that?
This chapter contains animal death, human death and mentions of cannibalism.
Links:
“Pride flag” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_flag
“Starry Plough (flag)” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starry_Plough_(flag)
Wiktionary links: https...
2021-03-1743 min
Irish SpiritsThe Shamrock Shake InterludeHappy St. Patrick's Day! (Lá Fheile Pádraig sona dhaoibh!) from our resident historian, Laura Fitzachary - though this mini-sode is more mythological than historical. Regaling you all with an origin story of St. Patrick's banished snakes and an epic battle he had with their mother, she washed this bit of bonus content down with an experimental ale. As part of their Spree Series, The White Hag released the very seasonal (Paddy's Day) Shamrock Shake Ice Cream Ale...perfect for this episode because it is literally green! Please remember to drink responsibly while stocks last! The sources used...
2021-03-1710 min
Journey of the Monkey King#27—Monkey Murders the Same Person Three Times and Is Asked to LeaveOn the White Tiger Mountain Sun Wukong, faced with the demon Lady White Bone decides to never learn anything ever while Zhu Bajie decides to stir the pot.
This episode features death, torture and mentions of cannibalism.
Links:
“A Chinese Odyssey” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Chinese_Odyssey
Episode artwork is an illustration from the 16th century of the events of this chapter: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bai_Gu_Jing.jpg
Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod
Jo...
2021-03-1028 min
Irish SpiritsPetronilla's GardenThis episode was called Petronilla's Garden and it was our Season 1 finale!!! Focusing on the witch trials in Ireland (or lack there of) the cocktail that wrapped the season was inspired by the fate of Irish women accused of witchcraft! Brewed by ourselves, it was a 'herb-ful' concoction in which our resident mixologist Alex included; Aqua Vitae. The original recipe belonging to the bad guy in our jam-packed finale still exists today, which we used! Take that Richard Ledrede! - we name our drink after one of your victims of 'justice'. Of the very few Irish witch trials recorded, C...
2021-03-051h 53
Journey of the Monkey King#26—The White Cloud Dave & The Tank MonkThe Lord Equal to Earth and the Great Sage Equal to Heaven make a deal, a surprising familiar face returns, and a far less surprisingly familiar face also returns.
Apologies are extended for the sound quality in this episode. We had some network issues while recording and also Caoimhe put on her washing machine before recording for some reason.
This episode features mentions of the plan to try people alive from the previous episode as well as the tight fillet torture spell. It also features alcohol and drinking towards the end.
Links:
2021-03-0329 min
Journey of the Monkey King#25—Don’t Touch M.J.’s Frying PanWukong, Bajie and Wujing’s attempts to deny that they stole the ginseng fruit are going to go very well. I’m sure the Lord Equal to Earth won’t mind that they destroyed the one of a kind mystical tree that’s older than the Earth itself.
This episode contains attempts at both corporal and capital punishment, including the use of boiling oil. Caoimhe and M.J. also get sidetracks discussing institutional abuse by the Catholic Church.
Links:
“Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_and_B...
2021-02-2444 min
Journey of the Monkey King#24—Evil Baby Slut FruitsThe pilgrims come to the Abbey of the Five Villages, where the Daoist immortal the Lord Equal to Earth has the magical Ginseng Fruit Tree. I’m sure that’s fine. Nothing untoward will happen. No one will steal any fruit.
Links:
Fruit Mould: https://www.fruitmould.com/
Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh making a ham sandwich on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPB6LTWThH4
Episode artwork if a photo of a pair of pears grown by Fruit Mould, from this Design Boom article, but which I originally came across on vari...
2021-02-1734 min
Journey of the Monkey King#23—Monkey See, Monk “I Do”Sha Wujing learns a lot about the people he is travelling with and Sun Wukong reveals that he has no interest in sex. Some stuff happens with Zhu Bajie too.
This episode features repeated mentions of rape.
Links:
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.ie/@monkeykingpod
M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram...
2021-02-1029 min
Journey of the Monkey KingJotMK Recap - I Have No Memory of This NovelCaoimhe and MJ reacquaint themselves with Sha Wujing, Zhu Bajie, Sun Wukong, Tripitaka, Guanyin and the horse.
Links:
“Avalokiteśvara” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalokiteśvara
Guanyin on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guanyin
“Eamon Ryan appeared to be asleep in Dáil as vote on lower-paid workers called” on The Irish Times: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/eamon-ryan-appeared-to-be-asleep-in-dail-as-vote-on-lower-paid-workers-called-1.4306525
Artwork is Yan Huaili as Sha Wujing in the 1986 Journey to the West adaptation by China Central Television via Villains Wiki: https://antifandom.com/villains/wiki/Sha_Wu...
2021-02-0330 min
Irish SpiritsThe Irish CoffeeOur Christmas special for you, this episode is called 'The Irish Coffee.' To round off what has been a year we will never forget Laura & Caoimhe (shout out to Alex who we will hopefully be reunited with soon) talked about about the more unusual side to Christmas traditions through the power of governmentally-advised socially-distanced workplace bubbles...truth. We washed this minisode down with our own version of an Irish coffee (sorry Alex!) all whilst including a festive ghost story to boot. Less sugar plum fairy and more watery tart, enjoy! We, at Irish Spirits, wish you all a M...
2020-12-2521 min
Journey of the Monkey King#22—Sandy the Sand Monk of the Sand RiverWe are reunited with Sha Wujing, who unsurprisingly our protagonists end up fighting for two days instead of just talking to.
This episode has mentions of capital punishment, cannibalism and masturbation, but not descriptions of them.
Links:
“Sha Wujiing” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sha_Wujing
“’Snolf’ traps Sonic in a fan-made golfing nightmare” on PC Gamer: https://www.pcgamer.com/snolf-traps-sonic-in-a-fan-made-golfing-nightmare/
Melon (the creator of the original Snolf mods)’s personal website: https://melon.zone/
Episode artwork from The Original Intent of The Journey to the West (1...
2020-12-0226 min
Journey of the Monkey King#21—The Eye Doctor King of the Eye Doctor Cave on the Eye Doctor MountainThe Yellow Wind King still has Tripitaka captive. Will Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie be able to save him? Of course they will. Obviously. But we’ll have fun hearing how it goes.
This episode has a suicide joke about four minutes in and we briefly discuss an animal cull towards the end.
Links:
Snolf Robo Blast 2, Caoimhe’s golf mod for Sonic Robo Blast 2: https://oakreef.ie/gallery/snolf-robo-blast-2
Episode artwork from A Modern Journey to the West by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi: https://yoshitoshi.net/series/journeywest.html
Journey of t...
2020-11-2526 min
Journey of the Monkey King#20—Buy One Get One FreeWith Zhu Bajie now a member of the pilgrimage the group reaches the Yellow Wind Mountain and encounters a tiger.
This episode features body shaming, someone being skinned and the death of an animal monster. Rape is briefly mentioned.
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 Instagram: https://www...
2020-11-1827 min
Journey of the Monkey King#19—Monkey Destroys a MarriageSun Wukong confronts the pig Zhu Ganglie and finds out something unexpected about him.
This episode has frequent mention of rape and occasional mentions of alcohol and drinking. We also briefly bring up Sun Wukong’s torture headband and the attempt at executing him by burning from previous chapters.
Links:
“Zhu Bajie” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhu_Bajie
Episode artwork is a circa 1840 woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saru 申 (Monkey) (BM_2008,3037.01007).jpg
Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon...
2020-11-1129 min
Journey of the Monkey King#18—Dear Monkey, My Husband Is Literally a Pig…In which the Monkey King tries to break up a marriage (with good reason).
The plot of this chapter involves bridenapping and spousal abuse.
Links:
“Mole (unit)” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_(unit)
“Wanted: Monty Mole” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanted:_Monty_Mole
Episode artwork is an illustration from a 15th century edition of Journey to the West: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Xiyou2.PNG
Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod
Journey of the M...
2020-11-0432 min
Journey of the Monkey King#17—Goff bear’s birthday bashPilgrim Sun decides to confront the Black Wind King over his master’s stolen cassock and ends up ruining a birthday party.
This episodes features animal monsters dying and the use of the tight fillet torture magic.
Links:
“Subhūti” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subhūti
“My Immortal (fan fiction)” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Immortal_(fan_fiction)
“A Chinese Odyssey” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Chinese_Odyssey
Only You - A Chinese Odyssey Part Two (Stephen Chow) on Youtube: http...
2020-10-2835 min
Journey of the Monkey King#16—Never Listen to Someone Who Calls Himself “Big Plan”Sun Wukong and Tripitaka decide to spend the night at the Guanyin Chan Hall Temple, where nothing could possibli go wrong.
This episode has arson, attempted murder, suicide and more use of the magical torture headband.
Links:
“Suiren” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suiren
Episode artwork is a photo of a Qing Dynasty Taoist robe. I admit the art I’m using for a lot of these episodes is only very tenuously connected to the episode itself: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:壮族黄缎法衣_4044.jpg
Journey of the Monkey King on Pat...
2020-10-2125 min
Journey of the Monkey King#15—There Was a Young Dragon Who Swallowed a Horse……he’s doing community service, of course.
Monkey and Tripitaka need to cross the Eagle Grief Stream.
This episode features animal death within the first five minutes and repeated threats of beatings at various characters.
Links:
Episode artwork from a Ming Dynasty medical textbook: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ming herbal (painting); Horse Wellcome L0039419.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://w...
2020-10-0733 min
Irish SpiritsThe Howling Gale InterludeUnfortunately due to Covid-19 restrictions in Dublin, us as a trio couldn't meet up this week! We will get an episode out as soon as we can but in the meantime please enjoy this interlude by Caoimhe Creed as she regales you with a ghost story from dúchas.ie - National Folklore Collection. Check out what Caoimhe is drinking on our Instagram page @irishspiritspodcast and of course please drink responsibly!Support the show
2020-10-0207 min
Journey of the Monkey King#14—He’s BackThe Monkey King is back and I’m sure he’ll have no issues taking orders from a lifelong vegetarian pacifist monk.
This episode features animal death around 12:00 to 13:50, human death around 26:00 and torture/corporeal punishment around 35:00 to 36:30.
Links:
“Āyatana” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Āyatana
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...
2020-10-0141 min
Journey of the Monkey King#13—Sometimes You Eat a Tiger, Sometimes a Tiger Eats YouLet’s get this show on the road. Tripitaka heads out on his pilgrimage.
This episode features death and cannibalism as well as animal death.
Links:
Black Myth: Wukong - Official 13 Minutes Gameplay Trailer on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2nNljv0MOw
Episode artwork is an illustration of a tiger from Song era medical textbook, 1159 CE: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shaoxing-Tiger.jpg
Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod
Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: ht...
2020-09-2327 min
Journey of the Monkey KingSpecial Automatic Transcription Concussion EditionCaoimhe is recovering from a concussion so instead of doing a normal episode she decided to read an automatically generated transcription of the previous episode.
As such it covers the same topics as the previous episode, including death, suicide and corporeal punishment. Alcohol, alcoholism and drug use also come up.
Links:
Podscribe, the automated transcription service whose transcript we are reading: https://podscribe.com/
A scientist is trying to teach a neural network to cook—and the results are hilariously bad” from The Daily Dot: https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/neural-network-recipe-generator/
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2020-09-161h 00
Irish SpiritsThe Honeycomb HarbingerWelcome to Irish Spirits, a fortnightly podcast about folklore and drinking, a natural Venn diagram of Irish culture. Hosted by Caoimhe Creed, Laura Fitzachary & Alex Buckley, each week we will have a theme. Whether it’s ghosts, fairies or mythical creatures, we will discuss the stories and lore, all while drinking a themed cocktail made by our phantom bartender, Alex! For our inaugural episode we discussed 'The Banshee'! From eye witness accounts to how we miss Banshee Bones, we washed down Episode 1 with our first carefully crafted cocktail: The Honeycomb Harbinger. Drink along with us (responsibly) as we...
2020-09-041h 30
Journey of the Monkey King#12—The Journey Actually StartsWe finally hit the road!
This episode features death prominently and the suicide mentioned in the previous chapter continues to be central plot for this chapter. Corporeal punishment is also mentioned at about 14:20.
Links:
“Fu Yi” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu_Yi
“Xiaou Yu” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiao_Yu
“Wu Daozi” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Daozi
“Daxiangguo Temple” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daxiangguo_Temple
Episode artwork is a painting of Guanyin by Wu Daozi: htt...
2020-09-0237 min
Journey of the Monkey King#11—I Can’t Get a Ghost Mortgage I’ve Got Terrible Ghost CreditThis week: ghost capitalism. Death is not even a way to escape it.
This episode features the torture of the souls of the dead, particularly starting about 14:45, and a story that involves suicide and abuse at 33:30.
Links:
“Xuanwu Gate Incident” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xuanwu_Gate_Incident
Monkey (TV Series) Opening Song (Monkey Magic) on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-SUoHmpRdM
“Tenants regain access to Dublin home after eviction by private security” from The Journal: https://www.thejournal.ie/dublin-eviction-5175006-Aug2020/
Episode artwork...
2020-08-2642 min
Journey of the Monkey King#10—Ghosts in Your BloodThis week we return to the plot, but not to the Monkey King or Xuanzang. We head to Chang’an to meet a fisherman, a woodman and an emperor.
This episode features death, threats and capital punishment as part of the plot for the whole chapter as well as a couple gruesome ways to die at about 1:30 and the topic drifts to drugs briefly and 9:30 and 19:30.
Links:
The tweets about Emily Dickinson and metre: https://twitter.com/jeeyonshim/status/1289825038481334272](https://twitter.com/jeeyonshim/status/1289825038481334272), [https://twitter.com/MikeFerdinando/status/1289905363936899077
Episode artwork is...
2020-08-1926 min
Journey of the Monkey KingWhen History is Inconvenient for Your PlotM.J. and Caoimhe talk about some differences between the real and fiction monk Xuanzang and his relationship to the Tang dynasty.
Links:
“The First Woman to Translate the ‘Odyssey’ Into English” from the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/02/magazine/the-first-woman-to-translate-the-odyssey-into-english.html
Episode artwork is a Tang-era portrait of Emperor Tang Taizong: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TangTaizong.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 In...
2020-08-1235 min
Journey of the Monkey KingReal Person Fan FictionWe take a break from chapters to give you a clip of Caoimhe on M.J.’s show, They Did What Now, where we talk about the real life monk Xuanzang, who this novel is fan fiction of. Yes really.
Links:
The map we reference is from ”Chinese Pilgrims to Central Asia, India and SE Asia” from Ancient Buddhist Texts: https://www.ancient-buddhist-texts.net/Maps/Silk-Routes/Chinese-Pilgrims.htm
You can watch the full They Did What Now episode on the Hysteria Ireland Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=334116824656012
Episod...
2020-08-0524 min
Journey of the Monkey King#9—Skin Quilt & the Return of Embroidered BallsToday we meet a monk named Xuanzang and find out the circumstances of his birth and early life. It’s not a particularly happy story.
This episode is quite a dark one and features murder, suicide, attempted infanticide, capital punishment, dismemberment, disembowelment and forced marriage. In addition it’s all humans doing this to each other rather than godly beings, which may make it feel a bit more real.
Caoimhe mispronounced Yin Wenjiao’s name for the entire episode, even more than she usually butchers the names. There should be an “n” in her name and she co...
2020-07-2951 min
Journey of the Monkey King#8—Diss TracksSun Wukong is not happy about some poetry about him.
This episode features discussion of punishment throughout, including corporal and capital punishment. It also explicitly mentions torture at about 12:00 and features mention of sexual assault, primarily at about 23:35.
Links:
Episode artwork is a 16th century painting of Guanyin by Qiu Zhu: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:白衣大士像.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.instag...
2020-07-0138 min
Journey of the Monkey King#7—Numious BrassièresThis episodes highlights the long and ongoing tradition of Caoimhe not being able to pronounce anything correctly.
The episode starts off with capital punishment including attempts to burn someone to death. That lasts up until about 06:00.
Urination features at 14:35 and 15:05.
Discussions of caffeine withdrawal and sensory overload lead to jokes about cannibalism between 7:30 and 9:35.
We had trouble staying on topic during this recording. If you think the tangent we go on about Irish at the end is rambling you should hear everything I edited out.
This was recorded a...
2020-06-2427 min
Journey of the Monkey King#6—Avian Slut Shaming & Deification of Hydraulic EngineersA battle of the gods, a shapeshifting duel and avian slut shaming.
Links:
“Erlang Shen” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erlang_Shen
“Bustard” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bustard
Episode artwork from Gujin Tushu Jicheng via Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Imperial Encyclopaedia - Animal Kingdom - pic026 - 鴇圖.png
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.instagra...
2020-06-1722 min
Journey of the Monkey King#5—How to Deal with a Narcissist in Your OrganisationCaoimhe & M.J. discuss the finer points of how to work with narcissists as the Monkey King continues to cause trouble in Heaven.
This episode features repeated mentions of alcohol and a character getting drink between about 16:30 and 22:00.
Links:
“Kumis” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumis
“Barefoot Immortal” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barefoot_Immortal
Episode artwork is Peach Blossom Study by Shen Zhou: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:沈周-桃花書屋圖.jpg
Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod
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2020-06-1230 min
Journey of the Monkey King#4—Earlobe Elongation & Embroidered BallsIn which Sun Wukong demands a promotion from God.
As usual expect fights and violence throughout the episode and the episode also has some digressions that briefly touch on phrenology between 20:15 and 22:47 and a joke about BDSM sex practises at 26:08 and 28:00.
I forgot about it while recording the episode but embroidered balls specifically as a courtship ritual will show up again in a future chapter.
Links:
“Giant Buddha, Giant Ears” on National Geographic: https://web.archive.org/web/20160521132912/https://www.nationalgeographic.org/media/buddha-ears/
“Silk balls preserve love tradition from p...
2020-06-0335 min
Journey of the Monkey King#3—Afterlife Paperwork & Sun Wu KarenSun Wukong demands to see the manager. Of Hell.
Content warning for intimidation and threats of violence throughout the episode and for brief mentions of alcohol and drinking between about 23:00 to 23:40.
Links:
“Yu the Great” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_the_Great
“Great Flood (China)” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Flood_(China)
“How the Milky Way Got Its Name and What It’s Called in Other Languages” on Today I Found Out: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/08/how-the-milky-way-got-its-name-and-what-its-called-in-other-languages/
Episode artwork from A Modern...
2020-05-2743 min
Journey of the Monkey King#2—The Secrets of Immortality & Self-replicating MonkeysJourney to the West chapter two, featuring immortality, unwholesome meats and the Epic of Gilgamesh being gay.
Spoilers for The Good Place between 3:18 and 04:45 when we discuss some existential issues.
Links:
“Epic of Gilgamesh” from In Our Time by BBC Radio 4: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b080wbrq
“Chinese units of measurement” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chinese_units_of_measurement&oldid=952184981#Length
“Wu Cheng’en” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Cheng'en
“Flann O’Brian” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
2020-05-2050 min
Journey of the Monkey King#1—Laser Monkey & Chinese Unicorn GiraffeCaoimhe & M.J. discuss the first chapter of Journey to the West and get side tracked by laser eyes and what exactly the word “unicorn” is a translation of.
Links:
“Qilin” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qilin
“Ming treasure voyages” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_treasure_voyages
“Buddhist cosmology” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buddhist_cosmology&oldid=955126741#Earthly_realms
Episode artwork is a 1666 painting of a Qilin by Kanō Tannyū, as photographed by Sailko: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Periodo_edo...
2020-05-1335 min
Journey of the Monkey KingIntroductionsCaoimhe and M.J. talk about the novel Journey to the West and why they wanted to make a podcast about the incredibly famous novel that no one has heard of.
Links:
“List of media adaptations of Journey to the West” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_media_adaptations_of_Journey_to_the_West
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...
2020-05-1213 min