Chinese Lore Podcasts

Classic Chinese stories, retold in English: and more to come. I'm also at @jzheel.

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Programming note: The podcast will be on its regularly scheduled break next week. Episode 7 of Journey to the West will drop on Monday, March 24.

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Here's ChatGPT's take on Sun Wukong's party-crashing this week. https://t.co/Qj0rmgn5qG

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This week on Journey to the West, we find out that the Jade Emperor is terrible at assigning the right jobs to the right people. https://t.co/Qj0rmgn5qG

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This week, ChatGPT again forgot that Sun Wukong is a monkey. https://t.co/DGkOFLN2ug

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This week on Journey to the West, Sun Wukong shows that securing eternal life is just a matter finding the relevant bureaucratic documentation. https://t.co/DGkOFLN2ug

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Here's ChatGPT's visual summation of this week's episode. At least the main character is of the right species this time. https://t.co/r5iDYHQN6u

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This week on Journey to the West, Sun Wukong pays a visit to some neighbors in search of sharp, pointy things for his minions and himself. https://t.co/r5iDYHQN6u

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Programming note: The podcast is on its regularly scheduled break this week. Episode 4 of Journey to the West will drop next Monday, 2/24.

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Here's the ChatGPT-generated image based on this week's episode. Apparently AI forgot that Sun Wukong is a monkey. 🙊 🙉 🙈 https://t.co/1JEKdhTUlf

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This week on Journey to the West, the Monkey King gets a name, completes the tutorial, and earns some handy powers. https://t.co/1JEKdhTUlf

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I asked ChatGPT to make an image that summarized this week's episode, and here's what it came up with.

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We're kicking off the Journey to the West today with a two-parter:
Episode 001: Introduction https://t.co/HGd3qeF1JG
Episode 002: Birth of a Legend https://t.co/7n31Y2LYUe

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Programming note: Journey to the West will start Feb. 3.

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When you ask ChatGPT to generate an image of the Monkey King and it goes full Mugato on you.

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Some legos completed their own journey to the West via snail mail today!

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In between wrapping presents, we're wrapping up Investiture of the Gods. Here's the final episode of the series: https://t.co/Gf00dHN1Vr. We'll be back in a month or so with Journey to the West. Happy holidays and thank you for your support!

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1st of 12 days off. Writing scripts for my upcoming Journey to the West podcast while the 1986 TV adaptation plays in the background and its earworm opening theme repeats in my head. Also, the house smells like baking & there are FOUR types of cookies! #MostWonderfulTimeOfTheYear

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While I work on the wrap-up episode for Investiture of the Gods, here's one last supplemental episode, on the historical versions of the Zhou Dynasty's father-and-son founding duo. https://t.co/tWLC18evmy

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This week, we're wrapping up the story for Investiture of the Gods, and we see how, in a way, nothing from the first 85 episodes really mattered. https://t.co/1Uo1NooUQW