Episodes

Monday Jun 02, 2025
Journey 015: Shady Monks
Monday Jun 02, 2025
Monday Jun 02, 2025
The scripture pilgrims seek lodging at a monastery whose residents might need a refresher on the tenets preached by their patron deity.

Monday May 26, 2025
Journey 014: Acts of ... Compassion?
Monday May 26, 2025
Monday May 26, 2025
Sun Wukong returns to his master and finds a nasty little surprise waiting for him.

Monday May 19, 2025
Journey 013: I Shalt Not Kill?
Monday May 19, 2025
Monday May 19, 2025
Sun Wukong and his new master have a difference of opinion on when it's ok for a Buddhist monk to spill someone's brains and loot their clothes.

Tuesday May 06, 2025
Journey Supplemental 003: Body Snatchers
Tuesday May 06, 2025
Tuesday May 06, 2025
All's well that ends well, except for the princess whose soul gets dragged out of her mortal coil and hustled off to hell.

Monday May 05, 2025
Journey 012: Demons, Tigers, Monkeys, Oh My
Monday May 05, 2025
Monday May 05, 2025
Everybody kept telling me how dangerous the journey to the West was, but seriously how bad can it possibly ... oh my god what are those things and what are they doing to my men?!!!

Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
Journey Supplemental 002: To Hell and Back
Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
Somehow a trip to the underworld adds decades to the Tang emperor's life.

Monday Apr 28, 2025
Journey 011: Divine Mission
Monday Apr 28, 2025
Monday Apr 28, 2025
Guanyin crashes the emperor's Buddhist party and tells all the monks of the East what she really thinks of their scriptures.

Tuesday Apr 22, 2025
Journey Supplemental 001: When It Rains
Tuesday Apr 22, 2025
Tuesday Apr 22, 2025
We embark on a three-episode mini-arc to find out why the Tang emperor was convening a big gathering of monks.

Monday Apr 21, 2025
Journey 010: Miracle Worker
Monday Apr 21, 2025
Monday Apr 21, 2025
The blind regains sight, and the dead rises. Is it a miracle ... or a zombie apocalypse?

Monday Apr 07, 2025
Journey 009: Origin Story
Monday Apr 07, 2025
Monday Apr 07, 2025
The Buddha shows how far he would go (or make someone else go) to avoid paying to ship some scriptures to the East.