#33—At the Mountains of Monkey

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

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• M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes

• Caoimhe’s website: https://oakreef.ie

• Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/monkeykingpod

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 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

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

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 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

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).

• 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

• Caoimhe’s website: https://oakreef.ie

• Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/monkeykingpod

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

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://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

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/emjaystokes

• Caoimhe’s website: https://oakreef.ie

• Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/monkeykingpod

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 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

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. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes

• Caoimhe’s website: https://oakreef.ie

• Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/monkeykingpod