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#2—The Secrets of Immortality & Self-replicating Monkeys

#2—The Secrets of Immortality & Self-replicating Monkeys

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Journey 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/wiki/Flann_O'Brien

  • 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.com/emjaystokes

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

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

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