All Episodes

#345 - Taiping 21_ Heaven Below

#344 - Taiping 21: Borrowed Things

308.5 - Zheng Yi Sao, Pt. 3: The Tiger's Mouth

#343 - Taiping 20: The Guest and the Host

#342 - Taiping 19: Approved In the Margins

#341 - Taiping 18: Titles of the Dead

#340 - Taiping 17: Out of Kings

#339 - Taiping 16: At Sixes & Sevens

#338 - Taiping 15: The Summer of 10,000 Years

#337 - Taiping 14: Tears Enough to Swell the River

#336 - Taiping 13: The Order of Caps and Shoes

#335 - Taiping 12: The Man In Hunan

#334 - Taiping 11: The Spear of Heaven and the Winter Wolf

#333 - Taiping 10: All Things In Common

#332 - Taiping 9: Heaven Is A Place On Earth

#331 - Taiping 8: Kingdom Come

#330 - Taiping 7_ Beneath the Walls of Changsha

#329 - Taiping 6: River of Souls

#328 - Taiping 5: The Way Ahead

Taiping InfoWars

#327 - Taiping 4_ The Heavenly Kingdom

#325 - Taiping 2: The God Worshippers

#324 - Taiping 1: The Second Son of God

#323 - Opium War 8_ Perfect Equality

#322 - Opium War 7: The Throat of the Empire

#321 - Opium War 6: Imperial Ouroboros

#320 - Opium War 5: Bayonets In the Dragon's Teeth

#319 - Opium War 4: Peddling the Drug Peddlers' War

#318 - Opium War 3: Up In Smoke

#317 - Opium War 2_ Laboriously Vile Barbarian Eye

#316 - Opium War 1: Chasing the Dragon

#315 - Qing 46: Tripping Toward Taiping - Tribes, Triads, & Theology

#314 - Qing 45: The Big Squeeze

#311 - Qing 42_ Charting the Collision Course

310 - Strange Tales X.2: An Unseen Balance

309 - Strange Tales X.1: Fateful Encounters

#308 - Zheng Yi Sao, Pt. 2: The Shadow State

#307 - Zheng Yi Sao, Pt. 1: Murders & Acquisitions, Mostly

#306 - Qing 41_ Dead Men Tell No Tales

#305- Qing 40_ Heshen Must Die!

#305 - Qing 40: Heshen Must Die!!

Special 2: To George, From Qianlong...

Special 1: To Qianlong, From George...

#302 - Qing 37: The Library and the Bonfire

#301 - Qing 36_ And I Think It's Gonna Be a Qianlong Time

#300-01 - Qing 35-6: Empire of Images

#304 - Qing 39: Twilight of the Dragon

#303 - Qing 38: The Macartney Expedition (or, We Possess All Things)

#299 - Qing 34: Remember to Remember to Forget You Forgot Me

#298 - Qing 33: Echoes of the Erased

Supplemental: Qianlong's 1758 Dzungar Victory Stele

#297 - Qing 32: Tea, Trade, & Thunder

#296 - Qing 31: The Architect of Capacity

#295 - Qing 30: Building Better Worlds

294 - Qing 29: The Conquest of Qinghai

#293 - Qing 28: Three Treks Across Eurasia

#292 - Qing 27: The Wonder Years

#291 - Qing 26: The Cosplayer of Heaven

#290 - Qing 25: The End of a (Kangxi) Era

#289 - Qing 24: Kangxi's Five Stelae of Victory

#287 - Special: Caged Birds Sing

#286 - Special: Everything Eunuchs All At Once

#284 - Qing 23: Frozen Ashes (w/ ambience)

#283 - Qing 22: Crimson Snow

Bonus 6 - Mongol 10: The Succession & The Last Battle

#281 - Qing 21: Kangxi & Galdan At Jao Modo, Their Eyes Red

#280 - Qing 20: Kangxi & Galdan At Jao Modo, Their Faces Black

#279 - Qing 19: The Treaty of Nerchinsk

Extra: Interview with Vince & Cassie of The Autocrat Podcast

#278 - Strange Tales IX.2_ To Mortal Strife

Special: The Raven

#277 - Strange Tales IX: Fox Tails

#276 - Qing 18: Kangxi Gets Personal

#275 - Qing 17: Office of Barbarian Control

274 - Qing 16: A Whole New Frontier

#273 - Qing 15: Something Rotten In the Heir

#272 - Special: A Midsummer's Night Dreams

Special - Tiananmen Square: The Declassified History - 06/01/1999 w/ postscript 2024

270 - Qing 14; From Russia, Rome, and Ningxia With Love

#268 - Qing 13: The War of the Three Feudatories

#267 - Qing12: The Four Regents of Kangxi

#266 - Qing 11: Shunzhi's Personal Rule

#265 - Qing 10: Zeelandia Has Fallen

#264 - Qing 9: Koxinga Attacks!

#263 - Qing 8: Lord of the Imperial Surname

#262 - Qing 7: Triple-Colonization

#261 - Qing 6: Taiwan Incognita, Pt. 2

#260 - Qing 5: Taiwan Incognita, Pt.1

Strange Tales VIII.5: The Cask of Amontillado

#259 - Qing 4: Dorgon's Domination, Death, & Downfall

#258 - Strange Tales VIII: Beyond the Veil

#257 - Qing 3: Lose Your Hair, Or Lose Your Head

256 - Qing 2: Greeted As Liberators

#255 - Ming 39: It's The End of the World As We Know It

Bonus - Mongol 5: The Shaman

#254 - Qing 1: Build Me An Army Worthy of Manchu

#253 - Ming 38; Manchus, and Pirates, and Rebels, Oh My!

#252 - Ming 37: The Donglin Debacle

#251 - Ming 36: The Last Showdown

#250 - Ming 35: Nurhachi, Part 2

#249 - Ming 34: Nurhachi, Part 1

#248 - Ming 33: Dragon Head, Snake Tail

#247 - Ming 32: State On the Wane

#246 - 2022 Retrospective/Archive: The Mathematician of Heaven

#245 - Ming 31: Event Horizon

China Lockdown Update - 11:27:22: The Winter of Our Discontent

#244 - Ming 30: A Last Luminous Gloaming

#243 - Ming 29: Ahh, Curse Your Sudden But Inevitable Betrayal!

The Facts In the Case of M. Valdemar

Shanghai Lockdown Update - 10/14/2022: "The Banner Man vs. The Ban Hammer"

#242 - Strange Tales VII: The Lighter Side of the Other Side

Strange Tales VII.1: The Cremation of Sam Mcgee

#241 - Ming 28: Wokou! Wokou! A Pirate's Life For Me!

Special - Mid-Autumn: Fly Me to the Moon

#240 - Ming 27: The Solecism of Power

Shanghai Update (09/01/22): Lockdown Eternal

#239 - Ming 26: Red Lead Prescription

#238 - Yuan 19.1: She-Wolf & Cub

#237 - Yuan 18: Mandukhai, Warrior Princess

#236 - Yuan 17: The Golden Prince & The Warrior Queen

#235 - Ming 25: Some Light Treason

上海 Lockdown Update - Day 43/04: You Can Check Out Any Time You Like

#234 - Ming 24: The Grand Rites Controversy

Shanghai Total Lockdown Update, Day 15/04 :《This Content Not Available》

#233 - Ming 23: General Zhu Shou's Ultimate Party Yacht River Cruise

#232.5 (185 Mk. 2): Back at the Medicine Shoppe (De Materia Medica Rebroadcast)

#232 - Ming 21: Animal House

I'm An Adult (#232 Preview)

#231 - Ming 20: Liu Jin & the Eight Tigers

#230 - Ming 19: A Futile & Stupid Barrier

#229 - Ming 18: The Raven Himself Is Hoarse

#228 - Special: 8th Anniversary Q&A

#227 - Ming 17: The Cao Qin Rebellion

#226 - Ming 16: Forcing the Palace Gate

#225 - Special - Strange Tales VI: Notes From the Shadow Book

# 225.2 - Special - Strange Tales VI.2: The Thing On the Doorstep

225.1 - Special - Strange Tales VI.1: Nyarlathotep

#224 - Ming 15: The Tumu Fiasco

#223 - Ming 14: Maybe The Real Treasure Was The Friends We Made Along The Way

#222 - Ming 13: Trouble In Paradise

#221 - Mongol 18: Goliath's Fall

#220 - Ming 12: Fantastic Beasts & Where to Gift Them

#219 - Intelligent Speech 2021: Escaping the Mongols (Or at Least Trying!)

The Sea Shanty of Zheng He

#218 - Ming 11: Soon May the Treasure Fleet Come

05/35: Tiananmen Revisited

Rebroadcast: 6/4: UK Cable on Tiananmen Square Massacre

#217 - Ming 10: I'm On A Boat!

#216.2 - Special: Wonders of the World Interview, Pt. 2 - The Forbidden City

#216 - Special: Interview with Caroline Vahrenkamp of The Wonders of the World Podcast, Pt. 1

#215 - Ming 9: The Good Times Are Killing Me

#214 - History's Most: "History's Worst Civil War," with Alexander Clifford & Peter Daisley

213 - Ming 8: Oh, Happy Days!

#212 - Ming 7: The Incredible Vanishing Emperor!

#211 - Ming 6: The Jingnan Rebellion

#210 - MIng 5: The Problem With Princes

#209 - Mongol 17.1: Rivers of Ink & Blood

#208 - Ming 4: To Pick at the Dragon's Scales

#207 - Mongol 16: Assassin's Creed

#206 - Ming 3: I Think I'm Paranoid

#205 - Hangzhou: A City by the Bay

#204 - Ming 2: Winning Was Easy, Young Ming, Governing Is Harder

#203 - Yuan 16: The White Hare's Curse

#202.5 - Bonus: Strange Tales V.5: The Masque of the Red Death

#202 - Special: Strange Tales V

#201 - Ming 1: Overflowing Martial Accomplishment

#200 - Di Er Bai Ji!

#199 - Yuan 15: On the Waterfront

#198 - Mongol 15.1: The Toluid Revolution

#197 - Yuan 14: Battle Royale

#196 - Special: ReConsidering China

#195 - Yuan 13: The Lords of Light

#194 - Intelligent Speech: Hidden Narratives from the Middle Kingdom

#193 - Yuan 12: Blue Sky, Red Turban, White Lotus, Black Death

Rebroadcast: 6/4 - UK Cable on Tiananmen Square Massacre

#192 - Mongol 14.1: There & Back Again

#191 - Special: "Superpower Interrupted," an Interview with Author Michael Schuman

#190 - Yuan 11: The War of the Two Capitals

#189 - Yuan 10: The Third Rail

#188 - Mongol 13: O Lord, Why Are Thy Judgements So Deep?

#187 - Yuan 9: Blessed Iron Khan

#186 - Yuan 8: Khan With the Wind

#185 - Special: De Materia Medica

#184 - Yuan 7: Mark It Zero

#183 - Yuan 6: Cultural Hot-Pot For the Soul

#182 - Mongol 12.1: The Golden Horde

#181 - Special: 6th Anniversary Q&A

#180 - Yuan 5: Dismounting the Horse to Sit the Dragon

#179 - Yuan 4: Traditional Family Values

#178 - Yuan 3: Divine Wind

#177 - Yuan 2: Brother Mine

#176 - Special: Strange Tales 4 - Zibuyu

#175 - Mongol 11.1: Ögedei Cometh

Proclamation of the Central People's Government of the PRC, October 1, 1949

#174 - Yuan 1: In Xanadu Did Kubla Khan...

"Kubla Khan" - By: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

#173 - S. Song 15: Swan Song

#172 - S. Song 14: The Tightening Noose

#171 - Mongol 10.1: The Succession

#170 - S. Song 13: Stay of Execution

#169 - S. Song 12: Instant Regret

Bonus 4.1 - Mongol 8.1: Subotai & Jebe's Excellent Adventure

#168 - S. Song 11: Twilight of the Golds

#167 - S. Song 10: ...Is My Enemy's Enemy, No More, No Less

6/4: UK Cable on Tiananmen Square Massacre

#166 - S. Song 9: The Enemy of My Enemy...

#165 - S. Song 8: The Kaixi War

#164 - S. Song 7: Out With the New, In With the Old

#163 - S. Song 6: Filial Impiety

#162 - Mongol 4: The Great Khan

#161 - Mongol 3: The Anda, The Arrow, & The Airag

#160 - Mongol 2: The Black Sable

#159 - Mongol 1: The Blood Clot

#158 - S. Song 5: A Changing of the Guards

#157 - S. Song 4: Peace at What Cost?

#156 - S. Song 3: Yue Fei, Pt. 2 - The Long-Legged Treachery

#155 - S. Song 2: Yue Fei, Pt. 1-The Flying Fury

#154 - S. Song 1: Song of the South

#153 - N. Song 18: Requiem for Jingkang

#152 - Special: Strange Tales 3.5 [NSFW]

#151 - Special: Strange Tales 3

#150 - N. Song 17: Smoke on the Water Margin

#149 - Song 16: Empire of Black & Gold

#148 - Song 15: A Campaign of Dunces

#147 - Song 14: The New Policies, Pt. 3

#146 - Song 13: The New Policies, Pt. 2

#145 - Song 12: The New Policies, Pt. 1

#144 - Song 11: Only A Northern Song

#143 - Song 10: Inertia, Inaction, Insurrection

#142 - Song 9: Dithering the War Away

#141 - Song 8: Childless Mother of the World

# 140: Turn Of The Millennium Q&A

#139 - Song 7: The Heavenly Text Affair

#138 - Song 6: Peace In Our Time

#137 - Song 5: A Song of Rice and Flour

#136 - Song 4: E Pluribus Xia

#135 - Song 3: A Lesser Empire

#134 - Song 2: Golden Cupboard, Flickering Shadow

#133 - Song 1: The Coup at Chen Bridge

#132 - 5D10K 9: The Southern Kingdoms

#131 - 5D10K: The Southeast

Strange Tales 2: The Living Dead

#130 - 5D10K 7: South Before North

#129 - 5D10K7: Emperor Jerky

Ep. 128 - 5D10K 5: The Exiled Emperor

#127 - 5D10K 4: Towering Inferno

#126 - 5D10K 3: Lineage of the Liao

#125 - 5D10K 2: The War for Supremacy

#124 - 5D10K 1: Live By the Sword...

#123- Tang 34: In the Rearview

#122 - Special: End of Tang Q&A

#121 - Tang 32: Tang of the Dead

#120 - Tang 32: A Thousand Cuts

#119 - Tang 31: Reap the Whirlwind

#118 - Tang 30: Sow the Wind

#117 - Tang 29: The Gathering Storm

#116 - Tang 28: I, Xuānzong

#115 - Tang 27: The Third Disaster of Wu

#114 - Tang 26: The Sweet Dew Plot

#113-Tang 25: The Longshoreman's Prophecy

#112 - Tang 24: Make Tang Great Again!

#111 - Special: Strange Tales

#110 - Tang 23: Where the Wangs Went Wrong

#109 - Tang 22: Innie or Outie?

#108 - Tang 21: General Disaster

#107 - Tang 20: This Is Only A Test

#106 - Tang 19: Not Quiet on the Western Front

#105 - Tang 18: Retrospective

#104 - Anshi 4: Crowns in the Gutters

#103 - Anshi 3: Strange Bedfellows

Ep. 102 - AnShi 2: Song Of Everlasting Sorrow

#101 - AnShi 1: Heart & Belly, Claws & Teeth

Ep. 100 - Special: Di Yi Bai!

#99 - Tang 17: The Battle Of Talas

#98 - Tang 16: All Along the Watchtowers

#97 - Tang 15: Law & Order: XZU

#96 - Tang 14: The Sacrifices Of Feng And Shan

#95 - Tang 13 Xuanzong Can Fix It!

#94 - Tang 12 Two Second Reigns

#93 - Tang 11: Dynasty Of One

#92 - Tang 10: Sage Mother, Divine Sovereign

Ep. 91 - Tang 9: Reign Of Terror

Episode 90 - Special Monkey Business

#89 - Tang 8: Clash On The Borderlands

#88 - Tang 7: Empress Wu Behind The Curtain

#87 - Tang 6: Femme Fatale

#86 - Tang 5: Family Matters

#85 - Tang 4: The Wild West

#84 - Tang 3: The Khan Of Heaven

#83 - Tang 2: The Incident at Xuanwu Gate

#82 - Tang 1: The Tiger's Trap

#81 - Sui 5: Disintegration

#80 - Sui 4: Ringing Blood From The Stone

#79 - Sui 3: Yang's Imperial Tour

#78 - Sui 2: Reconstruction

#77 - Sui 1: Internal Affairs

#76 - S&N 20: Taking Stock

#75 - S&N 19: Reunion

#74 - S&N 18- The Fall Of Northern Qi

#73 - S&N 17: The Only Tear Shed For Wenxuan

#72 - S&N 16: As The World Burns

Supplemental Biopic: The Mathematician Of Heaven

#71 - S&N 15: The Crowded Hour

#70 - S&N 14: The Hou Jing Disturbance

#69 - S&N 13: The Ransom Of The Boddhisatva Emperor

#68 - S&N 12: Dam It, Wu!

#67 - S&N 11 All The Wei Down

#66 - S&N 10: Cold Case File

#65 - S&N 9: What's In A Name?

#64 - S&N 8: The Rise And Fall Of Southern Qi

#63 - S&N 7: Going Off The Rails

#62 - S&N 6: State Of Emergency

#61 - S&N 5: The Forgotten God-King

#60 - S&N 4: The More Things Change...

#59 - S&N 3: Buddhist Blades, Daoist Flames

#58 - S&N 2: Thirty-Six Stratagems

#57 - S&N 1: Bipolarity

Update: Episode Name Change

#56 - 16K 9: The Two Deaths Of Jin

#55 - 16K 8: No Country For Old Yan

#54 - 16K 7: Best Laid Plans...

#53 - 16K 6: The Year Of Five Emperors

#52 - 16K 5: The Two Caligulas Of China

#51 - 16K 4: Infighting

#50 - 16K 3: Splinters

#49 - 16K 2: Barbarians At The Gates

#48 - 16K 1: The Disorder Of The Eight Princes

#47 - Special: Happy Anniversary!

#46 - 3K 5: Long United Must Divide, Long Divided Must Unite

#45 - 3K 4: House Of The Rising Sun

#44 - 3K 3: The Southern Strategy

#43 - 3K 2: Ode Of The Hidden Dragon

#42 - 3K 1: The King In The North!

#41 - E. Han 8: A Farewell To Hans

#40 - E. Han 7: The Red Cliffs Of Chibi

#39 - E. Han 6: Warlords, White Wolf, Winter Winds

#38 - E. Han 5: The Battle Of Guandu

#37 - E. Han 4: Things Fall Apart

#36 - E. Han 3: Live Fast, Die Young

#35 - E. Han 2: Reclamation

#34 - E. Han 1: One Han, Two Han, Red Han, True Han

#33 - Xin 2: The Red Eyebrow Rebellion

#32 - Xin 1: Han, Interrupted

#31 - W. Han 9: The Decline Of Han

#30 - W. Han 8: Getting Over Wu

#29 - W. Han 7: Every Direction But The Sea

#28 - W. Han 6: The Sino-Xiongnu War

#27 - W. Han 5: Go West, Young Han!

#26 - W. Han 4: The Rule Of Wen And Jing

#25 - W. Han 3: The Bloody Empress

#24 - W. Han 2: Xiongnu to the Left of Me, Rebels to the Right...

#23 - W. Han 1: The Chu-Han Contention

#22 - Qin 3: Web Of Deception

#21 - Qin 2: One Nation Under Qin

#20 - Qin 1: There Can Be Only One

#19 - E. Zhou 8: The End Of Zhou

#18 - E. Zhou 7: Shifting Loyalties, Uneasy Alliances

#17 - E. Zhou 6: Qin's Reformation And Ascension

#16 - E. Zhou 5: The Partition of Jin

#15 - E. Zhou 4: The Art of War

#14 - E. Zhou 3: Confucius Says...

#13 - E. Zhou 2: The Widening Gyre

#12 - E. Zhou 1: The Shattered Empire

#11 - Special: Gong Xi Fa Cai!

#10 - W. Zhou 2: The King Who Cried "Barbarian!"

#9 - W. Zhou 1: Heaven Does Not Make Propositions

#8 - Shang 3: The Shang Vanquished