Can also be found on Samsung and many other platforms. A podcast on the three kingdoms civil war in Ancient China 184-280 CE. Each episode going through a chapter of the famed novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, talking about the themes of that chapter but also exploring the history of the era the novel is based on. We will also do deep dives into subjects of history, focusing solely on the historical records. Aiming for a transcript for each episode. Artwork by Zhaolie Theme Music: Sao Meo Orchestral Mix - Doug Maxwell & Zac Zinger
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 7 hours 10 minutes
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Teaser for Episode 1
A few short clips from the first episode and of what we will be discussing. Oaths, decline of a dynasty, the Turbans and what is appropriate to do at home.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/three-kingdoms-disc/messageEpisode 2 Trailer
Trailer for episode 2 with Steve joined by two new guests. Clips from discussions on background, who beats the inspector, bribery, state of the Han with the episode to have so much more.
Artwork by Zhaolie
Music is Sao Meo Orchestral Mix by Doug Maxwell/Zac Zinger
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/three-kingdoms-disc/messageTrailer: Yellow Dreams Never Die (Deep Dive)
Trailer for our first deep dive episode, on the now defeated Yellow Turbans of 184. Steve, Jude, Gongjin on teachings, ant armies, what-if, Han commanders, Han treatment of commanders. The episode will have so much more on the Turbans and the camapign
Artwork by Zhaolie
Music is Sao Meo Orchestral Mix by Doug Maxwell/Zac Zinger
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/three-kingdoms-disc/messageepisode 1: Episode 1: Not Very Mellow Yellow
Steve and Jude are joined by Aaron (Yue Fei) to discuss the first chapter of the novel. The Han decline, the Yellow Turban revolt that spread across the land, the introduction of major figures for the future in Liu Bei’s brotherhood and the wily Cao Cao. Aaron going deep into the memorable weaponry made for the brotherhood and where the ideas for such weapons came from...
episode 2: Episode 2: Schemes at Luoyang
Steve is joined by translators Drew and Gongjin to discuss the second episode of the novel. Turban use of magic and their final stance, the arrival of the brave Sun Jian and stories of his merchant family, the violence in the time of peace including the treatment of two of our heroes and chaos at the court are delved into.
We are aware of the sound varying issue, sound is better on episode 3 Fire and Blood onwards but we aim to go back to fix said sound variation with our editor...
episode 3: Yellow Dreams Never Die (Deep Dive)
Steve, Jude (hosting this time) and Gongjin return to discuss the Yellow Turbans. Topics of conversation are the history of the Turbans, their beliefs, what we know of them, who they were and why things went so badly for them.
Our first deep dive, focused solely on the history of the subject (in this case, the Turbans) rather then a novel chapter and it's themes. Will be doing these at appropriate junctures where a character has died or a major event worth exploring has passed...
episode 4: Interview: Baptiste Pinson Wu and Yellow Sky Revolt
With his second book three kingdoms Heroes of Chaos book launched this week, Steve and Jude interview Baptiste Pinson Wu (at the time, was not our editor) about his first book Yellow Sky Revolt, the main character Liao Hua, the Yellow Turbans, Cao Cao and the three kingdoms generally. A friendly chat, we decided to let this run the full length. This interview is going to relax our no spoiler about the era rule so avoid if you wish to avoid hearing about what happens beyond the Yellow Turbans...
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