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Water Margin Podcast: Outlaws of the Marsh

John Zhu

149 episodes

A Chinese classic, retold in English: This podcast is an English retelling of the classic Chinese novel Water Margin (水浒传, aka Outlaws of the Marsh). It aims to tell the story in a way that is more accessible to audiences who are not already familiar with the novel or Chinese culture and literature in general.

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  1. Water Margin 092: Snow

    · 25 min · Episode 99

    Winter is coming again for Daming Prefecture.

  2. Water Margin 091: Saber

    · 26 min · Episode 98

    The bandits find themselves in trouble when a descendant of the god of war comes knocking on their door.

  3. Water Margin 090: Solo

    · 26 min · Episode 97

    A daring rescue runs into the obstacle of not having Google Maps.

  4. Water Margin 089: Haggle

    · 24 min · Episode 96

    Lu Junyi’s jailer discovers that there IS such a thing as having too much money shoved in your face.

  5. Water Margin 088: Betrayal

    · 25 min · Episode 95

    Lu Junyi discovers that there IS such a thing as too much feasting.

  6. Water Margin 087: Trap

    · 27 min · Episode 94

    Lu Junyi decides to take a road trip, and everyone’s got a bad feeling about it, except him.

  7. Water Margin 086: Fate

    · 26 min · Episode 93

    Big changes are afoot on Liangshan.

  8. Water Margin 085: Disrespect

    · 26 min · Episode 91

    No sooner had our heroes put down one group of upstarts did they discover another group that’s just asking for it.

  9. Announcement: Roundtable on Translated Chinese Fiction Podcast

    · 0:36 · Episode 92

    Hey everyone. This is a quick programming note to let you know that I recently participated in a roundtable on the Translated Chinese Fiction Podcast hosted by Angus Stewart. Angus assembled the hosts from several…

  10. Water Margin 084: Loan

    · 27 min · Episode 90

    Song Jiang flags down a passing court official and very nicely asks for a favor.

  11. Water Margin 083: United

    · 25 min · Episode 89

    Huyan Zhuo gets another crack at the Liangshan bandits, and a whole gaggle of other outlaws.

  12. Water Margin 082: Assemble

    · 25 min · Episode 88

    Huyan Zhuo's simple quest for revenge turns into three side quests against leveled-up enemies.

  13. Water Margin 081: Search

    · 27 min · Episode 87

    Xu Ning chases after his lost property and actually catches up with the thief.

  14. Water Margin 080: Armor

    · 26 min · Episode 86

    The outlaws run up against a formidable foe and decide they need to “recruit” some more help.

  15. Water Margin 079: Well

    · 28 min · Episode 85

    After a successful siege, the bandits in search of the man they had come to save.

  16. Water Margin Supplemental Episode 004: Food

    · 29 min · Episode 81

    A look at food and drinks during the Northern Song.

  17. Water Margin 078: Sorcerers

    · 27 min · Episode 84

    Li Kui gets put in timeout and learns a lesson about messing with Daoist priests.

  18. Water Margin 077: Magic

    · 28 min · Episode 83

    Li Kui finds himself up to his neck in Daoist shenanigans.

  19. Water Margin 076: Immunity

    · 29 min · Episode 82

    As it turns out, iron-pledge guarantees from long-dead emperors do not count for as much as everyone thought.

  20. Water Margin 075: Child

    · 27 min · Episode 80

    The outlaws return to their tried-and-true recruitment tactics, and take it maybe just a step too far.

  21. Water Margin 074: Punished

    · 27 min · Episode 79

    In a shocking twist, the ancient Chinese legal system delivers some semblance of justice and punishes constable violence, and all it took was sleeping with the magistrate.

  22. Water Margin 073: Sack

    · 28 min · Episode 78

    The Xie brothers' relatives mount their jail break, and then we rejoin the Liangshan outlaws outside the Zhu Family Manor.

  23. Water Margin 072: Family

    · 25 min · Episode 77

    Some relatives embarrass you at weddings, some get into political arguments at the holiday dinner table, and some threaten to fight you to the death if you don’t help them break some cousins out of jail.

  24. Water Margin 071: Rematch

    · 28 min · Episode 76

    After getting a bloody nose in their initial attack, the Liangshan forces take another crack at razing the Zhu Family Manor.

  25. Water Margin 070: Maze

    · 27 min · Episode 75

    Our heroes storm to the gates of the Zhu Family Manor, intent on teaching the people inside a lesson.

  26. Water Margin 069: Chicken

    · 27 min · Episode 74

    An act of petty theft quickly escalates into a grave insult against the Liangshan heroes, somehow.

  27. Water Margin 068: Offal

    · 27 min · Episode 72

    Yang Xiong has a little heart-to-heart with his adulterous wife.

  28. Water Margin 067: Rendezvous

    · 27 min · Episode 71

    Things heat up in Yang Xiong’s house, and on the dead-end street behind it.

  29. Water Margin 066: Swine

    · 27 min · Episode 70

    In between carving up pig carcasses, Shi Xiu sniffs out some shenanigans in his new household.

  30. Announcement: 2 Podcast Interviews

    · 1:05 · Episode 73

    I recently did two interviews on other podcasts. The first is the Mandarin Slang Guide podcast, where we talked about some common Chinese expressions that had their roots in the characters and stories of the Three…

  31. Water Margin 065: Brothers

    · 26 min · Episode 69

    A street brawl turns two strangers into bosom buddies.

  32. Water Margin 064: Rescue

    · 27 min · Episode 68

    Don’t drink on this trip? I’ll drink as much as I please, damn the consequences. Oh, here come those consequences.

  33. Water Margin 063: Imposter

    · 27 min · Episode 67

    Li Kui runs the full gamut of emotions in one day as he goes home to fetch his mother.

  34. Water Margin 062: Scrolls

    · 28 min · Episode 66

    Song Jiang gets a little divine intervention in his flight from the law.

  35. Water Margin 061: Starlord

    · 28 min · Episode 65

    Song Jiang’s poor choices lead him to a strange, otherworldly encounter.

  36. Water Margin 060: Slaughter

    · 28 min · Episode 64

    Nothing says “honor” quite like killing dozens of people who had nothing to do with your predicament, taking their stuff, and burning their town.

  37. Water Margin 059: Raid

    · 27 min · Episode 63

    Things get even rowdier at Song Jiang and Dai Zong’s execution.

  38. Water Margin 058: Fake

    · 29 min · Episode 62

    One day you are a respected craftsman making an honest living; the next day, some shady “deacon” shows up at your door with a lucrative gig for you …

  39. Water Margin 057: Crazy

    · 27 min · Episode 61

    In trouble for his drunken poetry, Song Jiang is forced into a crappy scheme to save his life.

  40. Water Margin 056: Poem

    · 28 min · Episode 60

    While touring historical sites and indulging in fine drink and food, Song Jiang is driven by his misfortunes to write a few words.

  41. Water Margin 055: Ox

    · 25 min · Episode 59

    Dai Zong introduces Song Jiang to his good friend Li Kui. Well, friend. More of an acquaintance really. I mean, a colleague. Actually, I don't usually hang out with him. Really.

  42. Water Margin 054: Name

    · 28 min · Episode 58

    Once again, we see how far money and reputation can carry a man, even when he's on his way to prison.

  43. Water Margin 053: Ferry

    · 26 min · Episode 57

    Like Uber, but for boats ... and the ferryman gives you a choice of meals, too.

  44. Water Margin 052: Exile

    · 27 min · Episode 56

    Caught at his home, Song Jiang is finally brought to justice ... such as it is.

  45. Water Margin 051: Father

    · 28 min · Episode 55

    Song Jiang's Liangshan-bound cohort keeps growing, until he gets an unexpected message.

  46. Water Margin 050: Recruit

    · 29 min · Episode 54

    With admirers like these, who needs enemies?

  47. Water Margin 049: Siege

    · 27 min · Episode 53

    Song Jiang’s bandit buddies run amok, and then give an enemy general the run-around.

  48. Water Margin 048: Arrows

    · 27 min · Episode 52

    A local lantern festival ignites a feud between Hua Rong and his boss.

  49. Water Margin 047: Kindness

    · 27 min · Episode 51

    Meet the heroes of Clear Winds Mountain, who turn unsuspecting passers-by into soup and abduct and defile women on their way to visit their parents' graves.

  50. Water Margin 046: Trouble

    · 26 min · Episode 50

    Wu Song continues acting like the worst pretend monk ever and gets himself first into some cold water, and then into some hot water.

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