Three Kingdoms Discourse • A podcast on Spotify for Creators (original) (raw)
Steve, Jude, Gongjin and Drew unite to discuss what had gone wrong with the Han. As the novel descends into the civil war, we look at what had gone wrong in the longer term for the Han that had led to the kind of revolts that opens the novel. Finances, foreign policy, instability at court, decisions made in the last years of peace, while Gongjin talks of the impact of a changing climate adding strain upon the Han.
Jude's first time as editing so any feedback on how he can improve is welcome. Transcript
Timings:
Problems at Court:01:37
Climate Change: 28:53
Foreign Affairs: 43:29
Last Years of Peace: 56:48
Goodbye: 67:37
Artwork by Zhaolie
Music is Sao Meo Orchestral Mix by Doug Maxwell/Zac Zinger
Sep 08, 202301:07:56
Sep 06, 202301:18
Chapter 4: Not Ideal Party Guest
Steve and Jude joined are by Benjamin, known as Archlich on tumblr and also his three kingdom wordpress articles in The Classical Amateur. The episode is to discuss chapter 4 of the novel as the Han is now firmly in dangerous hands: Dong Zhuo’s use of power now he has the Empire in his grasp, treatment of the royal family including the formidable Dowager He and a poem from the once Emperor (from Yang Zhengyuan’s translations in Last Emperor) and how Cao Cao’s plots really put him off Steve’s guest list.
Timings:
02:51 Dong Zhuo in control
20:41: What to do with an Emperor
31:05 Cao Cao Intervenes
51:33 End Phase
Artwork by Zhaolie
Music is Sao Meo Orchestral Mix by Doug Maxwell/Zac Zinger
Jun 09, 202353:33
May 19, 202301:01:03
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.
Baptiste Pinson Wu various media can be found here including his website, his youtube channel Back in Fiction and twitter while his books can be found on likes of Amazon and Good Reads.
Steve on Tumblr and Jude on tumblr have both reviewed the first book. If looking for non-spoilery reviews, we suggest looking at ToriTalks: she is someone who's coming to Yellow Sky Revolt unfamiliar with the era, that will give you a good idea how accessible it is for you
This is the end of our first season, The Rise of the Yellow Sky, with season 2 going to be following on the chaos at the Han court, chapters 3 and 4 of the novel and another deep dive, a season with both new and existing guests. Will be a delay till season two but we hope to see you again soon.
Chapter timings
00:00 Intro
02:15 Book Writing
19:15 Three Kingdoms
42:55 Yellow Turbans
52:50 Cao Cao
01:11:29 Book Two Heroes of Chaos and Newsletter
Artwork with permission from Baptiste
Music is Sao Meo Orchestral Mix by Doug Maxwell/Zac Zinger
Mar 17, 202301:20:31
Mar 03, 202357:47
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.
Chapter timings
03:38: Turbans
10🔞 Sun Jian
19:47: Post Rebellion
32:28: He Jin vs eunuchs
44:45: Ending
Artwork by Zhaolie
Music is Sao Meo Orchestral Mix by Doug Maxwell/Zac Zinger
Feb 17, 202346:47
Feb 03, 202352:60
Jan 30, 202301:60