Journey of the Monkey King
#2—The Secrets of Immortality & Self-replicating Monkeys
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.
Credits
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“Epic of Gilgamesh” from In Our Time by BBC Radio 4: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b080wbrq
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“Chinese units of measurement” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chinese_units_of_measurement&oldid=952184981#Length
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“Wu Cheng’en” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Cheng’en
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“Flann O’Brian” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flann_O’Brien
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Episode artwork from A Modern Journey to the West by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi: https://yoshitoshi.net/series/journeywest.html