We get to one of Caoimhe’s favourite chapters, in which the four pilgrims decide to go into completely heterosexual business selling normal horses with the correct amount of legs and such.

Today Sun Wukong threatens to sue someone and we learn of the white rodent’s many sickass names.

Wukong tries to free Tripitaka from his would-be wife.

We return to the pilgrims, who are currently escorting a demon who wants to fuck Tripitaka. She also attempts to seduce a minor. Not our favourite demon.

Caoimhe and M.J. talk about ADHD diagnosis before having to dive into a chapter where we have to bring up kidnapping of women and rape again.

Caoimhe and M.J. talk about back pain, unions and at the end, fascists. We talk about some kind of book in the middle of it too?

The Pilgrims arrive the the Young Master’s City (né the Bhikṣu Kingdom) where they find a mass of young boys imprisoned and with their lives threatened.

Wukong is tricked into thinking that Tripitaka is dead, but he knows who to blame: Tathāgata Buddha.

The pilgrims face off against three brothers who get along a lot better than they do.

The podcast is taking a break till the new year.

Sun Wukong teaches the monsters of the Lion Camel Ridge lessons in solidarity.

Two star crossed lovers. Will Pepsiman and Sun Wu Karen be able to make it in a world that wants them kept apart? When the restaurant only has coke will she demand to speak the manager? None of this will be answered in this episode of Journey of the Monkey King, where the pilgrims come across a Daoist abbey with connection to their latest foes. Featuring special guest Rita.

This chapter the pilgrims find themselves in a sticky situation. Because of the spiderwebs. Because of the spiders. There’s spiders in this one.

We close off our story of the Scarlet-Purple Kingdom and talk about a local mural.

We continue the story of the Scarlet Purple Kingdom, which unfortunately is going to touch on kidnapping, rape and femicide.

Wukong continues to perform medical malpractice. Horse piss is involved.

The pilgrims arrive into the Scarlet-Purple Kingdom where Sun Wukong practices medicine without a license and Zhu Bajie misgenders some eunuchs.

The pilgrims encounter their worst obstacle yet: A mountain pass completely filled with rotting fruit.

Also a Discworld-heavy episode. Also a technical difficulties-heavy episode. It’s got it all! Including self-disembowelment. So be aware of that.

Or maybe they don’t. Look, we were both very tired when we recorded this.