Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & Gangsters Jamie Lewis & Greta Hardin

Curious George should have taught us - be wary of the man in the unusual hat.  But we just won't learn.
Good stories, expert neeling and why does everyone feel the need to share their relationship woes in the midst of the most tenuous moments?
Kilingon revelations & more Zombie Buntaro for all of us to enjoy,

As always - you can reach us on the internets.
Jamie Lewis (plagueofstrength.com & IG @plagueofstrength)
&
Greta Hardin (The History of American Food podcast & @THoAFood all over)

Look for us weekly and on Instagram & Threads: @pcgpodcast

Join us to find out WHO IS CORRECT!

Jamie says there's no fighting this episode.
Greta says there's lots of fighting - you just have to listen for it.

And then there's the whole thing where we discuss just how bad the YA Movies of the 1980's & 1990's screwed up the sexes abilities to ya' know... talk to one another.

Join us for this, and some music memories.

As always - you can reach us on the internets.
Jamie Lewis (plagueofstrength.com & IG @plagueofstrength)
&
Greta Hardin (The History of American Food podcast & @THoAFood all over)

Look for us weekly and on Instagram & Threads: @pcgpodcast

What show can bring you managerial manipulation, whispers of medival animal cruelty, zombie family insights and pheasant fetishization?

Shogun of course - and as always with phenominal costumes and nice views of some of the behind the scenes that are required to run the world.  As in... have you ever tried to get rabbit blood out of a bamboo cutting board without Dawn Dish Soap?

If any of this sounds like fun to you, jump in the palanquin and come along for the adventure.

As always - you can reach us on the internets.
Jamie Lewis (plagueofstrength.com & IG @plagueofstrength)
&
Greta Hardin (The History of American Food podcast & @THoAFood all over)

Look for us weekly and on Instagram & Threads: @pcgpodcast

This is the one with treachery & an explodey ending.

Just watch the show and then enjoy our digging into the “what is going on!”

Sorry - I’m moving.  I’m out of time.

But look up _The Religion_ by Tim Willocks to understand European Feudal Bushido… and siege warfare You have the Googles.
 
As always - you can reach us on the internets.
Jamie Lewis (plagueofstrength.com & IG @plagueofstrength)
&
Greta Hardin (The History of American Food podcast & @THoAFood all over)

Look for us weekly and on Instagram & Threads: @pcgpodcast

Doctors, Courtesans, Archery (and yes the English bowmen used the Yew Tree!)
Tricky Bureaucracy - I tell ya, this show has it all.

If there's one thing to learn, that husband is not out of the way until you see the body.  No presumptive closes with those people.

But also, if you get motion sick - you CAN be too rich in feudal Japan.

Once again - a lot is going down in the Kantō, in Osaka, in the Bay - and you want to be there to see it all!  So come join Greta & Jamie and see how we relate this visually sweet show to what we really care about in the 19th century. 

I tell you, this is where it starts to get good. 

Optional HW:

Zen in the Art of Archery by Eugen Herrigel 

You can find us:
Jamie Lewis (plagueofstrength.com & IG @plagueofstrength)
&
Greta Hardin (The History of American Food podcast & @THoAFood all over)

Look for us weekly and on Instagram & Threads: @pcgpodcast

Shōgun Episode 2! 

Check out this intro sequence - Game of Thrones, but make it Japan. 

This is the problem with hereditary rulership positions.  Power can only change with a death.  And no matter how hard everyone keeps trying to make it otherwise, death is messy!  And for the number of times this happens, it seems like no one is willing to make it not chaos. 
I mean honestly - has the regent system ever worked out?  Why do people keep trying to make Regency happen?

Not solving that.  But come on - look at the textiles.  It’s absolutely insane.
And we also get to find out that this is also an eight sided fight.  Just like Warrior, but with a few more dimensions added in.
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Luckily for us - they color code the Main Players - 
Brown - our main guy Toronaga
Red - Kiyama, a Christian, but also in it for the ¥¥¥¥¥¥
Grey - Ohno, as in Oh No... Leprosy (also a Christian becasue leprosy?)
Blue - Ishido, who runs the castle, and despite being the least noble runs the Regency Council
Blue-Green & a Great Beard - Sugiyama, the old wise man, and the one to say, "hold up - not so fast."

This is also the one where I talk about what is up with the hair.

So come grab your oar in the stand-up rowing bay of the galley, and lets go for a wild ride!

You can find us:
Jamie Lewis (plagueofstrength.com & IG @plagueofstrength)
&
Greta Hardin (The History of American Food podcast & @THoAFood all over)

Look for us weekly and on Instagram & Threads: @pcgpodcast