Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & Gangsters Jamie Lewis & Greta Hardin

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

Shogun - The Mini Series - The Reboot

How, you ask, can we justify leaping all the way back to the 17th Century in a 19th Century podcast?  Tune in and find out.

But also - the perils & hilarity of reading the source material are revealed.
Who'd face blind?
Why do the Japanese interiors look so cool?
Find out who has the best beard!

They're aren't many fights - but there's plenty of all the other F's!
Come for the standard stuff, but stay for the detours.

And go enjoy the stylish as hell show.

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

All beautiful things must come to an end - but PLEASE not this one!

Somehow we are at the last Warrior episode in existence as of the end of 2023!
And all sorts of things are left hanging - but more importantly, the board is cleared of all the useless pieces. 

Printer Girl Yan Mi catches a train
Li Yong no longer has a friend or a wife
Ah Sahm has had to choose Tong Brother or Blood Sister


and we are left with QUESTIONS!

Has Wong Chao made his last deal?
How much hate does it take to break out of Alcatraz?
Has O'Hara found the perfect amount of grumpy?
And - who is Leary's new 18yr old Scoth supplier?

So join us for this Grand Finale!

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

So much happened in this episode... and it was just a warm up!

Lai will never learn - never.
Yan Mi shows that she just might learn - and act.
Mai Ling is just gonna Mai Ling... 
Leary has his note book out - but might be ready to write a conclusion
Chao has a plan!  OK that's not new.

Young Jun is faced with making a choice... with no backsies
Ah Sahm is gonna have to choose the dock or the ship 

and has Strickland finally gone so far he might face consequences.

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