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Jan 2022
37m 27s

255-Chinese Folklore: Picture Me This

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod
About this episode

A story from China where we see a young man embark on a dangerous journey for love that definitely isn't a knock-off version of "The Journey to the West" and/or "The Hobbit". Then, we learn how the world's first selfie resulted in kind of more death than you'd think.

The creature his a demon from Japan...who's working through a bad breakup.

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