194-Mulan: The Warrior

🗡️If at first you don't succeed, die, die again.Ian's had a hard life. That life gets even more difficult when he falls in love with a woman who is (not-so-secretly) a deer. And who makes him eat her earwax.😈 The Creature: The Charles Mill Lake MonsterThis week, the state of Oh ...  Show more

🐒 Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, knows a demon shakedown when he sees it.And what's happening in this town, where people need to pay upwards of $30k (in 2026 USD) a year to a Buddha they never see? That's a shakedown. Does his master, the Tang Monk, believe him? Of course he doesn ...  Show more

The story of Mulan might be the best known piece of Chinese folklore. In China the story has been around for over 1500 years and has inspired dozens of poems, songs, plays, and films. Thanks to Disney, Mulan has become an international icon. The story of a young girl disguising h ...  Show more

Wanting to bring both her family and country honor, Mulan makes a daring decision to join the Imperial army in secret! Will she be discovered or even killed? Listen to find out what happens in her thrilling adventure! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adc ...  Show more

Mulan's story of her days as a Chinese warrior had simple beginnings and a whole lot of lasting power! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

A reading from Liv's new piece on Medusa, from the collection Medusa, New & Ancient Greek Tales, available now from Flame Tree Press.CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would ...  Show more