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Jianghu Hustle

Eli & Eric talk Wuxia and where it intersects with table top role playing games. They watch Wuxia movies and then break down how those tropes apply to playing and running TTRPGs with a little game... Read more

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Jianghu Hustle 22: Concealment; Dragon (2011)

Jianghu Hustle 22: Concealment; Dragon (2011)

Eric and Eli uncover what is concealed while discussing the 2011 Donnie Yen masterpiece, Dragon. They look at what makes... Read more

25 Mar 2019

1hr 5mins

Ranked #2

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Jianghu Hustle 03: Violence as Communication; Hero

Jianghu Hustle 03: Violence as Communication; Hero

Eric and Eli unpack the the concept of violence as communication in wuxia stories. Hero, though an atypical wuxia film, ... Read more

2 Nov 2017

1hr 33mins

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Jianghu Hustle 06: Romance, Parts of Melodrama; The Sorcerer and the White Snake

Jianghu Hustle 06: Romance, Parts of Melodrama; The Sorcerer and the White Snake

It’s all longing looks and love-fueled quests in this episode on romance! Eli is still out of town, so Eric has brought ... Read more

18 Jan 2018

1hr 28mins

Ranked #4

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Jianghu Hustle 07b: Changing Your Scale; The 36th Chamber of Shaolin/Return to the 36th Chamber

Jianghu Hustle 07b: Changing Your Scale; The 36th Chamber of Shaolin/Return to the 36th Chamber

Eric and Eli return to the 36th Chamber to complete their training, in the second half of this epic two-parter.

26 Feb 2018

55mins

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Jianghu Hustle 08: The Cost of the Jianghu; Ip Man

Jianghu Hustle 08: The Cost of the Jianghu; Ip Man

The jianghu, the martial world that intersects with the regular world, contains both power and responsibility. What cost... Read more

1 Mar 2018

1hr 34mins

Ranked #6

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Jianghu Hustle 05: Western Wuxia with PK Sullivan; The Matrix; John Wick

Jianghu Hustle 05: Western Wuxia with PK Sullivan; The Matrix; John Wick

We jack back into our double-header format for some serious deja vu. No goon is safe and all coppertops are complicit as... Read more

14 Dec 2017

1hr 46mins

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Jianghu Hustle 07a: Changing Your Scale; The 36th Chamber of Shaolin; Return to the 36th Chamber

Jianghu Hustle 07a: Changing Your Scale; The 36th Chamber of Shaolin; Return to the 36th Chamber

This time, Eric and Eli discuss one of the seminal films of wuxia cinema, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, and its sequel, R... Read more

26 Feb 2018

1hr 13mins

Ranked #8

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Side Hustle 03: Characters

Side Hustle 03: Characters

We’re bringing Side Hustle back, and this time, Eli and Eric talk characters. What do they do? Who controls them? What d... Read more

14 Sep 2018

41mins

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Jianghu Hustle 12: Comedy in Wuxia; Kung Fu Hustle

Jianghu Hustle 12: Comedy in Wuxia; Kung Fu Hustle

In this episode, we look at comedy in wuxia using Stephen Chow’s seminal work, Kung Fu Hustle. We talk about the fraught... Read more

31 May 2018

1hr 27mins

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