17 MAY. 2024 · 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 (https://plagueofstrength.com/& IG @plagueofstrength) & Greta Hardin (The History of American Food podcast & @THoAFood all over) Look for us weekly and on Instagram & Threads: @pcgpodcast

10 MAY. 2024 · 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 (https://plagueofstrength.com/& IG @plagueofstrength) & Greta Hardin (The History of American Food podcast & @THoAFood all over) Look for us weekly and on Instagram & Threads: @pcgpodcast

3 MAY. 2024 · 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 (https://plagueofstrength.com/& IG @plagueofstrength) & Greta Hardin (The History of American Food podcast & @THoAFood all over) Look for us weekly and on Instagram & Threads: @pcgpodcast

26 ABR. 2024 · 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 (https://plagueofstrength.com/& IG @plagueofstrength) & Greta Hardin (The History of American Food podcast & @THoAFood all over) Look for us weekly and on Instagram & Threads: @pcgpodcast

19 ABR. 2024 · 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 (https://plagueofstrength.com/& IG @plagueofstrength) & Greta Hardin (The History of American Food podcast & @THoAFood all over) Look for us weekly and on Instagram & Threads: @pcgpodcast

12 ABR. 2024 · 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 https://open.spotify.com/episode/26graNFK448aqe6lVjU9Kt?si=efaaf48e2b594dff, but with a few more dimensions added in. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/prizefighters-circus-freaks-gangsters/id1697541036?i=1000622627364 https://open.spotify.com/episode/26graNFK448aqe6lVjU9Kt?si=efaaf48e2b594dff https://www.spreaker.com/episode/criminally-underexamined-warrior-s1e1--56171028  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 (https://plagueofstrength.com/& IG @plagueofstrength) & Greta Hardin (The History of American Food podcast & @THoAFood all over) Look for us weekly and on Instagram & Threads: @pcgpodcast

5 ABR. 2024 · 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 (https://plagueofstrength.com/& IG @plagueofstrength) & Greta Hardin (The History of American Food podcast & @THoAFood all over) Look for us weekly and on Instagram & Threads: @pcgpodcast

29 MAR. 2024 · 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 (https://plagueofstrength.com/& IG @plagueofstrength) & Greta Hardin (The History of American Food podcast & @THoAFood all over) Look for us weekly and on Instagram & Threads: @pcgpodcast

22 MAR. 2024 · 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 (https://plagueofstrength.com/& IG @plagueofstrength) & Greta Hardin (The History of American Food podcast & @THoAFood all over) Look for us weekly and on Instagram & Threads: @pcgpodcast

15 MAR. 2024 · Things begin to really Get OUT of HAND! There's a heavily armed wedding There's an innauguration There's a blood bath There's hallucinations There's a jail cell cage fight And  There's a "train your competition" - yes that's a death threat Look this episode is chock full - and it's just a warmup for the even more unhinged rest of the season.  So strap on your roller skates (which were popular by 1880) if you want to keep up. Jamie Lewis (https://plagueofstrength.com/& IG @plagueofstrength) & Greta Hardin (The History of American Food podcast & @THoAFood all over) Look for us weekly and on Instagram & Threads: @pcgpodcast