"The Second Journey" An interview with Joel Bigman

The China History Podcast

Laszlo Montgomery

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

With the Singapore History series out of the way, and 2025 off and running, here's the first special interview episode of the year. Not too long ago, I had the pleasure of interviewing Mr. Joel Bigman, author of a new book called "The Second Journey." If you're familiar with the Ming Dynasty novel "Journey to the West," this one by Joel might sound familiar. You might never look at "Journey to the West" the same way again. This was quite an interesting and unique story that combined two ancient cultures. It's been called “The World’s first Chinese-Jewish Historical Fantasy.” Nuff said. I hope you enjoy this interview. Here's a link to the book: https://a.co/d/9oRyiN8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.2	again lazle Montgomery with one more CHP special episode. This one's doubly special because
0:39.8	not only am I interviewing an interesting guest, Mr. Joel Bigman, he's been a CHP listener,
0:46.4	Patreon supporter, and frequent pen pal of your humble narrator going back a long time now. And besides
0:52.7	all that, we also share the same publisher.
0:55.4	The company that's been given us a plethora of great titles over the years about China and beyond,
1:02.4	Earnshaw Books, Graham Earnshaw, the venerable proprietor.
1:07.7	This one from Joe Bigman is fresh out of the oven, available at all the usual suspects since December 2024.
1:15.4	Joel's new book is entitled The Second Journey.
1:18.6	And if you're a fan of the classic Ming Dynasty novel, Xioji, the Journey to the West,
1:25.0	this one may peak your interest.
1:27.9	All the way from Yerushalayim in the state of Israel, welcome to the CHP, Joel Bigman.
1:33.7	Hi, Lazzo. I'm doing.
1:36.2	Pleasure to have you on.
1:37.8	It's my pleasure to be here very much. So I actually never dreamed I would be a guest on your show.
1:44.6	Dreams come true.
1:46.9	Occasionally.
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