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Joseon 4 - 28 Letters Newly Made  Sejong takes the fight north against the Jurchen tribes while presiding over an incredible era of science and culture, thus securing his legacy as Great King. Check out Wulf's notes for this episode here. Find more TIKH episodes and other series under the Pages section on the right. Listen below or download it here. You can also listen/download it here.   TIKH25 - Topics in Korean History series: 28 Letters

Joseon 3 - A Firm Stance Today  The father son duo of Taejong and Sejong try to find a lasting solution to the problem of the Japanese pirates.   Check out Wulf's notes for this episode here. Find more TIKH episodes and other series under the Pages section on the right.Listen below or download it here.  You can also listen/download it here.    TIKH24 - Topics in Korean History series: A Firm Stance

  Joseon 2 - A Peculiar Custom of the East This episode looks at the transformative 18 year reign of King Taejong, a man who some historians consider to be the real founder of what we know today as the Joseon Dynasty.   Check out Wulf's notes for this episode here. Find more TIKH episodes and other series under the Pages section on the right. Listen below or download it here. You can also download it here.   TIKH23 - Topics in Korean History series: A Peculiar Custom

  Joseon 1 - The Strife of Princes The aging King Taejo attempts to clean house while his many sons feud over matters of succession. Check out Wulf's notes for this episode here. Find more TIKH episodes and other series under the Pages section on the right. Listen below or download it here.   TIKH22 - Topics in Korean History series: Joseon 1 - The Strife of Princes

  Goryeo 10 - Let This Oath Witness My Deception In the Goryeo conclusion, General Yi Seong-gye topples the Goryeo Dynasty. Check out Wulf's notes for this episode here. Find more TIKH episodes and other series under the Pages section on the right. Listen below or download it here.     TIKH21 - Topics in Korean History series: Goryeo 10 - Let This Oath

  Goryeo 9 - The Rising FloodBad omens prove accurate as secret societies in China begin plotting to overthrow the Mongols, leading to a civil war that spills across the Yalu river and onto the Korean peninsula. Check out Wulf's notes for this episode here. Find more TIKH episodes and other series under the Pages section on the right. Listen below or download it here.   TIKH20 - Topics in Korean History series: Goryeo 9 - The Rising Flood

TIKH16.5 - Topics in Korean History series: Staying Together, Staying Warm   Tangent - Staying Together, Staying Warm The third episode in the Tangent series explores how the rulers of Goryeo used and reinforced pre-existing clan structures to maintain order and nation build. We also take a look inside a typical rural home. Check out Wulf's notes for this episode here. Find more TIKH episodes and other series at mediamodepresents.blogspot.com under the Pages section on the right. Listen below or download it here.

  The Missing Episodes, Part 1 Try as I might, I haven't been able to find the next three episodes of Alex's Goryeo series - parts 6, 7 and 8.  I was able to track down the titles of the episodes, which you can see in the picture below. Fortunately, Wolf took excellent notes. Here are the links: Goryeo 6 - I Have Begun from the Rising Sun      The elites of Goryeo abandon ship and hide on an island while the Mongols use their newly acquired siege skills to crack open Goryeo fortresses and pillage the land again and again.  Goryeo 7 - We Cannot Go Back Now      The Korean people become unwilling participants in the Mongol’s greatest military disaster – the invasion of mainland Japan. Goryeo 8 - The Worst Excesses of Rome      The collaborator Kings of Goryeo continue their debauchery while the long suffering peasantry catch a glimmer of hope as cracks begin to appear in Mongol rule.       The audio this week will be a recent post from faithmix.  Next week we will resume with TIKH20 - Goryeo 9 - The Rising Flood. Find more TIKH episodes and other series under the Pages section on the right. Listen below or download it here.  TIKH17-19 - Topics in Korean History series: The Missing Episodes Part 1

  Goryeo 5 - Great Men Are Those Who Do Well The shockwaves caused by the rise of the Jin continue as conflict between opposing interests – Buddhist and Confucian, military and civilian come to a head at court. Check out Wulf's notes for this episode here. Find more TIKH episodes and other series under the Pages section on the right. Listen below or download it here. TIKH16- Topics in Korean History series: Goryeo 5 - Great Men Are Those Who Do Well

  Goryeo 4 - A Bridge to Bind Hyeonjeong and his successors try to repair the devastated northern territories while grappling with political instability at home and the rise of the Jurchen people as the dominant force in the Liao river basin. Check out Wulf's notes for this episode here. Find more TIKH episodes and other series under the Pages section on the right. Listen below or download it here. TIKH15 - Topics in Korean History series: Goryeo 4 - A Bridge to Bind

  Goryeo 3 - The Khitan Wars This episode is about the three invasions launched by the Khitan Empire against Goryeo in the late 10th and early 11th centuries. Check out Wulf's notes for this episode here. Find more TIKH episodes and other series under the Pages section on the right. Listen below or download it here.    TIKH14 - Topics in Korean History series: Goryeo 3 - The Khitan Wars

TIKH09 - Topics in Korean History series: Unified Silla 1 Unified Silla 1 This episode explores the middle years of the Kingdom of Silla and the new challenges it faced as a result of its victory over Baekje and Goguryeo in the Unification Wars. Check out Wulf's notes for this episode here. Find more TIKH episodes and other series at under the Pages section on the right. Listen below or download it here. You may have to go to the download link if the embedded audio does not show up below. You can listen to the episode on that page as well as download it.

  Goryeo 2 - Breaking Old Bones This episode explores the power struggles in the aftermath of the death of Wang Gun, leading up to a series of violent confrontations with the Khitan Empire in the north. Check out Wulf's notes for this episode here. Find more TIKH episodes and other series under the Pages section on the right. Listen below or download it here. You may have to go to the download link if the embedded audio does not show up below. You can listen to the episode on that page as well as download it.   TIKH13 - Topics in Korean History series: Goryeo 2 - Breaking Old Bones

 Goryeo 1 - If You Want Their Hearts  This episode tells the story of Wang Gun, the man who re-unified Korea under the Goryeo Dynasty. Check out Wulf's notes for this episode here. Find more TIKH episodes and other series under the Pages section on the right. Listen below or download it here. You may have to go to the download link if the embedded audio does not show up below. You can listen to the episode on that page as well as download it. TIKH12 - Topics in Korean History series: Goryeo 1

TIKH11 - Topics in Korean History series: Unified Silla 3 Unified Silla 3 In this episode Unified Silla collapses in the face of peasant rebellions and aristocratic infighting. Check out Wulf's notes for this episode here. Find more TIKH episodes and other series under the Pages section on the right. Listen below or download it here. You may have to go to the download link if the embedded audio does not show up below. You can listen to the episode on that page as well as download it.