{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"&quot;The Second Journey&quot; An interview with Joel Bigman","description":"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 &quot;The Second Journey.&quot; If you're familiar with the Ming Dynasty novel &quot;Journey to the West,&quot; this one by Joel might sound familiar. You might never look at &quot;Journey to the West&quot; the same way again. This was quite an interesting and unique story that combined two ancient cultures. It's been called&amp;nbsp;\u201cThe World\u2019s first Chinese-Jewish Historical Fantasy.\u201d&amp;nbsp;Nuff said. I hope you enjoy this interview.  Here's a link to the book:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/a.co\/d\/9oRyiN8   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm\/adchoices ","author_name":"The China History Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/teacup.media\/chinahistorypodcast","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/35735435\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/185881620"}