Please continue producing your podcast! And thank you for the great effort!

5. Comparison to and analysis of the 1987 television production. I have been watching it also (sans English translation, even!). I am bookmarking YouTube videos of the opera, movies and more recent television series for later viewing.

4. NOT DIVULGING PLOT POINTS PAST THE CURRENT PODCAST EPISODE. This is huge. I have had to stop listening to some podcasts (of this and other books) because of flagrant exposition.

1. Comparison of actual Mandarin to Hawkes' translation.
2. Hypothesizing about possible connections within the text, or potentially darker or less obvious meanings.
3. Detailed analysis of the poetry (thanks a million for that!).

Hi -- new follower here. I discovered your podcast when I was well into the second volume of Hawkes. I started at Podcast #1, and have been listening slowly and intently so as not to miss the nuances and facts that may have initially escaped my reading. Things I like about your approach:

Thank you for being here, Mr. Beschloss! Like you, I have left X/Twitter, and we're not going back!