Journey to the West - An Audio Drama Series
CNY Limited Access for Production Notes 15, 21-25 (2/16-23)
Montag, 9. Februar 2026 · 2 min
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Hello dear listeners. This is Lynn, the voice of the 5th Monkey. I'm not AI, by the way, since some of you put the question out there. AI does not suffer from pharyngitis, and AI also can never love Journey to the West as much as I do, so let's just leave it at that. The Chinese New Year is approaching again as we go from the Year of Snake to the Year of Horse. To celebrate the occasion, we will unlock Production Notes episodes 21 to 25 from New Year's Eve, which would be February 16th, 2026, all the way till February 23rd. In addition, since this is the Year of Horse, we will also temporarily unlock Production Notes episode 15, which is titled the Horse episode.
So that's six episodes in total with limited access. Nothing changes for other episodes. Please take advantage of this brief window to enjoy these episodes for free. Once again, our team is in a different time zone from most of our listeners, so we will definitely take that into consideration and make sure the episodes remain free while you're still within the limited period. Our second announcement is to signal boost for a fundraiser for our proofreading editor, Brooke. Brooke, who has been working on this project since day one and is an invaluable member on our team, is at risk of losing life sustaining funds to support her family. She works very hard to bring every episode to our listeners and the team cannot afford to
lose her. If you are a paid member, part of your membership fees already goes to her. But because this project still does not have enough subscribers to be self sustainable, it is far from enough to keep her family afloat. So we would like to ask all our listeners, whether or not you have paid to support this project, to consider donating to Brooke directly and help her through this tough time. The link to her fundraiser is in the descriptions. Only when she is financially secure can she continue to contribute to this project.
Your help is greatly appreciated by everyone on the team. Once again, if you like what we do, please consider becoming a pay member on YouTube, Spotify, or Patreon so you have unlimited access to our exclusive content. Donations to Kofi are also welcome. Our Patreon shop, it's open to the public as well. You don't need membership to buy stuff from there. All the links are in the descriptions below. Even if you aren't ready to pay yet, you can still follow us for free on YouTube or Patreon.
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