Welcome to our classic episode, fellow conspiracy realist.

Guys, have you ever looked at a giant and thought this would be way cooler if it was ancient and Chinese?

Yeah, actually, very much so.

I'm over here looking at giants all the time, Ben.

And when I do, that is my first thought every time.

This is a wild one.

So like so many other regions in the world, China has its own deep folklore.

And we see that throughout cultures, humans love to tell stories about giants.

We don't know why.

This is so common, but it turns out that if you look into Chinese history,

the story gets really weird, really quickly.

We love things that get really weird really quickly, and we think you will, too, join us.

Yes.

Who are those creatures from Prometheus, the engineers or whatever there's?

Yeah.

Those were giants.

I hope we talk about them in this episode.

Fingers crossed.

This is an I-Heart podcast.

Did it occur to you that he'd charmed you in any way?

Yes, it did, but he was a charming man.

It looks like the ingredients of a really grand spy story.

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