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Eve J. Chung - Historical Memory Of The Korean War, Identity On The Korean Peninsula, Asian American Experiences, Imperialism, Strategic Bombing, Wartime Sexual Violence, Women's Experiences Of War, And The Psychology Of Ordinary People.
Episode 179: Heart of Darkness Part III - Belief and Reality
August 04, 2026
As Marlow travels deeper into the heart of darkness, we get our first look at the enigmatic Kurtz. At first just a peripheral figure who is important to the ivory collection operation of the nameless "Company," Kurtz comes to occupy more of Marlow's thoughts the further into the Congo he goes. Marlow also meets the characters of the Manager and the Brickmaker, who put different theories of authoritarianism and imperialism to the test. How complicit was the average grunt in the imperial operat...
Episode 178: Heart of Darkness Part II - Ideological Mimesis
July 14, 2026
As Marlow prepares for his journey to the Congo, he visits a psychiatrist who gives him his first glimpse at what he is getting himself into. His introduction into the pseudoscience of phrenology is an ideological starting point for his journey to Africa. Reader and character alike are hit with a wave of disorienting feelings as Marlow has his first interactions with the people of Congo, seeing how they are dehumanized. In the modern day, controversy rages around whether this depiction of Afr...
Episode 177: Heart of Darkness Part I - The Paradox of History
June 23, 2026
Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness (1899) is both a scathing critique of European imperialism and a reminder that all humans have the capacity to succumb to the heart of darkness. It also is not without controversy, as people have been debating it's meaning and essence for over a century now. What exactly is the heart of darkness? Was the Belgian Congo a unique circumstance of imperialism or just another example of human nature at work? Is the text of Heart of Darkness a legitimate critique of...
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