Aired:
March 20, 2023
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30 minutes
Host Dennis Leap and special guest Mr. Grant Turgeon discuss Chapter 81 of Herman Melville’s American classic Moby Dick. The whale ship called the Virgin is actually a German whaler known as the Jungfrau in the German language. The Jungfrau is anxious to gam (or meet up) with the Pequod because they have no oil. They are not a successful whaler. The captain of the Virgin brings a lamp feeder on board to borrow some oil from the Pequod. All of the ship’s lamps are dry of oil, making it difficult to manage the ship at night. Ahab is immediately impatient with the visiting captain because of the language barrier. Also, this captain knows nothing about Moby Dick. Ahab supplies the oil reluctantly. As the German captain returns to his ship with oil, eight whales are seen in the distance and the ships race to capture the whales. Ahab’s men easily beat the Germans to the one whale in the pod that is captured.
Aired:
March 6, 2023
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27 minutes
Host Dennis Leap and special guest Mr. Grant Turgeon discuss Chapter 71 of Herman Melville’s American classic Moby Dick. Captain Ahab signals another Nantucket whale ship named the Jeroboam to have a meeting to gain information on Moby Dick. The Jeroboam’s Captain Mayhew was fearful to join up with the Pequod because there was a malignant epidemic on board. Onboard the Jeroboam was an insane sailor who believed he was the archangel Gabriel. From a distance between the ships, Gabriel warns Ahab not to pursue Moby Dick because it would lead to his death. Ahab, like the ancient Israelite King Jeroboam, ignores the warning of a prophet.
Aired:
February 20, 2023
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26 minutes
Aired:
February 13, 2023
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27 minutes
Host Dennis Leap discusses several key leadership lessons from the life of George Washington.
Aired:
February 6, 2023
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26 minutes
Host Dennis Leap with Deborah Leap discuss the final years of the Washingtons’ productive lives.
Aired:
January 30, 2023
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28 minutes
Host Dennis Leap and 60-plus panel member Deborah Leap discuss the problems George Washington faced with cabinet members’ desiring to establish a two-party system for America.
Aired:
January 9, 2023
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29 minutes
Host Dennis Leap and 60-plus panel member Deborah Leap discuss Mrs. Barbara Bush, as well as George and Martha Washington’s lives as first president and first lady.
Aired:
January 2, 2023
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27 minutes
Host Dennis Leap and 60-plus panel member Deborah Leap discuss the funeral of George Herbert Walker Bush, followed by a discussion of George and Martha Washington’s support of the troops during America’s war with Britain.
Aired:
December 26, 2022
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26 minutes
Host Dennis Leap discusses George Washington as a skilled architect and builder.
Aired:
December 19, 2022
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25 minutes
Host Dennis Leap discusses George Washington as one of America’s first agricultural pioneers.