Aired:
February 8, 2021
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31 minutes
Host Dennis Leap and special guests Deborah Leap and Hannah Worrell discuss Joseph Conrad’s use of women in his classic novella Heart of Darkness.
Aired:
February 1, 2021
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30 minutes
Host Dennis Leap, along with special guests Parker Campbell and Gabe Greaser, discusses Marlow’s education about Kurtz as he travels from station to station, entering the heart of darkness.
Aired:
January 25, 2021
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30 minutes
Host Dennis Leap, along with special guests Parker Campbell and Gabe Greaser, discusses Marlow’s education about Kurtz as he travels from station to station as he enters the heart of darkness.
Aired:
January 18, 2021
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30 minutes
Host Dennis Leap discusses Marlow’s colorful descriptions of his first contact with Africa and the company’s outpost, supposedly established to bring civilization to the uncivilized natives.
Aired:
January 11, 2021
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25 minutes
Host Dennis Leap finishes his discussion of the warning signs Marlow ignored prior to going to work for Belgian Congo Company. Dennis brings to light Conrad’s use of Psalm 74:20 which states “For the dark places of the earth are habitations of cruelty.”
Aired:
January 4, 2021
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30 minutes
Host Dennis Leap begins discussing the evidence of the main flaw in Marlow’s character as revealed in Book 1 of Jospeh Conrad’s novella The Heart of Darkness.
Aired:
December 28, 2020
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30 minutes
Host Dennis Leap and guest Deborah Leap continue discussing Heart of Darkness, Book 1. They discuss whether colonialism is violent conquest or the spread of civilization.
Aired:
December 21, 2020
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32 minutes
Host Dennis Leap, with special guest Deborah Leap, begins discussing Joseph Conrad’s novella Heart of Darkness, Book 1. They reveal the hidden keys to understanding the complex themes and plots in this fascinating tale of the African Congo.
Aired:
December 14, 2020
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30 minutes
Host Dennis Leap continues his background discussion of Heart of Darkness, showing how Conrad’s life experiences provided the structure for his tale of fiction.
Aired:
December 7, 2020
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31 minutes
Host Dennis Leap provides critical background facts to facilitate readers’ understanding of Conrad’s gripping novella Heart of Darkness. Dennis explains Marlow’s change in temperament from Youth to Heart of Darkness.