Episode 175: Congo's Nightmare Part VII - The Great Forgetting
The Congo Free State eventually dissolved, but what does it mean to us today? How did we collectively forget a tragedy on this scale? Why do some historical stories get buried in the sands of time whi...
12 Mai 24min
Episode 174: Congo's Nightmare Part VI - The End of the Congo Free State
As atrocities and human rights violations continue in the Congo Free State, King Leopold II of Belgium sends out a "Commission of Inquiry" to the Congo to clear his name. Things don't go as planned. A...
21 Apr 34min
Episode 173: Congo's Nightmare Part V - Shadow War
As the evidence of atrocities in the Congo Free State became impossible to ignore, direct African resistance developed in numerous places around the Congo. As this was happening, a large and sophistic...
31 Mar 28min
Episode 172: Congo's Nightmare Part IV - The Rubber Boom
As a result of a worldwide rubber boom where rubber became a highly demanded economic resource, the agents of the Congo Free State kicked off efforts to gain as much rubber and profit as possible-lead...
10 Mar 48min
Episode 171: Congo's Nightmare Part III - Ivory Terror
With King Leopold II of Belgium now in full control of the Belgian Congo, the extraction of ivory and other resources could begin. The story of the plunder of the Congo is so brutal and unbelievable, ...
17 Feb 37min
Episode 170: Congo's Nightmare Part II - A Slice of African Cake
As European imperialism heated up in Africa in the late 1800's, King Leopold II of Belgium put into motion one of the most ambitious and villainous plans in all of European history - the theft of the ...
27 Jan 46min
Episode 169: Congo's Nightmare Part I - An Ancient Place
From 1885 to 1908, King Leopold II of Belgium owned the Congo as his own personal colony. What transpired there over the course of his reign has credibly been called "the vilest scramble for loot that...
6 Jan 39min
Episode 168: Never Let Me Go and The Bear
One particular episode of "The Bear" inspired me to think about Kazuo Ishiguro's classic novel "Never Let Me Go"- friendship, love, memory, regret, and what it is that makes us human. This is a bonus...
16 Des 202520min
