Join us on ReReadium as we plunge into Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness", the haunting novella that exposes the savage heart of imperialism and which was the inspiration for Coppola's "Apocalypse Now" movie. Follow Marlow's perilous journey up the Congo River, confronting the abyss of human greed and moral decay. Conrad's tale echoes our own shadowed realities—inviting you to question: what darkness still lurks within us?

Additional sources for this episode:

• https://warontherocks.com/2020/09/the-abiding-relevance-of-heart-of-darkness-for-those-who-wage-war/
• https://www.academia.edu/109287643/The_contemporary_relevance_of_Chinua_Achebe_s_critique_of_Joseph_Conrad_s_Heart_of_Darkness
• https://awej.org/postcolonial-symbolic-representation-in-joseph-conrads-heart-of-darkness-a-cognitive-semantic-study/

Buy this book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4aIzFjo

This link is an affiliate link. If you make a purchase, I may earn a commission - at no additional cost to you.

Join ReReadium as we unpack Albert Camus' "The Plague" — a quarantined town's battle against absurdity and isolation. Eerily relevant to today's pandemics and divides, it reveals timeless human resilience. Tune in for gripping analysis!

Additional sources for this episode:

• https://www.faf.ae/home/2025/7/2/albert-camus-the-plague-and-contemporary-geopolitics-existential-parallels-in-a-fractured-world
• https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10214025/
• https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7342077/
• https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11638326/
• https://lareviewofbooks.org/blog/the-korea-blog/reading-albert-camus-plague-time-coronavirus/
• https://www.independent.com/2020/07/29/essay-albert-camus-the-plague-vs-covid-19/
• https://wagingnonviolence.org/podcast/albert-camus-the-plague-nonviolent-resistance-rescue-wwii-coronavirus/
• https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2611&context=etd

Buy this book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4c906RQ

This link is an affiliate link. If you make a purchase, I may earn a commission - at no additional cost to you.

Step into Tocqueville’s landmark vision of American democracy and discover why his insights still feel uncannily modern. From the pull of majority rule to the tensions of freedom, equality, and public opinion, this episode explores a classic book that still helps us make sense of today’s politics, polarization, and restless democratic life.

Additional sources for this episode:

• https://journals.uni-goettingen.de/NASJ/article/download/1806/1464?inline=1
• https://www.beyondintractability.org/newsletter-428
• https://uspoliticsandhistory.com/2025/07/07/democracy-in-crisis-reading-tocqueville-in-trumps-america/
• https://www.forthewriters.com/post/democracy-in-america-alexis-de-tocqueville
• https://hertogfoundation.org/courses/tocquevilles-democracy-in-america
• https://www.pass.va/content/dam/casinapioiv/pass/pdf-volumi/acta/acta-4/acta4-elshtain.pdf
• https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/jean-bethke-elshtain/democracy-centurys-end/
• https://www.commentary.org/articles/adam-wolfson/democracy-on-trial-by-jean-bethke-elshtain/
• https://www.city-journal.org/article/democracy-in-trumps-america
• https://lawliberty.org/trump-tocqueville-and-american-democracy/
• https://www.iris-france.org/en/176424-what-the-trump-indictment-tells-us-about-the-state-of-american-democracy/

Buy this book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4tq9e9Q

This link is an affiliate link. If you make a purchase, I may earn a commission - at no additional cost to you.