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Ep 395 Captain Ahab, Moby Dick & The Fuhrer 09.05.2026 13:32 ↓

Melville Captain Ahab Moby Dick Walt Whitman Our fearful trip Doomed

Ep 394 Captain Ahab, Moby Dick & the Fuhrer 03.05.2026 22:58 ↓

Melville Moby Dick Hitler OSS Psyche report on the Fuhrer Captain Ahab

Ep 393 Captain Ahab, Moby Dick & The Fuhrer 27.04.2026 21:13 ↓

Hitler Moby Dick Melville 1943 CIA psych analysis  on Hitler

Ep 434 A Portrait of Paranoia 9/10 21.04.2026 24:49 ↓

Stalin Mad clapping Crudity magnified & horrid insults Volatile Temper Cheka Whoopee Cushions

Ep 392 Captain Ahab, Moby Dick & The Fuhrer 21.04.2026 22:49 ↓

Melville Moby Dick  Captain Ahab The Pequot utter destruction Charismatic pull

Ep 422 A Badge, A Betrayal, & A Body in the Bed 2/5 21.04.2026 17:40 ↓

Edward Hanrahan FBI  J Edgar Hoover The Black Panther Party  Fred Hampton Threat to USA Security Confidential Informant The Raid

EP 433 A Portrait of Paranoia 8/10 19.04.2026 19:04 ↓

Stalin Nervous breakdown  Operation Barbarossa  Zhukov

Ep 420 The Real Burning Man 6/6 15.04.2026 17:23 ↓

John Leonard Orr Pyromaniac Pyromania Freud Sexual Arousal flames shooting up in air

Ep 391Captain Ahab, Moby Dick & The Fuhrer 15.04.2026 20:50 ↓

Melville Moby Dick Captain Ahab Adolph Hitler

Ep 390 Captain Ahab, Moby Dick & The Fuhrer 09.04.2026 20:58 ↓

Melville Captain Ahab Adolph Hitler Moby Dick Eloquence Obsession madness

Ep 389 Captain Ahab, Moby Dick & The Fuhrer 03.04.2026 19:36 ↓

Herman Melville Moby Dick Adolph Hitler Scapegoating Jews Treaty of Versailles November Criminals Obsession

Ep 388 Captain Ahab, Moby Dick & The Fuhrer 27.03.2026 18:11 ↓

Herman Melville The Great White Whale Captain Ahab Albert Speer Obsession Ishmael Calamity The Pequot

Ep 387 The Humiliation of Canossa 6/6 21.03.2026 17:04 ↓

Humiliation of Canossa Holy Roman Emperor vs The Pope Worms Concordat at Worms Spiritual Matters vs Affairs of State The Rise of the Catholic Church

Ep 386 The Humiliation at Canossa 15.03.2026 20:36 ↓

Humiliation at Canossa Nuclear options of the Pope Excommunication Pope Gregory VII vs Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV

Ep 385 The Humiliation of Canossa 4/6 09.03.2026 25:26 ↓

Henry IV  Pope Gregory VII Submission Humiliation at Canossa Excommunication as the Nuclear weapon in the Pope's Arsenal

Ep 384 The Humiliation of Canossa 3/6 03.03.2026 23:04 ↓

Pope Gregory excommunicates Henry iv Henry iv deposes the Pope Battle of the titan over Lay Investiture My father excommunicates me in Maui Golf at Kapalua Bay Golf Course

Ep 381 The Humiliation of Canossa 2/6 25.02.2026 22:31 ↓

Lay Investiture The Gregorian Movement Appointment Powers King or Pope Trump Card Investiture Crisis 1077

Ep 378 The Humiliation of Canossa 1/6 19.02.2026 25:13 ↓

Pecking Order Hypothesis Bullies Kick the Big Guy in the nuts They Want What You Got Show no weakness, it emboldens competitors Demonstrate Invincibility

Lordy Lordy Lordy Lord Jim 2/2 13.02.2026 25:41 ↓

Lord Jim Joseph Conrad Moral Ambiguity Duty Courage & Cowardice Shame lasts forever

Ep 382 Lordy Lordy Lordy Lord Jim 1/2 06.02.2026 16:44 ↓

Lord Jim Joseph Conrad Courage & Cowardice Rights & Duties  Abandoning one's duties 

Ep 380 The Most Mysterious Manuscript in the World 2 31.01.2026 29:02 ↓

Voynich Manuscript Roger Bacon Famous Art Forgers Navajo Language Defying Understanding

Ep 379 The Most Mysterious Manuscript in the World 25.01.2026 25:41 ↓

The Voynich Manuscript Roger Bacon Defies understanding  Even British & American Cryptologists can't figure it out Enigma Machine Alan Turing Fermat's Theorem Andrew Wiles

I'm The Captain Now! And You Know it Don't Come Easy! 19.01.2026 26:29 ↓

Leadership Duties & Burdens The Feeling of Being Alone Duties not to be Delegated Strict Adherence to Rules & Regulations enhances performance and Leads To Safety of the Men Morality vs Letter of Law

Can We Trust an Historian who was afraid to have sex with his wife? part 6 13.01.2026 21:16 ↓

Thomas Carlyle Jean Paul Sartre 16th Century sailors tight assed popes Sexual Frustration Elvis Martin Luther

Can We Trust an Historian who was afraid to have sex with his wife? part 5/6 07.01.2026 22:21 ↓

Thomas Carlyle Wife Jane Welch James Joyce Pubic hair