Chapter
Becoming an Explorer for Social Status
1:00:25 - 1:07:54 (07:28)
A man decides to become an African explorer in order to climb the ranks of English society. However, this system unfairly rewards those who are already wealthy and come from a privileged background.
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The speaker narrates a story of a man who refrains from killing a person to avenge his friend because he lacks the skill to handle loaded guns and engages in hand-to-hand combat.
1:00:25 - 1:01:20 (00:54)
Summary
The speaker narrates a story of a man who refrains from killing a person to avenge his friend because he lacks the skill to handle loaded guns and engages in hand-to-hand combat.
ChapterBecoming an Explorer for Social Status
EpisodePart One: Henry Morton Stanley: The Explorer Who Shot His Way Through Africa
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The discussion centers around Frank Stanley, a journalist who is remembered for his sensationalized reporting on Native American "wars" of the late 19th century, and the complicated legacy of reporting on Native Americans more generally.
1:01:20 - 1:03:19 (01:59)
Summary
The discussion centers around Frank Stanley, a journalist who is remembered for his sensationalized reporting on Native American "wars" of the late 19th century, and the complicated legacy of reporting on Native Americans more generally.
ChapterBecoming an Explorer for Social Status
EpisodePart One: Henry Morton Stanley: The Explorer Who Shot His Way Through Africa
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Europeans like author Carl May and journalist Henry Stanley simultaneously portrayed Native Americans as tragic and savage, while justifying their actions by citing the American desire to read about their retaliation.
1:03:19 - 1:04:23 (01:03)
Summary
Europeans like author Carl May and journalist Henry Stanley simultaneously portrayed Native Americans as tragic and savage, while justifying their actions by citing the American desire to read about their retaliation. Biographer Tim Geel also clears Stanley of any charges of racism in his writing.
ChapterBecoming an Explorer for Social Status
EpisodePart One: Henry Morton Stanley: The Explorer Who Shot His Way Through Africa
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The only way for a man like Adam Hochschild to climb the social ladder was to become the most respected thing in that era - an African explorer, which unfairly rewards people who already come from wealth.
1:04:23 - 1:07:54 (03:30)
Summary
The only way for a man like Adam Hochschild to climb the social ladder was to become the most respected thing in that era - an African explorer, which unfairly rewards people who already come from wealth.