#201: Winston’s Days in the Ministry of Love, Part 2
Host Dennis Leap and special guests Grant Turgeon, Emma Moore and Deborah Leap continue their discussion of Book 3 of George Orwell’s classic 1984. Under severe torture, Winston works to maintain his own thinking but eventually suffers Stockholm syndrome and succumbs to O’Brien and Big Brother.
#200: Winston’s Days in the Ministry of Love, Part 1
Host Dennis Leap—along with special guests Grant Turgeon, Emma Moore and Deborah Leap—discusses Book 3 of George Orwell’s classic 1984. Winston discovers the dark truth about the goals of the party while being tortured by O’Brien.
#199: George Orwell: A Conversation With Michael Shelden
In this extended length program, host Dennis Leap and guest Deborah Leap hold a conversation with Michael Sheldon, author of Orwell: The Authorized Biography. Michael shares his insights on why George Orwell wrote his famous novel 1984.
#198: Why Eric Arthur Blair Became George Orwell, Part 2
Host Dennis Leap discusses Eric Blair's adolescent years, his dysfunctional family life, his idyllic boyhood home in the picturesque setting of Henley-on-Thames, his difficulty making friends, and his tough years at St. Cyprian’s boarding school.
#197: Why Eric Arthur Blair Became George Orwell, Part 1
Host Dennis Leap opens the JBL summer book discussion series, "Blast From the Past,” with a biographical sketch on the man who became George Orwell, author of the prescient novel 1984.
#196: Charles Krauthammer—Essayist Extraordinaire
Host Dennis Leap gives his final thoughts on the life and writings of Charles Krauthammer.
#195: Krauthammer Weighs In on 9/11, Part 2
Host Dennis Leap and guest Grant Turgeon continue their discussion of Charles Krauthammer’s bitter lament over the mishandling of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. In this podcast, they discuss his recommended solutions.
#194: Krauthammer Weighs In on 9/11, Part 1
Host Dennis Leap and special guest Grant Turgeon discuss Charles Krauthammer’s essay titled “September 11, 2001.” They discuss Krauthammer’s justified anger with the U.S.A.’s weak response to the horrific terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.
#193: Charles Krauthammer Bemoans Cold War Nostalgia, Part 2
Host Dennis Leap with special guest Grant Turgeon discuss Charles Krauthammer’s prescient essay "Cold War Nostalgia." The flaw Mr. Krauthammer saw with 1993 liberal politicians is still alive and is being fully exposed today.
#192: Charles Krauthammer Bemoans Cold War Nostalgia, Part 1
Host Dennis Leap and special guest Grant Turgeon discuss Charles Krauthammer’s prescient essay “Cold War Nostalgia.” The flaw he saw with 1993 liberal politicians is still around and fully exposed today.