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The episode opens with a reading from this novella and discusses it as the inspiration for Apocalypse Now, describing it as 'probably the greatest, the most influential, possibly the most controversial book' about European colonialism in Africa.

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Explicitly described as 'a brilliant book on this' about the Congo Free State. The hosts mention they will be 'borrowing from that book very liberally' and give it a 'big shout out' as a primary source for their discussion.

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Mentioned as a book that Leopold II read about the Dutch in the East Indies, which influenced his ideas about how to profit from colonies using forced labor on plantations.

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Referenced when discussing Conrad's Heart of Darkness passage about traveling up the Congo River, noting it has 'echoes of Conan Doyle's book, The Lost World' with its sense of going into the jungle being like traveling back to prehistoric times.