We take a break from civilized life and get our barbarian groove on with a discussion of Robert E. Howard’s character Conan, focusing on the 1936 serialized novel The Hour of the Dragon. Topics include the wide-ranging influence of these stories, reprehensible anthropological themes within them, the enduring appeal of the character, approaches to world-building, and Hobbes’ Leviathan.

https://ia601508.us.archive.org/17/items/OLSP32Weareallbarbarians/OLSP32-Weareallbarbarians.mp3

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“Oppressive Gloom”