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EPISODE · Mar 14, 2026 · 25 MIN

Moby Dick Chapter 28-31

from The Herman Melville Library · host Herman Melville

In which the enigmatic Captain Ahab, bearing the stern marks of old wounds and the imperiousness of one who rules the sea, emerges from his cabin to confront the living world with a mixture of grim resolve and elusive softness beneath the changing sky. Amidst the vivid tapestry of the ocean voyage, the crew begins to sense a strange burden upon their captain, whose brooding solitude and cryptic demeanour stir unease even as he moves among them with an austere kingliness.

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