# Episode 47: Rolland Allbrook , Ink Across Empires Part 1

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Published: 2026-02-21T23:57:50+00:00
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🎙️ Episode 47 – Roland Allbrook (Part 1)Empire, Boarding School & The Blindfolded BoyThis episode is different. No hype.No outrage clips.No culture-war bait. Just a manuscript. In Episode 47 (Part 1), I sit down with Roland Allbrook — a man I first met in West New Britain, Papua New Guinea, between Kimbe and Rabaul. We were both teaching there between 2017 and 2020. I was teaching construction. Roland was teaching literature. At night, over a few “Scooby Doos” in the PNG humidity, the sto...

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