Michael and Us: My Orwell Left or Right
We try to rescue a socialist from the Dave Rubins of the world.
March 7, 2023
48 min
1,283 of 1,867
March 7, 2023
Michael and Us: My Orwell Left or Right
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<p>George Orwell's popularity is at a new high in the post-Trump era, and he's been claimed by both the left and right. We discuss NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR (1984), Michael Radford's feature-film adaptation of Orwell's most famous novel, and try to rescue a self-described socialist from the Dave Rubins of the world.</p><br /><p><em>Michael and Us</em> is a podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage.</p>
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