80 - What Am 1984?

<div>George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four just turned 75 years old. It was, and still is, the definitive dystopian novel, a horrifying vision of life lived under the strict control of a totalitarian government. Big Brother, Thought Crimes, Room 101, these terms may be from the plot of the novel, but they have since entered into everyday language.<br> <br> <a href="https://twitter.com/Dorianlynskey">Dorian Lynskey</a>, writer for Q, the Guardian and GQ, and host of the <a href="https://audioboom.com/channel/remainiacs-podcast">Remainiacs podcast</a>, has written a biography of the iconic novel. We chat to him about what it means when we say Orwellian, and of course, about the novel’s continued impact on our political world.<br> <br> Buy <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ministry-Truth-Biography-George-Orwells/dp/1509890734/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3O0VA72W6ZHPG&amp;keywords=ministry+of+truth&amp;qid=1563228917&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=ministry+of+t%2Caps%2C142&amp;sr=1-1">The Ministry of Truth</a><br> <br> -----<br> <br> Want to hear our drunken bonus episode? <a href="http://ko-fi.com/wappod">Buy us a beer</a> and leave us your email address, or tweet about the show and tag us with <a href="https://twitter.com/whatampolitics">@whatampolitics</a><br> <br> -----<br> <br> <a href="http://whatampolitics.games/">whatampolitics.games</a><br> <br> <a href="http://whatampolitics.com/">whatampolitics.com</a><br> <br> Follow us on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/whatampolitics/">Instagram</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/whatampolitics">Twitter<br> </a><br> </div> <div><a href="https://soundcloud.com/supermarketlove">Theme music by Supermarket Love</a></div>