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Mar 2023
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Michael and Us: My Orwell Left or Right

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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.


Michael and Us is a podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage.



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