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1984 | Appendix - The Last Joke Orwell Ever Told
In this episode, Jennifer and Dan tackle the appendix. No, not their appendices — Orwell’s. The “Principles of Newspeak” is often skipped, rarely understood, and strangely… hopeful?
After three failed recording attempts, they ditched the usual format and came back with something new: a deep dive into what the appendix really is, why Orwell wrote it, and how it flips the entire ending of 1984 on its head.
Was the Party defeated? Did Big Brother fall?
And what does any of this have to do with Trump-era propaganda, language control, and the death of nuance?
Banworthy to Bingeworthy:
This week…
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