1984

George Orwell

Brought up on The Tucker Carlson Show, This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von, The Ezra Klein Show, Lex Fridman Podcast and Candace, most recently on 2026-08-14 — 5 shows, 5 episodes.

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Where it came up

• The Tucker Carlson Show · The Totalitarian Surveillance State Grows as a New Movement Rises From the Ashes of MAGA · at 28:41 · 2026-08-14

  “books by Orwell and Huxley and all these dystopian books about what to them was the future, but to us is our present”Discussed

• This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von · Casey Rocket | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #671 · at 40:07 · 2026-07-23

  “You know what they say, summer scarves spring winter tears. And that's George Orwell as well. Yes, that's 1984.”Mentioned

• The Ezra Klein Show · What Americans Need to Understand About China | The Ezra Klein Show · at 11:03 · 2026-07-14

  “he reminds me of that last scene in Orwell's novel with Winston, uh, where he realizes as he disappears into oblivion that he loved Big Brother all along and the party always comes first”Discussed

• Lex Fridman Podcast · Jeff Kaplan: World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Blizzard, and Future of Gaming | Lex Fridman Podcast #493 · at 20:06 · 2026-03-11

  “Well, I've been reading, you know, 1984 or Green Hills of Stranglethorn, and I think it's amazing.”Discussed

• Candace · JD Vance’s Mysterious Past & Palantir’s Plan To Control The White House | Candace Ep 195 · at 22:44 · 2025-06-05

  “1984 will be sold to us with promises of safety and comfort, because that's what it will deliver”Mentioned

Also mentioned in those episodes

• · The Federalist PapersJim Killavey The Tucker Carlson Show
• · Brave New WorldAldous Huxley The Tucker Carlson Show
• · Hard choicesHillary Rodham Clinton The Tucker Carlson Show
• · Permanent MidnightJerry Stahl This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
• · Sing Backwards and WeepMark Lanegan This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
• · The CrucibleArthur Miller This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
• · If Beale Street Could TalkJames Baldwin This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
• · Party's Interests Come FirstJoseph Torigian The Ezra Klein Show
• · The Souls of ChinaIan Johnson - undifferentiated The Ezra Klein Show
• · Magnifica humanitas The Ezra Klein Show
• · Hillbilly ElegyJ. D. Vance Candace

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